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COMMUNITY HEALTH PRACTICE EXAM 2026
JUST RELEASED VERSION
1. Which topic should the nurse include in planning a primary prevention class for adolescents?
A. Risk factors for heart disease.
B. Dietary management of obesity.
C. Suicide risks and prevention.
D. Coping with stressful situations.
2. The public health nurse is creating a plan to increase state funding for a local health clinic.
Which strategy is likely to be most effective in obtaining funding for the clinic?
a. Run the health clinic economically and advertise the services the clinic provides
b. Organize concerned citizens to write letters and telephone state representatives
c. Described to the media the valuable services provided by the community clinic
d. Engage a professional lobbyist to persuade Congress of the local clinic's value
3. A nurse is planning a nutrition class for a group of senior citizens at a community center and
wants to emphasize the amount and types of fat in some foods versus others. What is the best
teaching method for the nurse to use?
a. Display posters with foods and tell seniors about fat content
b. Determine foods most often eaten by this group and discuss the nutritional panel of each
product
c. Show a movie about cooking with foods that are low in fat but delicious
d. Ask each senior to bring a food for others to taste, then estimate the fat contained in these
foods
4. The nurse administers a booster dose of DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis) vaccine to an
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infant. Which level of prevention is the nurse implementing?
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A. Primary prevention.
B. Tertiary prevention.
C. Secondary prevention.
D. Primary nursing.
5. When asked to help develop interventions to combat obesity among children, the community
health nurse should stress the importance of implementing which activity?
A. Set goals that are focused on developing healthier lifestyles.
B. Develop strict diet plans for school-aged children.
C. Provide diet classes for the obese children during school hours.
D. Require all children to participate in organized team sports.
6. Which topic should the nurse include in planning a secondary
prevention project for the local retirement community?
A. Safety measures in the home.
B. Adult immunization program.
C. Rehabilitation after surgery.
D. Vision and hearing screening.
7. The nurse is preparing to discharge an elderly, recently widowed
female client following a mild stroke. At this time she is able to
walk with the aid of a walker. As part of the discharge planning,
what referral is most important for the nurse to make?
A. Pastoral care.
B. Meals-on-Wheels.
C. Grief support group.
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COMMUNITY HEALTH PRACTICE EXAM 2026
JUST RELEASED VERSION
1. Which topic should the nurse include in planning a primary prevention class for adolescents?
A. Risk factors for heart disease.
B. Dietary management of obesity.
C. Suicide risks and prevention.
D. Coping with stressful situations.
2. The public health nurse is creating a plan to increase state funding for a local health clinic.
Which strategy is likely to be most effective in obtaining funding for the clinic?
a. Run the health clinic economically and advertise the services the clinic provides
b. Organize concerned citizens to write letters and telephone state representatives
c. Described to the media the valuable services provided by the community clinic
d. Engage a professional lobbyist to persuade Congress of the local clinic's value
3. A nurse is planning a nutrition class for a group of senior citizens at a community center and
wants to emphasize the amount and types of fat in some foods versus others. What is the best
teaching method for the nurse to use?
a. Display posters with foods and tell seniors about fat content
b. Determine foods most often eaten by this group and discuss the nutritional panel of each
product
c. Show a movie about cooking with foods that are low in fat but delicious
d. Ask each senior to bring a food for others to taste, then estimate the fat contained in these
foods
4. The nurse administers a booster dose of DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis) vaccine to an
,2
infant. Which level of prevention is the nurse implementing?
1
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A. Primary prevention.
B. Tertiary prevention.
C. Secondary prevention.
D. Primary nursing.
5. When asked to help develop interventions to combat obesity among children, the community
health nurse should stress the importance of implementing which activity?
A. Set goals that are focused on developing healthier lifestyles.
B. Develop strict diet plans for school-aged children.
C. Provide diet classes for the obese children during school hours.
D. Require all children to participate in organized team sports.
6. Which topic should the nurse include in planning a secondary
prevention project for the local retirement community?
A. Safety measures in the home.
B. Adult immunization program.
C. Rehabilitation after surgery.
D. Vision and hearing screening.
7. The nurse is preparing to discharge an elderly, recently widowed
female client following a mild stroke. At this time she is able to
walk with the aid of a walker. As part of the discharge planning,
what referral is most important for the nurse to make?
A. Pastoral care.
B. Meals-on-Wheels.
C. Grief support group.
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