Adaptive Quiz 2
The nurse is teaching a class about nutrition to a group of adolescents. Taking into consideration the prevalence of overweight teenagers, what is the best recommendation the nurse can make?
"Decrease fast food intake."
During a health symposium a nurse teaches the group how to prevent food poisoning. Which statement by one of the participants indicates the teaching is understood?
"Meats and cream-based foods need to be refrigerated."
A home health nurse on a first visit checks the client's vital signs and obtains a blood sample for an international normalized ratio (INR). After these tasks are completed, the client asks the nurse to straighten the blankets on the bed. What is the nurse's most appropriate response?
"Of course. I want to do whatever I can for you."
The nurse is teaching campfire safety to a group of community members and includes information about what to do if a person catches on fire. The nurse teaches the most effective method for putting out the flames. Which information from the group members indicates successful learning?
Instruct the victim to roll on the ground
A client tells the nurse, "I keep reverting to my old habit of drinking soda, although I have stopped drinking as much." What stage of health behavior change has the client reached?
Action Stage
Which activity by the community nurse can be considered an illness prevention strategy?
Arranging an immunization program for chicken pox
What purpose does block and parish nursing serve in preventive and primary care services?
Block and parish nursing provides services to older clients or those who are unable to leave their homes
A nurse helps a client to clarify health problems and choose appropriate courses of action. What competency in community-based practice is the nurse exercising?
Counselor
Which role does a nurse play when helping clients to identify and clarify health problems and to choose appropriate courses of action to solve those problems?
Counselor
A community health nurse makes a home visit to a disabled 13-year-old client who has a 6-month-old infant sister. The infant lies quietly in her crib and rarely smiles or vocalizes; it appears that the infant barely has her basic needs met. What is the nurse's most appropriate intervention?
Determine whether there is anyone who can help with chores and the infant's care
A nurse is preparing to teach a mental health course at a community health center. What information should the nurse include as one of the most effective ways to limit the occurrence of mental illness in the community?
Developing multiple coping strategies
What services do community health centers provide in preventive and primary care services? Select all that apply.
Health Screening Physical Assessments Disease Management
The nurse teaches a health class about communicable diseases and states that the virus that causes chickenpox can also cause another disease. Which disease is the nurse describing?
Herpes zoster
The nurse at a community healthcare center focuses on providing primary preventive care. What is the focus of primary preventive care?
Promoting health in healthy individuals
A nurse is caring for a client attending a community-based health center and reviews the client's medical record. What should the nurse encourage the client to do?
Push with the palms rather than the fingers when rising from a chair.
What is the professional nurse's legal responsibility regarding child abuse?
Report any suspected abuse to local law enforcement authorities
What should the community nurse teach about the risk of adolescent pregnancy?
Risk for premature birth
The nurse at a health fair has taken a client's blood pressure twice, 10 minutes apart, in the same arm while the client is seated. The nurse records the two blood pressures of 172/104 mm Hg and 164/98 mm Hg. What is the appropriate nursing action in response to these readings?
Take the client's blood pressure in the other arm and then schedule a healthcare practitioner's appointment for as soon as possible.
A nursing student is listing the different levels of the health care services pyramid. Under which type of health care services should the nursing student include subacute care?
Tertiary care
A community healthcare nurse is conducting a survey about homeless children in the community. Which finding helps the nurse distinguish absolute homelessness from relative homelessness?
The children do not have a physical shelter and may sleep outdoors or in vehicles.