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Cultural Health & Society

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Practice Questions

28. A community health nurse identifies a high rate of childhood obesity in a local school. What is the critical approach to address this community health issue?

A. Blame parents for poor choices

B. Implement school-based nutrition and physical activity programs, advocate for healthier school lunches, and engage parents in healthy lifestyle education ✓

C. Focus on individual dieting plans

D. Only provide pamphlets on exercise

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29. A community experiences a heatwave. A community health nurse is concerned about vulnerable populations (e.g., elderly, homeless). What is the urgent nursing action?

A. Advise them to stay indoors all day

B. Conduct welfare checks, educate on hydration and heat stroke signs, establish cooling centers, and coordinate with social services ✓

C. Tell them to ignore the heat

D. Distribute warm beverages

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30. A community health nurse is conducting an environmental assessment of a home. The patient reports a strong, musty odor and visible mold growth. What is the technical nursing action?

A. Ignore the odor

B. Document findings, educate on mold remediation, and connect patient with environmental health specialists or housing authorities ✓

C. Advise painting over the mold

D. Tell the patient it's normal

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31. A community health nurse is caring for a patient with dementia living at home. The family caregiver expresses feelings of burnout. What clinical nursing intervention is most appropriate?

A. Tell them to get more sleep

B. Assess caregiver burden, provide emotional support, educate on self-care strategies, and connect to respite care and support groups ✓

C. Advise them to stop caring for the patient

D. Suggest they ignore their feelings

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16. A community health nurse is reviewing a patient’s medication list during a home visit. The patient reports taking several over-the-counter supplements in addition to prescribed medications. What is the medicinal nursing action?

A. Advise the patient to stop all supplements

B. Assess for potential drug-supplement interactions, educate on the importance of informing healthcare providers about all supplements, and monitor for adverse effects ✓

C. Encourage more supplements

D. Tell the patient it's not the nurse's concern

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17. A community health nurse is developing a health fair for an underserved population. What is the critical planning consideration to ensure community engagement?

A. Plan activities without community input

B. Conduct a community needs assessment, involve community members in planning, and offer services that are relevant and accessible ✓

C. Host the fair at a distant location

D. Provide only abstract educational posters

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18. A community experiences a sudden power outage due to a severe storm. A community health nurse is concerned about patients with chronic conditions requiring electricity (e.g., oxygen concentrators). What is the urgent nursing action?

A. Wait for power to return

B. Conduct welfare checks, assist with relocation to shelters with power, and coordinate with emergency services for essential equipment needs ✓

C. Tell patients to conserve battery

D. Advise patients to use candles for light

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19. A community health nurse is teaching a group of parents about infant safety. What is the technical aspect of safe sleep for infants?

A. Placing infant on stomach to sleep

B. Placing infant on their back to sleep on a firm surface, in a crib free of loose bedding, bumpers, and toys ✓

C. Sharing a bed with the infant

D. Using soft bedding for cushioning

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20. A community health nurse identifies a lack of access to healthy food options in a specific urban area. What is the critical long-term intervention to address this “food desert”?

A. Advise residents to grow their own food

B. Advocate for farmers' markets, community gardens, and policies that support access to affordable, nutritious food stores ✓

C. Encourage fast food consumption

D. Provide a list of distant grocery stores

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21. A community health nurse is conducting a home visit for a patient with newly diagnosed HIV. The patient is anxious about disclosing their status to family. What clinical nursing intervention is most appropriate?

A. Force disclosure to family

B. Provide emotional support, education on privacy rights, and resources for support groups and counseling; emphasize client autonomy ✓

C. Disclose to the family for them

D. Tell the patient to keep it a secret

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22. A community health nurse is educating a patient about a new prescription for an antibiotic. The patient has limited literacy skills. What is the medicinal education strategy?

A. Provide a complex written pamphlet

B. Use simple language, visual aids, teach-back method, and involve family members if patient agrees ✓

C. Speak quickly and use jargon

D. Give a verbal explanation once

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23. A community health nurse is responding to a potential bioterrorism event. What is the critical public health nursing role?

A. Take individual patient histories

B. Implement surveillance, mass prophylaxis/vaccination, rapid assessment, and communication with public health authorities ✓

C. Provide routine immunizations

D. Wait for specific instructions from government

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24. A community health nurse is performing a wound care dressing change during a home visit. What is the technical principle to maintain asepsis?

A. Use non-sterile gloves always

B. Perform hand hygiene, use sterile gloves for sterile procedures, maintain sterile field, and dispose of contaminated materials properly ✓

C. Touch the wound directly

D. Reuse sterile instruments

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25. A community experiences a significant increase in suicide attempts among adolescents. What is the urgent intervention for the community health nurse?

A. Refer to a therapist only

B. Implement suicide prevention programs in schools, provide mental health screening, and connect adolescents/families to counseling and crisis resources ✓

C. Dismiss it as teenage angst

D. Encourage self-reliance

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