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What is Public Health Nursing Public Health History during the Early 20th Century
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In which of the following situations is the nurse planning a secondary prevention strategy?
Routinely checking students for pediculosis throughout the school year
lacing posters with images of appropriate hand hygiene near restrooms
Working with a dietitian to do carbohydrate counts for students with DM
Implementing age-appropriate injury prevention programs for each grade
2
Which of the following statements accurately reflects the current status of nursing in community health?
Each type of nurse is needed in today’s communities.
Comprehensive reform of health care is required
People no longer believe they can protect themselves
uCommunity health serves only clients with chronic conditions.
3
A nurse in a cardiovascular community public health clinic would most likely ascertain:
individual dietary interventions for cardiovascular disorders
the prevalence rate of cardiovascular disorders among various groups
a specific clinical diagnosis
a holistic treatment plan
4
A school nurse is scheduling visits with a PT for a cerebral palsy student. In which role is the nurse functioning
Consultant
Counselor
Direct caregiver
Case manager
5
Community-oriented nursing has been influenced by historical events and gov't initiatives that support the approach of?
caring for the disenfranchised
preventing acute illness
illness care
keeping the public healthy
6
The historical nurse who worked in military field hospitals and contributed to the foundation of community health is?
Florence Nightingale
Lillian Wald
Frances Root
Mary Breckinridge
7
In 1902 Lillian Wald introduced the concept of school nursing to address the problem of student absenteeism by:
providing follow-up care for the absent child at their home
enforcing the Department of Health’s rules and regulations
requiring parents to pay a fee for sending a sick child to school
focusing on excluding infectious children from the school environment
8
A client asks for additional information about hospice. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?
Clients who require skilled nursing care at home qualify for hospice care
Hospice assists to develop skills needed to care for themselves
A function of hospice is to provide teaching about life-sustaining measures
A component of hospice care is to control the client’s manifestations
9
In the US, the current system of the local government’s responsibility giving care for the disenfranchised emerged from:
Elizabethan Poor Law
Public Health Service (PHS).
Florence Nightingale
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
10
which ethical principle describes the fair distribution of benefits and burdens in society
Respect for autonomy
Distributive justice
Veracity
Fidelity
11
A PH nurse is planning initiatives for a city. Which interventions should be included as public health assurance?
Partnering with a lab company to provide free HIV screenings for the public
Meeting with city officials to propose changes to health laws
Reviewing data for incidence of influenza over a 25-year span
Providing medical facilities with information accidental injury rates
12
The term “instructive district nursing” was coined in the 19th century to describe the relationship of nursing to:
visiting nurse services
health education
home health care
settlement houses
13
Which activities should be considered in the assessment phase of determining the community’s health status?
Assisting communities to implement and evaluate plans and projects
Building constituencies to work with the community
Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information
Questioning the availability of health services to the community
Evaluating social, economic, and environmental characteristics
14
With work-related illness and injury, the nurse should include which of the following factors as physical agents?
Viruses
Stress
Age
Lighting
Noise
15
Which would be the primary interest of the public health nurse?
new technology for diabetic care
populations with the highest rate of diabetes
drug treatments for diabetes
educational materials for individuals with diabetes
16
Which public health core function focuses on responsibility of health agencies that activities meet public health goals?
primary prevention
public transportation
assurance
policy development
17
A nurse in a clinic that provides direct care services to clients with tuberculosis would be classified as practicing.
community-based nursing
community-oriented nursing
public health nursing
institutional nursing
18
One of Mary Breckinridge’s primary contributions to health care in the United States was:
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA).
the nursing process
occupational health nursing
introduction of the first nurse-midwives
19
A nurse planning a smoking cessation clinic for adolescents in the local middle schools and high schools is providing?
secondary care
community-based care
tertiary care
community-oriented care
20
which of the following situations as an example of community-based nursing?
A parish nurse teaching a class on low-sodium cooking techniques.
A school nurse teaching a student who has asthma about medications.
An occupational health nurse giving classes on body mechanics at a plant
A home health nurse preforming wound care for a client who is immobile
21
Data collection, monitoring health status, and making information available is which public health core function?
research
assessment
assurance
policy development
22
Screening for cognitive and psychomotor development of children would be community-oriented nursing. When?
treatment is initiated for a child with an identified learning disability
program is assessed for their effectiveness in making the school population
a Referral is given for delayed psychomotor development
individual results are compared with standards for the same age group
23
A nurse in a family medicine clinic assessing an earache is what type of nursing?
tertiary health nursing
community-oriented nursing
public health nursing
community-based nursing
24
Which of the following information should the nurse determine when conducting a work site survey?
Past jobs of individual employees
Length of time working in current role
Past exposure to specific agents
Work practices of employees
25
A school nurse teaches students with asthma techniques to minimize bronchial spasms. This is an application of:
institutional nursing
community-based nursing
community-oriented nursing
public health nursing
26
What was the initial impact of African American nurses working in the public health setting?
African American nurses held supervisory roles
certificate and graduate education programs were segregated in the South
African American nurses in the South were paid less
education for Southern nurses was provided through free educational grants
Study outside the South was not affordable and study leaves weren't granted
27
A PH nurse is reviewing outcomes of an exercise program at various locations. Which aspects of care does this evaluate
Timeliness
Client-centered
Equity
Safety
28
Congress-supported categorical funding has produced what negative effect on the delivery of health care services?
Beginning of 2-year associate’s degree programs in nursing
A reduction in comprehensive community health programs
Rise in hospital-based care
End of insurance company support for visiting nurses
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In which of the following situations is the nurse using primary prevention?
Implementing a program to notify those exposed to a communicable disease
Teaching healthy nutrition to clients who have hypertension.
Performing a home safety check at a client’s home
Providing influenza immunizations to employees at a local preschool
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Which factors helped develop approaches and programs to solve the health care and social problems of the late 1800s?
Community health’s focus on teaching and prevention
Establishment of settlement houses
uMiddle and upper class fear of diseases
Lack of public interest in limiting disease
Establishment of the Town and Country Nursing Services in large cities