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/. The nursing student reads the textbook in preparation for a class meeting about
primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention related to families in crisis. The student
associates which statement as being most accurate regarding the levels of prevention?
- Answer-✅Often people in crisis are temporarily helpless and unable to cope on their
own but are receptive to outside influence.
/.After teaching a class about family and domestic violence directed toward children as
a community health problem, which, if stated by the class, indicates to the instructor that
the teaching was effective? - Answer-✅Family violence has occurred in most countries
for centuries as children have been thought of as the property of their parents.
/.A nurse is making an initial home visit for a family who was recently discharged from
the hospital. The parents experienced a difficult birth and the newborn was diagnosed
with spina bifida. While caring for this family, the nurse would attribute this episode to
which type of crisis and provide care accordingly? - Answer-✅Multiple crisis
/.A pregnant woman with hypertensive disease presents to the community health center
for follow-up. Which action would be most appropriate for the community health nurse to
include when teaching the woman about controlling her blood pressure at this time? -
Answer-✅Ensuring rest periods with legs elevated
/.You are working with a group of school nurses to develop interventions for a 10-year-
old girl who has missed many days of school already due to headaches, stomachaches,
or other physical ailments. Which intervention would be most appropriate? - Answer-
✅Providing relaxation training
/.Because you are a nurse, you have been asked to present a program to a local
elementary parent-teacher association on the topic of pediculosis. You determine that
the group needs additional teaching when some parents state which of the following? -
Answer-✅"It all stems back to the petting show, when they brought the animals in."
/.A community health nurse is preparing a presentation for a community center group
about crisis. Which concepts about situational crises should be included in the
presentation? Select all that apply. - Answer-✅A situational crisis is a stressful,
, disrupting event arising from external circumstances that occur suddenly to a person,
group, aggregate, or community.
AND
Situational crises often occur without warning.
Situational crises occur to people because of where they are in time and space.
/.Which measure would be most appropriate for a community health nurse to include
when developing programs to address childhood obesity? - Answer-✅Urging an
increase in physical activity daily
/.A community health nurse is making a home visit to a postpartum woman. The nurse
suspects that the woman may be experiencing depression. Which of the following
responses would be most appropriate? - Answer-✅"It might help if you try to nap while
the baby is napping. You can set an alarm if this makes you more comfortable."
/.A community health nurse is developing a program that would encourage mothers to
use breast-feeding exclusively for their babies' nutrition for the first 6 months. The nurse
implements this program on the understanding about which concept? - Answer-✅Infant
mortality would significantly decrease.
/.Secondary prevention for crisis involves anticipatory guidance and teaching problem-
solving skills. - Answer-✅False -Anticipatory guidance and teaching problem-solving
skills are examples of primary prevention activities.
/.Crisis typically results from an external force. - Answer-✅False
Rationale: A crisis can result from either an internal or external force that disrupts the
balance of the system.
/.Which would lead a community health nurse suspect shaken baby syndrome?
Bruising at various stages of healing
Bilateral retinal hemorrhages
History of broken bones
Lacerations and abrasions on extremities - Answer-✅Bilateral retinal hemorrhage
Rationale: Signs of shaken baby syndrome include bilateral retinal hemorrhages;
subdural or subarachnoid hematomas; no other external signs of abuse; possible
breathing difficulties, seizures, dilated pupils, lethargy, and unconsciousness. Bruising,
lacerations, abrasions, and fractures would be associated with physical abuse.
/.The individual approach to crisis intervention is used more often than the generic
approach. - Answer-✅False
The individual approach for crisis intervention is used for those who do not respond to
the generic approach or for those who need special therapy.