POPULATION HEALTH FINAL
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS FULLY
VERIFIED
●● Which individual would most likely experience a barrier when
accessing health care?
Answer: A 30-year-old male who is unemployed
●● In evaluating a smoking cessation program, the gained or increased
financial income, the improvements in the community attributable to the
program, or costs that would result if the program was not given are
examples of:
Answer: cost-benefit analysis
●● Which of the trends in health issues in the United States between
1900 and 1955 is accurate?
Answer: There was a rise in chronic disease such as heart disease and
cancer.
●● A nurse would like to propose legislation requiring all schools to
employ a registered nurse. The first step taken in the legislative process
would be:
Answer: Developing the policy option into a bill
,●● Making sure that essential community-oriented health services are
available defines which of the core public health functions?
Answer: Assurance
●● Collecting data and monitoring the health status of the population
defines which of the core public health functions?
Answer: Assessment
●● When a local health department provides a hypertension screening to
all individuals, which general category of health care functions is being
used?
Answer: direct services
●● A member of the military receives health care services through which
department?
Answer: defense
●● Public health nurses are involved in health care reform because
reform should:
Answer: Improve health care access and reduce health care costs.
●● Nurses can promote efficiency by:
,Answer: Using time wisely by delegating non-nursing tasks to
unlicensed care providers
●● The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention accomplishes its
mission by (select all that apply):
Answer: Implementing prevention strategies
Detecting and investigating health problems
Fostering safe and healthful environments
Conducts critical science and provides health information that protects
our nation against expensive and dangerous health threats
●● Florence Nightingale's contributions to public health included:
Answer: Using a population-based approach that led to improved
environmental conditions
●● It is important that nurses are involved in health policy because:
Answer: Government and policy have a large impact on nursing and
health.
●● Which of the following statements is true with regard to a population
focus in public health nursing?
, Answer: Attention is given to the population or community as a whole,
regardless of whether they do or do not access the health care system.
●● The federal agency of the public health system that is most involved
with the health and welfare of United States citizens is the:
Answer: Department of Health and Human Services
●● Medicare and Medicaid are:
Answer: Two federal programs that provide insurance to special groups
●● In the United States, the majority of health care dollars are spent on:
Answer: hospital care
●● Which of the following is an example of the mission of public health
according to the Institute of Medicine?
Answer: Tracking avian flu outbreaks and doing surveillance in the
United States
●● The allocation of scarce resources within the health care sector and
the focus on resource allocation issues related to producing and
distributing health care is called:
Answer: health economics
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS FULLY
VERIFIED
●● Which individual would most likely experience a barrier when
accessing health care?
Answer: A 30-year-old male who is unemployed
●● In evaluating a smoking cessation program, the gained or increased
financial income, the improvements in the community attributable to the
program, or costs that would result if the program was not given are
examples of:
Answer: cost-benefit analysis
●● Which of the trends in health issues in the United States between
1900 and 1955 is accurate?
Answer: There was a rise in chronic disease such as heart disease and
cancer.
●● A nurse would like to propose legislation requiring all schools to
employ a registered nurse. The first step taken in the legislative process
would be:
Answer: Developing the policy option into a bill
,●● Making sure that essential community-oriented health services are
available defines which of the core public health functions?
Answer: Assurance
●● Collecting data and monitoring the health status of the population
defines which of the core public health functions?
Answer: Assessment
●● When a local health department provides a hypertension screening to
all individuals, which general category of health care functions is being
used?
Answer: direct services
●● A member of the military receives health care services through which
department?
Answer: defense
●● Public health nurses are involved in health care reform because
reform should:
Answer: Improve health care access and reduce health care costs.
●● Nurses can promote efficiency by:
,Answer: Using time wisely by delegating non-nursing tasks to
unlicensed care providers
●● The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention accomplishes its
mission by (select all that apply):
Answer: Implementing prevention strategies
Detecting and investigating health problems
Fostering safe and healthful environments
Conducts critical science and provides health information that protects
our nation against expensive and dangerous health threats
●● Florence Nightingale's contributions to public health included:
Answer: Using a population-based approach that led to improved
environmental conditions
●● It is important that nurses are involved in health policy because:
Answer: Government and policy have a large impact on nursing and
health.
●● Which of the following statements is true with regard to a population
focus in public health nursing?
, Answer: Attention is given to the population or community as a whole,
regardless of whether they do or do not access the health care system.
●● The federal agency of the public health system that is most involved
with the health and welfare of United States citizens is the:
Answer: Department of Health and Human Services
●● Medicare and Medicaid are:
Answer: Two federal programs that provide insurance to special groups
●● In the United States, the majority of health care dollars are spent on:
Answer: hospital care
●● Which of the following is an example of the mission of public health
according to the Institute of Medicine?
Answer: Tracking avian flu outbreaks and doing surveillance in the
United States
●● The allocation of scarce resources within the health care sector and
the focus on resource allocation issues related to producing and
distributing health care is called:
Answer: health economics
