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FNP 590 MIDTERM & FINALS 2025| COMPLETE EXAM
SET (questions and verified answers)frequently most
tested questions | already passed!!
After assessing the community, the nurse concludes that the community is
having difficulty meeting its nutritional-metabolic pattern. Which of the following
findings would the nurse most likely have discovered during the assessment?
A. Decreased availability of grocery stores
B. Poor nutritional habits
C. Lack of subsidized food programs
D. Inadequate knowledge about proper nutrition - (ANSWER)B. Poor nutritional
habits
The nutritional-metabolic pattern identifies data relevant to community eating
habits. These habits are the result of decreased availability of grocery stores, lack
of subsidized food programs, and inadequate knowledge. The habits are also
influenced by a community''s culture. Therefore, the end results of health
concerns in the nutritional-metabolic pattern of a community are poor nutritional
habits.
A community is in the maintenance stage of change. Which of the following would
be an appropriate intervention for the community health nurse?
A. Highlight past successes
B. Discuss the benefits of changing
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C. Develop strategies to prevent relapse
D. Provide information - (ANSWER)A. Highlight past successes
In the maintenance stage of change, a community nurse should highlight past
successes and future benefits. During the contemplation phase, the benefits of
changing should be discussed. Developing strategies to prevent relapse should
happen during the action phase. Providing information should occur during the
precontemplation stage.
The study of a population is referred to as (a):
A. community pattern.
B. windshield survey.
C. demography.
D. community diagnosis. - (ANSWER)C. demography.
Which functional health pattern provides information about problem-solving and
decision-making within communities?
A. Cognitive-perceptual pattern
B. Self-perception-self-concept pattern
C. Coping-stress tolerance pattern
D. Health-perception-health-management pattern - (ANSWER)A. Cognitive-
perceptual pattern
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A nurse is working with a community that is experiencing an alteration in its
values-beliefs pattern. Which of the following is most likely to result because of a
disturbance in this functional health pattern?
A. Respiratory disorders
B. Hearing loss
C. Coronary artery disease
D. Stress - (ANSWER)C. Coronary artery disease
A nurse is collecting data regarding the number of crosswalks within a
community. Which perspective is being used to gather this data?
A. Developmental perspective
B. Functional perspective
C. Risk-factor perspective
D, Systems perspective - (ANSWER)C. Risk-factor perspective
One way to assess a community is from a risk-factor perspective. Risk factors
associated with community diseases, illness, and death rates play a role in
predicting the likelihood of adverse health conditions. Risk factors include a
combination of demographic, psychological, physiological, or environmental
characteristics. Select groups may be at risk based on shared risks. Knowing which
risk factors are present assists community nurses in developing action plans for
health promotion and disease prevention.
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A community is considering banning smoking in all schools. Based on the
community's current stage of change, which action should the nurse take next?
A. Provide the community with statistics regarding childhood smoking rates.
B. Point out positive outcomes associated with banning smoking such as
maintenance of lung function.
C. Help the community develop a plan to implement the ban.
D. Praise the members of the community for their actions. - (ANSWER)B. Point
out positive outcomes associated with banning smoking such as maintenance of
lung function.
Partnering with school-based clinics and local pediatric dentists so that children
can have access to preventive dental care is an example of a(n):
A. codependent function.
B. independent function.
C. interdependent function.
D. dependent function. - (ANSWER)C. interdependent function.
A nurse is assessing a community's exposure to pollutants by examining
contaminated soil, air, water, and food. Which functional health pattern is being
assessed by the nurse?
FNP 590 MIDTERM & FINALS 2025| COMPLETE EXAM
SET (questions and verified answers)frequently most
tested questions | already passed!!
After assessing the community, the nurse concludes that the community is
having difficulty meeting its nutritional-metabolic pattern. Which of the following
findings would the nurse most likely have discovered during the assessment?
A. Decreased availability of grocery stores
B. Poor nutritional habits
C. Lack of subsidized food programs
D. Inadequate knowledge about proper nutrition - (ANSWER)B. Poor nutritional
habits
The nutritional-metabolic pattern identifies data relevant to community eating
habits. These habits are the result of decreased availability of grocery stores, lack
of subsidized food programs, and inadequate knowledge. The habits are also
influenced by a community''s culture. Therefore, the end results of health
concerns in the nutritional-metabolic pattern of a community are poor nutritional
habits.
A community is in the maintenance stage of change. Which of the following would
be an appropriate intervention for the community health nurse?
A. Highlight past successes
B. Discuss the benefits of changing
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C. Develop strategies to prevent relapse
D. Provide information - (ANSWER)A. Highlight past successes
In the maintenance stage of change, a community nurse should highlight past
successes and future benefits. During the contemplation phase, the benefits of
changing should be discussed. Developing strategies to prevent relapse should
happen during the action phase. Providing information should occur during the
precontemplation stage.
The study of a population is referred to as (a):
A. community pattern.
B. windshield survey.
C. demography.
D. community diagnosis. - (ANSWER)C. demography.
Which functional health pattern provides information about problem-solving and
decision-making within communities?
A. Cognitive-perceptual pattern
B. Self-perception-self-concept pattern
C. Coping-stress tolerance pattern
D. Health-perception-health-management pattern - (ANSWER)A. Cognitive-
perceptual pattern
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A nurse is working with a community that is experiencing an alteration in its
values-beliefs pattern. Which of the following is most likely to result because of a
disturbance in this functional health pattern?
A. Respiratory disorders
B. Hearing loss
C. Coronary artery disease
D. Stress - (ANSWER)C. Coronary artery disease
A nurse is collecting data regarding the number of crosswalks within a
community. Which perspective is being used to gather this data?
A. Developmental perspective
B. Functional perspective
C. Risk-factor perspective
D, Systems perspective - (ANSWER)C. Risk-factor perspective
One way to assess a community is from a risk-factor perspective. Risk factors
associated with community diseases, illness, and death rates play a role in
predicting the likelihood of adverse health conditions. Risk factors include a
combination of demographic, psychological, physiological, or environmental
characteristics. Select groups may be at risk based on shared risks. Knowing which
risk factors are present assists community nurses in developing action plans for
health promotion and disease prevention.
, 4
A community is considering banning smoking in all schools. Based on the
community's current stage of change, which action should the nurse take next?
A. Provide the community with statistics regarding childhood smoking rates.
B. Point out positive outcomes associated with banning smoking such as
maintenance of lung function.
C. Help the community develop a plan to implement the ban.
D. Praise the members of the community for their actions. - (ANSWER)B. Point
out positive outcomes associated with banning smoking such as maintenance of
lung function.
Partnering with school-based clinics and local pediatric dentists so that children
can have access to preventive dental care is an example of a(n):
A. codependent function.
B. independent function.
C. interdependent function.
D. dependent function. - (ANSWER)C. interdependent function.
A nurse is assessing a community's exposure to pollutants by examining
contaminated soil, air, water, and food. Which functional health pattern is being
assessed by the nurse?
