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COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING REVIEWER STUDY
GUIDE TEST WITH ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES 2026 VERSION
1. Which is the primary goal of community health nursing?
A. To support and supplement the efforts of the medical profession in
the promotion of health and prevention of
B. To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to
cope with their health needs
C. To increase the productivity of the people by providing them with
services that will increase their level of health
D. To contribute to national development through promotion of family
welfare, focusing particularly on mothers and children
(Rationale: Answer: (B) To enhance the capacity of individuals,
families and communities to cope with their health needs.
To contribute to national development through promotion of family
welfare, focusing particularly on mothers and children.)
2. CHN is a community-based practice. Which best explains this
statement?
A. The service is provided in the natural environment of people
B. The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing
needs and problems
C. The service are based on the available resources within the
community
D. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health problems
identified
(Rationale: Answer: (B) The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis
to determine nursing needs and problems. Community-based practice
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means providing care to people in their own natural environments:
the home, school and workplace, for example.)
3. Population- focused nursing practice requires which of the
following processes?
A. Community organizing .
B. Nursing, process
C. Community diagnosis
D. Epidemiologic process
(Rationale: Answer: (C) Community diagnosis
Population-focused nursing care means providing care based on the
greater need of the majority of the population. The greater need is
identified through community diagnosis.
4. RA 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside from
the number of employees, what other factor must be considered in
determining the occupational health privileges to which the workers
will be entitled?
A. Type of occupation,: agriculture, commercial, industrial
B. Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities
C. Classification of the business enterprise based on net profit
D. Sex and age composition of employees
(Rationale: 4. Answer: (B) Location of the workplace in relation to
health facilities
Based on R.A. 1054, an occupational nurse must be employed when
there are 30 to 100 employees and the workplace is more than 1 km.
away from the nearest health center.)
5. A business firm must employ an occupational health nurse when it
has at least how many employees.
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A. 21
B. 101
C. 201
D. 301
6. When the occupational health nurse employs ergonomic principles,
she is performing which of her roles?
A. Health care provider
B. Health educator
C. Health care coordinator
D. Environment manager
(Rationale: Answer: (D) Environmental manager
Ergonomics is improving efficiency of workers by improving the
worker’s environment through appropriately designed furniture, for
example.)
7. A garment factory does not have an occupational nurse. Who shall
provide the occupational health needs of the factory workers?
A. Occupational health nurse at the Provincial Health Office
B. Physician employed by the factory
C. Public Health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
D. Rural Sanitary inspector of the RHU in their municipality
Rationale: Answer: (C) Public health nurse of the RHU of their
municipality
8. “Public health services are given free of charge”. Is this statement
true or false?
A. The statement is true; it is the responsibility of government to
provide haste services
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B. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health
services
C. The statement may be true or false; depending on the Specific
service required
D. The statement may be true or false; depending on policies of the
government concerned.
Rationale: Answer: (B) The statement is false; people pay indirectly for
public health services.
Community health services, including public health services, are
prepaid paid services, through taxation, for example.
9. According to C.E. Winslow, which of the following is the goal of
Public Health?
A. For people to attain their birthrights and longevity
B. For promotion of health and prevention and diseases
C. For people to have access to basic health services
D. For people to be organized in their health efforts
Rationale: Answer: (A) For people to attain their birthrights of health
and longevity
According to Winslow, all public health efforts are for people to
realize their birthrights of health and longevity.
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING REVIEWER STUDY
GUIDE TEST WITH ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES 2026 VERSION
1. Which is the primary goal of community health nursing?
A. To support and supplement the efforts of the medical profession in
the promotion of health and prevention of
B. To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to
cope with their health needs
C. To increase the productivity of the people by providing them with
services that will increase their level of health
D. To contribute to national development through promotion of family
welfare, focusing particularly on mothers and children
(Rationale: Answer: (B) To enhance the capacity of individuals,
families and communities to cope with their health needs.
To contribute to national development through promotion of family
welfare, focusing particularly on mothers and children.)
2. CHN is a community-based practice. Which best explains this
statement?
A. The service is provided in the natural environment of people
B. The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing
needs and problems
C. The service are based on the available resources within the
community
D. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health problems
identified
(Rationale: Answer: (B) The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis
to determine nursing needs and problems. Community-based practice
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means providing care to people in their own natural environments:
the home, school and workplace, for example.)
3. Population- focused nursing practice requires which of the
following processes?
A. Community organizing .
B. Nursing, process
C. Community diagnosis
D. Epidemiologic process
(Rationale: Answer: (C) Community diagnosis
Population-focused nursing care means providing care based on the
greater need of the majority of the population. The greater need is
identified through community diagnosis.
4. RA 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside from
the number of employees, what other factor must be considered in
determining the occupational health privileges to which the workers
will be entitled?
A. Type of occupation,: agriculture, commercial, industrial
B. Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities
C. Classification of the business enterprise based on net profit
D. Sex and age composition of employees
(Rationale: 4. Answer: (B) Location of the workplace in relation to
health facilities
Based on R.A. 1054, an occupational nurse must be employed when
there are 30 to 100 employees and the workplace is more than 1 km.
away from the nearest health center.)
5. A business firm must employ an occupational health nurse when it
has at least how many employees.
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A. 21
B. 101
C. 201
D. 301
6. When the occupational health nurse employs ergonomic principles,
she is performing which of her roles?
A. Health care provider
B. Health educator
C. Health care coordinator
D. Environment manager
(Rationale: Answer: (D) Environmental manager
Ergonomics is improving efficiency of workers by improving the
worker’s environment through appropriately designed furniture, for
example.)
7. A garment factory does not have an occupational nurse. Who shall
provide the occupational health needs of the factory workers?
A. Occupational health nurse at the Provincial Health Office
B. Physician employed by the factory
C. Public Health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
D. Rural Sanitary inspector of the RHU in their municipality
Rationale: Answer: (C) Public health nurse of the RHU of their
municipality
8. “Public health services are given free of charge”. Is this statement
true or false?
A. The statement is true; it is the responsibility of government to
provide haste services
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B. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health
services
C. The statement may be true or false; depending on the Specific
service required
D. The statement may be true or false; depending on policies of the
government concerned.
Rationale: Answer: (B) The statement is false; people pay indirectly for
public health services.
Community health services, including public health services, are
prepaid paid services, through taxation, for example.
9. According to C.E. Winslow, which of the following is the goal of
Public Health?
A. For people to attain their birthrights and longevity
B. For promotion of health and prevention and diseases
C. For people to have access to basic health services
D. For people to be organized in their health efforts
Rationale: Answer: (A) For people to attain their birthrights of health
and longevity
According to Winslow, all public health efforts are for people to
realize their birthrights of health and longevity.
