Exam 44: Forensic Nursing in the Community

A nurse is providing direct client care while working in a correctional setting.Which of the following levels of prevention is being used?

A nurse vocalizes a concern that a group of refugees in the community is not receiving equal access to health care services when compared to the other residents in the community.Which of the following concepts is being applied?

A nurse is providing emergency care to an assault victim.Which of the following would be the most appropriate action for the nurse to take?

A nurse uses the scope and standards for forensic nursing practice to differentiate this practice from other nursing specialties.Which parameter best describes the practice of forensic nursing?

A forensic nurse assesses a child who has injuries that indicate possible abuse.What is the best way to document the assessment findings?

A nurse assesses the factors that may place a client at risk for injury from a violent act by considering the role these factors play before,during,and after the violent act.The work of which theorist is being applied?

A forensic nurse plans to collaborate with another professional to provide care to the client.Which of the following professionals would the nurse be most likely to collaborate with?

A nurse is conducting a community assessment in a healthy community.Which of the following findings should the nurse anticipate?

A forensic nurse has collected trace evidence.Which of the following best describes what has been collected?

What is the main purpose of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control?

A nurse is employed as a forensic nurse during the 1950s.Which of the following tasks would the nurse most likely have been implementing?

A homicide has occurred in a community.To whom would this information need to be reported?

A forensic nurse is demonstrating the role of advocate.Which of the following best describes the intervention being performed by the nurse?

Which setting is a forensic nurse most likely to be employed?

A forensic nurse implements a program aimed at preventing domestic abuse.Which of the following levels of prevention is being used?

What has been the focus of the majority of scientific research in forensic nursing?

How would a registered nurse become a forensic nurse? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse collects evidence from a victim following a sexual assault.Which of the following levels of prevention is being used?

A nurse is caring for an individual who has been a victim of trauma.Which of the following most likely describes the client that the nurse is caring for?

A nurse may need to use medical coercion with a client.Which of the following medical diagnoses would the client most likely have?