QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Specialties of Community Nurses - CORRECT ANSWER School
Occupational
Forensic
Correctional
Faith Based
Home Health and Hospice
School Nurse Roles - CORRECT ANSWER Care provider
Student advocate
Educator
Community liaison
Case manager
Delegate cares and supervise others
Practice independently as a member of an interdisciplinary team
Conduct research
Shattuck Report - CORRECT ANSWER proposed that health education was a vital
component in the prevention of disease
Levels of prevention with School nursing - CORRECT ANSWER Primary: nutritional
education, immunizations,Health education
Secondary: Screenings (scoliosis, vision/hearing, eating disorders, depression, abuse),
identify at risk students, Treatment (administer medications, administer first aid, develop
individual health plans), Home visits (family counseling)
Tertiary:
, Referral of students for substance abuse, Prevention of complications and adverse effects
9and staff monitoring (follow ups)
occupational nurse role - CORRECT ANSWER planning safety services for employees
in local workplace, worker advocate
Levels of prevention with occupational nursing - CORRECT ANSWER Primary: Set
up programs to watch health conditions of workers, Do "walk throughs" to look at
environmental hazards, Safety and educational resources, promoting physical activity
Secondary: Health screenings, job transfer evaluations, periodic assessments, Blood pressure,
diabetes, and cholesterol screenings and mammograms
Tertiary: workplace accommodations, disability management, physical demands analysis,
Support and counseling, Weight loss programs for the severely obese
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - CORRECT
ANSWER Employers must "furnish a place of employment free from recognized
hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees."
workers compensation act - CORRECT ANSWER Provide income replacement and
health care for employees who sustain a work-related injury or death.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - CORRECT ANSWER Employers must make
"reasonable accommodations" to enhance opportunities for individuals with disabilities;
prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability.
Levels of prevention for forensic and correctional nursing - CORRECT
ANSWER Primary: start drug teaching in high schools and drug resistance programs,
Support programs, life-skills training.
Secondary: identify or screen for evidence of drug use, provide info on area groups that
provide support for students who avoid drugs.