Deck 5: Educating Public Health Nurses to Do the Work

Question 1

The public health nurse is working with the community to address an opiate addiction epidemic. Utilizing the public health nursing standards, which would be the first step the nurse would take to help the community address this problem?

A) Plan an intervention or an educational program for parents of teenagers who reside in the community.
B) Open a clinic to treat the individuals addicted to opiates.
C) Do a comprehensive community assessment to determine the significance and depth of the problem.
D) Advocate with local legislators to allocate funds to the community.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

What has brought recent attention in public health nursing?

A) Vaccination awareness and campaigns
B) Emergency preparedness
C) Asthma education and management
D) Mental health

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Why is asthma such an important part of public health nursing? Select all that apply:

A) It is the reason for the most school days missed for children
B) Asthma limits children in physical activities that are important for child development
C) Asthma care is a financial burden to the health care system
D) It is the sole responsibility of the public health nurse to care for the child with asthma

Answer 3

A ,B ,C

Question 4

Jane, a public health nurse, states "every time i try to explain my patient's condition to the health care provider, I feel like I am speaking a foreign language. I wish we could better understand each other's perspective of the patient's condition". Which strategy would be best address this issue?

A) interprofessional education
B) Community-engaged learning
C) Requiring entry into practice for nursing at the master's level of preparation
D) Ensuring a well-prepared nursing faculty to address public health content

Question 5

The public health department is experiencing a shortage of public health nurses. Which of the following have contributed to this shortage?

A) Requiring entry into practice for public health nurses at the doctoral level of preparation
B) Mandatory overtime for public health nurses
C) Salaries lower than other healthcare settings
D) An overabundance of public health nurses opting to teach at nursing at the baccalaureate level.

Question 6

Public health nurses have traditionally worked with populations who were disempowered such as the homeless, women, and children. Which of the concepts listed below most accurately is representative of these populations?

A) Non-compliant
B) Dependent
C) Powerless
D) Vulnerable

Question 7

A public health nurse is developing a program to teach young pregnant woman about child care practices. As the public health nurse develops the program she/he is aware of the type of material that is being developed that will be handed out to this population of woman and how it is written. Part of the public health nurses role is to assess:

A) Literacy
B) Services
C) Referrals
D) Cost

Question 8

Public health nurses work for the achievement of equality, human rights and dignity for all. Which of the concepts listed below most accurately representative of this?

A) Population-focused care
B) Service learning
C) Social justice
D) Cultural competence

Question 9

Students who analyze their actions, accomplishments and think about their work are generally engaging in the process of:

A) Reflection
B) Assessment
C) Evaluation
D) Learning

Question 10

One of the goals of public health nursing it to:

A) Offer students the skills to carry out a community assessment
B) Assist students in shifting their thinking paradigm from local to a global world view
C) Encourage students to work towards enlisting their friends to enter into the nursing profession
D) Offer students options for future employment