Exam 2: Contemporary Issues in Women’s, Families’, and Children’s Health Care

Which of the following activities should the perinatal nurse encourage women who come for preconceptional counseling to consider?

The clinic nurse explains to a student that an appropriate nursing action is screening all children for child abuse.What other information does the nurse give the student about child abuse?

The community health nurse knows that the public health intervention model is focused on which of the following intervention levels?

A nurse working with the elderly population is distressed that in order to obtain public funding for long-term care,the elderly must expend nearly all of their resources.When considering bioethical principles,which principle should the nurse choose to act from to make the biggest difference in this situation?

A community health nurse explains to the nursing student that the best health-related programming includes which of the following elements?

What does the nursing student understand about health disparities in the United States?

A nurse has heard of the "digital divide" between people who have access to technology and those who don't.The nurse asks a mentor how this can affect health care.What response by the mentor is most accurate?

A nurse is working with a patient who misses appointments frequently and doesn't always fill prescriptions for herself or her children.On reviewing the patient's chart,the nurse sees that the patient has insurance.What action by the nurse would be the most helpful?

A nurse is interested in primary prevention programs.Which of the following activities would this nurse choose to do?

A nurse would like to improve the health of the community.Which action by the nurse would have the greatest impact?

A nurse working with an after-school program is concerned about the lack of health literacy in the students' parents.What action would best address this need?

A 45-year-old woman presents to the emergency department complaining of chest pain and feeling anxious.She asks to have an electrocardiogram (EKG)but is told that "heart disease is a man's disease" and is given a prescription for lorazepam (Ativan).What can the nurse conclude?

A nurse is interested in providing tertiary prevention activities.Which of the following activities would this nurse choose to do?

A nurse is working with a woman who is 4 months pregnant.The woman has had a series of temporary housing,has no job,and is wearing clothing that is obviously way too big for her.What action can the nurse take to most improve the health of this woman and child?

The community health nurse is aware that the goals of Healthy People 2020 include which of the following?

A nurse wishing to be an advocate for access to health care would most likely choose to participate in which of the following activities?

A nurse wants to know the trend concerning death due to cardiovascular disease.What source should the nurse consult?

A nurse has helped organize and staff a free vaccination clinic for underserved populations in a central location of the city.The nurse is unhappy that so few people came to the clinic.In evaluating this outcome,what factors does the nurse recognize as potentially leading to the problem?

The public health nurse explains to students that diversity is an increasing phenomenon in this country.What facts about this phenomenon does the nurse share with the students?

The clinic nurse is working with a mother and her 3-year-old child who have arrived for the child's routine checkup.The nurse encourages the mother to return for her child's measles-mumps-rubella immunization prior to the child's entering school.This intervention is an example of what type of care?