COMPETENCY APPRAISAL 1 COMMUNITY
HEALTH NURSING REVIEW 2026/2027 STUDY
GUIDE
1. Which is the primary goal of community health nursing?
A. To support and supplement the efforts of the medical profession in
the promotion of health and prevention of
B. To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities
to cope with their health needs
C. To increase the productivity of the people by providing them with
services that will increase their level of health
D. To contribute to national development through promotion of family
welfare, focusing particularly on mothers and children. Answer:
Answer: (B) To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and
communities to cope with their health needs.
FB: To contribute to national development through promotion of
family welfare, focusing particularly on mothers and children.
2. CHN is a community-based practice. Which best explains this
statement?
A. The service is provided in the natural environment of people
,B. The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine
nursing needs and problems
C. The service are based on the available resources within the
community
D. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health problems
identified. Answer: Answer: (B) The nurse has to conduct community
diagnosis to determine nursing needs and problems.
Community-based practice means providing care to people in their
own natural environments: the home, school and workplace, for
example.
3. Population- focused nursing practice requires which of the
following processes?
A. Community organizing
B. Nursing, process
C. Community diagnosis
D. Epidemiologic process. Answer: 3. Answer: (C)
Community diagnosis
,FB:Population-focused nursing care means providing care based on
the greater need of the majority of the population. The greater need is
identified through community diagnosis.
4. RA 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside from
the number of employees, what other factor must be considered in
determining the occupational health privileges to which the workers
will be entitled?
A. Type of occupation,: agriculture, commercial, industrial
B. Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities
C. Classification of the business enterprise based on net profit
D. Sex and age composition of employees. Answer: B. Location of
the workplace in relation to health facilities
FB: Based on R.A. 1054, an occupational nurse must be employed
when there are 30 to 100 employees and the workplace is more than 1
km. away from the nearest health center.
5. A business firm must employ an occupational health nurse when it
has at least how many employees.
A. 21
B. 101
C. 201
D. 301. Answer: B. 101
, 6. . When the occupational health nurse employs ergonomic
principles, she is performing which of her roles?
A. Health care provider
B. Health educator
C. Health care coordinator
D. Environment manager. Answer: D. Environment manager
Ergonomics is improving efficiency of workers by improving the
worker's environment through appropriately designed furniture, for
example.
7. A garment factory does not have an occupational nurse. Who shall
provide the occupational health needs of the factory workers?
A. Occupational health nurse at the Provincial Health Office
B. Physician employed by the factory
C. Public Health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
D. Rural Sanitary inspector of the RHU in their municipality. Answer:
C. Public Health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
8. "Public health services are given free of charge". Is this statement
true or false?
HEALTH NURSING REVIEW 2026/2027 STUDY
GUIDE
1. Which is the primary goal of community health nursing?
A. To support and supplement the efforts of the medical profession in
the promotion of health and prevention of
B. To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities
to cope with their health needs
C. To increase the productivity of the people by providing them with
services that will increase their level of health
D. To contribute to national development through promotion of family
welfare, focusing particularly on mothers and children. Answer:
Answer: (B) To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and
communities to cope with their health needs.
FB: To contribute to national development through promotion of
family welfare, focusing particularly on mothers and children.
2. CHN is a community-based practice. Which best explains this
statement?
A. The service is provided in the natural environment of people
,B. The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine
nursing needs and problems
C. The service are based on the available resources within the
community
D. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health problems
identified. Answer: Answer: (B) The nurse has to conduct community
diagnosis to determine nursing needs and problems.
Community-based practice means providing care to people in their
own natural environments: the home, school and workplace, for
example.
3. Population- focused nursing practice requires which of the
following processes?
A. Community organizing
B. Nursing, process
C. Community diagnosis
D. Epidemiologic process. Answer: 3. Answer: (C)
Community diagnosis
,FB:Population-focused nursing care means providing care based on
the greater need of the majority of the population. The greater need is
identified through community diagnosis.
4. RA 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside from
the number of employees, what other factor must be considered in
determining the occupational health privileges to which the workers
will be entitled?
A. Type of occupation,: agriculture, commercial, industrial
B. Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities
C. Classification of the business enterprise based on net profit
D. Sex and age composition of employees. Answer: B. Location of
the workplace in relation to health facilities
FB: Based on R.A. 1054, an occupational nurse must be employed
when there are 30 to 100 employees and the workplace is more than 1
km. away from the nearest health center.
5. A business firm must employ an occupational health nurse when it
has at least how many employees.
A. 21
B. 101
C. 201
D. 301. Answer: B. 101
, 6. . When the occupational health nurse employs ergonomic
principles, she is performing which of her roles?
A. Health care provider
B. Health educator
C. Health care coordinator
D. Environment manager. Answer: D. Environment manager
Ergonomics is improving efficiency of workers by improving the
worker's environment through appropriately designed furniture, for
example.
7. A garment factory does not have an occupational nurse. Who shall
provide the occupational health needs of the factory workers?
A. Occupational health nurse at the Provincial Health Office
B. Physician employed by the factory
C. Public Health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
D. Rural Sanitary inspector of the RHU in their municipality. Answer:
C. Public Health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
8. "Public health services are given free of charge". Is this statement
true or false?
