NUR235 – Community and Primary Health Care Exam 1
(Determinants of Health & Health Service Accessibility)
W1 - Making healthcare services accessible through providing care in the client's home is an
example of:
a.primary healthcare
b.secondary care
c.tertiary prevention
d.discharge planning
A. PRIMARY HEALTHCARE
Which of the following is a principle that grounds community healthcare services and
programs?
a.
Intersectional collaboration
b.
Empowerment
c.
Community self-determination
d.
All of the above
D. AOTA
The most serious effects of healthcare inequalities are experienced by:
a.
the aged population
b.
migrants
c.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
d.
women
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,c. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
In Australia the largest determinant of illness is:
a.poor economic status
b.cardiovascular disease
c.race
d.age
a. poor economic status
In respect to the determinants of health, biomedical factors include which of the following?
a.
pollution
b.
chronic illness
c.
health literacy
d.
tobacco smoking
b.
chronic illness
Discovering the meaning and purpose of an event to make sense of practice and evaluate
performance is:
a.
reflection
b.
self-regulation
c.
inference
d.
interpretation
a.
reflection
The A-E approach to patient assessment is otherwise referred to as a....
a.
Secondary assessment
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,b.
primary assessment
c.
a conditions assessment
d.
none of the above
B. primary assessment
Clinical priorities...
a.are based on the assessment data collected
b.is learning from process to inform practice
c.involve preparing for and taking action
d.All of the above
D. AOTA
Which of the following nursing actions is the best example of problem-solving?
a.Requesting the IV team to start an antibiotic drip on a patient with a history of being a
'difficult cannulation'
b.Offering to call the kitchen to provide an alternative breakfast for a patient who does not like
cooked cereal
c.Trying several difficult wound dressings to determine which one the patient can apply the
most effectively
d.Calling for another pain medication order when the current drug results in the patient
experiencing nausea
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D
Which of the following nursing interventions is the best example of the implementation step of
the nursing process?
a.determining that the patient's ankle oedema is worse after he ambulates
b.asking the patient to rate his ankle pain after receiving oral pain medication
c.arranging for the patient to receive pain medication 30 minutes before his ordered ambulation
d.crushing the patient's pain medication to facilitate easier swallowing and thus minimising the
risk of choking.
C
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, Which of the following is an example of a nurse's statement that shows use of the scientific
method in the nursing process?
a.'My instincts tell me that the patient is getting depressed.'
b.'The patient doesn't look the same today. I think something is wrong.'
c.
'The patient's husband told me that she is feeling uncomfortable.'
d.
'The patient seems to be having more pain today than yesterday and her blood pressure is
elevated.'
d - 'The patient seems to be having more pain today than yesterday and her blood pressure is
elevated
A nurse is working with a patient who has recently had a colostomy. The patient is having
difficulty using the supplies that are provided for ostomy care. The nurse investigates the other
types of supplies available and works with the patient to see which ones are the best. This is an
example of the critical-thinking strategy of:
a.
inference
b.
problem solving
c.
management
d.
diagnostic reasoning
B - problem solving
Nursing interventions should be documented according to specific criteria so that they are
clearly understood by other members of the nursing team. The intervention statement 'Nurse
will apply two warm, wet soaks to the patient's leg while the patient is awake' lacks which one
of the following components?
a.
method
b.
quantity
c.
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(Determinants of Health & Health Service Accessibility)
W1 - Making healthcare services accessible through providing care in the client's home is an
example of:
a.primary healthcare
b.secondary care
c.tertiary prevention
d.discharge planning
A. PRIMARY HEALTHCARE
Which of the following is a principle that grounds community healthcare services and
programs?
a.
Intersectional collaboration
b.
Empowerment
c.
Community self-determination
d.
All of the above
D. AOTA
The most serious effects of healthcare inequalities are experienced by:
a.
the aged population
b.
migrants
c.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
d.
women
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,c. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
In Australia the largest determinant of illness is:
a.poor economic status
b.cardiovascular disease
c.race
d.age
a. poor economic status
In respect to the determinants of health, biomedical factors include which of the following?
a.
pollution
b.
chronic illness
c.
health literacy
d.
tobacco smoking
b.
chronic illness
Discovering the meaning and purpose of an event to make sense of practice and evaluate
performance is:
a.
reflection
b.
self-regulation
c.
inference
d.
interpretation
a.
reflection
The A-E approach to patient assessment is otherwise referred to as a....
a.
Secondary assessment
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,b.
primary assessment
c.
a conditions assessment
d.
none of the above
B. primary assessment
Clinical priorities...
a.are based on the assessment data collected
b.is learning from process to inform practice
c.involve preparing for and taking action
d.All of the above
D. AOTA
Which of the following nursing actions is the best example of problem-solving?
a.Requesting the IV team to start an antibiotic drip on a patient with a history of being a
'difficult cannulation'
b.Offering to call the kitchen to provide an alternative breakfast for a patient who does not like
cooked cereal
c.Trying several difficult wound dressings to determine which one the patient can apply the
most effectively
d.Calling for another pain medication order when the current drug results in the patient
experiencing nausea
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D
Which of the following nursing interventions is the best example of the implementation step of
the nursing process?
a.determining that the patient's ankle oedema is worse after he ambulates
b.asking the patient to rate his ankle pain after receiving oral pain medication
c.arranging for the patient to receive pain medication 30 minutes before his ordered ambulation
d.crushing the patient's pain medication to facilitate easier swallowing and thus minimising the
risk of choking.
C
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, Which of the following is an example of a nurse's statement that shows use of the scientific
method in the nursing process?
a.'My instincts tell me that the patient is getting depressed.'
b.'The patient doesn't look the same today. I think something is wrong.'
c.
'The patient's husband told me that she is feeling uncomfortable.'
d.
'The patient seems to be having more pain today than yesterday and her blood pressure is
elevated.'
d - 'The patient seems to be having more pain today than yesterday and her blood pressure is
elevated
A nurse is working with a patient who has recently had a colostomy. The patient is having
difficulty using the supplies that are provided for ostomy care. The nurse investigates the other
types of supplies available and works with the patient to see which ones are the best. This is an
example of the critical-thinking strategy of:
a.
inference
b.
problem solving
c.
management
d.
diagnostic reasoning
B - problem solving
Nursing interventions should be documented according to specific criteria so that they are
clearly understood by other members of the nursing team. The intervention statement 'Nurse
will apply two warm, wet soaks to the patient's leg while the patient is awake' lacks which one
of the following components?
a.
method
b.
quantity
c.
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