Community Exam 3 Test Bank 2026/2027 | Community
Health Nursing Practice Questions and Answers
CHAPTER 30 - Correct answer✅✅
1. Which statement about eating disorders is correct?
a. Individuals with anorexia frequently complain about weight loss.
b. Purging is associated with anorexia
c. Most women with bulimia are concerned with the shape and weight of their body.
d. Bulimia has more medical complications than anorexia. - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: C
Those with bulimia are usually concerned with the shape and weight of their body. Those with anorexia
view themselves as normal or overweight; purging is associated with bulimia; and anorexia is considered
to have more complications than bulimia.
2. An older person is in the last stages of dying. Which type of care would be the best for him?
a. Home health
b. Assisted living
c. Nursing home
d. Hospice - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: D
Hospice would be the best form of care for a person in the last stages of dying.
3. When a client has designated someone else to make health care decisions when he or she is unable to
do so, the client is using:
a. An advance directive
b. A living will
,c. A durable medical power of attorney
d. The Patient Self-Determination Act - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: C
Durable medical power of attorney is the legal way for a client to designate someone else to make
health care decisions when he or she is unable to do so.
4. The nurse is caring for an elderly client who has written advance directives. This means that the:
a. Client has made decisions regarding treatment if he becomes incapacitated.
b. Client has a living will.
c. Client has a Do Not Resuscitate order.
d. Clients family has decided on a medical treatment regimen. - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: A
Two parts of advance directives are the living will and a durable power of attorney. An advance directive
indicates treatment choices if clients become incapacitated.
5. A woman needs to take some time off from work to care for her invalid mother. Which health policy
allows her to take an extended leave from work to care for a family member?
a. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
b. Womens Health Equity Act (WHEA)
c. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
d. Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: D
The FMLA provides job protection and continuous health benefits where applicable for eligible
employees who need extended leave for their own illness or to care for a family member.
6. Which situation may indicate elder abuse?
a. A daughter refuses to visit her mother due to work commitments
b. A child runs around a grandparents house breaking items
c. A young man repeatedly steals money from his grandmother
d. An older person demands that the family come for dinner - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: C
,Theft or mismanagement of money or resources is an element of abuse
7. Which indicator would a nurse most likely use to learn more about the overall health of a population?
a. Life expectancy
b. Health status
c. Morbidity rate
d. Prevalence - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: A
Life expectancy is a measure that is often used to gauge the overall health of a population.
8. Which characteristic indicates a man is at a higher risk for developing prostate cancer?
a. Being of Caucasian descent
b. Has not had a PSA test
c. Has a father or brother who has had prostate cancer
d. Has benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: C
Having a father or brother who has had prostate cancer places a man at higher risk for developing
prostate cancer.
9. Which person would be considered obese?
a. An individual with a body mass index (BMI) of 10
b. An individual with a BMI of 20
c. An individual with a BMI of 30
d. An individual with a BMI of 40 - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: C
A person is considered obese when the BMI reaches 30.
10. A nurse is educating a community womens group about the importance of monthly breast self-exam
and annual mammograms. Why is this community health education important?
, a. Increased screening will lead to a decreased incidence of breast cancer
b. Early detection of breast cancer typically leads to a better prognosis
c. The death rate of breast cancer continues to rise
d. The potential harm from screening needs to be discussed - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: B
Secondary prevention measures, including screening techniques, makes a difference in the death rates
for breast cancer. Early detection often means cure whereas late detection typically results in an
unfavorable prognosis.
11. Which action would a nurse take when implementing Wagners Chronic Care Model (CCM)?
a. Educate a community group about hypertension control.
b. Create a budget for chronic disease management.
c. Administer immunizations to community members.
d. Conduct depression screenings in the community. - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: A
Use of electronic health records, provider reminders for key evidence-based care components,
interprofessional teams communicating regularly, and community health classes to educate people with
chronic diseases are various ways the CCM is being implemented. Creating a budget is not a way to use
CCM. Administration of immunizations and conducting depression screenings do not address the
management of the most common and costly chronic diseases: heart disease, diabetes, stroke, cancer,
and arthritis.
12. Testicular cancer is commonly found in which age-group?
a. 10 to 14 years
b. 15 to 40 years
c. 36 to 50 years
d. 51 to 70 years - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: B
Testicular cancer is commonly found in men 15 to 40 years old.
13. Which type of cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States?
Health Nursing Practice Questions and Answers
CHAPTER 30 - Correct answer✅✅
1. Which statement about eating disorders is correct?
a. Individuals with anorexia frequently complain about weight loss.
b. Purging is associated with anorexia
c. Most women with bulimia are concerned with the shape and weight of their body.
d. Bulimia has more medical complications than anorexia. - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: C
Those with bulimia are usually concerned with the shape and weight of their body. Those with anorexia
view themselves as normal or overweight; purging is associated with bulimia; and anorexia is considered
to have more complications than bulimia.
2. An older person is in the last stages of dying. Which type of care would be the best for him?
a. Home health
b. Assisted living
c. Nursing home
d. Hospice - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: D
Hospice would be the best form of care for a person in the last stages of dying.
3. When a client has designated someone else to make health care decisions when he or she is unable to
do so, the client is using:
a. An advance directive
b. A living will
,c. A durable medical power of attorney
d. The Patient Self-Determination Act - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: C
Durable medical power of attorney is the legal way for a client to designate someone else to make
health care decisions when he or she is unable to do so.
4. The nurse is caring for an elderly client who has written advance directives. This means that the:
a. Client has made decisions regarding treatment if he becomes incapacitated.
b. Client has a living will.
c. Client has a Do Not Resuscitate order.
d. Clients family has decided on a medical treatment regimen. - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: A
Two parts of advance directives are the living will and a durable power of attorney. An advance directive
indicates treatment choices if clients become incapacitated.
5. A woman needs to take some time off from work to care for her invalid mother. Which health policy
allows her to take an extended leave from work to care for a family member?
a. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
b. Womens Health Equity Act (WHEA)
c. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
d. Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: D
The FMLA provides job protection and continuous health benefits where applicable for eligible
employees who need extended leave for their own illness or to care for a family member.
6. Which situation may indicate elder abuse?
a. A daughter refuses to visit her mother due to work commitments
b. A child runs around a grandparents house breaking items
c. A young man repeatedly steals money from his grandmother
d. An older person demands that the family come for dinner - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: C
,Theft or mismanagement of money or resources is an element of abuse
7. Which indicator would a nurse most likely use to learn more about the overall health of a population?
a. Life expectancy
b. Health status
c. Morbidity rate
d. Prevalence - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: A
Life expectancy is a measure that is often used to gauge the overall health of a population.
8. Which characteristic indicates a man is at a higher risk for developing prostate cancer?
a. Being of Caucasian descent
b. Has not had a PSA test
c. Has a father or brother who has had prostate cancer
d. Has benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: C
Having a father or brother who has had prostate cancer places a man at higher risk for developing
prostate cancer.
9. Which person would be considered obese?
a. An individual with a body mass index (BMI) of 10
b. An individual with a BMI of 20
c. An individual with a BMI of 30
d. An individual with a BMI of 40 - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: C
A person is considered obese when the BMI reaches 30.
10. A nurse is educating a community womens group about the importance of monthly breast self-exam
and annual mammograms. Why is this community health education important?
, a. Increased screening will lead to a decreased incidence of breast cancer
b. Early detection of breast cancer typically leads to a better prognosis
c. The death rate of breast cancer continues to rise
d. The potential harm from screening needs to be discussed - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: B
Secondary prevention measures, including screening techniques, makes a difference in the death rates
for breast cancer. Early detection often means cure whereas late detection typically results in an
unfavorable prognosis.
11. Which action would a nurse take when implementing Wagners Chronic Care Model (CCM)?
a. Educate a community group about hypertension control.
b. Create a budget for chronic disease management.
c. Administer immunizations to community members.
d. Conduct depression screenings in the community. - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: A
Use of electronic health records, provider reminders for key evidence-based care components,
interprofessional teams communicating regularly, and community health classes to educate people with
chronic diseases are various ways the CCM is being implemented. Creating a budget is not a way to use
CCM. Administration of immunizations and conducting depression screenings do not address the
management of the most common and costly chronic diseases: heart disease, diabetes, stroke, cancer,
and arthritis.
12. Testicular cancer is commonly found in which age-group?
a. 10 to 14 years
b. 15 to 40 years
c. 36 to 50 years
d. 51 to 70 years - Correct answer✅✅ ANS: B
Testicular cancer is commonly found in men 15 to 40 years old.
13. Which type of cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States?
