HESI COMMUNITY HEALTH [2026] | UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS | A+ VERIFIED ANSWERS | COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE | FINAL PREPARATION
• A nurse in a clinic that provides direct care services to clients with tuberculosis
would be classified as practicing:
a. community-based nursing.
b. community-oriented nursing.
c. institutional nursing.
d. public health nursing. -✓✓ANSWER: a. community-based nursing.
The nurse practicing as a community-based nurse is more likely to give direct care
to people than are nurses who practice from a community-oriented framework.
• 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:
a. assurance.
b. policy development.
c. primary prevention.
d. public transportation. -✓✓ANSWER: a. assurance.
The public health core function of assurance focuses on the responsibility of
public health agencies to be sure that activities are appropriately carried out to
meet public health goals and plans.
• A nurse planning a smoking cessation clinic for adolescents in the local middle
schools and high schools is providing:
a. community-oriented care.
QUESTIONS | A+ VERIFIED ANSWERS | COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE | FINAL PREPARATION
• A nurse in a clinic that provides direct care services to clients with tuberculosis
would be classified as practicing:
a. community-based nursing.
b. community-oriented nursing.
c. institutional nursing.
d. public health nursing. -✓✓ANSWER: a. community-based nursing.
The nurse practicing as a community-based nurse is more likely to give direct care
to people than are nurses who practice from a community-oriented framework.
• 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:
a. assurance.
b. policy development.
c. primary prevention.
d. public transportation. -✓✓ANSWER: a. assurance.
The public health core function of assurance focuses on the responsibility of
public health agencies to be sure that activities are appropriately carried out to
meet public health goals and plans.
• A nurse planning a smoking cessation clinic for adolescents in the local middle
schools and high schools is providing:
a. community-oriented care.
