Chapter 41: Being politically aware and professionally proactive in children and young people’s nursing

1. Which of the following is true?

  1. 50 per cent of forced marriages involve women
  2. No man is ever forced to marry
  3. Forced marriage can involve coercion and violence
  4. British law allows forced marriage

Answer: C

2. Which of the following are among the principles of lobbying?

  1. Make your message as complex and sophisticated as possible
  2. If you don’t know, just blag
  3. If you are not making progress, get angry and abusive
  4. Do your homework, be sure of your facts

Answer: D

3. Involving the communities which practise forced marriage in developing strategies to eliminate this custom is:

  1. Vital
  2. Futile
  3. A waste of resources
  4. Frustrating

Answer: A

4. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is:

  1. Irrelevant to being politically aware
  2. A useful framework to support lobbying activity to improve conditions for those 18 and under
  3. Incomprehensible
  4. Applies only to young children

Answer: B

5. A petition can trigger a parliamentary debate if:

  1. Very, very angry people sign it
  2. Well-educated people can be persuaded to sign
  3. The people who sign can be proved to understand the political process
  4. 100 000 people sign it

Answer: D