answers
The three levels of the Intervention Wheel are:
A) Communities, systems, and individuals/families.
B) Interventions, color wedges, and levels of practice.
C) Population base, levels of practice, and public health interventions.
D) Populations at risk, populations of interest, and levels of practice.
Correct Answer-A
Public health nursing practice is guided by the community's priorities as
identified by community:
A) Assessment.
B) Diagnosis.
C) Interventions.
D) Planning. Correct Answer-A
Collaboration is an intervention that would be located where in the
Intervention Wheel?
A) Red wedge at the individual/family level of practice.
B) Blue wedge at the community level of practice.
C) Orange wedge at the community level of practice.
D) Green wedge at the systems level of practice. Correct Answer-C
,The intervention used to influence the knowledge, attitudes, values,
beliefs, behaviors, and practices of the population of interest is referred
to as:
A) Advocacy.
B) Coalition building.
C) Consultation.
D) Social marketing. Correct Answer-D
Promotion of the creation of immunization registries that combine
immunization information from different sources into a single electronic
record to provide official immunization records for schools, daycare
centers, health departments, and clinics is a goal of:
A) Community-level practice.
B) Family-level practice.
C) Individual-level practice.
D) Systems-level practice. Correct Answer-D
When confirmed cases of the mumps, a vaccine-preventable disease,
emerged on college campuses in fall 2006, public health nurses
conducted outreach at campuses and collaborated with student health
officials to increase the number of students with full immunization
compliance. This is an example of:
A) Community-level practice.
B) Family-level practice.
C) Individual-level practice.
D) Systems-level practice. Correct Answer-A
,A nursing diagnosis of Increased risk for delayed development, injury,
and disease because of inadequate parenting by a primary parent
experiencing depression would most likely indicate that the nursing
process is being applied at the _______ level of practice and the
_______ level of prevention.
A) Individual/family + secondary.
B) Community + primary.
C) Community + secondary.
D) Individual/family + primary. Correct Answer-A
After consulting with the health department director, a public health
nurse collaborates with a housing advocate service and legal counsel on
behalf of the nurse's clients who live in substandard housing under fear
of eviction. The nurse is applying the _______ component of the nursing
process to a _______ level of practice.
A) Evaluation + systems.
B) Assessment + community.
C) Implementation + systems.
D) Diagnosis + community. Correct Answer-C
A community-level intervention designed to increase the sense of
belonging among older community residents at risk for social isolation
was implemented by opening a senior center every other Wednesday at a
local church that provided lunch and social programs. At the end of 6
months, the attendees were surveyed to determine their experience with
the program, barriers to attendance, expansion of their social networks,
, and involvement in other community activities. This survey allowed the
community health nurse to _______ the program and design program
improvements.
A) Evaluate the effectiveness of.
B) Assess the expansion needs of.
C) Identify problems with
D) Implement the expansion of. Correct Answer-A
Factors related to the determinants of health identified in Healthy People
2020 include which of the following (select all that apply)?
A) Education and literacy.
B) Genetic endowment.
C) Gender.
D) Culture.
E) Social status. Correct Answer-A,B,C,D,E
A nurse identifies higher-than-normal levels of lead when screening a 3-
year-old child. The nurse works with the local health department to put
together a team to address the environmental issues responsible for the
child's abnormal lead level. Team members should include the following
specialists:
A) Epidemiologist, pediatric specialist, and sanitarian.
B) Laboratory specialist, contractor whose bid for lead reduction work is
the lowest, and public health lead reduction specialist.
C) Public health sanitarian, pediatric generalist, and plumbing inspector.