Chapter 23: Public Health, Community-Based, and Home Health Care Yoost & Crawford: Fundamentals of Nursing: Active Learning for Collaborative Practice, 2nd Edition

1. The student learns that which is the best definition of a public health nurse?
a. Works with the public.
b. Works in public areas.
c. Works with the greater community.
d. Works with public funding.
 
2. A nurse is discharging a patient and is planning on what material to give the patient to take
home. What action by the nurse is best?
a. Assess the patient’s ability to read and understand.
b. Determine if the patient wants to take written material home.
c. Give the patient the same material as other patients get.
d. Ask the patient if he/she has a need for written material.
 
 
3. A nurse is planning primary prevention activities. Which activity would the nurse include in
this plan?
a. Safer sex education for teens
b. Mammogram screening
c. Medication compliance
d. Annual physical exams

4. A nurse wants to volunteer for a community group providing secondary prevention. What
activity would the nurse attend?
a. Stroke rehabilitation support group
b. Blood pressure screening at the mall
c. Bicycle safety class at the elementary school
d. Drop by nutrition station at the grocery store
 
5. A nurse is orienting to a new job in a home health care agency and is told that most of her
patients need tertiary prevention. What activity does the nurse plan to include in the daily
routine?
a. Household safety checks
b. Well-baby checkups
c. Antibiotic administration
d. Monthly blood pressure assessments
 
6. A nurse is interested in epidemiology. What work activity would best fit this role?
a. Studying census data to determine common causes of death
b. Researching population variables that contribute to disease
c. Developing sanitary measures to prevent foodborne illness
d. Designing research to determine the connection between pollution and cancer