Community Exam 4 Bonus Questions
a public health nurse is teaching a group of nurses about smallpox. which of the following statements by one of the nurses indicates understanding of the teaching?
"unlike chickenpox, the vesicle of smallpox are more abundant on the face"
a nurse is preparing to administer ciprofloxacin to a client. the nurse should identify that the medication is treatment for exposure to which of the following agents?
Anthrax
A community health nurse is calculating the top three causes of death in a county. Which of the following mortality measures should the nurse use to obtain this data?
Cause-specific mortality rate
A community health nurse is assigned to identify activities that are a part of the prevention/mitigation phase of the disaster management cycle. Which of the following activities should the nurse identify as being in the prevention/mitigation phase?
Identify community members who have disabilities
a nurse is reviewing the guidelines for reporting nationally notifiable infectious diseases. which of the following disease should the nurse plan to report to the CDC?
Lyme disease
A community health nurse is teaching a group of school age children about proper handwashing technique. The nurse should identify that this intervention targets which of the following links in the chain of transmission?
Mode of transmission
A school is providing education about the spread of COVID-19 across national boundaries and throughout the world in 2020, which prompted disease control measures in most countries. Which of the following terms should the nurse use to describe this level of disease?
Pandemic
A school nurse is providing teaching to young students to cover their cough to prevent disease transmission. The nurse should identify that this intervention breaks which of the following links in the chain of transmission?
Portal of exit
A community health nurse is discussing the emotional phases often experienced during a disaster with a group of community members. Which of the following scenarios should the nurse include as an example of the honeymoon phase?
Survivors of an earthquake relive their experiences during the disaster.
A community health nurse is teaching a group of community members about natural disasters. Which of the following information about natural disasters should the nurse include in the teaching?
They are geological or meteorological occurrences.
a nurse is performing triage for a group of clients following a mass casualty incident. which of the following clients should the nurse plan to care for first?
a client experiencing a tension pneumothorax
a nurse is helping to triage a group of clients at a mass casualty incident who were involved in an explosion at a local factory. which of the following clients should the nursing tag to be the priority care?
a client who has a piece of wood punctured into the chest wall and has an audible hissing sound coming from the wound site
a nurse is assisting w triaging clients following an explosion. which of the following clients should the nurse identify as the highest priority?
a conscious adult client who has second-degree burns on both lower legs; RR >30/min
a nurse working w an emergency response team in caring for a group of people who may have been exposed to anthrax while doing farm work. which of the following is the appropriate action of the nurse to take?
administer antibiotic therapy
