Exam 23: Rural and Migrant Health

A nurse was becoming very frustrated at the ongoing stream of farmworkers with respiratory problems each spring. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?

Which of the following is the most frequent cause of farm fatalities and nonfatal injuries?

Which of the following best describes a proposed strategy to address the lack of health care professionals in rural communities?

Which of the following factors results in rural residents having less access to health care than urban dwellers? (Select all that apply.)

Which of the following statements best describes how firearm injuries are different in rural areas as compared with urban areas?

From which of the following causes are rural residents twice as likely to die from in comparison with urban residents?

Which of the following best describes how the federal government tries to both encourage and support rural health clinics under the Community Health Centers (CHC) program?

Which of the following best explains why the rural population is growing when young persons from rural areas consistently are moving to urban areas to seek employment?

Which of the following are particularly prevalent in rural areas (more so than in urban areas) of the South?

Which of the following differences is found in parish nursing in a rural area as opposed to parish nursing in an urban area?

A nurse was excited about being the only staff member in the public health department in a small rural area. Which of the following problems would the nurse most likely encounter? (Select all that apply.)

Which of the following best describes why there are more long-term consequences (such as death) to a driver injured in a truck accident in a rural area than a driver injured in a truck accident in an urban area? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse saw there was a need for a hospice facility in a rural area, because so many of the residents were quite elderly and death was common. Which of the following best explains why the community would not immediately see the wisdom of the nurse's suggestion?

Which of the following factors would cause a geographic area to be called a frontier area?