Which of the following is an advantage of a home visit?
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Answer: (B) It provides an opportunity to do first hand appraisal of the home situation.
Choice A is not correct since a home visit requires that the nurse spend so much time with the family. Choice C is an advantage of a group conference, while choice D is true of a clinic consultation.
The delos Reyes couple have 6-year old child entering school for the first time. The delos Reyes family has a:
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Answer: (C) Foreseeable crisis
Entry of the 6-year old into school is an anticipated period of unusual demand on the family.
The typology of family nursing problems is used in the statement of nursing diagnosis in the care of families. The youngest child of the delos Reyes family has been diagnosed as mentally retarded. This is classified as:
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Answer: (B) Health deficit
Failure of a family member to develop according to what is expected, as in mental retardation, is a health deficit.
Which type of family-nurse contact will provide you with the best opportunity to observe family dynamics?
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Answer: (C) Home visit
Dynamics of family relationships can best be observed in the family’s natural environment, which is the home.
On the other hand, Operation Timbang is_____ prevention?
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Answer: (B) Secondary
Operation Timbang is done to identify members of the susceptible population who are malnourished. Its purpose is early diagnosis and, subsequently, prompt treatment.
Isolation of a child with measles belongs to what level of prevention?
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Answer: (A) Primary
The purpose of isolating a client with a communicable disease is to protect those who are not sick (specific disease prevention).
Tertiary prevention is needed in which stage of the natural history of disease?
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Answer: (D) Terminal
Tertiary prevention involves rehabilitation, prevention of permanent disability and disability limitation appropriate for convalescents, the disabled, complicated cases and the terminally ill (those in the terminal stage of a disease)
An indicator of success in community organizing is when people are able to:
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Answer: (A) Participate in community activities for the solution of a community problem
Participation in community activities in resolving a community problem may be in any of the processes mentioned in the other choices.
The public health nurse takes an active role in community participation. What is the primary goal of community organizing?
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Answer: (D) To maximize the community’s resources in dealing with health problems
Community organizing is a developmental service, with the goal of developing the people’s self-reliance in dealing with community health problems. A, B and C are objectives of contributory objectives to this goal.
In which step are plans formulated for solving community problems?
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Answer: (B) Community organization
Community organization is the step when community assemblies take place. During the community assembly, the people may opt to formalize the community organization and make plans for community action to resolve a community health problem.