Lesson 15

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:

Health threat

Health deficit - Your answer was correct

Foreseeable crisis

Stress point

The public health nurse takes an active role in community participation. What is the primary goal of community
organizing?

To educate the people regarding community health problems.

To mobilize the people to resolve community health problems.

To minimize the community's resources in dealing with health problems.

To maximize the community's resources in dealing with health problems. - Your answer was correct

An indicator of success in community organizing is when people are able to?

Participate in community activities for the solution of a community problem. - Your answer was correct

Implement activities for the solution of the community problem.

Plan activities for the solution of the community problem.

Identify the health problem as a common concern.

Primary health care is a total approach to community development. Which of the following is an indicator of success in
the use of the primary health care approach?

Health services are provided free of charge to individuals and families.

Local officials are empowered as the major decision makers in matters of health.

Health workers are able to provide care based on identified health needs of the people.

Health programs are sustained according to the level of development of the community. - Your answer was correct

The de los Reyes couple have a 6-year-old child entering school for the first time. The de los Reyes family has a:

Health threat

Health deficit

Foreseeable crisis - Your answer was correct

Stress point
Which type of family-nurse contact will provide you with the best opportunity to observe family dynamics?

Clinic consultation

Group conference

Home visit - Your answer was correct

Written communication

In the investigation of an epidemic, you compare the present frequency of the disease with the usual frequency at this
time of the year in this community. This is done during which stage of the investigation?

Establishing the epidemic - Your answer was correct

Testing the hypothesis

Formulation of the hypothesis

Appraisal of facts

The number of cases of Dengue fever usually increases towards the end of the rainy season. This pattern of occurrence of
Dengue fever is best described as:

Epidemic occurrence

Cyclical variation - Your answer was correct

Sporadic occurrence

Secular variation

In the census of the Philippines in 1995, there were about 35,299,000 males and about 34,968,000 females. What is the
sex ratio?

99.06:100

100.94:100 - Your answer was correct

50.23%

49.76%

What law created the Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care?

R.A.8423 - Your answer was correct

R.A.4823

R.A.2483

R.A.3482
To maintain the cleanliness of the bag and its contents, which of the following must the nurse do?

Wash his/her hands before and after providing nursing care to the family members. - Your answer was correct

In the care of family members, as much as possible, use only articles taken from the bag.

Put on an apron to protect her uniform and fold it with the right side out before putting it back into the bag.

At the end of the visit, fold the lining on which the bag was placed, ensuring that the contaminated side is on the
outside.

The PHN bag is an important too in providing nursing care during a home visit. The most important principle of bag
technique states that it:

Should save time and effort.

Should minimize if not totally prevent the spread of infection. - Your answer was correct

Should not overshadow concern for the patient and his family.

May be done in a variety of ways depending on the home situation, etc.

Sputum examination is the major screening tool for pulmonary tuberculosis. Clients would sometimes get false negative
results in this exam. This means that the test is not perfect in terms of which characteristic of a diagnostic examination?

Effectiveness

Efficacy

Specificity

Sensitivity - Your answer was correct

In the year 1980, the World Health Organization declared the Philippines, together with some other countries in the
Western Pacific Region, "free" of which disease?

Pneumonic plague

Poliomyelitis

Smallpox - Your answer was correct

Anthrax

Which of the following is an advantage of a home visit?

It allows the nurse to provide nursing care to a greater number of people.

It provides an opportunity to do first hand appraisal of the home situation. - Your answer was correct

It allows sharing of experiences among people with similar health problems.

It develops the family's initiative in providing for health needs of its members.
Which is CONTRARY to the principles in planning a home visit?

A home visit should have a purpose or objective.

The plan should revolve around family health needs.

A home visit should be conducted in the manner prescribed by the RH. - Your answer was correct

Planning of continuing care should involve a responsible family member.

Which of the following demonstrates intersectoral linkages?

Two-way referral system

Team approach

Endorsement done by a midwife to another midwife

Cooperation between the PHN and public school teacher - Your answer was correct

The primary purpose of conducting an epidemiologic investigation is to?

Delineate the etiology of the epidemic - Your answer was correct

Encourage cooperation and support of the community

Identify groups who are at risk of contracting the disease

Identify geographical location of cases of the disease in the community

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?

Descriptive

Analytical - Your answer was correct

Therapeutic

Evaluation

In traditional Chinese medicine, the yielding, negative and feminine force is termed?

Yin - Your answer was correct

Yang

Qi

Chai
Use of appropriate technology requires knowledge of indigenous technology. Which medicinal herb is given for fever,
headache and cough?

Sambong

Tsaang gubat

Akapulko

Lagundi - Your answer was correct

In which step are plans formulated for solving community problems?

Mobilization

Community organization - Your answer was correct

Follow-up/extension

Core group formation

Which of the following is an epidemiologic function of the nurse during an epidemic?

Conducting assessment of suspected cases to detect the communicable disease.

Monitoring the condition of the cases affected by the communicable disease.

Participating in the investigation to determine the source of the epidemic. - Your answer was correct

Teaching the community on preventive measures against the disease.

On the other hand, Operation Timbang is_____ prevention.

Primary

Secondary - Your answer was correct

Intermediate

Tertiary

Which is a characteristic of person-to-person propagated epidemics?

There are more cases of the disease than expected.

The disease must necessarily be transmitted through a vector.

The spread of the disease can be attributed to a common vehicle.

There is a gradual build up of cases before the epidemic becomes easily noticeable. - Your answer was correct
What is the legal basis for Primary Health Care approach in the Philippines?

Alma Ata Declaration on PHC

Letter of Instruction No. 949 - Your answer was correct

Presidential Decree No. 147

Presidential Decree 996

Tertiary prevention is needed in which stage of the natural history of disease?

Pre-pathogenesis

Pathogenesis

Prodromal

Terminal - Your answer was correct

Isolation of a child with measles belongs to what level of prevention?

Primary - Your answer was correct

Secondary

Intermediate

Tertiary

The municipality assigned to you has a population of about 20,000. Estimate the number of 1-4 year old children who will
be given Retinol capsule 200,0001.U. every 6 months.

1,500

1,800

2,000

2,300 - Your answer was correct

Which of the following is a function of epidemiology?

Identifying the disease condition based on manifestations presented by a client.

Determining factors that contributed to the occurrence of pneumonia in a 3-year-old.

Determining the efficacy of the antibiotic used in the treatment of the 3-year-old client with pneumonia.

Evaluating the effectiveness of the implementation of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness. - Your answer
was correct