Chapter 23: Public Health, Community Base and Home Health Care Flashcards
The student learns that which is the best definition of a public health nurse?
a. Works with the public
b. Works in public areas
c. Works with the greater community
d. Works with public funding
c. Works with the greater community
A nurse is discharging a patient and is planning on what material to give the patient to take home. What action by the nurse is best?
a. Assess the patient’s ability to read and understand.
b. Determine if the patient wants to take written material home.
c. Give the patient the same material as other patients get.
d. Ask the patient if he/she has a need for written material.
a. Assess the patient’s ability to read and understand.
A nurse is planning primary prevention activities. Which activity would the nurse include in this plan?
a. Safer sex education for teens
b. Mammogram screening
c. Medication compliance
d. Annual physical exams
a. Safer sex education for teens
A nurse wants to volunteer for a community group providing secondary prevention. What activity would the nurse attend?
a. Stroke rehabilitation support group
b. Blood pressure screening at the mall
c. Bicycle safety class at the elementary school
d. Drop by nutrition station at the grocery store
b. Blood pressure screening at the mall
A nurse is orienting to a new job in a home health care agency and is told that most of her patients need tertiary prevention. What activity does the nurse plan to include in the daily routine?
a. Household safety checks
b. Well-baby checkups
c. Antibiotic administration
d. Monthly blood pressure assessments
c. Antibiotic administration
A nurse is interested in epidemiology. What work activity would best fit this role?
a. Studying census data to determine common causes of death
b. Researching population variables that contribute to disease
c. Developing sanitary measures to prevent foodborne illness
d. Designing research to determine the connection between pollution and cancer
b. Researching population variables that contribute to disease
The student studying community health nursing learns that vulnerable populations can be best assisted by which activity?
a. Researching their genetic risk for health problems
b. Working with the community to decrease health risks
c. Studying vital statistics to determine their causes of death
d. Making sure the population maintains immunizations
b. Working with the community to decrease health risks
A nurse is completing an OASIS assessment on a patient. What data would be most important for the nurse to assess?
a. Presence of grocery stores nearby
b. Safety concerns within the home
c. Number and kind of pets
d. Proximity to a health care facility
b. Safety concerns within the home
A community was devastated by a tornado several months ago. What nursing diagnosis would be most appropriate for the nurse to consider?
a. Social isolation
b. Deficient community resources
c. Ineffective community coping
d. Deficient community health
c. Ineffective community coping
When planning interventions for a community, what action by the nurse is best?
a. Involve community leaders in planning.
b. Create a plan of action addressing priorities.
c. Determine what resources are available.
d. Attempt to find funding for the plan.
a. Involve community leaders in planning.
A nurse has referred a patient to a community agency. When talking to the patient later, he states that he did not find the agency helpful. What action by the nurse is best?
a. Determine what the patient would find helpful.
b. Review the agency’s mission and scope.
c. Make another appointment with the agency.
d. Warn the patient that non-adherence affects payment.
b. Review the agency’s mission and scope.
A nurse has assessed a community and has found many areas in which health can be improved. As a result, the nurse has multiple ideas for programming. What action by the nurse is best?
a. Determine what the community thinks is most important
b. Use vital statistics to determine which is most important
c. See what other communities are focusing programming on
d. Choose the easiest problem to address first
a. Determine what the community thinks is most important
A home health care nurse is working with the family of a patient who has Alzheimer disease and requires 24-hour care. What assessment by the nurse indicates the family is meeting an important goal for caregiver role strain?
a. Family eats dinner together every night.
b. Family uses respite care one night a week.
c. Family investigates research trials for patient.
d. Family verbalizes exhaustion from caregiving.
b. Family uses respite care one night a week.
The nurse has implemented a community-wide immunization program for seasonal influenza. Once the program has ended, what action by the nurse is best?
a. Begin planning for next year’s program.
b. Send mail surveys to participants.
c. Determine financial gains or losses.
d. Evaluate the program and outcomes.
d. Evaluate the program and outcomes.
A nurse is wondering if home health care nursing is a good fit. What characteristic or ability does the experienced home health care nurse suggest is most important?
a. Creativity
b. Organization
c. Assessment skills
d. Time management
a. Creativity
