Population Health Exam 1 – Study Guide and Practice Questions
Review Material
community based - ANS ✔✔Jennifer is a nurse in a family medicine clinic. Today she is assessing
Jose, a 4-year-old who is being seen for an earache. The type of nursing Jennifer practices is:
community-oriented nursing.
community-based nursing. Correct
public health nursing.
tertiary health nursing.
assessment - ANS ✔✔A community-oriented nurse has identified obesity as a problem in the
middle school. The next step in a population-focused practice is to make information available
about the health of the middle school students. This describes the public health core function
of:
assessment. Correct
assurance.
policy development.
research.
d - ANS ✔✔A newly hired public health nurse is familiarizing himself with the levels of disaster
management. Which of the following actions is a component of disaster prevention?
a. Outlining specific roles of community agencies
b. Prioritizing care of individuals
c. Providing stress counseling
d. Identifying community vulnerabilities
b - ANS ✔✔2. A community is experiencing the Honeymoon phase following a disaster. Which
of the following is most likely to occur in the community?
, a. First responders work tirelessly to save others
b. Survivors share their stories
c. Medical personnel experience exhaustion
d. Community organizations rebuild the community
b - ANS ✔✔3. True or False: The timing of a disaster does not influence the types of injuries that
will occur.
a. True
b. False
b - ANS ✔✔Consumers and providers of healthcare have a vested interest in the quality of the
healthcare system because quality healthcare:
a. Decreases safety
b. Increases safety, reduces cost, increases patient confidence
c. Always causes an increase in cost
d. Decreases confidence in the care provided
c - ANS ✔✔. A nurse advises a client with osteoporosis to have three servings of milk or dairy
products daily. Which of the following levels of prevention is being used by the nurse?
a. Primary prevention
b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. Treatment, but not prevention
d - ANS ✔✔Several small communities have applied for grant funding from the state
department of health to help decrease their teenage pregnancy rate. Which of the following
communities should the nurse suggest receive funding first?
a. Community A - with 23 single teenage pregnancies in a city of 500
Review Material
community based - ANS ✔✔Jennifer is a nurse in a family medicine clinic. Today she is assessing
Jose, a 4-year-old who is being seen for an earache. The type of nursing Jennifer practices is:
community-oriented nursing.
community-based nursing. Correct
public health nursing.
tertiary health nursing.
assessment - ANS ✔✔A community-oriented nurse has identified obesity as a problem in the
middle school. The next step in a population-focused practice is to make information available
about the health of the middle school students. This describes the public health core function
of:
assessment. Correct
assurance.
policy development.
research.
d - ANS ✔✔A newly hired public health nurse is familiarizing himself with the levels of disaster
management. Which of the following actions is a component of disaster prevention?
a. Outlining specific roles of community agencies
b. Prioritizing care of individuals
c. Providing stress counseling
d. Identifying community vulnerabilities
b - ANS ✔✔2. A community is experiencing the Honeymoon phase following a disaster. Which
of the following is most likely to occur in the community?
, a. First responders work tirelessly to save others
b. Survivors share their stories
c. Medical personnel experience exhaustion
d. Community organizations rebuild the community
b - ANS ✔✔3. True or False: The timing of a disaster does not influence the types of injuries that
will occur.
a. True
b. False
b - ANS ✔✔Consumers and providers of healthcare have a vested interest in the quality of the
healthcare system because quality healthcare:
a. Decreases safety
b. Increases safety, reduces cost, increases patient confidence
c. Always causes an increase in cost
d. Decreases confidence in the care provided
c - ANS ✔✔. A nurse advises a client with osteoporosis to have three servings of milk or dairy
products daily. Which of the following levels of prevention is being used by the nurse?
a. Primary prevention
b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. Treatment, but not prevention
d - ANS ✔✔Several small communities have applied for grant funding from the state
department of health to help decrease their teenage pregnancy rate. Which of the following
communities should the nurse suggest receive funding first?
a. Community A - with 23 single teenage pregnancies in a city of 500
