CANADIAN COMMUNITY HEALTH | CASE SCENARIOS
COMMUNITY
HEALTH NURSING | CANADA
100 ORIGINAL CASE QUESTIONS | ANSWERS + RATIONALES
Patient scenarios | Five sections of 20 | Print-friendly
PARTNER WITH COMMUNITIES. ADVANCE HEALTH. BUILD EQUITY.
Independent educational practice | Not an official exam
,Exam Instructions
Suggested time: 120 minutes. Read each patient or community scenario and select the single best response. Complete all five sections
before reviewing the answer key and rationales.
Coverage: Canadian primary health care, determinants and equity, community assessment, health promotion, immunization, family
health, Indigenous cultural safety, rural and environmental health, and program planning.
This independently written educational practice resource is not an official licensing exam or a publisher test bank. Public-health programs and
requirements vary by province and territory; verify current local guidance.
CONTENTS
Section 1: Questions 1-20
Section 2: Questions 21-40
Section 3: Questions 41-60
Section 4: Questions 61-80
Section 5: Questions 81-100
Answer Key and Rationales: Questions 1-100
CANADIAN COMMUNITY HEALTH | FULL PRACTICE EXAM 2
, SECTION 1 | QUESTIONS 1-20
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE & SYSTEMS 1. During a community health encounter, a newcomer who recently arrived in
the area asks how to find a regular primary care provider in their province. What is the nurse’s best response?
A. Give another person’s health card number
B. Explain local primary-care attachment options and help connect with a community resource
C. Promise every resident has a family doctor
D. Recommend using the emergency department for routine care
Answer: ______
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE & SYSTEMS 2. At a community-health team meeting, the nurse is planning a community
clinic with residents. Which approach reflects primary health care?
A. Include accessible prevention, first-contact care, coordination, and community participation
B. Limit service to acute illness
C. Plan without community input
D. Focus only on hospital treatment
Answer: ______
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE & SYSTEMS 3. During a community health encounter, a 27-year-old newcomer lacks a
provincial health card and needs urgent assessment. What should the nurse do?
A. Assess urgency and connect to appropriate care while helping clarify local coverage options
B. Tell the client to wait until insured
C. Use another person’s card
D. Refuse all care
Answer: ______
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE & SYSTEMS 4. During a local community assessment, the community nurse is asked to
address repeated ed visits for asthma. what is a useful first step?
A. Stop preventive care
B. Explore access, triggers, self-management needs, and primary-care coordination with the client
C. Blame clients for nonadherence
D. Focus only on hospital discharge
Answer: ______
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE & SYSTEMS 5. In a community-health scenario, a rural community reports long travel times
to care. What planning response is appropriate?
A. Plan only for hospital admissions
B. Work with residents to identify feasible local, mobile, virtual, and referral supports
C. Assume urban services are accessible
D. Recommend avoiding care
Answer: ______
CANADIAN COMMUNITY HEALTH | FULL PRACTICE EXAM 3
COMMUNITY
HEALTH NURSING | CANADA
100 ORIGINAL CASE QUESTIONS | ANSWERS + RATIONALES
Patient scenarios | Five sections of 20 | Print-friendly
PARTNER WITH COMMUNITIES. ADVANCE HEALTH. BUILD EQUITY.
Independent educational practice | Not an official exam
,Exam Instructions
Suggested time: 120 minutes. Read each patient or community scenario and select the single best response. Complete all five sections
before reviewing the answer key and rationales.
Coverage: Canadian primary health care, determinants and equity, community assessment, health promotion, immunization, family
health, Indigenous cultural safety, rural and environmental health, and program planning.
This independently written educational practice resource is not an official licensing exam or a publisher test bank. Public-health programs and
requirements vary by province and territory; verify current local guidance.
CONTENTS
Section 1: Questions 1-20
Section 2: Questions 21-40
Section 3: Questions 41-60
Section 4: Questions 61-80
Section 5: Questions 81-100
Answer Key and Rationales: Questions 1-100
CANADIAN COMMUNITY HEALTH | FULL PRACTICE EXAM 2
, SECTION 1 | QUESTIONS 1-20
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE & SYSTEMS 1. During a community health encounter, a newcomer who recently arrived in
the area asks how to find a regular primary care provider in their province. What is the nurse’s best response?
A. Give another person’s health card number
B. Explain local primary-care attachment options and help connect with a community resource
C. Promise every resident has a family doctor
D. Recommend using the emergency department for routine care
Answer: ______
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE & SYSTEMS 2. At a community-health team meeting, the nurse is planning a community
clinic with residents. Which approach reflects primary health care?
A. Include accessible prevention, first-contact care, coordination, and community participation
B. Limit service to acute illness
C. Plan without community input
D. Focus only on hospital treatment
Answer: ______
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE & SYSTEMS 3. During a community health encounter, a 27-year-old newcomer lacks a
provincial health card and needs urgent assessment. What should the nurse do?
A. Assess urgency and connect to appropriate care while helping clarify local coverage options
B. Tell the client to wait until insured
C. Use another person’s card
D. Refuse all care
Answer: ______
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE & SYSTEMS 4. During a local community assessment, the community nurse is asked to
address repeated ed visits for asthma. what is a useful first step?
A. Stop preventive care
B. Explore access, triggers, self-management needs, and primary-care coordination with the client
C. Blame clients for nonadherence
D. Focus only on hospital discharge
Answer: ______
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE & SYSTEMS 5. In a community-health scenario, a rural community reports long travel times
to care. What planning response is appropriate?
A. Plan only for hospital admissions
B. Work with residents to identify feasible local, mobile, virtual, and referral supports
C. Assume urban services are accessible
D. Recommend avoiding care
Answer: ______
CANADIAN COMMUNITY HEALTH | FULL PRACTICE EXAM 3
