Community Nursing Exam #2 | Practice Questions, Answers
& Study Guide 2026/2027
D. Collection and assessment of data. - Ans✅✅✅ The public health nurse surveys a group of seniors
on their perceptions of sexually transmitted diseases. The nurse is using which step of the Omaha
System?
A. Stating the problem.
B. Evaluating the problem outcome.
C. Planning and intervention.
D. Collection and assessment of data.
A) Control of communicable disease
The early focus of environmental health was to control communicable disease. It is still a strong
emphasis today. Only in more recent years have we looked at health in the workplace and had a more
clear-cut emphasis on accident prevention. - Ans✅✅✅ What was an early focus of environmental
health practice?
A) Control of communicable disease
B) Maternal-infant health
C) Health in the workplace
D) Accident prevention
A) Mitigation
Mitigation involves actions or measures to either prevent the occurrence of a disaster, or reduce the
severity of its effects. These might involve awareness and education, building a retaining wall to keep
floodwaters from getting into a building, prudent land use. What types of mitigation is done in
Oklahoma regarding severe weather and tornados? - Ans✅✅✅ A riverfront community builds a
retaining wall to divert flood water away from the town. Which of the terms below is this an example
of?
A) Mitigation
,B) Advocacy
C) Disaster reduction
D) Disaster health
C) Repairing public buildings and sewage and water systems.
ARC functions with individuals to assist primarily with the immediate people needs related to the
disaster, whereas local government would be involved in city sewage/water systems, roads, etc. -
Ans✅✅✅ Which of the following is not an emergency support function of the American Red Cross?
A) Providing individual and family assistance to meet emergency needs such as food and shelter.
B) Handling inquiries from concerned family members outside the area.
C) Repairing public buildings and sewage and water systems.
D) Coordinating distribution of emergency relief supplies.
D) All of the above
Stress is predominant in a shelter for disaster victims. Individuals may respond to disasters with all kinds
of physical symptoms. Emotional reactions as well as physical symptoms (i.e. increased blood pressure)
are common.
It is common for children to regress in some developmental strides during this type of stress -
Ans✅✅✅ A nurse working in a shelter for disaster victims would recognize which of the following as
a typical reaction to stress?
A) Bedwetting in children
B) Anger and blaming
C) Headache
D) All of the above
D) All of the above.
Strategies to help a disaster worker decrease stress would include simple things like eating, getting some
sleep if possible, keep in touch with the family at home and journal about the experience. What would
you do if you were a nurse working with a disaster to decrease your stress? - Ans✅✅✅ The American
, Red Cross recommends which of the following strategies for dealing with stress while working at a
disaster?
A) Eat frequently in small amounts.
B) Stay in touch with people at home.
C) Keep a journal.
D) All of the above.
D) Before the disaster occurs
Disaster management includes the three stages of a disaster; the first, preparation, occurs before a
hazardous event occurs. - Ans✅✅✅ When does disaster management begin?
A) During the recovery period
B) During the disaster
C) Immediately following the disaster
D) Before the disaster occurs
A) Be different from community to community.
Basically, all communities are not created equal, so there are different people groups, and also different
vulnerable populations in each community. B = wrong because it limits to one population; C = wrong
because there are no common solutions; D = wrong because collaborative interventions are necessary
for resolution, which would include individuals from outside the population. - Ans✅✅✅ At-Risk
populations today are most likely to:
A) Be different from community to community.
B) Consist of people with sexually transmitted diseases.
C) Have common solutions
D) Resolve their own problems without outside interventions
B) Economic level
& Study Guide 2026/2027
D. Collection and assessment of data. - Ans✅✅✅ The public health nurse surveys a group of seniors
on their perceptions of sexually transmitted diseases. The nurse is using which step of the Omaha
System?
A. Stating the problem.
B. Evaluating the problem outcome.
C. Planning and intervention.
D. Collection and assessment of data.
A) Control of communicable disease
The early focus of environmental health was to control communicable disease. It is still a strong
emphasis today. Only in more recent years have we looked at health in the workplace and had a more
clear-cut emphasis on accident prevention. - Ans✅✅✅ What was an early focus of environmental
health practice?
A) Control of communicable disease
B) Maternal-infant health
C) Health in the workplace
D) Accident prevention
A) Mitigation
Mitigation involves actions or measures to either prevent the occurrence of a disaster, or reduce the
severity of its effects. These might involve awareness and education, building a retaining wall to keep
floodwaters from getting into a building, prudent land use. What types of mitigation is done in
Oklahoma regarding severe weather and tornados? - Ans✅✅✅ A riverfront community builds a
retaining wall to divert flood water away from the town. Which of the terms below is this an example
of?
A) Mitigation
,B) Advocacy
C) Disaster reduction
D) Disaster health
C) Repairing public buildings and sewage and water systems.
ARC functions with individuals to assist primarily with the immediate people needs related to the
disaster, whereas local government would be involved in city sewage/water systems, roads, etc. -
Ans✅✅✅ Which of the following is not an emergency support function of the American Red Cross?
A) Providing individual and family assistance to meet emergency needs such as food and shelter.
B) Handling inquiries from concerned family members outside the area.
C) Repairing public buildings and sewage and water systems.
D) Coordinating distribution of emergency relief supplies.
D) All of the above
Stress is predominant in a shelter for disaster victims. Individuals may respond to disasters with all kinds
of physical symptoms. Emotional reactions as well as physical symptoms (i.e. increased blood pressure)
are common.
It is common for children to regress in some developmental strides during this type of stress -
Ans✅✅✅ A nurse working in a shelter for disaster victims would recognize which of the following as
a typical reaction to stress?
A) Bedwetting in children
B) Anger and blaming
C) Headache
D) All of the above
D) All of the above.
Strategies to help a disaster worker decrease stress would include simple things like eating, getting some
sleep if possible, keep in touch with the family at home and journal about the experience. What would
you do if you were a nurse working with a disaster to decrease your stress? - Ans✅✅✅ The American
, Red Cross recommends which of the following strategies for dealing with stress while working at a
disaster?
A) Eat frequently in small amounts.
B) Stay in touch with people at home.
C) Keep a journal.
D) All of the above.
D) Before the disaster occurs
Disaster management includes the three stages of a disaster; the first, preparation, occurs before a
hazardous event occurs. - Ans✅✅✅ When does disaster management begin?
A) During the recovery period
B) During the disaster
C) Immediately following the disaster
D) Before the disaster occurs
A) Be different from community to community.
Basically, all communities are not created equal, so there are different people groups, and also different
vulnerable populations in each community. B = wrong because it limits to one population; C = wrong
because there are no common solutions; D = wrong because collaborative interventions are necessary
for resolution, which would include individuals from outside the population. - Ans✅✅✅ At-Risk
populations today are most likely to:
A) Be different from community to community.
B) Consist of people with sexually transmitted diseases.
C) Have common solutions
D) Resolve their own problems without outside interventions
B) Economic level
