COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
◉ A community health nurse is making a home visit to a postpartum
woman. The nurse suspects that the woman may be experiencing
depression. During a home postpartum visit, a community health
nurse suspects that the woman is experiencing depression. Which of
the following responses would be most appropriate? Answer: "It
might help if you try to nap while the baby is napping. You can set an
alarm if this makes you more comfortable."
◉ A nurse is making an initial home visit for a family who was
recently discharged from the hospital. The parents experienced a
difficult birth and the newborn was diagnosed with spina bifida.
While caring for this family, the nurse would attribute this episode
to which type of crisis and provide care accordingly? Answer:
Multiple crisis
◉ A pregnant woman with hypertensive disease presents to the
community health center for follow-up. Which action would be most
appropriate for the community health nurse to include when
teaching the woman about controlling her blood pressure at this
time? Answer: Ensuring rest periods with legs elevated
, ◉ Because you are a nurse, you have been asked to present a
program to a local elementary parent-teacher association on the
topic of pediculosis. You determine that the group needs additional
teaching when some parents state which of the following? Answer:
"It all stems back to the petting show, when they brought the
animals in."
◉ A community health nurse is developing a program that would
encourage mothers to use breast-feeding exclusively for their babies'
nutrition for the first 6 months. The nurse implements this program
on the understanding about which concept? Answer: Infant
mortality would significantly decrease.
◉ A community health nurse is preparing a presentation for a
community center group about crisis. Which concepts about
situational crises should be included in the presentation? Select all
that apply. Answer: -A situational crisis is a stressful, disrupting
event arising from external circumstances that occur suddenly to a
person, group, aggregate, or community.
-Situational crises often occur without warning.
◉ After teaching a class about family and domestic violence directed
toward children as a community health problem, which, if stated by
the class, indicates to the instructor that the teaching was effective?
Answer: Family violence has occurred in most countries for
centuries as children have been thought of as the property of their
parents.