Exam 15: Working With Vulnerable Populations

Which level of prevention is a CHN practising when she offers homeless clients yearly tuberculosis (TB) screening and free treatment for those who test positive?

A CHN who works at a clinic for homeless persons wants to institute a more efficient treatment for chronic wounds. What CHN action offers the best way to improve outcomes for these clients?

Which characteristics observed in a teenage boy should always alert the CHN to the possibility of suicide?

What is a primary cause of vulnerability?

Which action by a case manager would be classified as primary prevention?

What CHN action can help prevent depression in older adults who are at high risk for it?

A mother confides to the CHN that her live-in boyfriend pushed her 2-year-old child because he was crying too much. She begs the CHN not to tell anyone because her boyfriend has agreed to take anger management classes. What should the CHN do?

What information is most important to keep in mind when caring for a pregnant teen?

What action is the best example of enabling in a family with an alcoholic father?

Which one of the following is an example of tertiary prevention by a CHN?

During a group counselling session for perpetrators of intimate partner violence, which client statement indicates a lack of insight into his violent behaviour?