Exam 23: Public Health, Community Base, and Home Health Care

The student studying community health nursing learns that vulnerable populations can be best assisted by which activity?

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 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?

The nurse explains to the patient that which services will be covered under Medicare? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is planning primary prevention activities. Which activity would the nurse include in this plan?

A nurse is interested in epidemiology. What work activity would best fit this role?

The home health care nurse educates patients on which goals of hospice care? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is a case manager for a home health care agency. The nurse often orders supplies for patients seen by the agency. What action by the nurse is best?

A nurse wants to volunteer for a community group providing secondary prevention. What activity would the nurse attend?

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 nurse is assessing social determinants of health. Which does the nurse include in the assessment? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is completing an OASIS assessment on a patient. What data would be most important for the nurse to assess?

When planning interventions for a community, what action by the nurse is best?

The student learns that which is the best definition of a public health nurse?

The nurse is conducting a windshield survey. What items does the nurse assess? (Select all that apply.)

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 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?

The student nurse learns the ANA's Scope and Standards of Practice for public health nursing include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

A community was devastated by a tornado several months ago. What nursing diagnosis would be most appropriate for the nurse to consider?

The community health nurse knows that which are standards of professional performance for home care nurses? (Select all that apply.)