Exam 19: Population-Centered Nursing in Rural and Urban Environments

A nurse is planning care using the case management model.Which of the following interventions would be most appropriate when implementing this model of care?

A nurse is providing maternal-child care for rural women.The nurse would like to intervene with pregnant women who are at risk for poor health outcomes.Which of the following populations would be the target population for the nurse's care?

A nurse is assisting with recruitment of health care providers to a primary care facility.Which of the following facts about the rural population and their patterns of seeking medical care should be considered?

Which of the following describes a barrier to obtaining care in a rural area?

A nurse who had been working in an urban area is now employed in a rural area.Which of the following differences between the populations is the nurse most likely to notice?

A nurse is planning interventions that will be used when providing care for a rural client.Which of the following characteristics of rural life should the nurse anticipate? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is providing care for at-risk minority groups in rural America.Which of the following health care needs are appropriate for the nurse to address? (Select all that apply.)

Compared with urban Americans,rural residents:

A nurse is planning to conduct research in a rural setting.Which of the following areas of research may be of most importance to rural nursing practice?

Which is a characteristic of nursing practice in rural environments?

A nurse builds a vacation home in a remote area having fewer than six people per square mile so he can "get away from it all." Which of the following best describes the classification of this area?

A nurse provides care to rural adults after working in an urban clinic for many years.Which of the following considerations should the nurse make when working with this population?

A nurse administrator is educating her new nursing staff about the use of health care by rural residents.Which of the following statements is she most likely to include in her presentation?

A nurse visited a client living on a farm residency.Which of the following best describes the area the nurse visited?

A client is suffering from stress related to the depressed lumber industry in his county.Which of the following best describes this client's condition?

A nurse is providing care to a Native Alaskan client.Which of the following exposures should the nurse anticipate may require specialized community nursing care?

Rurality is a subjective concept because:

Which group is over-represented in rural areas when compared with urban areas?

A nurse is practicing in a rural environment.Which of the following opportunities exist for in the nurse's practice?

In comparison with urban adults,rural adults: