WGU D450 EXAM PREP SOLVED
QUESTIONS ACCURATE ANSWERS
PREMIUM REVIEW
◉ 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:
a. community-oriented nursing.
b. community-based nursing.
c. public health nursing.
d. tertiary health nursing.
Answer: b. community-based nursing.
In community-based nursing, the nurse focuses on "illness care" of
individuals and families across the life span.
◉ A school nurse teaches three middle school students with asthma
conditions techniques to minimize their incidence of bronchial
spasms. This is an application of:
,a. community-based nursing.
b. community-oriented nursing.
c. institutional nursing.
d. public health nursing.
Answer: a. community-based nursing.
The goal of community-based nursing (CBN) is to manage acute or
chronic conditions while promoting self-care among individuals and
families.
◉ The public health nurse deals with the examination of a
community setting to determine the community's health status.
Which of the following activities should be considered in the
assessment phase?
Select all that apply.
a. Assisting communities to implement and evaluate plans and
projects.
b. Building constituencies to work with the community.
c. Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information.
d. Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics
of the population.
e. Questioning the availability of health services to the community
Answer: c. Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information.
,d. Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics
of the population.
e. Questioning the availability of health services to the community
◉ In a federally funded preschool program such as Head Start,
nursing services that include conducting developmental-level
screening for cognitive and psychomotor development of individual
children would most likely be considered community-oriented
nursing care when:
a. individual results are compared with established standards for
children of the same age group.
b. program characteristics are assessed for their effectiveness in
making the school population healthier.
c. referral is provided for a child identified with delayed
psychomotor development.
d. treatment is initiated for a child with an identified learning
disability.
Answer: a. individual results are compared with established
standards for children of the same age group.
Within federally funded programs for preschool children, from a
community-oriented nursing care perspective, nursing services
could be provided to individual children by conducting
developmental-level screening tests to evaluate each child's level of
, cognitive and psychomotor development in comparison with
established standards for children of the same age. This is
population-focused service.
◉ Public health nursing is a specialty with a distinct focus and scope
of practice and requires a special knowledge base different from
other specialty areas of nursing. A public health nurse would first be
interested in:
a. drug treatments for diabetes.
b. populations with the highest rate of diabetes.
c. educational materials for individuals with diabetes.
d. new technology for diabetic care.
Answer: b. populations with the highest rate of diabetes.
The primary focus that has differentiated public health nursing from
other specialties has been the emphasis on the population rather
than on individuals or families.
◉ A state agency has received multiple complaints regarding the
availability of elder transportation services to a specific county
senior center. The state agency assigns a public health nurse to work
with the community to evaluate its program for elder transportation
services to publicly sponsored elder care programs. The public
health core function applied is:
QUESTIONS ACCURATE ANSWERS
PREMIUM REVIEW
◉ 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:
a. community-oriented nursing.
b. community-based nursing.
c. public health nursing.
d. tertiary health nursing.
Answer: b. community-based nursing.
In community-based nursing, the nurse focuses on "illness care" of
individuals and families across the life span.
◉ A school nurse teaches three middle school students with asthma
conditions techniques to minimize their incidence of bronchial
spasms. This is an application of:
,a. community-based nursing.
b. community-oriented nursing.
c. institutional nursing.
d. public health nursing.
Answer: a. community-based nursing.
The goal of community-based nursing (CBN) is to manage acute or
chronic conditions while promoting self-care among individuals and
families.
◉ The public health nurse deals with the examination of a
community setting to determine the community's health status.
Which of the following activities should be considered in the
assessment phase?
Select all that apply.
a. Assisting communities to implement and evaluate plans and
projects.
b. Building constituencies to work with the community.
c. Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information.
d. Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics
of the population.
e. Questioning the availability of health services to the community
Answer: c. Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information.
,d. Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics
of the population.
e. Questioning the availability of health services to the community
◉ In a federally funded preschool program such as Head Start,
nursing services that include conducting developmental-level
screening for cognitive and psychomotor development of individual
children would most likely be considered community-oriented
nursing care when:
a. individual results are compared with established standards for
children of the same age group.
b. program characteristics are assessed for their effectiveness in
making the school population healthier.
c. referral is provided for a child identified with delayed
psychomotor development.
d. treatment is initiated for a child with an identified learning
disability.
Answer: a. individual results are compared with established
standards for children of the same age group.
Within federally funded programs for preschool children, from a
community-oriented nursing care perspective, nursing services
could be provided to individual children by conducting
developmental-level screening tests to evaluate each child's level of
, cognitive and psychomotor development in comparison with
established standards for children of the same age. This is
population-focused service.
◉ Public health nursing is a specialty with a distinct focus and scope
of practice and requires a special knowledge base different from
other specialty areas of nursing. A public health nurse would first be
interested in:
a. drug treatments for diabetes.
b. populations with the highest rate of diabetes.
c. educational materials for individuals with diabetes.
d. new technology for diabetic care.
Answer: b. populations with the highest rate of diabetes.
The primary focus that has differentiated public health nursing from
other specialties has been the emphasis on the population rather
than on individuals or families.
◉ A state agency has received multiple complaints regarding the
availability of elder transportation services to a specific county
senior center. The state agency assigns a public health nurse to work
with the community to evaluate its program for elder transportation
services to publicly sponsored elder care programs. The public
health core function applied is:
