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ATI Community Health Questions and Answers 100% Pass A nurse is performing a community assessment in a rural setting. The nurse is aware that the type of health care that is most likely to be absen... t in this setting is which of the following? ✔✔Tertiary A nurse working in the ER is notified +by the county's emergency medical services that there has been a multiple casualty accident involving a truck carrying radioactive waste. The ER charge nurse should take which of the following actions first? ✔✔Clear the department of all non-urgent clients and move those awaiting admissin to a holding area. A nurse is educating a community group who lives near a nuclear power plant. THe nurse is providing information about safety related to radiation exposure when a client asks "Isn't there something we should have on hand in case of a nuclear disaster?" The nurse should recognize that the client is referring to which of the following? ✔✔Potassium Iodide (Pima) A nurse is educating a community group on smallpox. When discussing the possible means for the transmission of smallpox, which of the following statements by a member of the community group indicates a need for further teaching? "Smallpox can be transmitted through ✔✔bites from insects, such as mosquitoes." A nurse is providing psychological counseling at a community center for families whose loved ones died in a fire. After learning that both of her children perished in the fire, a mother says to the nurse, "I can't believe they are gone. How will I make it though this?" Which of the following is an appropriate response by the nurse? ✔✔"You are feeling overwhelmed right now." A community health nurse is planning a study with a goal of improving the environmental health of a community. Identify the sequence the nurse should follow when conducting the research. ✔✔Identify the problem Design the study Collect the data Analyze the findings A nurse is caring for employees and their family member who have become ill after a company picnic. After extensive interview and a review of the food handling practices, the nurse determines that the most likely cause of the illnesses was a poultry dish that had been allowed to cool to room temp for several hours before being served. This step in the epidemiological process is called ✔✔Assessing A community health nurse should know that, in the event of a smallpox bio-terrorism threat, a mass inoculation plan would first target which of the following groups of people? ✔✔Mortuary workers A nurse is working in the ER when several hundred clients injured in a train collision arrive at the hospital for treatment. The triage nurse should determine that which of the following clients is in need of immediate treatment? ✔✔A client who has epigastric and left arm pain and is diaphoretic An industrial health nurse is caring for a female employee who is requesting some medication for a headache. THe nurse asks if the client know what could be causing the headache, and the client states. "I have been under a lot of stress lately." When the nurse suggests stress management techniques, the client calmly states that she intends to take her life after work that day. She further reports that she has a pistol in her car, and that she intends to kill herself in he parking lot of the plant. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? ✔✔Call emergency medical services to transport the client to a proper treatment facility. A public health nurse is visiting an older adult client who has chronic airflow limitation disease and is a former cigarette smoker. THe client's medications include ipratropium (atrovent) and albuterol (proventil) inhalers, and hte client has just been prescribed home oxygen to use as needed. THe nurse should recognize that this client's primary prevention needs include which of he following? ✔✔Annual influenza immunizations A nurse is working a triage area. Which of the following activities is unlikely to be a responsibility of the nurse in this setting? ✔✔Educating hte client and the family A nurse is responding to a community wide request for health care providers to come to the scene of a bomb explosion. Reporting to the disaster scene coordinator, the nurse is told that as the victims are rescued they are triaged, and either transported or sent to the parking lot for a secondary assessment. The nurse is asked to assist in hte secondary assessment process to do which of the following? ✔✔Determine the extent of additional injuries A nurse manager at a clinic for homeless people notes that many of the clients have a history of mental illness and also have difficulty with abuse of drugs or alcohol. Many of the clients require treatment for both mental illness and substance addiction. While compiling figures for a regulatory agency about the clients who visit the clinic, the nurse classifies these clients as having which of the following? ✔✔Comorbitdity In the aftermath of a large earthquake, a hospital's disaster plan is put into effect. THe charge nurse must assemble a list of clients that can be safely discharged home to accommodate the anticipated admission of many victims. The charge nurse knows that it is unsafe to discharge which of the following clients? ✔✔The client who has an ileus following spinal surgery 5 days ago and is ambulatory in a brace A home health nurse is caring for a client who is living in a mental health group home. During one of the her visits, the nurse discovers that the client has been hoarding psychotropic medications. THe nurse's initial response should be to do which of the following? ✔✔Attempt to determine the reason for the client's hoarding behavior. A nurse in an emergency department is informed that a tornado touched down in a nearby town and that mass casualties are en route to the ER. THe charge nurse's initial action should be which of the following? ✔✔Follow agency policy to activate the disaster plan A nurse is planning to participate in a public education program related to prevention of West Nile virus. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the presentation? ✔✔Eliminate sources of standing water A nurse is conducting teaching for a client who has been prescribed ciprofloxacin (cipro) following exposure to anthrax. THe nurse understands that the client needs additional teaching when the client states which of the following? ✔✔"I will take ciprofloxacin with an antacid if I get an upset stomach." A home health nurse is doing an assessment of an older adult client's home. Which of the following findings should the nurse realize may be the greatest potential hazard? ✔✔A small rug in front of the kitchen sink [Show More]

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