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Community Assessment
Cultural Competence
Emergency Preparedness
Drug abuse
Violence
100
What is an easy way to determine if a community is healthy or unhealthy on the health continuum?
Ask everyone if they are happy with where they live and why.
100
What has caused most of the population growth in the United States?
Immigration.
100
What is an easy intervention a nurse can devise while assisting in a disaster shelter?.
Keeping healthy victims busy by assigning them duties
100
What is a good secondary prevention tool for alcohol or drug related problems?
A paper and pencil test based on self reporting of personal habits.
100

What is the strongest correlation with violence?

Poverty.

200
What is the essential characteristic to define a community?
Particular place over time for common purposes.
200
Why is ethnicity becoming less valued with health professionals?
Due to an increase in multiracial groups from intermarrying.
200
What is the most important aspect of managing disasters?
Prevention of disasters.
200
What is one coping mechanism by families in response to an addicted member?
Reorganize, excluding the ill person.
200

What is an important intervention for prevention of elder abuse when an elderly person is living with their son/daughter?

Conseling and support regarding the stress of care giving.

300
What is the most important key to success in completing a community assessment?
Using a tool to identify, collect, and organize data.
300
What is the relationship between race and ethnicity?
One means "common physiology" and one means "common culture".
300
What does the typical local community do when a disaster occurs?
The community tries to escape.
300
Where is the primary focus of community efforts toward substance abuse?
Children and adolescents.
300

Why do women abuse more often than men?

They are typically the primary care giver for others.

400
What is determined when assessing the developmental framework of a community?
The history of the community.
400
What is the most significant barrier to seeking health care?
Culture.
400
What agency was developed after the 2001 terror attacks?
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
400
What is the most common illegal substance?
Marijuana
400

Which aggregates are more often victims of violence than other aggregates?

Adolescents.

500
What is gained by knowing where memebers of the community are employed?
Their diseases or injureies for which they may be at risk.
500
What is giving culturally competent nursing care what factors are most important to remember for the families perspective?
The impact of the nurses' sexual orientation and gender.
500
What State agency opens after a disaster occurs?
The Emergency Operations Center.
500
What is the most useful intervention for treating the family of an alcoholic adult?
Share information regarding addiction including support groups such as Al-Anon or Al-Ateen.
500

What is the most frequently used weapon in violence?

A gun.