NSG 3480 Community Health
Exam 1, Unit 1 Review 2026
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Which best describes why the numbers of children seen by the school
health nurse is increasing?
a. Higher expectations for performance by parents and school
administrators
,b. Increasing school enrollments
c. Lack of another source of regular health care
d. Overcrowding within the community - ANSWER ✔✔c. Lack of
another source of regular health care
Which best describes how Lillian Wald helped encourage the idea of
school nurses in the schools?
a. She brought political pressure to bear on school boards through her
political action movement.
b. She persuaded very wealthy women to convince their husbands to
fund such positions.
c. She demonstrated that school nurses decreased absenteeism by
50%.
d. She used volunteer nurses until school boards were persuaded to
fund such positions. - ANSWER ✔✔c. She demonstrated that school
nurses decreased absenteeism by 50%.
Which led to school nurses moving beyond the role of screening,
assessment, intervention, and exclusion of children for communicable
diseases?
,a. A communicable disease outbreak, which led to the requirement that
all children be vaccinated against common infectious diseases
b. Federal legislation, which required immunizations for communicable
diseases
c. Political movements such as temperance, which led schools to
educate about the effects of alcohol and tobacco
d. The need for inspecting schools to identify children who were ill and
exclude them until they were no longer infectious - ANSWER ✔✔c.
Political movements such as temperance, which led schools to educate
about the effects of alcohol and tobacco
Which legislation marked the first entry of the federal government into
school health?
a. The Drug-Free Schools and Community Act
b. The Education for the Handicapped Act
c. The National School Lunch Program
d. The Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act - ANSWER
✔✔c) The national school lunch program
In addition to their homes, where are children most likely to be injured?
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, a. At entertainment sites (theaters, amusement parks)
b. At school, especially on playgrounds
c. At their part-time job settings
d. Transportation (automobiles, school buses) - ANSWER ✔✔B. At
school, especially on playgrounds
Which is the single leading preventable cause of death in the United
States?
a. Alcohol
b. Firearms (guns)
c. Overweight and obesity
d. Tobacco use - ANSWER ✔✔d. Tobacco use
Which is the most commonly used drug among children and adolescents
in the United States?
a. Alcohol
b. Marijuana
Exam 1, Unit 1 Review 2026
Exam Questions with 100%
Correct Answers | Latest
Update
Which best describes why the numbers of children seen by the school
health nurse is increasing?
a. Higher expectations for performance by parents and school
administrators
,b. Increasing school enrollments
c. Lack of another source of regular health care
d. Overcrowding within the community - ANSWER ✔✔c. Lack of
another source of regular health care
Which best describes how Lillian Wald helped encourage the idea of
school nurses in the schools?
a. She brought political pressure to bear on school boards through her
political action movement.
b. She persuaded very wealthy women to convince their husbands to
fund such positions.
c. She demonstrated that school nurses decreased absenteeism by
50%.
d. She used volunteer nurses until school boards were persuaded to
fund such positions. - ANSWER ✔✔c. She demonstrated that school
nurses decreased absenteeism by 50%.
Which led to school nurses moving beyond the role of screening,
assessment, intervention, and exclusion of children for communicable
diseases?
,a. A communicable disease outbreak, which led to the requirement that
all children be vaccinated against common infectious diseases
b. Federal legislation, which required immunizations for communicable
diseases
c. Political movements such as temperance, which led schools to
educate about the effects of alcohol and tobacco
d. The need for inspecting schools to identify children who were ill and
exclude them until they were no longer infectious - ANSWER ✔✔c.
Political movements such as temperance, which led schools to educate
about the effects of alcohol and tobacco
Which legislation marked the first entry of the federal government into
school health?
a. The Drug-Free Schools and Community Act
b. The Education for the Handicapped Act
c. The National School Lunch Program
d. The Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act - ANSWER
✔✔c) The national school lunch program
In addition to their homes, where are children most likely to be injured?
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, a. At entertainment sites (theaters, amusement parks)
b. At school, especially on playgrounds
c. At their part-time job settings
d. Transportation (automobiles, school buses) - ANSWER ✔✔B. At
school, especially on playgrounds
Which is the single leading preventable cause of death in the United
States?
a. Alcohol
b. Firearms (guns)
c. Overweight and obesity
d. Tobacco use - ANSWER ✔✔d. Tobacco use
Which is the most commonly used drug among children and adolescents
in the United States?
a. Alcohol
b. Marijuana
