Practice Questions

87. A community health nurse is educating a patient about potential interactions between their prescribed medications and certain foods. What is the medicinal example?

A. Grapefruit juice with antibiotics
B. Grapefruit juice interacting with certain statins (e.g., simvastatin), or leafy green vegetables (Vitamin K) with warfarin
C. Milk with iron supplements
D. Water with all medications
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86. A community health nurse is caring for a patient with a chronic mental illness who is struggling with medication adherence due to paranoia. What clinical nursing intervention is most appropriate?

A. Force medication administration
B. Establish trust, educate on the importance of medication, explore alternative formulations (e.g., long-acting injectables), and involve family in medication management if appropriate
C. Stop all medication
D. Tell them their paranoia is not real
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85. A community health nurse is demonstrating proper use of crutches to a patient following a leg injury. What is the technical aspect of safe crutch walking?

A. Walking fast without assistance
B. Proper crutch height, weight-bearing technique, and safe navigation on stairs and uneven surfaces
C. Using crutches for balance only
D. Carrying heavy items while walking with crutches
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84. A community experiences a sudden outbreak of a highly contagious infectious disease (e.g., highly pathogenic avian influenza). What is the urgent intervention for the community health nurse?

A. Wait for a vaccine to be developed
B. Implement rapid isolation/quarantine measures, conduct contact tracing, promote infection control, and prepare for mass vaccination/prophylaxis if available
C. Advise people to continue daily routines
D. Only monitor symptoms in sick individuals
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83. A community health nurse is involved in advocating for clean air policies in an urban area. What is the critical role of the nurse in this advocacy?

A. Focus on individual respiratory symptoms
B. Advocate for policies that reduce air pollution, support renewable energy, and promote healthy urban planning to improve population respiratory health
C. Only provide inhalers
D. Ignore the environmental impact
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82. A community health nurse is educating a patient about a new prescription for an opioid pain medication. What is the medicinal recommendation to prevent misuse and overdose?

A. Take more than prescribed for pain
B. Take only as prescribed, store securely, do not share, and dispose of unused medication safely; educate on overdose signs and naloxone availability
C. Take less than prescribed for pain
D. Give to friends and family for their pain
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81. A community health nurse is caring for a patient with chronic pain who is considering alternative therapies. What clinical nursing approach is most appropriate?

A. Discourage all alternative therapies
B. Inquire about chosen therapies, assess for safety and potential interactions, and provide evidence-based information to support informed decision-making
C. Recommend only Western medicine
D. Tell them alternative therapies are useless
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80. A community health nurse is demonstrating how to use a glucose meter to a newly diagnosed diabetic patient. What is the technical aspect of this demonstration?

A. Use expired test strips
B. Ensure proper calibration, explain each step clearly, allow patient to practice, and ensure they can interpret the readings
C. Skip the control solution test
D. Only provide a complex manual
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79. A community experiences a severe winter storm, leading to power outages and isolation. What is the urgent intervention for the community health nurse?

A. Tell people to stay warm by exercising
B. Conduct welfare checks on vulnerable individuals, educate on carbon monoxide poisoning prevention, and coordinate with emergency services for shelter and heating assistance
C. Advise opening windows for ventilation
D. Recommend using gas stoves for heat
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78. A community health nurse identifies a high rate of chronic stress and anxiety among working parents in the community. What is the critical public health nursing intervention?

A. Advise individual therapy only
B. Develop and promote stress management programs, advocate for family-friendly workplace policies, and connect parents to mental health resources
C. Ignore the issue of stress
D. Tell parents to manage stress on their own
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