CommunityPracticeB questions with complete solutions

A community health nurse is conducting a needs assessment of a community. The nurse should identify that which of the following methods will yield direct data? Informant interviews A home health nurse is evaluating a caregiver's technique for providing cadre to a client who has a chronic tracheostomy. Which of the following statements by the caregiver indicates an understanding of the procedure? "I will use tap water to clean the inner cannula." 00:02 01:08 A nurse is assessing the risks and benefits of meal delivery services for an older adult client who lives alone and has no transportation. Which of the following ethical principles is the nurse demonstrating? Beneficence A community health nurse suspects an outbreak of scabies in the local area. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? Determine the incidence rate A case manager at a home health agency is obtaining equipment for a client's home use. Which of the following actions is a violation of client confidentiality? The case manager left a clipboard with the client's prescription information face up on the office desk. A community health nurse is planning a presentation for adults who have a family history of Alzheimer's disease. Which of the following behaviors should the nurse include as an early manifestation of Alzheimer's disease? Forgetting the location of common objects An occupational health nurse in a factor is performing a routine TB screening and identifies an employee who has a positive Mantoux TB test. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take? Instruct the employee that they will need to obtain a chest x-ray. A public health nurse is participating in a disaster preparedness planning committee for a local community that is at risk for hurricanes. Which of the following information should the nurse contribute to the plan? A list of areas within the community where residents speak multiple languages. A hospice nurse is teaching about expected grief reactions with the family of a client who has end-stage pancreatic cancer. Which of the following information should the nurse include? A component of healthy grieving is the ability to openly express your anger. A nurse is planning to teach a community group about the meningococcal vaccine. The nurse should identify that which of the following clients should receive the vaccine? A client who is moving into a college dormitory A nurse is preparing a community education program about health care needs during pregnancy. The nurse should include that which of the following vaccines is safe to administer to a client who is pregnant? Tdap A community health nurse is caring for an adolescent who is seeking help for an unplanned pregnancy. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? Help the client obtain a provider for prenatal care A nurse in a community center is preparing to administer a TB skin test to multiple clients to screen for tuberculosis. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? Inject .1 mL of purified protein derivative A school nurse is notified that a school-age child has pertussis. Which of the following actions should the school nurse take? (select all that apply) -Instruct the parent to keep the child at home for two weeks -Encourage family members to obtain prophylactic treatment -Check the immunization status of the child's classmates A public health nurse is lobbying Congress funding for health screenings provided to migrant farm workers. Which of the following concepts is the nurse demonstrating? Advocacy Community leaders have requested a meeting with a community health nurse to discuss creating a mobile meals program. Which of the following information should the community health nurse assess first? The need for the program A nurse is giving a presentation about family violence at a local community center. Which of the following information should the nurse include? Child maltreatment is more common in homes where partner violence is present. An adult child who is terminally ill and at the end of life approaches a hospice nurse and asks "What can I do to help relieve my father's pain?" Which of the following interventions should the nurse suggest? Give your father brief hand massages A nurse is developing an educational program about bioterrorism and smallpox. The nurse should include the teaching that the smallpox rash is expected to first appear in which of the following locations? Face A community health nurse is working with a community where the incidence of violence has increased. Which of the following actions should the nurse take as a tertiary prevention strategy? Provide victims of violence with referral information to crisis lines A community health nurse is working in a mobile health care clinic. Which of the following clients should the nurse assess first? A client who has a new onset of confusion and slurred speech A nurse is assessing a new client at a public health clinic. Which of the following areas should the nurse address as part of the cultural assessment? Illness practices A nurse is conducting a home visit for an older adult client. The nurse should identify which of the following findings as an indicator of possible neglect? Taking outdated prescriptions A community health nurse is made aware that several children, who are from the same family and did not receive immunizations, have contracted measles. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? Report the information to the state health department A nurse is caring for a client who has a positive gonorrhea culture. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? Instruct the client that recent sexual partners will need to be treated A school nurse is discussing levels of prevention with a teacher. Which of the following activities should the nurse identify as a primary prevention strategy? Demonstrate proper hand washing techniques A school nurse is serving on a community disaster planning committee looking at school shooter scenarios. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take during the response phase? Perform triage and provide hands on care as needed to victims A community health nurse is conducting a program regarding crime reduction strategies for older adult clients at the senior center. Which of the following statements indicates an understanding of the information "I should remove the identification tag that is on my key ring." A home health care nurse is teaching a client's family about preventing the transmission of Clostridium difficile. Which of the following transmission-based precautions should the nurse include in the teaching? Contact precautions A nurse is preparing an educational program about influenza for a group of community health nurses. Which of the following activities should the nurse include as an example of tertiary prevention? Administer antiviral medications within 48 hours to clients tho have manifestations of influenza. A nurse on the scene following a mass casualty explosion is triaging a client who has a large, open occipital wound and the following findings: respiratory rate 6/min, agonal pattern; capillary refill time 4.5 seconds; nonresponsive to painful stimuli. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? Turn the client to left semi-Fowler's position and begin assessing the next client. A public health nurse is monitoring medication compliance for a group of migrant workers who are being treated for TB. The nurse should use information from which of the following resources to assist with this process? Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) The nurse manager at a community health clinic is presenting an in-service for nurses about assessing clients who have experienced violence. Which of the following statements by a nurse indicates an understanding of the teaching? "I should determine whether a client who has been sexually assaulted requires a rape kit examination A nurse is providing education regarding lead exposure to a group of clients who live in a housing development built in 1968. Which of the following client statements indicates an understanding of the teaching? I will increase the amount of red meat and milk in my child's diet