Practice Questions

140. A home care patient with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is prescribed a phosphate binder to be taken with meals. The patient reports not taking it because they forget. What medicinal teaching point is critical?

A. Take it only when feeling unwell
B. Take the phosphate binder with meals to bind dietary phosphorus and prevent hyperphosphatemia
C. Take it once a day at any time
D. Take it after meals
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139. A community health nurse is planning a primary prevention program for substance abuse in adolescents. What is a critical intervention?

A. Providing treatment for addiction
B. Promoting positive coping skills, refusal skills, and healthy peer relationships
C. Focusing only on punitive measures
D. Ignoring peer pressure
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138. A community health nurse is providing care to a family experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). What is the most critical initial nursing intervention?

A. Tell the victim to confront the abuser
B. Assess immediate safety, provide resources for safe housing and support, and offer non-judgmental support
C. Ignore the situation as it is a private matter
D. Advise the victim to stay for financial reasons
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137. A community health nurse is conducting an environmental health assessment. What is a critical environmental health issue related to climate change?

A. Increased biodiversity
B. Vector-borne disease spread (e.g., malaria, dengue) due to changes in vector habitats
C. Cooler global temperatures
D. Reduced natural disasters
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136. A home care patient with chronic pain is prescribed a transdermal opioid patch. They report new, excessive sedation and slow breathing. What is the immediate clinical action?

A. Apply another patch
B. Remove the patch, assess respiratory status, administer naloxone if indicated, and notify the physician
C. Leave the patch on and monitor
D. Tell the patient to sleep it off
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135. A community health nurse is advocating for policies that promote health in all policies (HiAP). What is a critical principle of HiAP?

A. Health is solely a healthcare sector responsibility
B. Integrating health considerations into policymaking across all sectors (e.g., education, housing, transportation)
C. Health is a private matter
D. Health is only about treating illness
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134. A home care patient with a chronic respiratory condition is prescribed a short-acting beta-agonist (SABA) inhaler for rescue. They report using it more than 2-3 times per week. What medicinal concern is immediate?

A. Patient needs more SABA
B. Uncontrolled asthma/COPD, requiring physician notification and adjustment of maintenance therapy
C. Patient is addicted to SABA
D. Patient should stop all inhalers
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132. A community experiences a sudden, widespread epidemic of foodborne illness. What is the immediate public health response strategy?

A. Advise consuming only raw foods
B. Identify the source of contamination, issue public warnings, recall contaminated products, and implement control measures
C. Blame individual restaurants without investigation
D. Promote eating out more
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131. A community health nurse is working with a community affected by a public health crisis (e.g., a pandemic). What is a critical role of the nurse in promoting community resilience?

A. Promoting fear and panic
B. Empowering community members, fostering social connections, and facilitating access to resources and support systems
C. Ignoring emotional distress
D. Relying solely on external aid
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