Deck 17: School Health

Question 1

Which statement is true about physical activity and weight in children?

A) One in 3 Canadian children is overweight
B) It's a problem of equal concern in girls and boys
C) Of Grade 6 to 10 students, 25% are physically inactive
D) Over 70% of children on reserve are overweight

Answer 1

One in 3 Canadian children is overweight

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true about the commprehensive school health approach?

A) It describes a sociopolitical approach to disease prevention in schools
B) It involves mobilizing a talking group of parents and students
C) It recognizes that an educational approach alone doesn't change behaviours
D) It's not important for school policies to reinforce educational messages

Answer 2

It recognizes that an educational approach alone doesn't change behaviours

Question 3

Randy, a school nurse, is doing an environmental scan of youth and risk-taking behaviours. Which statement would he include in this scan as being accurate?

A) 31% of youth aged 15 to 19 years report smoking
B) 50% of youth aged 12 to 17 years have tried marijuana
C) 20% of youth aged 15 to 17 years report having intercourse without using a condom
D) 75% of youth aged 15 to 17 years reported drinking alcohol

Answer 3

20% of youth aged 15 to 17 years report having intercourse without using a condom

Question 4

Karl is a new nurse working in several inner-city schools. What will he learn through his community assessment?

A) 20% of Caucasian (white) children live in poverty
B) Children who are new immigrants to Canada are less likely to live in poverty
C) Children with disabilities are more likely to live in poverty
D) Aboriginal children who live off reserve are less likely to live in poverty

Question 5

Which group of 15- to 19-year-old youths is most likely to complete their suicide attempt?

A) Youth who areIndigenous
B) Youth who identify as transgender
C) Male youth who are Asian
D) Youth of immigrant families

Question 6

What percentage of Canadian children under age 18 live in poverty?

A) 17%
B) 29%
C) 49%
D) 39%

Question 7

Nurses in schools provide health promotion and health protection programs and services to individuals, families, groups, and aggregates within the school community. What model are they working within?

A) Clinical services
B) Treatment based
C) Biomedical
D) Primary health care

Question 8

What statement is true about the mental health of children in Canada?

A) About 25% of children live with some form of mental illness
B) Suicide rates continue to slowly increase for early adolescent and adolescent youth
C) Overweight young girls are more likley to have mental health issues
D) Hospitalization for eating disorders in girls under age 15 increased by 10% from 1987 to 1999

Question 9

From which perspective would a school nurse in 1965 have practised?

A) Socio-ecological framework
B) Comprehensive school health approach
C) Population health approach
D) Biomedical model

Question 10

In a group of 100 youth attending grades 7-12, how many could the school nurse expect to use alcohol?

A) 40
B) 25
C) 15
D) 70

Question 11

A group of school nurses are working with the high school student council to create a school health committee to identify health issues. What component of the Health Promoting Schools approach are the nurses using?

A) Teaching and learning
B) Healthy school policy
C) Partnership and services
D) Supportive environment

Question 12

A group of nurses work with an approach that includes the components of teaching and learning, healthy environment, supportive social and physical environment, and supportive services. What approach are they using?

A) Comprehensive School Health
B) Canadian Public Health Association
C) Joint Consortium on School Health
D) Canadian Association for School Health

Question 13

Angelique, 12 years old, lives in a suburban area. What type of non-fatal injury is she most likely to suffer in the next year?

A) Suicide attempt
B) Sports injury
C) Serious head injury
D) Injury from pertussis

Question 14

What percentage of indiginous youth live in poverty?

A) 25%
B) 38%
C) 75%
D) 60%

Question 15

Which of the following is part of the Indigenous School Health Framework? Select all that apply.

A) Social and physical environment
B) Partnerships and services
C) Teaching and learning
D) Healthy school policy
E) None of above

Question 16

Which group of children has the highest mortality rate from motor vehicle collissions?

A) Youth between the ages of 10 and 19 years
B) Adolescent females
C) Children under 3 years
D) Pre-adolescent males

Question 17

Jennifer is a school nurse working in Nova Scotia. What model is she likely working with?

A) Youth Health Centre Model
B) Healthy School Profile
C) Global School Health
D) School-based Health Clinic Model

Question 18

Which of the following statements describe the historical perspective on school health in Canada? Select all that apply.

A) Schools were one of the initial settings for providing health education
B) Medical inspection programs were initiated in most schools
C) Public Health Nurses provided teaching and screening in schools and homes
D) Public Health Nurses provided services related to communicable disease control
E) None of above

Question 19

Which of the following statements is true about children who experience developmental disabilities? Select all that apply.

A) They are more likely to have fewer friends
B) They are more likely to be raised by a single parent
C) They are more likely to live in poverty
D) They are more likely to have experienced a variety of adversity
E) None of above

Question 20

Nurses in a community want to facilitate the Comprehensive School Health program in the community. What should the nurses do first?

A) Develop a health curriculum for the teachers to use
B) Provide a community inservice on the benefits of the program
C) Form a partnership with the school board and the public health unit
D) Determine the school community's level of readiness

Question 21

The school nurse working on an Indigenous reserve identifies that youth are in a high-risk group for suicide. What action should the nurse take in relation to healthy school policies?

A) Provide posters that promote positive health messages
B) Share health status reports to assist staff in addressing issues
C) Ensure protocols are in place to refer students to partner agencies
D) Provide educational opportunities for young siblings to promote health

Question 22

A school health nurse is working with the school community to support the initiation of a health action team to examine how health promoting the school is overall. List the questions a PHN can use to engage stakeholders in this process?

Question 23

Group learning and group discussion co-facilitated by youth leaders and the school-based PHN are an effective approach to actively engage young people in creating peer support and formal or informal learning. This intervention is an example of which level of prevention?

A) Primordial
B) Primary
C) Secondary
D) Tertiary

Question 24

In working with youth who are engaging in risk-taking behaviours, discuss three ways that the nurse could lessen the potential harm and encourage more health-enhancing behaviours. Provide a community health nursing practice example for each point.

Question 25

The school nurse working on an Indigenous reserve identifies that youth are in a high-risk group for suicide. What action should the nurse take in relation to teaching and learning?

A) Incorporate student performances in health promotion events
B) Integrate traditional medicine practices in care of Indigenous students
C) Ensure government participation with respect to funding initiatives
D) Provide formal recognition of staff contributions in health initiatives

Question 26

Discuss the drawbacks of comprehensive school health?

Question 27

The comprehensive school health approach is the nursing process applied in collaboration with a school community. Outline this process.

Question 28

What is an example of a public health nurse promoting health with small groups or classrooms?

A) Providing or recommending curriculim materials to teachers
B) Ensuring equitable access to health and social services for the school population
C) Collecting statistics to identify trends and prevailing issues
D) Assessment, supportive counselling, and referring students to services

Question 29

Yolanda works as a nurse within a Youth Health Centre. Describe how the Youth Health Centre Model opperates.

Question 30

A School Health Nurse is working with students in the Gay-Straight Alliance. They work to prevent homophobic and transphobic attitudes in schools. Which level of prevention is this an example of?

A) Quaternary
B) Tertiary
C) Secondary
D) Primordial