Deck 15: Care of Communities and Target Populations

Question 1

The nurse is supporting population members to use an empowerment evaluation when determining the success of a health program. What purpose will this type of evaluation serve to population members?

A) Improves their quality of life.
B) Delays decisions about a program.
C) Calls for a discontinuation of a program.
D) Increases the resources in a program.

Answer 1

Improves their quality of life.

Question 2

The nurse is planning a health program for a community. The first task the nurse should consider when planning this program is:

A) Analyze the issue.
B) Create the planning group.
C) Define and prioritize the issue.
D) Set the stage for evaluation.

Answer 2

Define and prioritize the issue.

Question 3

The nurse is planning a program to encourage exercise among high school students. Teachers and parents will be involved in implementing the program. Which activity best describes the third level of acceptance of this health care program?

A) Marketing the program to the high school students.
B) Convincing the principal of the benefits of the program.
C) Meeting with the teachers to explain the program.
D) Encouraging parents to promote the program.

Answer 3

Marketing the program to the high school students.

Question 4

The nurse is reviewing factors that affect the health of a population. Which factors should the nurse identify as being sociocultural determinants? (Select all that apply.)

A) Language.
B) Annual birth rate.
C) Family composition.
D) Population density.
E) Transportation accessibility.

Question 5

The nurse is creating program objectives to address a population's health problem. Which program objective should the nurse provide the planning committee?

A) 75% of program participants will lose weight.
B) 32% of program participants will demonstrate how to administer insulin by the end of the third week.
C) 100% of program participants will understand the new food pyramid by the end of the second week.
D) 50% of program participants will quit smoking.

Question 6

A population health nurse is asked to assist in an evaluation of an existing program for which evaluative mechanisms were not established during the program planning. Which type of evaluation should the nurse use for this program?

A) Prospective evaluation.
B) Outcome evaluation.
C) Retrospective evaluation.
D) Process evaluation.

Question 7

The nurse is planning to conduct an evaluation of a population program. Which question should the nurse use to address analysis and use of evaluative data?

A) What will be evaluated?
B) What standards will be used to judge the program's performance?
C) What conclusions can be drawn from comparing program data with the standards selected?
D) What evidence will be used to compare program performance with the standards selected?

Question 8

The nurse is working in a weight control program and realizes that most of the participants want to lose weight, but they are unable to because of the difficulties involved in stopping an addictive behavior. This best demonstrates the theory of:

A) Processing.
B) Delineation.
C) Implementation.
D) Cause and effect.

Question 9

Twelve new cases of the measles have been diagnosed last week in a particular county. In that same county, 20 children are currently under treatment for the measles. What should the population nurse identify as being the incidence rate of the measles infection?

A) 8.
B) 12.
C) 20.
D) Unknown.

Question 10

The nurse is reviewing the considerations needed when designing a program evaluation. What should the nurse keep in mind as the consideration that influences all other aspects of the evaluation process?

A) Who should conduct the evaluation.
B) The type of evaluation to be conducted.
C) The design to be utilized.
D) The purpose of the evaluation.

Question 11

During a discussion about factors affecting the health of population groups the nurse discusses the shorter life spans of Native Americans as compared to the rest of the population. Which determinant is the nurse explaining?

A) Sociocultural determinant.
B) Behavioral determinant.
C) Biological determinant.
D) Health system determinant.

Question 12

After studying the community, the nurse reports widespread unemployment, lack of housing, and crowded living conditions as being major factors influencing community health. These factors are related to which determinant of health?

A) Environmental determinant.
B) Biological determinant.
C) Psychological determinant.
D) Behavioral determinant.

Question 13

The nurse identified the members of the planning group for the community health program. The next step the nurse should take is to:

A) Prioritize the issues.
B) Analyze the issue.
C) Develop the program.
D) Start the evaluation.

Question 14

A student asks an instructor to explain population health management. What should the instructor respond to the student's question?

A) Focuses on health promotion.
B) Is designed to improve overall population health status.
C) Is designed to identify particular health risk groups.
D) Identifies illness prevention strategies.

Question 15

The nurse is identifying a nursing diagnosis applicable to a specific population. What should the nurse include when making this diagnosis determination? (Select all that apply.)

A) Population at risk.
B) Potential adverse risk.
C) Factors contributing to the risk.
D) Evidence to support the risk.
E) Population competencies.