HESI RN Practice Test--Community Health-Community Health Practice Ex
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1. A 12-year-old female is seen by the
school nurse after recently experiencing
increasing difficulty sitting and paying at-
tention in class, and increasingly illegible Gather additional data by taking a health
handwriting. The nurse observes that the history and measuring vital signs
child has protruding eyeballs and a star-
ing expression. What action should the
nurse take next?
2. When asked to help develop inter-
ventions to combat obesity among chil-
Set goals that are focused on developing
dren, the community health nurse should
healthier lifestyles
stress the importance of implementing
which activity?
3. A terrorist attack has occurred and
several people have inhaled Ricin. Which
Provide supportive nursing care until an-
intervention should the emergency de-
titoxin is available
partment nurse implement when caring
for these clients?
4. A young woman tells the public health
nurse that a friend was recently diag-
nosed with Hepatitis B and she is con-
"Have you shared any needles or had
cerned about getting the disease. During
sex with your friend?"
the assessment interview, which ques-
tion is most important for the nurse to ask
this woman?
5. Which example should the nurse iden-
tify as a significant outcome for the Lead- A community has adopted a no smoking
ing Health indicators of Healthy People policy
2020?
6. Which intervention should the public
health nurse implement when attempting Design and implement a no smoking
to address one of the leading health in- campaign at the local high school
dicators of Healthy People 2020?
-Development of Public health nursing
7. Lillian Wald was a significant person in practice
the history of American Nursing. Which -First nursing service for occupational
health
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-Established committee that was the
contributions can be attributed to her?
forerunner of the NLN
(Select all)
-Instituted a sliding scale fee for service
8. A male client is brought to the emer-
gency department as the result of a mo-
torcycle accident. He was not wearing a
helmet at the time of the accident, and "Wearing a helmet or not is certainly an
states that he has no intention of ever individual decision."
wearing one. Within the framework of the
Transtheoretical Model (TTM), which re-
sponse should the nurse provide?
9. After accepting the position of school
nurse in a public elementary school,
Conduct a windshield survey of the geo-
what strategy is best for the nurse to
graphic areas served by the school
use to obtain an overview of the student
body?
10. A nurse organizes a community ac-
tion group to help resolve health prob-
lems in a low income neighborhood with
Low immunization rate of children
a large population of recent immigrants
from Africa. What problem should the
nurse address first?
11. The nurse is preparing to discharge
an elderly, recently widowed female
client following a mild stroke. At this time
she is able to walk with the aid of a Meals-on-Wheels
walker. As part of the discharge planning,
what referral is most important for the
nurse to make?
12. The nurse is designing a bioterrorism
plan for a community. Which agents are -Pneumonic plague
transmitted person to person via respira- -Smallpox
tory or inhalation exposure? (Select all)
13. An occupational health nurse is re-
viewing a 20-year-old trend in the United
States that has resulted in an increase
in certain medical conditions due to the
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_30ky94
1. A 12-year-old female is seen by the
school nurse after recently experiencing
increasing difficulty sitting and paying at-
tention in class, and increasingly illegible Gather additional data by taking a health
handwriting. The nurse observes that the history and measuring vital signs
child has protruding eyeballs and a star-
ing expression. What action should the
nurse take next?
2. When asked to help develop inter-
ventions to combat obesity among chil-
Set goals that are focused on developing
dren, the community health nurse should
healthier lifestyles
stress the importance of implementing
which activity?
3. A terrorist attack has occurred and
several people have inhaled Ricin. Which
Provide supportive nursing care until an-
intervention should the emergency de-
titoxin is available
partment nurse implement when caring
for these clients?
4. A young woman tells the public health
nurse that a friend was recently diag-
nosed with Hepatitis B and she is con-
"Have you shared any needles or had
cerned about getting the disease. During
sex with your friend?"
the assessment interview, which ques-
tion is most important for the nurse to ask
this woman?
5. Which example should the nurse iden-
tify as a significant outcome for the Lead- A community has adopted a no smoking
ing Health indicators of Healthy People policy
2020?
6. Which intervention should the public
health nurse implement when attempting Design and implement a no smoking
to address one of the leading health in- campaign at the local high school
dicators of Healthy People 2020?
-Development of Public health nursing
7. Lillian Wald was a significant person in practice
the history of American Nursing. Which -First nursing service for occupational
health
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, HESI RN Practice Test--Community Health-Community Health Practice Ex
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_30ky94
-Established committee that was the
contributions can be attributed to her?
forerunner of the NLN
(Select all)
-Instituted a sliding scale fee for service
8. A male client is brought to the emer-
gency department as the result of a mo-
torcycle accident. He was not wearing a
helmet at the time of the accident, and "Wearing a helmet or not is certainly an
states that he has no intention of ever individual decision."
wearing one. Within the framework of the
Transtheoretical Model (TTM), which re-
sponse should the nurse provide?
9. After accepting the position of school
nurse in a public elementary school,
Conduct a windshield survey of the geo-
what strategy is best for the nurse to
graphic areas served by the school
use to obtain an overview of the student
body?
10. A nurse organizes a community ac-
tion group to help resolve health prob-
lems in a low income neighborhood with
Low immunization rate of children
a large population of recent immigrants
from Africa. What problem should the
nurse address first?
11. The nurse is preparing to discharge
an elderly, recently widowed female
client following a mild stroke. At this time
she is able to walk with the aid of a Meals-on-Wheels
walker. As part of the discharge planning,
what referral is most important for the
nurse to make?
12. The nurse is designing a bioterrorism
plan for a community. Which agents are -Pneumonic plague
transmitted person to person via respira- -Smallpox
tory or inhalation exposure? (Select all)
13. An occupational health nurse is re-
viewing a 20-year-old trend in the United
States that has resulted in an increase
in certain medical conditions due to the
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