A charge nurse in an ED is informed that a tornado touched down in a nearby town and
mass casualties are en route. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
1. Follow facility policy to activate the disaster plan.
2. Prepare the triage rooms.
3. Obtain additional supplies.
4. Call in off-duty staff. - ANSWER1. Follow facility policy to activate the disaster plan.
A nurse is planning to participate in a public education program about prevention of
West Nile Virus. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in her
presentation?
1. "Eliminate sources of standing water."
2. "Make sure your immunizations are up to date."
3. "Keep all of your pets indoors."
4. "Spray insect nests with a repellent that contains DEET." - ANSWER1. "Eliminate
sources of standing water."
A nurse is performing a community assessment in a rural setting. Which of the following
types of health care should the nurse recognize is most likely to be absent in this
setting?
1. Tertiary care
2. Primary prevention
3. Chronic care
4. Secondary prevention - ANSWER1. Tertiary care
A triage nurse is an ED when several hundred clients who were injured in a train
collision arrive at the facility for treatment. The nurse should determine that which of the
following requires immediate treatment?
1. A client who has neck pain and was transported to the facility on a backboard
2. A client who has epigastric and left-arm pain and is diaphoretic
3. A client who has nasal and orbital ecchymosis and a respiratory rate of 16/min
4. A client who has abdominal pain and is 2 months pregnant - ANSWER2. A client who
has epigastric and left-arm pain and is diaphoretic
A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a prescription for ciprofloxacin
following exposure to anthrax. Which of the following statements by the client indicates
that further teaching is required?
1. "I will limit my intake of coffee, tea, or cola beverages."
2. "I will wear a large-brim hat and long sleeves if I am out in the sun."
3. "I will take the ciprofloxacin with an antacid if I get an upset stomach."
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4. "I will avoid taking ciprofloxacin along with dairy products." - ANSWER3. "I will take
the ciprofloxacin with an antacid if I get an upset stomach."
A community health nurse is planning a study with the goal of improving the
environmental health of a community. Identify the sequence the nurse should follow
when conducting the research.
Design the study
Formulate the research question
Analyze the findings
Review related literature - ANSWERFormulate the research question
Review related literature
Design the study
Analyze the findings
An industrial health nurse is caring for a client who states, "I have been under a lot of
stress lately." When the nurse suggests stress management techniques, the client
calmly states that he has a pistol in his car and intends to take his life in the parking lot
after work that day. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
1. Have the industrial facility's security officers search the client's car and remove the
pistol.
2. Call emergency medical services to transport the client to a proper treatment facility.
3. Contact the client's family member to pick him up from work and take him for
treatment.
4. Explore with the client the reasons he feels that he has no options except suicide. -
ANSWER2. Call emergency medical services to transport the client to a proper
treatment facility.
A public health nurse is caring for an older adult client who has chronic airflow limitation
disease and is a former cigarette smoker. The client's medications include ipratropium
bromide and albuterol inhalers, and she has a new prescription for home oxygen use as
needed. The nurse should recognize that this client's primary prevention needs include
which of the following?
1. Periodic pulmonary function tests
2. Review of appropriate use of oxygen in the home
3. Review of appropriate use of oxygen in the home
Yearly mammography examinations
4. Annual influenza immunizations - ANSWER4. Annual influenza immunizations
A charge nurse is in an ED and is notified by the county's emergency medical services
that there is a multiple-casualty crash involving a truck carrying radioactive waste.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?