NURS 406 ASSESSMENT LEADERSHIP AND
COMMUNITY HEALTH FINAL EXAM LATEST
UPDATE (100% ACCURATE)
What is vulnerability? - ANSWER: Susceptibility to actual or potential stressors that
may lead to an adverse effect
(32)
True or False: Vulnerability results from the cumulative effects pf limited physical,
environmental, personal, and biopsychosocial resources. - ANSWER: TRUE (32)
True or False: A feeling of being separated or socially isolated from mainstream
society describes the concept of deinstitutionalization. - ANSWER: FALSE (32)
True or False: Vulnerable populations have on better health outcomes than any
other population group. - ANSWER: FALSE (32)
True or False: Nursing assessment of vulnerable populations must be comprehensive
while focusing only on information that the nurse needs and the client is willing to
provide. - ANSWER: TRUE (32)
Identify two factors that predispose people to vulnerability. - ANSWER:
Socioeconomic factors (low income, education levels)
Environmental factors
Changes in normal physiology/chronic disease
Life experiences (abuse, disasters, early life traumatic experiences) (32)
List four factors that the nurse should recall when conducting a nursing history of a
vulnerable individual or family. - ANSWER: - Social support
- Economic
- Developmental issues
- Current health issues. What medications are they taking for them? Do they see a
doctor? How were they diagnosed? (32)
Identify at least six nursing actions that are essential when the nurse is planning
and/or implementing care for vulnerable populations. - ANSWER: 1. Establishing
rapport and trust.
2. Show respect and compassion. Develop social support system.
3. Do not make assumptions.
4. Coordinate service and providers
5. Advocate for accessible health care services
6. Focus on prevention (32)
,TRUE OR FALSE. Race and ethnicity are the causes of health disparities. - ANSWER:
FALSE (32)
What is the primary cause of vulnerability to health problems? - ANSWER: Poverty
and/or socioeconomic status. (32)
What are examples of primary prevention strategies in terms of vulnerable
populations? - ANSWER: Primary prevention
Provide culturally and economically sensitive health teaching about balanced diet
and exercise.
Develop a portable immunization chart, such as a wallet card, that mobile population
groups such as the homeless and migrant workers can carry with them. (32)
What are examples of secondary prevention strategies in terms of vulnerable
populations? - ANSWER: Secondary prevention
Conduct screening clinics to assess for things such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease
or TB
Develop a way for homeless individuals to read their TB skin test, if necessary, and to
transfer the results back to the facility at which the skin test was administered (drop
off, mail-in card..etc). (32)
What are examples of tertiary prevention strategies in terms of vulnerable
populations? - ANSWER: Tertiary Prevention
Develop community-based exercise programs for people identified as obese or who
have increased blood pressure or increased blood sugars
Provide directly observed medication therapy for persons with TB (32)
Define poverty. - ANSWER: Having insufficient financial resources to meet basic living
expenses (33)
Discuss children and poverty. - ANSWER: Poverty rate for children is 18% higher than
any other age group
Poverty among African-American and Hispanic children is three times greater than
that of white, non-Hispanic children.
(33)
What are children in poverty at risk for? - ANSWER: Lack of adequate nutrition and
brain development
Maternal substance abuse or depression
Exposure to environmental toxins
Trauma and abuse
Poor quality daily care
(33)
, What are Factors Affecting Growing Number of Poor Persons in the United States? -
ANSWER: Decreased earnings
Increased unemployment rates
Changes in the labor force
Increase in female-headed households
Inadequate education and job skills
Inadequate antipoverty
programs
Inadequate welfare benefits
Weak enforcement of child support statutes
Dwindling Social Security payments to children
Increased numbers of children born to single women
Trade deficits, debt, involvement in wars
Outsourcing of American jobs (33)
What was the poverty level in 2015 for a family of four? A family of three? -
ANSWER: Poverty level in 2015 is $24,250 for a family of four and $17,600 for a
family of three
Guidelines are used to determine whether a family is eligible for public programs
and, in some instances, private programs. (33)
What are the Elizabethan Poor Laws? - ANSWER: Established in the seventeenth
century, said that persons who were born within the boundaries of the community
should be given assistance by that community. Needy travelers from another
community would not be helped and were sent back to their original community
where they would be helped by their own people. (33)
In 17th century England, how was poverty viewed? - ANSWER: No stigma for living in
poverty because nearly everyone lived in poverty (33)
What are the political dimensions of poverty? (NEED MORE DETAILS FROM
TEXTBOOK) - ANSWER: Poverty threshold guidelines
Federal income poverty guidelines
COMMUNITY HEALTH FINAL EXAM LATEST
UPDATE (100% ACCURATE)
What is vulnerability? - ANSWER: Susceptibility to actual or potential stressors that
may lead to an adverse effect
(32)
True or False: Vulnerability results from the cumulative effects pf limited physical,
environmental, personal, and biopsychosocial resources. - ANSWER: TRUE (32)
True or False: A feeling of being separated or socially isolated from mainstream
society describes the concept of deinstitutionalization. - ANSWER: FALSE (32)
True or False: Vulnerable populations have on better health outcomes than any
other population group. - ANSWER: FALSE (32)
True or False: Nursing assessment of vulnerable populations must be comprehensive
while focusing only on information that the nurse needs and the client is willing to
provide. - ANSWER: TRUE (32)
Identify two factors that predispose people to vulnerability. - ANSWER:
Socioeconomic factors (low income, education levels)
Environmental factors
Changes in normal physiology/chronic disease
Life experiences (abuse, disasters, early life traumatic experiences) (32)
List four factors that the nurse should recall when conducting a nursing history of a
vulnerable individual or family. - ANSWER: - Social support
- Economic
- Developmental issues
- Current health issues. What medications are they taking for them? Do they see a
doctor? How were they diagnosed? (32)
Identify at least six nursing actions that are essential when the nurse is planning
and/or implementing care for vulnerable populations. - ANSWER: 1. Establishing
rapport and trust.
2. Show respect and compassion. Develop social support system.
3. Do not make assumptions.
4. Coordinate service and providers
5. Advocate for accessible health care services
6. Focus on prevention (32)
,TRUE OR FALSE. Race and ethnicity are the causes of health disparities. - ANSWER:
FALSE (32)
What is the primary cause of vulnerability to health problems? - ANSWER: Poverty
and/or socioeconomic status. (32)
What are examples of primary prevention strategies in terms of vulnerable
populations? - ANSWER: Primary prevention
Provide culturally and economically sensitive health teaching about balanced diet
and exercise.
Develop a portable immunization chart, such as a wallet card, that mobile population
groups such as the homeless and migrant workers can carry with them. (32)
What are examples of secondary prevention strategies in terms of vulnerable
populations? - ANSWER: Secondary prevention
Conduct screening clinics to assess for things such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease
or TB
Develop a way for homeless individuals to read their TB skin test, if necessary, and to
transfer the results back to the facility at which the skin test was administered (drop
off, mail-in card..etc). (32)
What are examples of tertiary prevention strategies in terms of vulnerable
populations? - ANSWER: Tertiary Prevention
Develop community-based exercise programs for people identified as obese or who
have increased blood pressure or increased blood sugars
Provide directly observed medication therapy for persons with TB (32)
Define poverty. - ANSWER: Having insufficient financial resources to meet basic living
expenses (33)
Discuss children and poverty. - ANSWER: Poverty rate for children is 18% higher than
any other age group
Poverty among African-American and Hispanic children is three times greater than
that of white, non-Hispanic children.
(33)
What are children in poverty at risk for? - ANSWER: Lack of adequate nutrition and
brain development
Maternal substance abuse or depression
Exposure to environmental toxins
Trauma and abuse
Poor quality daily care
(33)
, What are Factors Affecting Growing Number of Poor Persons in the United States? -
ANSWER: Decreased earnings
Increased unemployment rates
Changes in the labor force
Increase in female-headed households
Inadequate education and job skills
Inadequate antipoverty
programs
Inadequate welfare benefits
Weak enforcement of child support statutes
Dwindling Social Security payments to children
Increased numbers of children born to single women
Trade deficits, debt, involvement in wars
Outsourcing of American jobs (33)
What was the poverty level in 2015 for a family of four? A family of three? -
ANSWER: Poverty level in 2015 is $24,250 for a family of four and $17,600 for a
family of three
Guidelines are used to determine whether a family is eligible for public programs
and, in some instances, private programs. (33)
What are the Elizabethan Poor Laws? - ANSWER: Established in the seventeenth
century, said that persons who were born within the boundaries of the community
should be given assistance by that community. Needy travelers from another
community would not be helped and were sent back to their original community
where they would be helped by their own people. (33)
In 17th century England, how was poverty viewed? - ANSWER: No stigma for living in
poverty because nearly everyone lived in poverty (33)
What are the political dimensions of poverty? (NEED MORE DETAILS FROM
TEXTBOOK) - ANSWER: Poverty threshold guidelines
Federal income poverty guidelines
