HESI COMMUNITY HEALTH [2026] | A+ VERIFIED
ANSWERS | UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS | DETAILED
STUDY GUIDE AND FINAL REVIEW
• 1. An older man has become increasingly forgetful, frequently eats large
quantities of food from refrigerator, and cannot remember when he takes his
medications. He has limited mobility to weight-related osteoarthritis in both
knees. When assisting the client's wife with a plan care for the home, which
interventions should the nurse suggest? (Select all that apply.)
a. Request a referral for motorized wheelchair to assist with mobility.
b. Keep a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables that are easily accessible.
c. Put medications into a container that organized the pills by the day and time.
d. Encourage participation in televised exercise classes to help strengthen
muscles. -✓✓ANSWER: b. Keep a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables that are
easily accessible.
c. Put medications into a container that organized the pills by the day and time.
d. Encourage participation in televised exercise classes to help strengthen
muscles.
• The school nurse is assessing heights, weights, and body mass indexed (BMI) of
the students who are entering high school. Because a majority of the students are
found to be overweight, the nurse plans to develop a program that addresses
obesity in this age population. Before initiating this program, what additional
information is most important for the nurse to obtain?
a. The history of obesity education in the community
b. The level of parental concern regarding childhood obesity
c. The demographic data for the student population
An activity report from the physical education department -✓✓ANSWER: a. The
history of obesity education in the community
,• The epidemiological triad can be used to frame strategies for the prevention of
farm machinery injuries. Which action should the nurse take to focus on the
agent?
a. Teach farm workers not to smoke around farm equipment
b. Work with legislators to mandate safe tractor design
c. Translate written vehicle instructions into picture format
d. Provide rehabilitation services to injured farm hands -✓✓ANSWER: Work with
legislators to mandate safe tractor design
• 1. The public health nurse is creating a plan to increase state funding for a local
health clinic. Which strategy is likely to be most effective in obtaining funding for
the clinic?
a. Run the health clinic economically and advertise the services the clinic provides
b. Organize concerned citizens to write letters and telephone state
representatives
c. Described to the media the valuable services provided by the community clinic
d. Engage a professional lobbyist to persuade Congress of the local clinic's value -
✓✓ANSWER: d. Engage a professional lobbyist to persuade Congress of the local
clinic's value
• The nurse is documenting the medical history of a young adult male client who
was recently diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM). He smokes 2 packs of
cigarettes daily and his father died of a heart attack at the age of 45. Which
annual screening is most important for the nurse include?
a. Peripheral neuropathy
b. Renal insufficiency
c. Retinography
, d. Hyperlipidemia -✓✓ANSWER: d. Hyperlipidemia
• The nurse provides teaching to a group of evacuees in a mass casualty center
after a natural flooding disaster. Which information should the nurse including in
the teaching plan? (Select all that apply.)
a. Wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly in running tap water.
b. Identify all sexual contacts since the evacuation process
c. Take all doses of prophylactic prescriptions for diarrhea
d. Clean hands using soap, clean water, or waterless antibacterial solutions
E. Drink only boiled water or bottled oral rehydration solutions -✓✓ANSWER: c.
Take all doses of prophylactic prescriptions for diarrhea
d. Clean hands using soap, clean water, or waterless antibacterial solutions
E. Drink only boiled water or bottled oral rehydration solutions
• A nurse is planning a nutrition class for a group of senior citizens at a
community center and wants to emphasize the amount and types of fat in some
foods versus others. What is the best teaching method for the nurse to use?
a. Display posters with foods and tell seniors about fat content
b. Determine foods most often eaten by this group and discuss the nutritional
panel of each product
c. Show a movie about cooking with foods that are low in fat but delicious
d. Ask each senior to bring a food for others to taste, then estimate the fat
contained in these foods -✓✓ANSWER: b. Determine foods most often eaten by
this group and discuss the nutritional panel of each product
• An adult male who has diabetes is laid off from his job of 15 years where he had
health care benefits. By law, he is provided with Consolidated Omnibus Budget
ANSWERS | UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS | DETAILED
STUDY GUIDE AND FINAL REVIEW
• 1. An older man has become increasingly forgetful, frequently eats large
quantities of food from refrigerator, and cannot remember when he takes his
medications. He has limited mobility to weight-related osteoarthritis in both
knees. When assisting the client's wife with a plan care for the home, which
interventions should the nurse suggest? (Select all that apply.)
a. Request a referral for motorized wheelchair to assist with mobility.
b. Keep a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables that are easily accessible.
c. Put medications into a container that organized the pills by the day and time.
d. Encourage participation in televised exercise classes to help strengthen
muscles. -✓✓ANSWER: b. Keep a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables that are
easily accessible.
c. Put medications into a container that organized the pills by the day and time.
d. Encourage participation in televised exercise classes to help strengthen
muscles.
• The school nurse is assessing heights, weights, and body mass indexed (BMI) of
the students who are entering high school. Because a majority of the students are
found to be overweight, the nurse plans to develop a program that addresses
obesity in this age population. Before initiating this program, what additional
information is most important for the nurse to obtain?
a. The history of obesity education in the community
b. The level of parental concern regarding childhood obesity
c. The demographic data for the student population
An activity report from the physical education department -✓✓ANSWER: a. The
history of obesity education in the community
,• The epidemiological triad can be used to frame strategies for the prevention of
farm machinery injuries. Which action should the nurse take to focus on the
agent?
a. Teach farm workers not to smoke around farm equipment
b. Work with legislators to mandate safe tractor design
c. Translate written vehicle instructions into picture format
d. Provide rehabilitation services to injured farm hands -✓✓ANSWER: Work with
legislators to mandate safe tractor design
• 1. The public health nurse is creating a plan to increase state funding for a local
health clinic. Which strategy is likely to be most effective in obtaining funding for
the clinic?
a. Run the health clinic economically and advertise the services the clinic provides
b. Organize concerned citizens to write letters and telephone state
representatives
c. Described to the media the valuable services provided by the community clinic
d. Engage a professional lobbyist to persuade Congress of the local clinic's value -
✓✓ANSWER: d. Engage a professional lobbyist to persuade Congress of the local
clinic's value
• The nurse is documenting the medical history of a young adult male client who
was recently diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM). He smokes 2 packs of
cigarettes daily and his father died of a heart attack at the age of 45. Which
annual screening is most important for the nurse include?
a. Peripheral neuropathy
b. Renal insufficiency
c. Retinography
, d. Hyperlipidemia -✓✓ANSWER: d. Hyperlipidemia
• The nurse provides teaching to a group of evacuees in a mass casualty center
after a natural flooding disaster. Which information should the nurse including in
the teaching plan? (Select all that apply.)
a. Wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly in running tap water.
b. Identify all sexual contacts since the evacuation process
c. Take all doses of prophylactic prescriptions for diarrhea
d. Clean hands using soap, clean water, or waterless antibacterial solutions
E. Drink only boiled water or bottled oral rehydration solutions -✓✓ANSWER: c.
Take all doses of prophylactic prescriptions for diarrhea
d. Clean hands using soap, clean water, or waterless antibacterial solutions
E. Drink only boiled water or bottled oral rehydration solutions
• A nurse is planning a nutrition class for a group of senior citizens at a
community center and wants to emphasize the amount and types of fat in some
foods versus others. What is the best teaching method for the nurse to use?
a. Display posters with foods and tell seniors about fat content
b. Determine foods most often eaten by this group and discuss the nutritional
panel of each product
c. Show a movie about cooking with foods that are low in fat but delicious
d. Ask each senior to bring a food for others to taste, then estimate the fat
contained in these foods -✓✓ANSWER: b. Determine foods most often eaten by
this group and discuss the nutritional panel of each product
• An adult male who has diabetes is laid off from his job of 15 years where he had
health care benefits. By law, he is provided with Consolidated Omnibus Budget
