Deck 9: Working With the Community

Question 1

Which objective is most appropriate for developing a community health nursing process?

A) All monitored clients will receive abortion therapy within 3 minutes following recognition of lethal dysrhythmia.
B) Of mothers receiving nutrition counselling, 80% will identify five sources of calcium by the end of class.
C) Ninety-five percent of children will be immunized by the age of 1 year.
D) There will be a 25% reduction in health disparities by 2015.

Answer 1

Of mothers receiving nutrition counselling, 80% will identify five sources of calcium by the end of class.

Question 2

Which measure of community health will be examined by the CHN who wishes to assess the status of a community's health?

A) Community awareness
B) Health facilities
C) Health care manpower
D) Vital statistics

Answer 2

Vital statistics

Question 3

Which measure of community health will be examined by the CHN who wishes to assess the process of community health?

A) Health resource use patterns, such as bed occupancy days and client/provider visits
B) Health risk profiles of selected aggregates
C) Incidence and prevalence of leading causes of mortality and morbidity
D) Participation of individual and group health care providers in local organizations

Answer 3

Participation of individual and group health care providers in local organizations

Question 4

What CHN activity demonstrates the role of a change partner?

A) Administers vaccinations to preschoolers
B) Analyzes community problems to determine the best interventions
C) Establishes a care centre for older adults living with family members who work in jobs outside the home
D) Teaches anger management skills to a group of teens in a halfway house

Question 5

When involving the community-client as partner, during which phase does data collection take place to determine the community's health and structure?

A) Assessment phase
B) Planning phase
C) Implementation phase
D) Evaluation phase

Question 6

What is the best resource for the CHN who wants information about the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in a local region of the country?

A) Hospital records and statistics
B) Online information from Statistics Canada
C) The local chamber of commerce
D) The obituary columns of local newspapers

Question 7

When assessing immigrant access to regional health care, which data collection method would best provide key information about the community?

A) Interviews with employees of the local health board
B) Informant interviews with local community members
C) Interview with a legislator or local politician
D) Interview with a public health official

Question 8

During which phase would the CHN determine the ability of specific interventions to achieve an increase to at least 90% in the proportion of all pregnant women who receive first-trimester prenatal care?

A) Assessment phase
B) Planning phase
C) Implementation phase
D) Evaluation phase

Question 9

The CHN identified that a knowledge deficit is the primary reason why new mothers in a region choose not to breastfeed and wants to determine the best strategy to implement an intervention. What should this intervention emphasize?

A) Alternate dimension
B) Process dimension
C) Status dimension
D) Structural dimension