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82. A community experiences a sudden increase in suicide attempts among its youth. What is the most urgent public health response strategy?

A. Dismissing the attempts as attention-seeking
B. Implementing crisis hotlines, school-based mental health programs, and training community members in suicide prevention
C. Blaming families for the issue
D. Cutting funding for youth programs
nmdcat.online BS Nursing
Jun 6, 2026

81. A community health nurse is developing a program to address the high rates of mental health disorders in an adolescent population. What is a critical intervention?

A. Ignoring early warning signs
B. Providing mental health literacy education, promoting access to counseling services, and reducing stigma
C. Focusing only on academic achievement
D. Blaming social media
nmdcat.online BS Nursing
Jun 6, 2026

80. A home care patient with chronic pain is prescribed a long-acting opioid. They report feeling excessively drowsy and difficult to arouse. What is the immediate nursing action?

A. Administer more opioid for pain
B. Assess respiratory status, administer naloxone if indicated, and notify the physician of opioid overdose symptoms
C. Tell the patient to sleep it off
D. Encourage the patient to walk around
nmdcat.online BS Nursing
Jun 6, 2026

79. A community health nurse is working with a family recently arrived as refugees. What is a critical initial intervention to address potential health needs?

A. Assuming all needs are physical
B. Conducting a comprehensive health assessment, screening for infectious diseases and mental health issues, and connecting to resources
C. Ignoring their background
D. Focusing only on language barriers
nmdcat.online BS Nursing
Jun 6, 2026

78. A community health nurse is promoting health literacy in a low-literacy population. What is the most effective communication strategy?

A. Using complex medical terminology
B. Using plain language, visual aids, teach-back method, and involving trusted community members
C. Relying solely on written materials
D. Speaking very quickly
nmdcat.online BS Nursing
Jun 6, 2026

77. A community health nurse is participating in a global health mission. What is a critical ethical consideration when providing care in a low-resource setting?

A. Imposing Western standards without adaptation
B. Respecting local culture, avoiding medical colonialism, and ensuring interventions are sustainable and culturally appropriate
C. Focusing only on individual diseases
D. Prioritizing economic gain
nmdcat.online BS Nursing
Jun 6, 2026

76. A home care patient with chronic heart failure has a new order for daily weights. The patient reports a 3 kg weight gain in two days. What is the immediate clinical action?

A. Encourage more fluid intake
B. Notify the physician of worsening heart failure (fluid overload) and assess for other symptoms (e.g., dyspnea, edema)
C. Tell the patient to rest more
D. Advise eating more salty foods
nmdcat.online BS Nursing
Jun 6, 2026

75. A community health nurse is implementing a program based on the Diffusion of Innovations Theory. Which factor is critical for successful adoption of a new health behavior or technology?

A. Complexity of the innovation
B. Relative advantage, compatibility, observability, trialability, and low complexity
C. High cost
D. Lack of role models
nmdcat.online BS Nursing
Jun 6, 2026

74. A home care patient with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis reports severe muscle cramps during dialysis sessions. What medicinal concern is immediate?

A. High blood pressure
B. Electrolyte imbalances (e.g., hypokalemia, hypocalcemia) or rapid fluid shifts
C. Hyperglycemia
D. Diarrhea
nmdcat.online BS Nursing
Jun 6, 2026

72. A community experiences a sudden, widespread cybersecurity attack on its healthcare system. What is the immediate public health concern?

A. Inability to access social media
B. Disruption of patient records, inability to access medical history, and compromised critical care services
C. Increased video game usage
D. Longer wait times for non-essential services
nmdcat.online BS Nursing
Jun 6, 2026

71. A community health nurse is working with a community affected by environmental pollution. What is a critical aspect of environmental justice?

A. Allowing pollution in low-income areas
B. Ensuring that all people, regardless of race, income, or origin, have equal protection from environmental hazards
C. Prioritizing economic development over environmental protection
D. Ignoring community concerns about pollution
nmdcat.online BS Nursing
Jun 6, 2026

70. A home care patient with Parkinson’s disease is experiencing severe dysphagia (difficulty swallowing). What medicinal intervention is most appropriate regarding medication administration?

A. Crush all medications and mix with food
B. Assess swallowing ability, consult with speech therapist, and consider liquid formulations or crushing/administering via feeding tube if necessary
C. Administer solid pills without liquid
D. Give all medications at once
nmdcat.online BS Nursing
Jun 6, 2026

69. A community health nurse is developing a program to address the high rates of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like heart disease and diabetes. What is a critical primary prevention strategy?

A. Treating complications of NCDs
B. Promoting healthy lifestyles (diet, exercise), screening for risk factors, and advocating for healthy environments
C. Focusing only on genetic predisposition
D. Providing only medication
nmdcat.online BS Nursing
Jun 6, 2026

68. A community health nurse is using social marketing principles to promote healthy eating. What is a critical aspect of social marketing?

A. Focusing only on individual blame
B. Understanding target audience, tailoring messages, and promoting benefits of healthy behaviors
C. Ignoring audience preferences
D. Using only complex scientific terms
nmdcat.online BS Nursing
Jun 6, 2026

67. A community health nurse is addressing global health issues. What is a critical factor contributing to global health disparities?

A. Universal access to healthcare
B. Poverty, lack of access to clean water/sanitation, inadequate healthcare infrastructure, and political instability
C. Equal distribution of resources
D. Advanced technology in all regions
nmdcat.online BS Nursing
Jun 6, 2026

66. A home care patient with a chronic wound is showing signs of localized infection (e.g., redness, warmth, pain, purulent drainage). What is the immediate clinical action?

A. Apply more dressing without assessment
B. Obtain wound culture, notify physician, and consider topical/oral antibiotics as ordered
C. Ignore the symptoms
D. Clean with harsh antiseptic
nmdcat.online BS Nursing
Jun 6, 2026

65. A community health nurse is evaluating the effectiveness of a health education program using a pre-test/post-test design. What is a critical challenge in interpreting the results?

A. Limited sample size
B. Confounding variables, Hawthorne effect, and ensuring content validity of the tests
C. Too many participants
D. Lack of data
nmdcat.online BS Nursing
Jun 6, 2026
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