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Public Health Nursing Exam 2
You are the public health nurse in a municipality with a total population of
about 20,000. There are3 health midwives among the RHU personnel. How
many more midwife items will the RHU need?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: (A) 1
Each rural health midwife is given a population assignment of about 5,000.
If the RHU needs additional midwife items, you will submit the request for
additional midwife items for approval to the:
A. Rural Health Unit
B. District Health Office
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C. Provincial Health Office
D. Municipal Health Board
Answer: (D) Municipal Health Board
As mandated by R.A. 7160, basic health services have been devolved from the
national government to local government units.
As an epidemiologist, the nurse is responsible for reporting cases or notifiable
diseases. What law mandates reporting cases of notifiable diseases?
A. Act 3573
B. RA.3753
C. RA 1054
D. RA 1082
Answer: (A) Act 3573
Act 3573, the Law on Reporting of Communicable Diseases, enacted in 1929,
mandated the reporting of diseases listed in the law to the nearest health station.
According to Freeman and Heinrich, community health nursing is a
developmental service. Which of the following best illustrates this statement?
A. The community health nurse continuously develops himself personally and
professionally
B. Health education and community organizing are necessary in providing
community health services
C. Community health nursing in intended primarily for health promotion and
prevention and treatment of disease.
D. The goal of community health nursing is to provide nursing services to
people in their own place of .residence
Answer: (B) Health education and community organizing are necessary in providing
community health services.
The community health nurse develops the health capability of people through health
education and community organizing activities.
Which disease was declared through Presidential Proclamation No. 4 as a
target for, eradication in the Philippines?
A. Poliomyelitis
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B. Measles
C. Rabies
D. Neonatal Tetanus
Answer: (B) Measles
Presidential Proclamation No. 4 is on the Ligtas Tigdas Program.
The public health nurse is responsible for presenting the municipal health
statistics using graphs and tables. To compare the frequency of the leading
causes of mortality in the municipality, which graph will you prepare?
A. Line
B. Bar
C. Pie
D. Scatter diagram
Answer: (B) Bar
A bar graph is used to present comparison of values, a line graph for trends over
time or age, a pie graph for population composition or distribution, and a scatter
diagram for correlation of two variables.
Which step in community organizing involves training of potential leaders in
the community?
A. Integration
B. Community organization
C. Community study
D. Core group formation
Answer: (D) Core group formation
In core group formation, the nurse is able to transfer the technology of community
organizing to the potential or informal community leaders through a training program.
In which step are plans formulated for solving community problems?
A. Mobilization
B. Community organization
C. Follow-up/extension
D. Core group formation
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Answer: (B) Community organization
Community organization is the step when community assemblies take place. During
the community assembly, the people may opt to formalize the community
organization and make plans for community action to resolve a community health
problem.
The public health nurse takes an active role in community participation. What
is the primary goal of community organizing?
A. To educate the people regarding community health problems
B. To mobilize the people to resolve community health problems
C. To maximize the community's resources in dealing with health problems
Answer: (D) To maximize the community's resources in dealing with health problems
Community organizing is a developmental service, with the goal of developing the
people's self-reliance in dealing with community health problems. A, B and C are
objectives of contributory objectives to this goal.
An indicator of success in community organizing is when people are able to:
A. Participate in community activities for the solution of a community problem
B. Implement activities for the solution of the community problem
C. Plan activities for the solution of the community problem
D. Identify the health problem as a common concern
Answer: (A) Participate in community activities for the solution of a community
problem
Participation in community activities in resolving a community problem may be in any
of the processes mentioned in the other choices.
Tertiary prevention is needed in which stage of the natural history of disease?
A. Pre-pathogenesis
B. Pathogenesis
C. Predromal
D. Terminal
Answer: (D) Terminal
Tertiary prevention involves rehabilitation, prevention of permanent disability and
“PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING EXAM 2 MASTERY
QUESTIONS ASSURED ”LATEST EXAM SOLVED
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS VERIFIED 100%
GRADED A+ (LATEST VERSION) WELL REVISED
GUARANTEE PASS
Public Health Nursing Exam 2
You are the public health nurse in a municipality with a total population of
about 20,000. There are3 health midwives among the RHU personnel. How
many more midwife items will the RHU need?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: (A) 1
Each rural health midwife is given a population assignment of about 5,000.
If the RHU needs additional midwife items, you will submit the request for
additional midwife items for approval to the:
A. Rural Health Unit
B. District Health Office
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C. Provincial Health Office
D. Municipal Health Board
Answer: (D) Municipal Health Board
As mandated by R.A. 7160, basic health services have been devolved from the
national government to local government units.
As an epidemiologist, the nurse is responsible for reporting cases or notifiable
diseases. What law mandates reporting cases of notifiable diseases?
A. Act 3573
B. RA.3753
C. RA 1054
D. RA 1082
Answer: (A) Act 3573
Act 3573, the Law on Reporting of Communicable Diseases, enacted in 1929,
mandated the reporting of diseases listed in the law to the nearest health station.
According to Freeman and Heinrich, community health nursing is a
developmental service. Which of the following best illustrates this statement?
A. The community health nurse continuously develops himself personally and
professionally
B. Health education and community organizing are necessary in providing
community health services
C. Community health nursing in intended primarily for health promotion and
prevention and treatment of disease.
D. The goal of community health nursing is to provide nursing services to
people in their own place of .residence
Answer: (B) Health education and community organizing are necessary in providing
community health services.
The community health nurse develops the health capability of people through health
education and community organizing activities.
Which disease was declared through Presidential Proclamation No. 4 as a
target for, eradication in the Philippines?
A. Poliomyelitis
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B. Measles
C. Rabies
D. Neonatal Tetanus
Answer: (B) Measles
Presidential Proclamation No. 4 is on the Ligtas Tigdas Program.
The public health nurse is responsible for presenting the municipal health
statistics using graphs and tables. To compare the frequency of the leading
causes of mortality in the municipality, which graph will you prepare?
A. Line
B. Bar
C. Pie
D. Scatter diagram
Answer: (B) Bar
A bar graph is used to present comparison of values, a line graph for trends over
time or age, a pie graph for population composition or distribution, and a scatter
diagram for correlation of two variables.
Which step in community organizing involves training of potential leaders in
the community?
A. Integration
B. Community organization
C. Community study
D. Core group formation
Answer: (D) Core group formation
In core group formation, the nurse is able to transfer the technology of community
organizing to the potential or informal community leaders through a training program.
In which step are plans formulated for solving community problems?
A. Mobilization
B. Community organization
C. Follow-up/extension
D. Core group formation
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Answer: (B) Community organization
Community organization is the step when community assemblies take place. During
the community assembly, the people may opt to formalize the community
organization and make plans for community action to resolve a community health
problem.
The public health nurse takes an active role in community participation. What
is the primary goal of community organizing?
A. To educate the people regarding community health problems
B. To mobilize the people to resolve community health problems
C. To maximize the community's resources in dealing with health problems
Answer: (D) To maximize the community's resources in dealing with health problems
Community organizing is a developmental service, with the goal of developing the
people's self-reliance in dealing with community health problems. A, B and C are
objectives of contributory objectives to this goal.
An indicator of success in community organizing is when people are able to:
A. Participate in community activities for the solution of a community problem
B. Implement activities for the solution of the community problem
C. Plan activities for the solution of the community problem
D. Identify the health problem as a common concern
Answer: (A) Participate in community activities for the solution of a community
problem
Participation in community activities in resolving a community problem may be in any
of the processes mentioned in the other choices.
Tertiary prevention is needed in which stage of the natural history of disease?
A. Pre-pathogenesis
B. Pathogenesis
C. Predromal
D. Terminal
Answer: (D) Terminal
Tertiary prevention involves rehabilitation, prevention of permanent disability and
