2750 COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
FINAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2026
How can nurses be more mindful and inclusive when giving care to
people who are queer? - CORRECT ANSWER- - stay their pronouns
when introducing themselves
- advocating for them to change laws and policy to better support trans
people
- supporting them through STI screening process
- supporting parents of children who are gender fluid
Why do some LGBTQ2S choose to not disclose their sexual orientation
or gender identity? - CORRECT ANSWER- - Homophobia describes
a fear or hatred of gay/lesbians
-Biophobia - hate for bi people
- Transphobia-hate for transpeople
Phobias can be jokes, acts of violence, myths, assumptions, bullying
what is heterosexuality? - CORRECT ANSWER- romantic and sexual
attraction to the opposite gender
What does it mean to be queer? - CORRECT ANSWER- an umbrella
term for non-heterosexual orientation and not cisgender (person whose
gender identity is the same as their sex assigned at birth)
what are the 6 essential functions of a public health nurse - CORRECT
ANSWER- -Health Protection
-Health Surveillance
-Population Health Assessment
-Disease and Injury Prevention
,-Health Promotion
-Emergency preparation and response
what is the public health nurses role? - CORRECT ANSWER- Work
in homes, schools, shelters, streets, clinics.
- Promote, protect, and preserve health of populations; health promotion
and protection, disease prevention and surveillance.
- Funding from municipal, provincial, and federal
what are the levels of prevention? - CORRECT ANSWER- primordial,
primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary
what is primordial prevention? - CORRECT ANSWER- focused on
broad health issues, and preventing conditions that would enable the risk
factors for diseases.
- They minimize hazards to health, and often focus on healthy public
policy and the social determinants of health
Eg. early childhood education on nutrition for the prevention of diabetes,
policy actions such as ensuring safe drinking water, introduction of stop
signs or lights at busy intersections, and well-lit streets contribute not
only to decreased personal risk but also decreased risk (and greater
health) to the whole population.
what is primary prevention? - CORRECT ANSWER- Entails both
personal and communal efforts, such as decreasing environmental risks,
enhancing nutritional status, immunizing against commutable diseases
or improving water supplies
(UPSTREAM)
Eg. controlling hazards and risks at a workplace, smoking cessation
campaigns, promoting seat belts, the use of sunscreen or bicycle
helmets
what is secondary prevention? - CORRECT ANSWER- initiatives that
aim to identify disease processes as early as possible, usually at the
preclinical stage, which may reduce the prevalence of a disease by
curbing its duration.
,- initiatives target people who are already accessing health care services
thereby drawing their attention to an early disease process that may
potentially exist. Usually involve population based screening programs.
Eg. Immigrants to Canada have a higher chance of having postpartum
depression and therefore PHN's could work closely with vulnerable
populations that could be screened for PPD
eg. cancer screening, self-beast examinations
What is teritary prevention? - CORRECT ANSWER- aims to reduce
the impact of long-term diseases by eliminating or reducing impairment
or disability.
Health promotion activities might include client and family education to
understand the chronicity of the disease, to adapt to sequelae of the
disease process, or to maximize the health of the individual through use
of aids such as a walker or adapted eating utensils.
•The end may be: period as rehabilitation and or palliative care
(DOWNSTREAM )
Eg. working with marginalized women with HIV, rehabilitation
what is quaternary prevention? - CORRECT ANSWER- initiatives that
identify individuals or populations at risk of over marginalization.
- Protecting those from over-diagnosis or over-medicalization
Eg. ethical practices and prevention of over testing someone for
psychiatric illness. Decreasing treatment when it's not super necessary -
super downstream
Eg. inappropriate use of drugs and medication, hormone therapy when
not necessary, recognizing trauma in a population after a natural
disaster
when, where and who published/passed the first public health act -
CORRECT ANSWER- passed in ontario in 1884 by Dr. Peter
Hunderson Bryce
when, why and who developed the term "public health nurse" -
CORRECT ANSWER- Lillian Wald developed the term "public health
nurses" in New York City in 1893 as she wanted to differentiate nurses
who worked in low income communities to nurses who care for sick
individuals in hospitals.
, who oversaw public health issues in community? - CORRECT
ANSWER- - Hippocrates
- Dr. John Snow
- Florence Nightingale
what did the hippocrates notice? - CORRECT ANSWER- noticed
possible relationship between the environment and the health or disease
of people.
what did Dr. John Snow notice? - CORRECT ANSWER- noticed an
apparent relationship between the number of cholera deaths in various
neighbourhoods and identified the source being drinking water.
what did florence nightingale stress accurate recording of? -
CORRECT ANSWER- stressed accurate recording of the causes of
death statistics (contagious diseases, wounds) and used them to explain
and publicize the reality of the situation.
What was the PHN focus in 1800-1900? - CORRECT ANSWER- -
Improving physical environment conditions to reduce maternal and child
morbidity and mortality. In the 19th century 1 in 5 infants died
- women were not recognized as people under the British North
American Act and "feminists" were seeking social reform to protect the
rights of women, children and families.
- They worked for charitable or religious organizations these were known
as visitor or district nurses
- battle diseases including smallpox and typhoid fever.
-childhood immunizations and worked in baby clinics
- deliver health care programs to address the complex issues of more
vulnerable populations
eg. immigrants, urban poor, infants and children, and rural isolated
populations
define mode of transmission - CORRECT ANSWER- A mode of
transmission is one way in which a disease moves to a new host.
FINAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2026
How can nurses be more mindful and inclusive when giving care to
people who are queer? - CORRECT ANSWER- - stay their pronouns
when introducing themselves
- advocating for them to change laws and policy to better support trans
people
- supporting them through STI screening process
- supporting parents of children who are gender fluid
Why do some LGBTQ2S choose to not disclose their sexual orientation
or gender identity? - CORRECT ANSWER- - Homophobia describes
a fear or hatred of gay/lesbians
-Biophobia - hate for bi people
- Transphobia-hate for transpeople
Phobias can be jokes, acts of violence, myths, assumptions, bullying
what is heterosexuality? - CORRECT ANSWER- romantic and sexual
attraction to the opposite gender
What does it mean to be queer? - CORRECT ANSWER- an umbrella
term for non-heterosexual orientation and not cisgender (person whose
gender identity is the same as their sex assigned at birth)
what are the 6 essential functions of a public health nurse - CORRECT
ANSWER- -Health Protection
-Health Surveillance
-Population Health Assessment
-Disease and Injury Prevention
,-Health Promotion
-Emergency preparation and response
what is the public health nurses role? - CORRECT ANSWER- Work
in homes, schools, shelters, streets, clinics.
- Promote, protect, and preserve health of populations; health promotion
and protection, disease prevention and surveillance.
- Funding from municipal, provincial, and federal
what are the levels of prevention? - CORRECT ANSWER- primordial,
primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary
what is primordial prevention? - CORRECT ANSWER- focused on
broad health issues, and preventing conditions that would enable the risk
factors for diseases.
- They minimize hazards to health, and often focus on healthy public
policy and the social determinants of health
Eg. early childhood education on nutrition for the prevention of diabetes,
policy actions such as ensuring safe drinking water, introduction of stop
signs or lights at busy intersections, and well-lit streets contribute not
only to decreased personal risk but also decreased risk (and greater
health) to the whole population.
what is primary prevention? - CORRECT ANSWER- Entails both
personal and communal efforts, such as decreasing environmental risks,
enhancing nutritional status, immunizing against commutable diseases
or improving water supplies
(UPSTREAM)
Eg. controlling hazards and risks at a workplace, smoking cessation
campaigns, promoting seat belts, the use of sunscreen or bicycle
helmets
what is secondary prevention? - CORRECT ANSWER- initiatives that
aim to identify disease processes as early as possible, usually at the
preclinical stage, which may reduce the prevalence of a disease by
curbing its duration.
,- initiatives target people who are already accessing health care services
thereby drawing their attention to an early disease process that may
potentially exist. Usually involve population based screening programs.
Eg. Immigrants to Canada have a higher chance of having postpartum
depression and therefore PHN's could work closely with vulnerable
populations that could be screened for PPD
eg. cancer screening, self-beast examinations
What is teritary prevention? - CORRECT ANSWER- aims to reduce
the impact of long-term diseases by eliminating or reducing impairment
or disability.
Health promotion activities might include client and family education to
understand the chronicity of the disease, to adapt to sequelae of the
disease process, or to maximize the health of the individual through use
of aids such as a walker or adapted eating utensils.
•The end may be: period as rehabilitation and or palliative care
(DOWNSTREAM )
Eg. working with marginalized women with HIV, rehabilitation
what is quaternary prevention? - CORRECT ANSWER- initiatives that
identify individuals or populations at risk of over marginalization.
- Protecting those from over-diagnosis or over-medicalization
Eg. ethical practices and prevention of over testing someone for
psychiatric illness. Decreasing treatment when it's not super necessary -
super downstream
Eg. inappropriate use of drugs and medication, hormone therapy when
not necessary, recognizing trauma in a population after a natural
disaster
when, where and who published/passed the first public health act -
CORRECT ANSWER- passed in ontario in 1884 by Dr. Peter
Hunderson Bryce
when, why and who developed the term "public health nurse" -
CORRECT ANSWER- Lillian Wald developed the term "public health
nurses" in New York City in 1893 as she wanted to differentiate nurses
who worked in low income communities to nurses who care for sick
individuals in hospitals.
, who oversaw public health issues in community? - CORRECT
ANSWER- - Hippocrates
- Dr. John Snow
- Florence Nightingale
what did the hippocrates notice? - CORRECT ANSWER- noticed
possible relationship between the environment and the health or disease
of people.
what did Dr. John Snow notice? - CORRECT ANSWER- noticed an
apparent relationship between the number of cholera deaths in various
neighbourhoods and identified the source being drinking water.
what did florence nightingale stress accurate recording of? -
CORRECT ANSWER- stressed accurate recording of the causes of
death statistics (contagious diseases, wounds) and used them to explain
and publicize the reality of the situation.
What was the PHN focus in 1800-1900? - CORRECT ANSWER- -
Improving physical environment conditions to reduce maternal and child
morbidity and mortality. In the 19th century 1 in 5 infants died
- women were not recognized as people under the British North
American Act and "feminists" were seeking social reform to protect the
rights of women, children and families.
- They worked for charitable or religious organizations these were known
as visitor or district nurses
- battle diseases including smallpox and typhoid fever.
-childhood immunizations and worked in baby clinics
- deliver health care programs to address the complex issues of more
vulnerable populations
eg. immigrants, urban poor, infants and children, and rural isolated
populations
define mode of transmission - CORRECT ANSWER- A mode of
transmission is one way in which a disease moves to a new host.
