NURS 433 Community Health Exam 1 2026/2027 | Practice
Questions and Answers
Week 1: SLO 1 Describe the essential concepts of community health nursing (e.g., community,
population, health, community health nursing, levels of prevention, health, social determinants of
health). - Correct answer✅✅ Community: A group of people and institutions that share geographic,
civic, and/or social parameters
Population: A population may be defined geographically, such as all the people occupying an area (e.g.
the population of the U.S. or a city's population) OR defined by common qualities or characteristics
Health: A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity (WHO)
Community Nursing: Population-focused approach. Community health nurses promote the health and
welfare of clients across the lifespan and from diverse populations
Goals are to promote, preserve and maintain the health of populations by the delivery of health services
to individuals, families, and groups in order to influence community health
Levels of prevention: Primary, secondary, and tertiary
Social determinants of health: Conditions in the places where people live, learn, work, and play affect a
wide range of health risks and outcomes
These conditions are known as social determinants of health (SDOH)
Week 1: SLO 2 What are the levels of prevention - Correct answer✅✅ Primary - prevention of initial
occurrence
Secondary - Early detection and treatment of disease with the goal of limiting severity and adverse
effects
, Tertiary - Maximization of recovery after an injury or illness
Week 1: SLO 3 Describe the guiding principles for community health nursing and the roles of a
community health nurse. - Correct answer✅✅ Guiding Principles: Ethics, advocacy, EBP, Quality,
Professional collaboration and communication
Roles: Clinician, educator, advocate, manager, collaborator, leadership, researcher
Week 1: SLO 4 Discuss the three core functions of public health. - Correct answer✅✅ 1. Assessment:
Using systematic methods to monitor the health of a population
2. Policy development: Developing laws and practices to promote the health of a population based on
scientific evidence
3. Assurance: Making sure adequate healthcare personnel and services are accessible, especially to
those that might not normally have them
Week 1: SLO 5 Differentiate the ten essential services of public health. - Correct answer✅✅ - Monitor
health status to identify and solve community health problems
- Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
- Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
- Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
- Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
- Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
- Link people to needed personal health services and ensure the provision of health care when
otherwise unavailable
- Assure a competent public health and personal health care work forces
- Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services
- Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems
Monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems. Diagnose and investigate health
problems and health hazards in the community. - Correct answer✅✅ Assessment
Questions and Answers
Week 1: SLO 1 Describe the essential concepts of community health nursing (e.g., community,
population, health, community health nursing, levels of prevention, health, social determinants of
health). - Correct answer✅✅ Community: A group of people and institutions that share geographic,
civic, and/or social parameters
Population: A population may be defined geographically, such as all the people occupying an area (e.g.
the population of the U.S. or a city's population) OR defined by common qualities or characteristics
Health: A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity (WHO)
Community Nursing: Population-focused approach. Community health nurses promote the health and
welfare of clients across the lifespan and from diverse populations
Goals are to promote, preserve and maintain the health of populations by the delivery of health services
to individuals, families, and groups in order to influence community health
Levels of prevention: Primary, secondary, and tertiary
Social determinants of health: Conditions in the places where people live, learn, work, and play affect a
wide range of health risks and outcomes
These conditions are known as social determinants of health (SDOH)
Week 1: SLO 2 What are the levels of prevention - Correct answer✅✅ Primary - prevention of initial
occurrence
Secondary - Early detection and treatment of disease with the goal of limiting severity and adverse
effects
, Tertiary - Maximization of recovery after an injury or illness
Week 1: SLO 3 Describe the guiding principles for community health nursing and the roles of a
community health nurse. - Correct answer✅✅ Guiding Principles: Ethics, advocacy, EBP, Quality,
Professional collaboration and communication
Roles: Clinician, educator, advocate, manager, collaborator, leadership, researcher
Week 1: SLO 4 Discuss the three core functions of public health. - Correct answer✅✅ 1. Assessment:
Using systematic methods to monitor the health of a population
2. Policy development: Developing laws and practices to promote the health of a population based on
scientific evidence
3. Assurance: Making sure adequate healthcare personnel and services are accessible, especially to
those that might not normally have them
Week 1: SLO 5 Differentiate the ten essential services of public health. - Correct answer✅✅ - Monitor
health status to identify and solve community health problems
- Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
- Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
- Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
- Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
- Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
- Link people to needed personal health services and ensure the provision of health care when
otherwise unavailable
- Assure a competent public health and personal health care work forces
- Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services
- Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems
Monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems. Diagnose and investigate health
problems and health hazards in the community. - Correct answer✅✅ Assessment
