Question 1

What level of prevention is evident in screening school children's vision and hearing?

Accepted Answer

A)  Secondary 
B)  Health promotion 
C)  Primary 
D)  Tertiary 
A)  Secondary 
B)  Health promotion 
C)  Primary 
D)  Tertiary A

Question 2

What effect has the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome and West Nile virus had on public health nursing (PHN)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Large public health initiatives are the domain of the physician. 
B)  There has been no effect as PHNs are not involved in communicable disease control. 
C)  Public health nurses no longer do contact tracing with individual clients. 
D)  There has been increased involvement in emergency preparedness planning and education. 
A)  Large public health initiatives are the domain of the physician. 
B)  There has been no effect as PHNs are not involved in communicable disease control. 
C)  Public health nurses no longer do contact tracing with individual clients. 
D)  There has been increased involvement in emergency preparedness planning and education. D

Question 3

What type of health care is described in the statement,"Health care that is made universally accessible to individuals and families,through their full participation,and at a cost the community can afford"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Disease and injury prevention 
B)  Global health care 
C)  Primary health care 
D)  Population health promotion 
A)  Disease and injury prevention 
B)  Global health care 
C)  Primary health care 
D)  Population health promotion C

Question 4

What example best illustrates an inclusive definition of a family?

Accepted Answer

A)  Group members related by blood or marriage 
B)  A man and a woman united in marriage 
C)  People who are living together under common law 
D)  Significant others for any given person 
A)  Group members related by blood or marriage 
B)  A man and a woman united in marriage 
C)  People who are living together under common law 
D)  Significant others for any given person

Question 5

What activity is an example of a public health nurse (PHN)working at the level of the individual?

Accepted Answer

A)  Delivering palliative care in a home 
B)  Providing school health education services 
C)  Developing a web-based community resources guide 
D)  Working in a travel immunization clinic 
A)  Delivering palliative care in a home 
B)  Providing school health education services 
C)  Developing a web-based community resources guide 
D)  Working in a travel immunization clinic

Question 6

What statement best describes health promotion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Does not involve care and support for chronic conditions 
B)  Includes the spectrum of health enhancement to disease prevention 
C)  The process of controlling people's health 
D)  The exclusive responsibility of nurses 
A)  Does not involve care and support for chronic conditions 
B)  Includes the spectrum of health enhancement to disease prevention 
C)  The process of controlling people's health 
D)  The exclusive responsibility of nurses

Question 7

A nurse is working with a public coalition to lobby for water fluoridation.What macro health promotion strategy is illustrated in this example?

Accepted Answer

A)  Social marketing 
B)  Community mobilization 
C)  Downstream thinking 
D)  Secondary prevention 
A)  Social marketing 
B)  Community mobilization 
C)  Downstream thinking 
D)  Secondary prevention

Question 8

What is an example of a community health nurse's role in a primary prevention activity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Doing blood pressure screening 
B)  Giving an influenza immunization 
C)  Completing blood glucose monitoring 
D)  Assisting a client with home dialysis 
A)  Doing blood pressure screening 
B)  Giving an influenza immunization 
C)  Completing blood glucose monitoring 
D)  Assisting a client with home dialysis

Question 9

What is the ultimate goal of a public health nurse's work?

Accepted Answer

A)  Enforce the provincial Public Health Act 
B)  Deliver health care to individuals and families within home and school settings 
C)  Increase the health of the community by preventing disease and promoting healthy behaviours 
D)  Provide specialized services to marginalized groups 
A)  Enforce the provincial Public Health Act 
B)  Deliver health care to individuals and families within home and school settings 
C)  Increase the health of the community by preventing disease and promoting healthy behaviours 
D)  Provide specialized services to marginalized groups

Question 10

What is an example of a health promotion activity that a public health nurse would provide?

Accepted Answer

A)  Giving stress reduction seminars to employees at a large corporation 
B)  Symptom management support for a family in a palliative care situation 
C)  Monitoring home oxygen therapy for a client awaiting a lung transplant 
D)  Providing meningitis prophylaxis to a high school in an outbreak situation 
A)  Giving stress reduction seminars to employees at a large corporation 
B)  Symptom management support for a family in a palliative care situation 
C)  Monitoring home oxygen therapy for a client awaiting a lung transplant 
D)  Providing meningitis prophylaxis to a high school in an outbreak situation

Question 11

What situation demonstrates that the home health nurse's relationship with the client is based on the understanding that the nurse is a "guest in the house"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prior to providing care the nurse washes her hands at the kitchen sink. 
B)  The home visit is booked to meet the nurse's demanding work schedule. 
C)  The nurse wears slippers in the client's home in observance of the client's cultural customs. 
D)  The client will follow the expert advice provided by the nurse during the visit. 
A)  Prior to providing care the nurse washes her hands at the kitchen sink. 
B)  The home visit is booked to meet the nurse's demanding work schedule. 
C)  The nurse wears slippers in the client's home in observance of the client's cultural customs. 
D)  The client will follow the expert advice provided by the nurse during the visit.

Question 12

Contrast three of the practice settings of community health nurses (CHNs)in terms of role focus and unique characteristics of nursing practice.Give an example for each practice setting of where the CHN might work.

Accepted Answer

Public Health Nurse:
Role focus-mandated

Question 13

Discuss the role of two professional nursing associations as they relate to community health nurses (CHNs).

Accepted Answer

- Community Health Nursing Association o

Question 14

What factor has been shown to enable community health nurses to practise to their full scope?

Accepted Answer

A)  Existing nurse/physician collaboration 
B)  Access to learning resources 
C)  The work environment 
D)  Professional development opportunities 
A)  Existing nurse/physician collaboration 
B)  Access to learning resources 
C)  The work environment 
D)  Professional development opportunities

Question 15

A community health nurse is organizing a health fair at the university.What activity is an example of secondary prevention?

Accepted Answer

A)  Provide free condoms at the health booth 
B)  Have participants complete a screening tool to determine mental health wellness 
C)  Develop a handout on the adverse effects of alcohol abuse 
D)  Supply a pamphlet on Canada's Food Guide with a sample meal plan 
A)  Provide free condoms at the health booth 
B)  Have participants complete a screening tool to determine mental health wellness 
C)  Develop a handout on the adverse effects of alcohol abuse 
D)  Supply a pamphlet on Canada's Food Guide with a sample meal plan

Question 16

A community health nurse is assisting Ms.Halladay to complete a grant application to obtain funding for specialized health care equipment for her ill daughter.What community health nursing competency is evident in this scenario?

Accepted Answer

A)  Understanding and utilization of ethics and culture care principles 
B)  Understanding scope of practice or professional expectations 
C)  Knowledge of community resources in order to link the client to appropriate resources 
D)  Knowledge of advocacy,health policy development,and the overall health system 
A)  Understanding and utilization of ethics and culture care principles 
B)  Understanding scope of practice or professional expectations 
C)  Knowledge of community resources in order to link the client to appropriate resources 
D)  Knowledge of advocacy,health policy development,and the overall health system

Question 17

What is the primary focus of a forensic nurse's work?

Accepted Answer

A)  Providing health care services within psychiatric institutions 
B)  Caring for survivors of violence including sexual assault 
C)  Consulting for ethics review boards 
D)  Working at a summer camp for troubled youth 
A)  Providing health care services within psychiatric institutions 
B)  Caring for survivors of violence including sexual assault 
C)  Consulting for ethics review boards 
D)  Working at a summer camp for troubled youth

Question 18

What public health nursing initiative would be an example of macro health promotion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Educate a small segment of the population about a health issue 
B)  Produce effective behaviour change through health education 
C)  Deliver services in isolation from other strategies 
D)  Work with an entire community on a food security policy 
A)  Educate a small segment of the population about a health issue 
B)  Produce effective behaviour change through health education 
C)  Deliver services in isolation from other strategies 
D)  Work with an entire community on a food security policy

Question 19

What activity by a public health nurse best illustrates group as client?

Accepted Answer

A)  Visits a diabetic woman and her husband every day 
B)  Delivers nursing care to families living in a housing complex 
C)  Conducts discharge planning rounds at a local hospital 
D)  Provides prenatal classes at a community centre 
A)  Visits a diabetic woman and her husband every day 
B)  Delivers nursing care to families living in a housing complex 
C)  Conducts discharge planning rounds at a local hospital 
D)  Provides prenatal classes at a community centre

Question 20

How does the role of the nurse practitioner differ from that of a public health nurse?

Accepted Answer

A)  Is the owner of a business that offers nursing services 
B)  Provides health services within the prison system 
C)  Provides specialized clinical care in the home 
D)  Autonomously diagnoses and orders diagnostics 
A)  Is the owner of a business that offers nursing services 
B)  Provides health services within the prison system 
C)  Provides specialized clinical care in the home 
D)  Autonomously diagnoses and orders diagnostics

Exam 3: Nursing Roles, Functions, and Practice Settings

What level of prevention is evident in screening school children's vision and hearing?

What effect has the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome and West Nile virus had on public health nursing (PHN)?

What type of health care is described in the statement,"Health care that is made universally accessible to individuals and families,through their full participation,and at a cost the community can afford"?

What example best illustrates an inclusive definition of a family?

What activity is an example of a public health nurse (PHN)working at the level of the individual?

What statement best describes health promotion?

A nurse is working with a public coalition to lobby for water fluoridation.What macro health promotion strategy is illustrated in this example?

What is an example of a community health nurse's role in a primary prevention activity?

What is the ultimate goal of a public health nurse's work?

What is an example of a health promotion activity that a public health nurse would provide?

What situation demonstrates that the home health nurse's relationship with the client is based on the understanding that the nurse is a "guest in the house"?

Contrast three of the practice settings of community health nurses (CHNs)in terms of role focus and unique characteristics of nursing practice.Give an example for each practice setting of where the CHN might work.

Discuss the role of two professional nursing associations as they relate to community health nurses (CHNs).

What factor has been shown to enable community health nurses to practise to their full scope?

A community health nurse is organizing a health fair at the university.What activity is an example of secondary prevention?

A community health nurse is assisting Ms.Halladay to complete a grant application to obtain funding for specialized health care equipment for her ill daughter.What community health nursing competency is evident in this scenario?

What is the primary focus of a forensic nurse's work?

What public health nursing initiative would be an example of macro health promotion?

What activity by a public health nurse best illustrates group as client?

How does the role of the nurse practitioner differ from that of a public health nurse?

The History of Community Health Nursing in Canada

Financing, Policy, and Politics of Healthcare Delivery

Advocacy, Ethical, and Legal Considerations

Concepts of Health

Population Health Promotion Models and Strategies

Primary Health Care

Cultural Diversity

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Research

Information Technology

Communicable Diseases

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Community Health Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation

Maternal and Child Health

Family Health

School Health

Gender and Community Health

Older Adult Health

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Clients

Mental Health

Aboriginal Health

Clients in Rural Areas

Environmental Health

Correctional Health

Violence in Societies

Poverty and Homelessness

Substance Use

Sexually Transmitted Infections and Blood Borne Pathogens

Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Nursing

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