(C228) ATI-Community Health
<Chapter 1>Overview Questions
with Accurate Answers
-Are clients autonomous beings?
-Do clients have the right to make decisions affecting their own health and
welfare?
-Are clients responsible for their own health? correct answer Clients are
autonomous beings, have the right to make decisions affecting their own health
and welfare, and are responsible for their own health.
-Describe how community health nurses work: facilities, limitations, etc. correct
answer -Community health nurses practice in the community. They usually have a
facility from which they work (community health clinic, health department, etc.)
but aren't limited to institutional settings.
-What are health indicators?
-What are some examples?
-What do they serve as targets for? correct answer -Used to describe the health
status of a community.
-Health indicators- mortality rates, disease prevalence, levels of physical activity,
obesity, tobacco and substance use
-Serve as targets for the improvement of a community's health.
-What does epidemiology rely on to determine there rate of spread of disease
and the proportion of people affected?
-What is it also used to evaluate? correct answer It relies on statistical evidence to
determine the rate of spread of disease and the proportion of people affected.
,-It is also used to evaluate the effectiveness of disease prevention and health
promo activities and to determine the extent to which goals have been met.
-What is a community?
-Do communities vary in their characteristics and health needs?
-What is a community's health determined by? correct answer -Community-
group of people and institutions that share geographic, civic, and/or social
parameters.
-Communities vary in the characteristics and health needs.
-Community's health is determined by the degree to which the community's
collective health needs are identified and met.
-What things influence the host?
-What things influence the physical and social environment?
-What things influence chemical, physical, and infectious agents? correct answer -
Host: age, gender, genetics, ethnicity, immunological status, physiological state,
occupation
-Physical environment: geography, water/food supply, presence of
reservoirs/vectors
-Social environment: access to health care, high-risk working conditions, poverty
-Chemical agents: drugs and toxins
-Physical agents: noise and temperature
-Infectious agents: viruses and bacteria
A community health nurse is implementing health programs with several
populations in the local area. In which of the following situations is the nurse
using primary prevention?
, A. Performing a home safety check in a client's home.
B. Teaching healthy nutrition to clients how have HTN.
C. Providing influenza immunization to employees at a local preschool.
D. Implementing a program to notify individuals exposed to communicable
disease. correct answer Answer: C.
A: Incorrect- performing a home safety check is secondary prevention
B: Incorrect- teaching healthy nutrition to clients with HTN is tertiary prevention
C: Correct- immunizations is a primary prevention task.
D: Incorrect- notifying exposed individuals is secondary prevention
A nurse is advocating for local leaders to place a newly approved community
health clinic in an area of the city that has fewer resources than other areas. The
nurse is advocating for the leaders to uphold which of the following ethical
principles?
A. Distributive justice
B. Fidelity
C. Respect for autonomy
D. Veracity correct answer Answer: A
A: Correct- distributive justice is fair distribution of benefits and burden in society
B: Incorrect. Fidelity involves keeping commitments and following through with
promises.
C: Incorrect. Autonomy is supporting the rights of individuals to determine and
pursue personal HC goals.
D: Incorrect. Veracity is the concept of telling the truth.
<Chapter 1>Overview Questions
with Accurate Answers
-Are clients autonomous beings?
-Do clients have the right to make decisions affecting their own health and
welfare?
-Are clients responsible for their own health? correct answer Clients are
autonomous beings, have the right to make decisions affecting their own health
and welfare, and are responsible for their own health.
-Describe how community health nurses work: facilities, limitations, etc. correct
answer -Community health nurses practice in the community. They usually have a
facility from which they work (community health clinic, health department, etc.)
but aren't limited to institutional settings.
-What are health indicators?
-What are some examples?
-What do they serve as targets for? correct answer -Used to describe the health
status of a community.
-Health indicators- mortality rates, disease prevalence, levels of physical activity,
obesity, tobacco and substance use
-Serve as targets for the improvement of a community's health.
-What does epidemiology rely on to determine there rate of spread of disease
and the proportion of people affected?
-What is it also used to evaluate? correct answer It relies on statistical evidence to
determine the rate of spread of disease and the proportion of people affected.
,-It is also used to evaluate the effectiveness of disease prevention and health
promo activities and to determine the extent to which goals have been met.
-What is a community?
-Do communities vary in their characteristics and health needs?
-What is a community's health determined by? correct answer -Community-
group of people and institutions that share geographic, civic, and/or social
parameters.
-Communities vary in the characteristics and health needs.
-Community's health is determined by the degree to which the community's
collective health needs are identified and met.
-What things influence the host?
-What things influence the physical and social environment?
-What things influence chemical, physical, and infectious agents? correct answer -
Host: age, gender, genetics, ethnicity, immunological status, physiological state,
occupation
-Physical environment: geography, water/food supply, presence of
reservoirs/vectors
-Social environment: access to health care, high-risk working conditions, poverty
-Chemical agents: drugs and toxins
-Physical agents: noise and temperature
-Infectious agents: viruses and bacteria
A community health nurse is implementing health programs with several
populations in the local area. In which of the following situations is the nurse
using primary prevention?
, A. Performing a home safety check in a client's home.
B. Teaching healthy nutrition to clients how have HTN.
C. Providing influenza immunization to employees at a local preschool.
D. Implementing a program to notify individuals exposed to communicable
disease. correct answer Answer: C.
A: Incorrect- performing a home safety check is secondary prevention
B: Incorrect- teaching healthy nutrition to clients with HTN is tertiary prevention
C: Correct- immunizations is a primary prevention task.
D: Incorrect- notifying exposed individuals is secondary prevention
A nurse is advocating for local leaders to place a newly approved community
health clinic in an area of the city that has fewer resources than other areas. The
nurse is advocating for the leaders to uphold which of the following ethical
principles?
A. Distributive justice
B. Fidelity
C. Respect for autonomy
D. Veracity correct answer Answer: A
A: Correct- distributive justice is fair distribution of benefits and burden in society
B: Incorrect. Fidelity involves keeping commitments and following through with
promises.
C: Incorrect. Autonomy is supporting the rights of individuals to determine and
pursue personal HC goals.
D: Incorrect. Veracity is the concept of telling the truth.
