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PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 3130 EXAM 1 (ACTUAL)
AND ANSWERS VERIFIED ANSWERS
2026 LATEST VERSION
Public health nurses have a moral mandate to establish ethical
standards when advocating for health care policy.
Diagnose and investigate – ANSWER diagnose and investigate health
problems and hazards in the community
PHN 1. Assessment – ANSWER Nurse assesses the health status of
populations using data , community resources identification, input
from the population and professional judgement.
PHN 2. Population Diagnosis and Priorities – ANSWER Analyzes
collected assessment data and partners with the people to attach
meaning to those data and determine opportunities and needs.
Population at risk – ANSWER population with common identified risk
factor or risk exposure that poses a threat to health
PHN.3 Outcomes Identification – ANSWER The public health nurse
participates with other community partners to identify expected
outcomes in the populations and their health status
PHN.4 Planning – ANSWER The public health nurse promotes and
supports the development of programs, policies and services that
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provide intervention that improve the health status of populations
PHN. 5 Implementation, Coordination of Care, Health teaching and
Health Promotion , Consultation and Regulatory Activities – ANSWER
The public health nurse ensures access and availability of programs,
policies, resources and services to the population
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PHN. 6 Evaluation – ANSWER The public health nurse evaluates the
health status of the population
Characteristics of Public Health Nursing – ANSWER Population Focused
Community Oriented
Health and Prevention Focused
Interventions at the Community Level
Concern for the health of all members of the population or community,
particularly vulnerable populations
Elizabethan Poor Law of 1601 – ANSWER guaranteed assistance for
poor, blind, and "lame" individuals
Population of interest – ANSWER population essentially healthy but
who could improve factors that promote or protect health
First hospital founded in america – ANSWER Pennsylvania Hospital
(1971)
Shattuck Report (1850) - ANSWER_-first known public health report
that reported to MA sanitary commission that linked causes of illness
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and death to unsanitary health conditions
-utilized: birth/death records and demographic data
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 3130 EXAM 1 (ACTUAL)
AND ANSWERS VERIFIED ANSWERS
2026 LATEST VERSION
Public health nurses have a moral mandate to establish ethical
standards when advocating for health care policy.
Diagnose and investigate – ANSWER diagnose and investigate health
problems and hazards in the community
PHN 1. Assessment – ANSWER Nurse assesses the health status of
populations using data , community resources identification, input
from the population and professional judgement.
PHN 2. Population Diagnosis and Priorities – ANSWER Analyzes
collected assessment data and partners with the people to attach
meaning to those data and determine opportunities and needs.
Population at risk – ANSWER population with common identified risk
factor or risk exposure that poses a threat to health
PHN.3 Outcomes Identification – ANSWER The public health nurse
participates with other community partners to identify expected
outcomes in the populations and their health status
PHN.4 Planning – ANSWER The public health nurse promotes and
supports the development of programs, policies and services that
,2
provide intervention that improve the health status of populations
PHN. 5 Implementation, Coordination of Care, Health teaching and
Health Promotion , Consultation and Regulatory Activities – ANSWER
The public health nurse ensures access and availability of programs,
policies, resources and services to the population
,3
PHN. 6 Evaluation – ANSWER The public health nurse evaluates the
health status of the population
Characteristics of Public Health Nursing – ANSWER Population Focused
Community Oriented
Health and Prevention Focused
Interventions at the Community Level
Concern for the health of all members of the population or community,
particularly vulnerable populations
Elizabethan Poor Law of 1601 – ANSWER guaranteed assistance for
poor, blind, and "lame" individuals
Population of interest – ANSWER population essentially healthy but
who could improve factors that promote or protect health
First hospital founded in america – ANSWER Pennsylvania Hospital
(1971)
Shattuck Report (1850) - ANSWER_-first known public health report
that reported to MA sanitary commission that linked causes of illness
, 4
and death to unsanitary health conditions
-utilized: birth/death records and demographic data
