HESI Community Health 3 Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
The community health nurses is counseling a group of 14 year olds about safe
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sexual practices. Which health teaching strategy would be most effective for the
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nurse to use with this age group?
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A.Encourage group members to describe personal experiences in practicing safe
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sex
B. Provide the group with statistical data about behaviors leading to venereal
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diseases
C. Tell the group that for aids prevention abstinence is the best safe sex practice
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D. Role play situations in which the adolescent is rewarded for practicing safe sex
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. Role play situations in which the adolescent is
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rewarded for practicing safe sex | | | |
A young adult man goes to an emergency treatment area after finishing a
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marathon run. He is weak dizzy and remains thirsty after drinking a pint of a
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flavored sports drink. What action should the nurse implement first?
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A. Instruct the runner that a urine sample is needed
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B. Send for the automatic external defibrillator
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C. Determine if there are friends or family nearby
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,D. Give the runner another pint of fluids to drink - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. Give
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the runner another pint of fluids to drink
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An older adult male who fractured his right hip is discharged to home one week
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following an arthroplasty. Which adjustment to the clients home environment is
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most important for the home health nurse to implement?
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A. Lower the temperature on the clients water heater
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B. Encourage the client to wear rubber soled shoes
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C. Ensure that an elevated toilet seat is installed
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D. Leave motion activated light in the living room - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C.
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Ensure that an elevated toilet seat is installed
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The nurse is caring for four clients in a women's health clinic. Which client should
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the nurse assess for risk for pelvic inflammatory disease?
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A. 30 year old with endometriosis
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B. 40 year old with leiomyoma
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C. 50 year old perimenopause
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D. 20 year old with gonorrhea - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. A 20 year old with
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gonorrhea
The nurse is teaching a group of adults at a health fair about healthy life style
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choices. Which information is most important for the nurse to emphasize?
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,A. Completely stop the use of cigarette and tobacco products
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B. Eat a diet high in fruits vegetables and whole grains
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C. Avoid the midday sun and use sunscreen
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D. Perform monthly self examination of breasts and testes - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-A. Completely stop the use of cigarette and tobacco products | | | | | | | | |
The school nurse who is reviewing immunization records of students who will
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start kindergarten within the next month notes that most of the students have
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only received on does of the measles mumps rubella vaccine. Which intervention
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should the nurse implement? | | |
A. Note in the student records that the second dose of the MMR vaccine should
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be administered prior to entering first grade
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B. Send notices home with the children on the first day of class advising that
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MMR vaccine series must be completed
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C. Contact kindergarten parents to remind them that the second dose of MMR is
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due at eh start of the school year
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D. Speak at the next parent teacher association meeting to teach parents the
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benefits of immunizing their children - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B. Send notices
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home with the children on the first day of class advising that MMR vaccine series
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must be completed | |
A middle aged male client presents for his annual health visit at a community
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clinic. He is 5 ft 10 in tall weighs 250 pounds, and works as an accountant. He
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smokes at least one pack of cigarettes every day for the last 15 years. Which
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secondary prevention measure should the nurse recommend the client to follow?
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, A. Compliance with antihypertensive and lipid lowering agents.
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B. Increase physical activity and diet low in saturated fat
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C. Smoking cessation
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D. Blood pressure and lipid screening - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. Blood pressure
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and lipid screening
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A male high school student is referred to the school nurse because he lost
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consciousness during gymnastics class. His neurological vital signs are with
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normal limits, and his blood pressure is 100/62. He is 6 ft 3 in tall wighs 135
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pound and his body mass index is 16.9. which assessment data should the nurse
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obtain first? |
A. Serial bp reading every 30 minutes
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B. Twenty-four hour diet recall
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C. Use of performance enhancing drugs
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D. Recent exposure to allergens - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B. Twenty-four hour diet
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recall
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The nurse is planning to implement a health education program on breast
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screening for Hispanic women at a community center. Which component of the
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teaching plan best provides culturally competent care?
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A. Provide handouts and brochures in the English and Spanish languages
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B. Ask a Hispanic breast cancer survivor to present the educational class
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C. Include treatment modalities with survival statistics for Hispanic women
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Questions With Correct Answers
The community health nurses is counseling a group of 14 year olds about safe
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
sexual practices. Which health teaching strategy would be most effective for the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
nurse to use with this age group?
| | | | | |
A.Encourage group members to describe personal experiences in practicing safe
| | | | | | | | | |
sex
B. Provide the group with statistical data about behaviors leading to venereal
| | | | | | | | | | | |
diseases
C. Tell the group that for aids prevention abstinence is the best safe sex practice
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
D. Role play situations in which the adolescent is rewarded for practicing safe sex
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. Role play situations in which the adolescent is
| | | | | | | | | | | |
rewarded for practicing safe sex | | | |
A young adult man goes to an emergency treatment area after finishing a
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
marathon run. He is weak dizzy and remains thirsty after drinking a pint of a
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
flavored sports drink. What action should the nurse implement first?
| | | | | | | | |
A. Instruct the runner that a urine sample is needed
| | | | | | | | |
B. Send for the automatic external defibrillator
| | | | | |
C. Determine if there are friends or family nearby
| | | | | | | |
,D. Give the runner another pint of fluids to drink - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. Give
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the runner another pint of fluids to drink
| | | | | | |
An older adult male who fractured his right hip is discharged to home one week
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
following an arthroplasty. Which adjustment to the clients home environment is
| | | | | | | | | | |
most important for the home health nurse to implement?
| | | | | | | |
A. Lower the temperature on the clients water heater
| | | | | | | |
B. Encourage the client to wear rubber soled shoes
| | | | | | | |
C. Ensure that an elevated toilet seat is installed
| | | | | | | |
D. Leave motion activated light in the living room - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C.
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Ensure that an elevated toilet seat is installed
| | | | | | |
The nurse is caring for four clients in a women's health clinic. Which client should
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the nurse assess for risk for pelvic inflammatory disease?
| | | | | | | |
A. 30 year old with endometriosis
| | | | |
B. 40 year old with leiomyoma
| | | | |
C. 50 year old perimenopause
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D. 20 year old with gonorrhea - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. A 20 year old with
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gonorrhea
The nurse is teaching a group of adults at a health fair about healthy life style
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
choices. Which information is most important for the nurse to emphasize?
| | | | | | | | | |
,A. Completely stop the use of cigarette and tobacco products
| | | | | | | | |
B. Eat a diet high in fruits vegetables and whole grains
| | | | | | | | | |
C. Avoid the midday sun and use sunscreen
| | | | | | |
D. Perform monthly self examination of breasts and testes - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-A. Completely stop the use of cigarette and tobacco products | | | | | | | | |
The school nurse who is reviewing immunization records of students who will
| | | | | | | | | | | |
start kindergarten within the next month notes that most of the students have
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
only received on does of the measles mumps rubella vaccine. Which intervention
| | | | | | | | | | | |
should the nurse implement? | | |
A. Note in the student records that the second dose of the MMR vaccine should
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
be administered prior to entering first grade
| | | | | |
B. Send notices home with the children on the first day of class advising that
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
MMR vaccine series must be completed
| | | | |
C. Contact kindergarten parents to remind them that the second dose of MMR is
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
due at eh start of the school year
| | | | | | |
D. Speak at the next parent teacher association meeting to teach parents the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
benefits of immunizing their children - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B. Send notices
| | | | | | | | | |
home with the children on the first day of class advising that MMR vaccine series
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
must be completed | |
A middle aged male client presents for his annual health visit at a community
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
clinic. He is 5 ft 10 in tall weighs 250 pounds, and works as an accountant. He
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
smokes at least one pack of cigarettes every day for the last 15 years. Which
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
secondary prevention measure should the nurse recommend the client to follow?
| | | | | | | | | |
, A. Compliance with antihypertensive and lipid lowering agents.
| | | | | | |
B. Increase physical activity and diet low in saturated fat
| | | | | | | | |
C. Smoking cessation
| |
D. Blood pressure and lipid screening - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. Blood pressure
| | | | | | | | | | |
and lipid screening
| |
A male high school student is referred to the school nurse because he lost
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
consciousness during gymnastics class. His neurological vital signs are with
| | | | | | | | | |
normal limits, and his blood pressure is 100/62. He is 6 ft 3 in tall wighs 135
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
pound and his body mass index is 16.9. which assessment data should the nurse
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
obtain first? |
A. Serial bp reading every 30 minutes
| | | | | |
B. Twenty-four hour diet recall
| | | |
C. Use of performance enhancing drugs
| | | | |
D. Recent exposure to allergens - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B. Twenty-four hour diet
| | | | | | | | | |
recall
|
The nurse is planning to implement a health education program on breast
| | | | | | | | | | | |
screening for Hispanic women at a community center. Which component of the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
teaching plan best provides culturally competent care?
| | | | | |
A. Provide handouts and brochures in the English and Spanish languages
| | | | | | | | | |
B. Ask a Hispanic breast cancer survivor to present the educational class
| | | | | | | | | | |
C. Include treatment modalities with survival statistics for Hispanic women
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