WorksheetsCommunity Health Nursing Worksheet
Total questions: 68
Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins
The nurse is conducting a community health education session on HIV prevention. Which of the following groups should be encouraged to undergo Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT)?
Individuals who engage in unprotected sexual intercourse with multiple partners
Pregnant women attending antenatal clinics
People who donate blood regularly
Elderly persons with no history of sexual activity
Couples planning to get married
While conducting a community health assessment in a home for the elderly, the nurse identifies several potential health-related needs and problems. Which of the following are common among older adults in such settings?
Impaired mobility and difficulty performing activities of daily living
Chronic illnesses such as hypertension and osteoporosis
Increased risk of depression and social isolation
Hearing and vision impairments affecting safety and independence
Rapid wound healing and high physical endurance
During a routine morning inspection, a nurse at the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) clinic notices that the cold chain refrigerator is not functioning properly. Which of the following actions should the nurse take immediately to maintain vaccine potency?
Check and record the current temperature, adjusting settings if necessary
Perform a shake test for vaccines such as the pentavalent vaccine
Leave the vaccines in the faulty refrigerator until the technician arrives
Transfer vaccines into a cooler box with ice packs to maintain potency
As a Community Health Nurse, you are assigned to support both school and occupational health programs within your community. Which of the following roles correctly describe your responsibilities in these areas?
Providing first aid and managing occupational injuries and emergencies
Counseling students and school staff with emotional or physical health problems
Promoting health and work ability through workplace wellness programs
Conducting health assessments such as screening, observation, and medical examinations in schools
Involving parents, teachers, and pupils in planning and conducting health care activities
Advice to Mrs. Kibibi about continuing breastfeeding while working includes:
Expressing and storing breast milk for the baby while at work.
Stopping breastfeeding completely when returning to work.
Feeding the baby only formula during work hours.
Breastfeeding only at night and not during the day.
Which of the following best defines exclusive breastfeeding?
Feeding the baby on breast milk, water, and occasional formula
Feeding the baby only on breast milk, with no other liquids or solids for the first six months
Breastfeeding together with complementary foods from birth
Feeding expressed milk only during the night
Mrs. Kibibi worries that her milk supply will reduce once she resumes work. Which advice will best help her maintain adequate milk production?
Reduce fluid intake to prevent engorgement
Skip feeds during the day to rest the breasts
Express milk regularly every 3–4 hours while at work
Give formula whenever the baby cries
When teaching Mrs. Kibibi about expressing and storing breast milk, which of the following statements is correct?
Expressed milk should always be discarded after one hour
Breast milk can be safely stored at room temperature (25 °C) for up to 8 hours
Frozen breast milk should be thawed in boiling water
Milk stored in the refrigerator should be used within 72 hours after pumping
To ensure her baby continues to feed well while she is at work, which of the following strategies should Mrs. Kibibi implement?
Introduce bottle-feeding immediately to prepare the baby
Leave expressed breast milk with a caregiver to feed the baby using a clean cup or spoon
Switch fully to formula once work begins
Breastfeed only once daily in the evening
Which of the following best describes the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding you should emphasize to Mrs. Kibibi? (Select the most comprehensive option.)
It promotes bonding and helps the mother lose weight quickly
It provides complete nutrition, enhances immunity, and promotes bonding between mother and baby
It prevents dehydration only
It reduces the baby’s appetite for other foods
Key factors to consider when planning a community health survey include:
Defining survey objectives, selecting appropriate sampling methods, ensuring confidentiality, and involving community members.
Focusing only on hospital data, ignoring community input, and using a single data source.
Relying solely on online surveys without community engagement.
Conducting the survey without prior planning or ethical considerations.
Name one clinical type of poliomyelitis.
Abortive poliomyelitis or Non-paralytic poliomyelitis
Hepatic poliomyelitis
Cardiac poliomyelitis
Renal poliomyelitis
The following are examples of “spacing methods” of family planning:
Natural methods, chemical barriers, vasectomy
Mechanical barriers, tubectomy, chemical barriers
Tubectomy, vasectomy, natural methods
Chemical barriers, natural methods, mechanical barriers
In environmental health, water-based diseases are:
Due to the presence of an aquatic host
Caused by vectors that live near aquatic conditions
Caused by poor quality of water
Due to inadequate quantities of water
A child with marasmus will present with the following clinical symptoms:
Oedema of the legs but not the face
Very poor appetite
Diffuse depigmentation
No hepatic enlargement
In Focused Antenatal Care (FANC):
All pregnant women are considered at risk and receive individualized, goal-oriented care
Antenatal visits are scheduled weekly throughout pregnancy
Routine risk screening is emphasized over individualized care
Only high-risk pregnancies require antenatal follow-up
When preparing a family for their parents' changed role due to HIV status an important aspect to consider is:
Drug therapy instructions
Nutritional and diet preparation
Stigmatisation of the infected
Exercise schedule for the infected
The first scientific paper in nursing was published by:
Anna Benkingham
Florence Nightingale
Isabella Hampton
Margaret Mylos
The graduate nurse’s role in research is:
Intelligent consumption of research findings
Research assistants
Funding of research
Data analysis and cleaning
A nurse researcher formulated the following hypothesis: “There is a relationship between self-concept and suicidal behavior.” This implies that:
The independent variable is suicidal behavior
The hypothesis is directional
The type of design suggested would be experimental
The dependent variable is suicidal behavior
Theoretical framework refers to:
A comprehensive list of all the relevant previous research work done in an area of interest
Roy’s adaptation theory
A pictorial presentation of relationships between variables
An examination of both the depth and breadth of literature review
Traits leadership theories in nursing:
Focus on what leaders do in relational and contextual terms
Emphasize the degrees of trust and respect between leaders and followers
Are independent of personal characteristics of followers
Emphasize that physical and emotional characteristics are critical in inspiring others toward a common goal
The resolution stage of grief response:
Lasts less than six months
May be prolonged if there has been a love-hate association
May be prolonged by anticipatory grieving
May be of less intensity if the affected has experienced a number of recent losses
Mrs. Mama has laid down strict and rigid rules for her baby during toilet training. The characteristics the baby is likely to exhibit in adulthood include:
i, iii, and iv
ii, iii, and iv
i, iv, and v
ii, iv, and v
A patient tells a nurse “I felt very bad when my relatives visited me and I refused to talk to them”. The nurse‘s best response would be:
“Did they make you feel that way?”
“How did you do that?”
“Do you think they came to visit you just to annoy you?”
“DESCRIBE WHAT you were feeling just before your relatives visited you”
The organic mental syndrome associated with sedatives abuse is:
Dementia
Amnestic syndrome
Organic hallucinosis
Organic mood disorder
Mini, a 7 year old boy has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD). The drug group most likely to be used would be:
Central nervous system depressants
Anticonvulsants
Major tranquilizers
Central nervous system stimulants
Benzhexol (Artane):-
Should not be administered to patients with Parkinsonian syndrome
May be used safely in patients with prostatic hypertrophy
Should never exceed 15mg daily dosage
Does not cause orthostatic hypotension
Exhibitionism:
Occurs Less than 6 months
Occurs equally in both men and women
Is intensified when the perpetrator has excess free time and is under significant stress
Is more frequent in men without satisfying sexual relationships
The main purpose of publishing research findings is to:
Meet the requirements of the sponsor
Solicit for more funds for future research
Get recognition in the profession
Contribute to scientific literature
Nordette is an example of:
A biphasic low-dose pill
Monophasic low-dose pill
Triphasic low-dose pill
Quadriphasic low-dose pill
A contact disease caused by bacteria is:
Scabies
Impetigo
Trachoma
A child growing within the normal developmental milestones will be able to walk at the age of:
3-6 months
6-9 months
12-18 months
20-24 months
The approximate calorie needs for young children under five years are:
500 calories/kg/day
200 calories/kg/day
300 calories/kg/day
100 calories/kg/day
Cell-mediated immune system is made up of:
T-lymphocytes and macrophages
T-lymphocytes and antibodies
Macrophages and B-lymphocytes
B-lymphocytes an T-lymphocytes
The scientific name for ringworm of the scalp is:
Tinea corporis
Tinea pedis
Tinea capitis
Tinea versicolor
Disease of agricultural hazards include:
Zoonotic diseases, psychological changes
Zoonotic diseases, toxic hazards
Toxic hazards, psychological changes
Ionizing radiation, toxic hazards
The international health agencies that were instrumental in starting Bamako initiative are:-
WHO and UNICEF
World Bank and IMF
Red Cross and WHO
UNESCO and UNICEF
The safe noise exposure level that does not cause damage to the tympanic membrane is:
120dB
125dB
85dB
118Db
The major practice roles of the occupational health nurse include:
Clinician, administrator
Clinician, professional
Administrator, environmental modifier
Professional, environmental modifier
The drugs that may reduce the efficacy of hormonal contraceptives include:
Rifampicin, ibuprofen
Phenytoin, Griseofulvin
Griseofulvin, digoxin
Rifampicin, chlorpheniramine
The vector that carries the causative organism for trypanosomiasis is:
Fleas
Sand flies
Black flies
Tsetse flies
The measures that would appropriately improve the health of the elderly include:
Mental health services, STI services
Immunization, violence prevention programs
Home safety programs, home based services
Prevalence rate is defined as the number of:
Old and new cases of a specified disease existing at a given time
New cases of a diseases in a population over a period of time
Old cases of a specified diseases existing at a given time
Deaths from a specified disease or condition at a given time
Some of the developmental tasks of a beginning family are:
Family planning, stabilizing the family unit
Family planning, relating to kin network
Relating to kin network, maintaining a stable marriage
Stabilizing the family unit, socializing children
Some of the indirect client services provided by the community health nurse include:
Supervising the care provided, teaching
Teaching, health planning with consumers
Record keeping, bed side care
Record keeping, supervising the care provided
The components of the biological environment include:
Toxic substances, natural resources
Water supplies, food
Natural resources, geographical features
Food, geographical features
The major service system of the community that is usually the focus of the citizen and leadership of the community is:
Health system
Social welfare system
Economic system
Religious system
The demographic parameters the community health nurse will examine while conducting a community diagnosis include:
Distribution, morbidity
Distribution, genetics
Genetics, morbidity
Genetics, transport services
Vector borne diseases include:
Plague, Dysentery
Plague, Rubella
Rubella, Leishmaniasis
Plague, Leishmaniasis
A type of Schizophrenia characterized mainly by delusions of persecution and auditory hallucinations is:
Disorganized
Paranoid
Catatonic
Undifferentiated
Postpartum depression typically appears on:
3rd and 4th day
4th and 5th day
1st and 2nd day
5th and 6th day
A behavior therapy technique used in treatment of sexual aversion disorder is:
Sensate focus
Systematic desensitization
Squeeze technique
Modeling
Co-dependence means:
Dysfunctional behavior evident among members of the family of a chemically dependent person
Dysfunctional behavior evident among members of a social group that abuse the same chemical substances
Two or more people portray dependence on the same substance
Dysfunctional behavior evident among members of social group of a chemically dependent person
A leader who is mainly concerned with day-to-day operations of an organization with little regard to the future is called:
Charismatic leader
Transactional leader
Transformational leader
Traditional leader
Zero-based budgeting means:
Multiplying current year expenses by a certain figure
Budgeting for purchase of major equipments
Use of decision making package to justify the current budget needs
Mentors differ from preceptors in that mentors:
Passively model new staff
Choose who to mentor
Have a short relationship with the novice staff
Don't assist the novice staff in career development
Over delegation involves:
Delegating at the wrong time, to the wrong person for the wrong reasons
Delegating to exceptionally competent employees
Transferring too much roles from the manager to the subordinates
Delegating authority and responsibility
Variables that take only a few discrete values are called:
Outcome
Continuous
Extraneous
Categorical
In research journal articles, “blind reviews” means reviewers:
Are told the names of the researchers and the researchers are not told the identity of the reviewers
Are not told the names of the researchers and the researchers are told the identity of the reviewers
Are not told the names of the researchers and the researchers are not told the identity of the reviewers
Are told the names of the researchers and the researchers are told the identity of the reviewers
It is difficult to obtain meaningful informed consent in qualitative research because the researcher does not know in advance how the study will evolve. This kind of consent gotten by qualitative research is called:
Process consent
Uninformed consent
Implied consent
Incomplete consent
Random assignment means:
Probability sampling where each subject has an equal and independent chance of participating in the study
Assigning subjects to the control and experimental group without predetermined criteria
Assigning subjects to control group and experimental group such that each has an equal chance of being selected for the study
Random sampling method of assigning subjects to control group and experimental
Practicing nurses need to develop research critique skills to:
Challenge fellow nurses doing research report presentations
Be able to do literature review when doing their research studies
Participate fully in journal clubs
Judge the utility of research findings
Reflective skepticism, a characteristic of critical thinkers means:
Asking awkward questions to challenge assumptions
Ability to imagine and explore alternatives
Taking a critical view of established dogmas and practices, scrutinizing them and questioning their current validity
Reflecting on past events and questioning them
Problem-based learning means:
Learning that results from process working towards resolution of a problem
Situation where students learn without any assistance from the teacher
Learning that results after the learner gets the solution
Learning where teachers use questions only
When an assessment tool measures what it's supposed to measure, it is said to have:
Validity
Reliability
Objectivity
Usability
An appropriate method that can be used to teach acquisition of psychomotor skills is:
Case studies
Demonstration
Micro-teaching
Brainstorming
Decision making hierarchy is called:
Scalar chain
Span of control
Decentralized decision making
Centralized decision making
