Chapter 33: Poverty and Homelessness

Chapter 33: Poverty and Homelessness

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. Which statement about poverty is true?

a.	All cultures view poverty as a pitiful existence.
b.	Most cultures want to improve the plight of the poor.
c.	Dangerous environments are present in all cultures.
d.	Western cultures view poverty negatively.

 

 

ANS:   D

The meaning of poverty differs across cultures. Western cultures view poverty negatively, whereas other cultures often respect the poor.

 

DIF:    Cognitive level: Understanding         REF:    p. 734

TOP:    Nursing process: Evaluation

MSC:   NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care

 

2. A nurse is working in the community during the industrial revolution. Which of the following population groups would have been least likely to receive community assistance?

a.	Widowed women
b.	Orphaned children
c.	Mentally ill
d.	Injured laborers

 

 

ANS:   C

Mentally ill individuals were considered undeserving poor and did not receive any community assistance. Widowed women, orphaned children, and injured laborers were deserving poor because their poverty was considered to be beyond their control.

 

DIF:    Cognitive level: Analyzing                REF:    pp. 732-733

TOP:    Nursing process: Implementation

MSC:   NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care

 

3. Which statement about poor people living in the seventeenth century is accurate?

a.	They were likely alcoholics or prostitutes.
b.	They were ashamed to be living in poverty.
c.	They traveled from community to community for food and shelter.
d.	They would be given assistance by their community.

 

 

ANS:   D

The Elizabethan Poor Laws began in seventeenth-century England by helping the poor receive help within the boundaries of their original community. Needy travelers would not be helped and were sent back to their original community where they would be helped by their own folk. It was no disgrace to live in poverty because nearly everyone was poor.

 

DIF:    Cognitive level: Understanding         REF:    p. 732

TOP:    Nursing process: Evaluation

MSC:   NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care

 

4. A nurse is trying to provide effective nursing care to poor persons, families, and populations in a variety of settings. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?

a.	Move to the area where people are living to understand their plight
b.	Understand the concept of poverty on many levels
c.	Take a trip abroad to see how poverty exists in other countries
d.	Become fully immersed in the concept of poverty for at least a year

 

 

ANS:   B

Understanding the concept of poverty with historical, social, political, economic, biological, psychological, and spiritual dimensions is the first step in providing effective care to this population. It is not necessary to move to the area, take a trip abroad, or become immersed in the concept of poverty in order to provide effective nursing care to this population.

 

DIF:    Cognitive level: Analyzing                REF:    p. 732

TOP:    Nursing process: Implementation

MSC:   NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care