Exam 29: The Faith Community Nurse

A parish nurse organizes the annual health fair for the congregation,inviting community agencies to attend the event and display the health resources that are available in the community.What function of the parish nurse is being demonstrated?

Which of the following best describes the primary difference between parish nursing and all other nursing positions?

A parish nurse has been using pastoral activities when providing care to clients.Which of the following interventions is the nurse most likely using?

A young woman had been away from home several years before she returned home sick and disheartened.Her mother called a nurse to help.Which of the following behaviors would suggest that the caregiver who arrived was a parish nurse?

Which of the following statements suggests that faith community nursing is a nationally recognized specialty of nursing?

Which of the following statements best describes how clients and parish nurses typically perceive spiritual health?

A faith community nurse is partnering with a local public health department to develop programs for primary,secondary,and tertiary prevention activities.Which of the following should be used as the primary guide for development?

Which of the following best describes why it is helpful to be a member of a faith community?

Which of the following statements by a parish nurse exhibits a lack of understanding of the concept of pastoral care?

A nurse is considering accepting the parish nursing position within his congregation.Which of the following educational preparation is crucial for the nurse to have received?

A parish nurse is implementing a primary prevention measure related to obesity among the school-age members of the church.Which of the following activities is most likely being used by the nurse?

A parish nurse is using the institution-based model to plan care for a client with a chronic illness.Which of the following activities would the nurse most likely implement?

The parish nurse is working with the wellness committee to develop health programming for the congregation.Which of the following activities would the nurse most likely completed?

A parish nurse is evaluating health programs that provide holistic care across the life span.Which of the following methods would be the most appropriate approach?

A nurse would like to maximize her autonomy in her parish nursing practice.Which of the following models would most likely be preferred by the nurse?

A father confides to the parish nurse that his wife has been hurting their 3-year-old daughter.The nurse examines the daughter and finds evidence of physical abuse.In the parish nurse role,which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

A family shared their concerns,including sexual issues,in strictest confidence with a faith community nurse.When the nurse returned to the church office,the pastor asked why the family wanted to see her.Which of the following statements would be the best response by the nurse?

Which of the following principles is central to the role of the parish nurse?

A group of parish nurses affiliated with a number of faith-based communities located in different regions across the state are attending a quarterly meeting.Which of the following statements made by one of them indicates a lack of understanding of parish nursing?

To help congregation members better meet their nutritional needs,the parish nurse organized members to participate in activities that focused on fellowship while providing healthy meals to homebound members and serving "healthy heart" church suppers.Which of the following activities is being completed?