NS 1 CHN & IMCI 8.
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P2 QUIZ 1
1. Which of the following are the herbal
plants approved by the DOH?
a. Sambong
b. Akapulko
c. Niyog-niyogan
d. Tsaang gubat
e. All of the above
2. A herbal medicine taken as tea used for skin
allergies, diarrhea and stomach ache.
a. Niyog-niyogan
b. Tsaang gubat (chop leaves, boil in a 2glass of
water until it reduces to 1 glass (10-15 mins)
then strain)
c. Lagundi
d. Bayabas
3. According to Freeman and Heinrich, community
health nursing is a developmental service. Which
of the following best illustrates this statement?
a. The community health nurse
continuously develops himself personally
and professionally.
b. Health education and community organizing
are necessary in providing community
health services.
c. Community health nursing is
intended primarily for health
promotion and prevention and
treatment of disease.
d. The goal of community health nursing is
to provide nursing services to people in
their own places of residence.
4. The public health nurse is responsible for
presenting the municipal health statistics using
graphs and tables. To compare the frequency of the
leading causes of mortality in the municipality,
which graph will you prepare?
a. Line (trends)
b. Bar (used for comparison)
c. Pie (population )
d. Scatter diagram (correlation)
5. Which step in community organizing
involves training of potential leaders in the
community?
a. Integration
b. Community organization
c. Community study
d. Core group formation
6. In which step are plans formulated for
solving community problems?
a. Mobilization
b. Community organization
c. Follow-up/extension
d. Core group formation
7. The public health nurse takes an active role in
community participation. What is the primary goal
of community organizing?
a. To educate the people regarding
community health problems
b. To mobilize the people to resolve
community health problems
c. To maximize the community’s resources
in dealing with health problems
d. To maximize the community’s resources
in dealing with health problems
what level of prevention?
a. Primary (no disease)
b. Secondary (naa pero nag start pa lang)
c. Intermediate
d. Tertiary (rehabilitation)
9. On the other hand, Operation Timbang is
prevention.
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Intermediate
d. Tertiary
10. Which type of family-nurse contact will
provide you with the best opportunity to observe
family dynamics?
a. Clinic consultation
b. Group
conference c.
Home visit
d. Written communication
11. The typology of family nursing problems is used
in the statement of nursing diagnosis in the care of
families. The youngest child of the de los Reyes
family has been diagnosed as mentally retarded. This
is classified as a
(Prescence of wellness- breast feeding)
a. Health threat (conducive to disease or
accident/hazard like no proper
garbage disposal
b. Health deficit (failure to health
maintenance or Prescence of illness e.g.
Diabetes high blood etc.)
c. Foreseeable crisis (unexpected events
also known as stress point e.g.
Unexpected pregnancy, loss of job, a child
entering a school)
d. Stress point
12. CHN (Community Health Nursing) is a
community- based practice. Which best explains this
statement?
a. The service is provided in the
natural environment of people
b. The nurse has to conduct community
diagnosis to determine nursing needs
and problems
c. The service are based on the
available resources within the
community
d. Priority setting is based on the magnitude
of the health problems identified
13. Population- focused nursing practice
requires which of the following processes?
a. Community organizing .
b. Nursing, process
c. Community diagnosis
d. Epidemiologic process
14. "Public health services are given free of
charge". Is this statement true or false?
a. The statement is true; it is the
responsibility of government to provide
haste services
b. The statement is false; people pay indirectly
for public health services (through the tax
of community people)
c. The statement may be true or false;
depending on the Specific service
required
d. The statement may be true or false;
depending on policies of the
government concerned.
15. Which of the following is the most for sputum examination for AFB (Acid Fast Bacillus)?
prominent feature of public health nursing? a. Hematemesis
a. It involves providing home care to sick b. Fever for 1 week
people who are not confined in the hospital
b. Services are provided free of charge to
people within the catchment area
c. The public health nurse functions as part of a
team providing a public health nursing
service
d. Public health nursing focuses on
preventive, not curative services (PHN
focused more on health teaching to
promote preventive measures)
16. Which of the following is a function
of epidemiology?
a. Identifying the disease condition based
on manifestations presented by a client
b. Determining factors that contributed to
the occurrence of pneumonia in a 3 year
old
c. Determining the efficacy of the antibiotic
used in the treatment of the 3 year old
client with pneumonia
d. Evaluating the effectiveness of the
implementation of the Integrated
Management of Childhood Illness
17. Which of the following is an
epidemiologic function of the nurse during an
epidemic?
a. Conducting assessment of suspected cases
to detect the communicable diseases
b. Monitoring the condition of the cases
affected by the communicable disease
c. Participating in the investigation to
determine the source of epidemic
d. Teaching the community on
preventive measures against the
disease
18. Which immunization produces a permanent scar?
a. DPT (Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus)
b. BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) (given
during birth)
c. Measles vaccination
d. Hepatitis B vaccination (given during birth)
19. What is the best course of action when there is
a measles epidemic in a nearby municipality?
a. Give measles vaccine to babies aged 6 to 3
months (usually 9 months is the age of
prescription but when an epidemic occurs 6
to 8 months can be administered)
b. Give babies aged 6 to 11 months one dose
of 100,000 IU of Retinol
c. Instruct mother to keep their babies at home
to prevent disease transmission
d. Instruct mothers to feed their babies
adequately to enhance their babies
resistance
20. A mother brought her 10 month old infant for
consultation because of fever which started 4 days
prior to consultation. To determine malaria risk,
what will you do?
a. Do a tourniquet test
b. Ask where the family resides (Palawan,
sultan kudarat, davao etc. are place that has
endemic malaria cases)
c. Get a specimen for blood smear
d. Ask if the fever is present everyday
21. Which of the following signs indicates the need
 c. Cough for 3 weeks (suspected PTB 2 wks c. individual as client.
or more fever for 1 month , hemoptysis d. partnership.
and others)
d. Chest pain for 1 week
22. Which clients are considered targets for DOTS
(Directly Observed Treatment Short-course)
category?
a. Sputum negative cavitary cases
b. Clients returning after default
c. Relapses and failures of previous
PTB treatment regimens
d. Clients diagnosed for the first time through
a positive sputum exam
23. To improve compliance to treatment, what
innovation is being implemented in DOTS
(Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course)?
a. Having the health worker follow up the
client at home
b. Having the health worker or a
responsible family member monitor
drug intake
c. Having the patient come to the health
center every month to get his medications
d. Having a target list to check on whether
the patient has collected his monthly
supply of drugs
24. A 32 year old client came for consultation at the
health center with the chief complaint of fever for a
week. Accompanying symptoms were muscle pains
and body malaise. A week after the start of fever,
the client noted yellowish discoloration of his
sclera. History showed that he waded in flood
waters about 2 weeks before the onset of
symptoms. Based on this history/ which disease
condition will you suspect?
a. Hepatitis A
b. Hepatitis B
c. Tetanus
d. Leptospirosis
25. Which is the BEST control measure for
AIDS? a. Being faithful to a single sexual
partner
b. Using a condom during each sexual contact
c. Avoiding sexual contact with commercial
sex workers
d. Making sure that one's sexual partner
does not have signs of AIDS
26. A nurse in a health care clinic is preparing to
conduct a nutritional session with a group of
culturally diverse pregnant women. At the first
session the nurse will be meeting with each client
individually. The nurse prepares a list of items to
be included in the session and lists which item as
the first priority?
a. Review the MyPyramid food guide.
b. Weigh each client and ask the client to
document the weight on a progress
chart.
c. Discuss the costs of food items.
d. Identify the food preferences and methods
of food preparation for each client.
27. A nurse in community health contacts three
individuals who have had sexual encounters with an
individual recently diagnosed with syphilis. The
concept basic to community-oriented nursing
practice that is best described by this intervention is:
a. community.
b. community as client.
28. The nurse in community health uses information
about family structure, household composition,
marriage, divorce, birth, death, adoption, and other
family life events to forecast and predict stresses
and developmental changes experienced by families
and identify possible solutions to family challenges.
This best describes the study of:
a. family demographics.
b. family functions.
c. family health.
d. family resilience.
29. When applying the nursing process to
environmental health, the community health
nurse would:
a. conduct a focused assessment on
the presenting problem.
b. coordinate interventions with the
physician only.
c. examine criteria that include only the
client's immediate response.
d. include outcome measures that mitigate
and eliminate the environmental factors.
30. A nurse in community health is conducting an
assessment on a family of four. During the course of
the assessment, the nurse collects information about
previous generations of the family and siblings. The
results are used to create a diagram for the family
that displays the family unit across generations.
Further discussions occur regarding the patterns of
health and illness that relate to biological health
risks. The diagram is called:
a. an ecomap.
b. a family plan.
c. a genogram.
d. a risk plot.
31. A nurse in community health who teaches a
client with asthma to recognize and avoid exposure
to asthma triggers and assists the family in
implementing specific protection strategies such as
removing carpets and avoiding pets is intervening at
the level of:
a. assessment.
b. primary prevention.
c. secondary prevention.
d. tertiary prevention.
32. The Martinez couple have a 6-year old child
entering school for the first time. The Martinez
family has a:
a. Health threat
b. Health deficit
c. Foreseeable crisis
d. Stress point
33. Which of the following is an advantage of a
home visit?
a. It allows the nurse to provide nursing care
to a greater number of people.
b. It provides an opportunity to do first hand
appraisal of the home situation.
c. It allows sharing of experiences among
people with similar health problems.
d. It develops the family’s initiative in
providing for health needs of its members.
34. The PHN bag is an important tool in providing
nursing care during a home visit. The most
important principle of bag technique states that it
a. Should save time and effort.
b. Should minimize if not totally prevent
the spread of infection.
c. Should not overshadow concern for
the patient and his family.
d. May be done in a variety of ways
depending on the home situation, etc.
35, The public health nurse conducts a study on the
factors contributing to the high mortality rate due to
heart disease in the municipality where she works.
Which branch of epidemiology does the nurse
practice in this situation?
a. Descriptive
b. Analytical
c. Therapeutic
d. Evaluation
36. Estimate the number of pregnant women who
will be given tetanus toxoid during an immunization
outreach activity in a barangay with a population of
about 1,500.
a. 265
b. 300
c. 375
d. 400
BONUS Answer (1500x3.5%) =52.5
37. To describe the sex composition of the
population, which demographic tool may be
used?
a. Sex ratio
b. Sex proportion
c. Population pyramid
d. Any of these may be used.
39. You are computing the crude death rate of your
municipality, with a total population of about
18,000, for last year.
There were 94 deaths. Among those who died, 20
died because of diseases of the heart and 32
were aged 50
years or older. What is the crude death
rate? a. 4.2/1,000
b. 5.2/1,000
c. 6.3/1,000
d. 7.3/1,000
40. Civil registries are important sources of data.
Which law requires registration of births within
30 days from the occurrence of the birth?
a. P.D. 651
b. Act 3573
c. R.A. 3753
d. R.A. 3375
41. Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
(IMCI) is promulgated by the UNICEF together
with DOH in order to properly treat common
childhood diseases usually in the
a. Hospital
b. Community
c. Clinic
d. School
42. A 2-year old boy was brought by his mother to 49. A mother brought her child to the health center
the health center for a regular yearly check-up. As a and you observed that the child has stiff neck and
nurse in the health center you are going to observe is having convulsions. They are living in a malaria
first for the general danger signs. All but one is the endemic area. You are going to classify this as?
danger sign. a. Malaria
a. Lethargic or unconscious b. Very severe febrile disease
b. The child has had c. No malaria
convulsions c. There is d. Measles
bulging fontanel 50. If the child is under the pink category of
d. The child vomits everything he eats malaria which antimalarial would be best for the
43. If the child presents with no symptoms of the child for initial treatment?
general danger signs the next thing to do is assess a. Quinine
for b. Sulfadoxine
a. fever. c. Primaquine
b. cough or difficulty of breathing. d. Artemeter-Lumefantrine
c. anemia or malnutrition.
d. ear infection.
44. When observing the 2-year old child for signs of
pneumonia you documented that the child is having
45 breaths/min, there is chest indrawing and
stridor.
You are going to classify this as
a. cough or colds.
b. pneumonia.
c. no pneumonia.
d. severe pneumonia or very severe disease.
45. This is one way of diagnosing dengue
hemorrhagic fever wherein you are going to use a
sphygmomanometer on the arm of the patient and
count the number of rashes upon its inflation. This
is known as
a. Rumpel Leede’s test
b. ELISA test
c. Blood smear
d. BP test
46. When assessing the child who is having diarrhea
you observed that the child is restless, has sunken
eyes, and is thirsty and drinking eagerly while the
skin pinch goes back slowly. You are going to classify
this as
a. Some dehydration
b. Severe dehydration
c. Moderate dehydration
d. No dehydration
47. If you are going to check for the skin pinch of
the child or the skin turgor, where is the best area to
check for this?
a. Forearm
b. Thigh
c. Cheek
d. Abdomen
48. When asking the mother for the history of the
child’s diarrhea the mother tells you that her
child defecates with
blood in the stool. You will suspect for what type
of infection?
a. Typhoid fever
b. Dysentery
c. Cholera
d. Acute gastroenteritis