Chapter 4

1. A nurse is talking to a client who asks for information about hospice. Which of the following

statements should the nurse make?

A. "clients who require skilled nursing care at home qualify for hospice care"

B. "one function of hospice is to provide teaching to clients about life-sustaining measures"

C. "hospice assists clients to develop the skills they needed to care for themselves

independently"

D. "A component of hospice care is to control the client's manifestations"

2. A school nurse is scheduling visits with a physical therapist for a child who has cerebral palsy.

In which of the following roles is the nurse functioning?

A. direct caregiver

B. consultant

C. case manager

D. counselor

3. An occupational health nurse is consulting with senior management of a local industrial

facility. When discussing work-related illness and injury, the nurse should include which of the

following factors as physical agents? (select all that apply)

A. noise

B. age

C. lighting

D. viruses

E. stress

4. A newly hired occupational health nurse at an industrial facility is performing an initial

workplace

assessment. Which of the following should the nurse determine when conducting a work site

survey?

A. work practices of employees

B. past exposure to specific agents

C. past jobs of individual employees

D. length of time working in current role

5. A school nurse is planning health promotion and disease prevention activities for the

upcoming school year. In which of the following situations is the nurse planning a secondary

prevention strategy?

A. placing posters with images of appropriate hand hygiene near restrooms

B. routinely checking students for pediculosis throughout the school year

C. implementing age-appropriate injury prevention programs for each grade level

D. working with a dietician to determine carbohydrate counts for students who have DM

Chapter 5