Practice Questions

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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