NURS 505 Exam 2 Study Questions and
Correct Answers
A group of community health nurses are evaluating the community to determine which
issues should be addressed. As the group complete various assessments, they
recognize an assets assessment will be important to evaluate which factor of the
community?
A. Overall life of the community
B. Specific problem of the community
C. Strengths of the community
D. Key informant ✅Strengths of the community
The population that community health nurses serve in the United States is changing.
Because of population shifts, nurses must become sensitive to the cultural differences
and language differences among new community members. Which minority group
currently represents the largest group? ✅Hispanic Americans
The community health nurse is providing care to a community group. To provide
culturally sensitive care, which the nurse should avoid? ✅Ethnocentrism
A community health nurse is developing a community-wide drug campaign targeting
middle school children. The nurse is incorporating information about the dangers of
addiction. Which level of prevention would the nurse classify this activity? ✅Primary
Which statement is most accurate about the concept of community?
A. A community is a collection of people who share some important features of their
lives.
B. Community members are biologically related.
C. A community is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one another
and do not necessarily share a sense of belonging to that group.
D. Community members live in the same geographic location. ✅A. A community is a
collection of people who share some important features of their lives.
A community health nurse is serving as a health consultant for the local school board.
This nurse is practicing in which setting? ✅Community at large
Which statement about the importance of the role of collaborator is true?
A. It is best for community health nurses to focus on what they, as nurses, can do for
their clients.
, B. Community health nurses must assert themselves as the most powerful person on
the health care team to ensure each client receives services that are necessary.
C. Community health nurses frequently practice in isolation.
D. Successful community health practice depends on multidisciplinary collegiality and
leadership. ✅D. Successful community health practice depends on multidisciplinary
collegiality and leadership.
When applying the principles of transcultural nursing, which step must the nurse
implement first?
A. Demonstrate respect for culture
B. Cultivate cultural sensitivity
C. Learn the client's group culture
D. Develop cultural awareness ✅D. Develop cultural awareness
A community health nurse has collected data for several months on the birth weights of
newborns to mothers who smoked throughout their pregnancy. This nurse is acting in
which role? ✅Researcher
A community health nurse works to ensure the greatest good for the greatest number of
people by applying: ✅Utilitarianism
Which statement is true regarding the description of school nursing?
A. "This role of the community health nurse is static in this setting."
B. "The primary role of school nurses is clinician."
C. "The practice of school nurses is widening."
D. "School nurses rarely act as advocates." ✅C. "The practice of school nurses is
widening."
The term health can be described in many different ways. How the community health
nurse would interpret health?
A. The potential to lead a productive life
B. An environment free of toxins
C. A holistic state of well-being
D. The absence of disease ✅C. A holistic state of well-being
As a community health nurse, you overhear a colleague say, "I don't understand why
the Yang's take their young teenage daughters to the Hmong New Year celebration and
have them play these match-making games. The girls meet boys every day at school
and they are too young to be looking for husbands." Which response would be the most
appropriate?
Correct Answers
A group of community health nurses are evaluating the community to determine which
issues should be addressed. As the group complete various assessments, they
recognize an assets assessment will be important to evaluate which factor of the
community?
A. Overall life of the community
B. Specific problem of the community
C. Strengths of the community
D. Key informant ✅Strengths of the community
The population that community health nurses serve in the United States is changing.
Because of population shifts, nurses must become sensitive to the cultural differences
and language differences among new community members. Which minority group
currently represents the largest group? ✅Hispanic Americans
The community health nurse is providing care to a community group. To provide
culturally sensitive care, which the nurse should avoid? ✅Ethnocentrism
A community health nurse is developing a community-wide drug campaign targeting
middle school children. The nurse is incorporating information about the dangers of
addiction. Which level of prevention would the nurse classify this activity? ✅Primary
Which statement is most accurate about the concept of community?
A. A community is a collection of people who share some important features of their
lives.
B. Community members are biologically related.
C. A community is made up of people who do not necessarily interact with one another
and do not necessarily share a sense of belonging to that group.
D. Community members live in the same geographic location. ✅A. A community is a
collection of people who share some important features of their lives.
A community health nurse is serving as a health consultant for the local school board.
This nurse is practicing in which setting? ✅Community at large
Which statement about the importance of the role of collaborator is true?
A. It is best for community health nurses to focus on what they, as nurses, can do for
their clients.
, B. Community health nurses must assert themselves as the most powerful person on
the health care team to ensure each client receives services that are necessary.
C. Community health nurses frequently practice in isolation.
D. Successful community health practice depends on multidisciplinary collegiality and
leadership. ✅D. Successful community health practice depends on multidisciplinary
collegiality and leadership.
When applying the principles of transcultural nursing, which step must the nurse
implement first?
A. Demonstrate respect for culture
B. Cultivate cultural sensitivity
C. Learn the client's group culture
D. Develop cultural awareness ✅D. Develop cultural awareness
A community health nurse has collected data for several months on the birth weights of
newborns to mothers who smoked throughout their pregnancy. This nurse is acting in
which role? ✅Researcher
A community health nurse works to ensure the greatest good for the greatest number of
people by applying: ✅Utilitarianism
Which statement is true regarding the description of school nursing?
A. "This role of the community health nurse is static in this setting."
B. "The primary role of school nurses is clinician."
C. "The practice of school nurses is widening."
D. "School nurses rarely act as advocates." ✅C. "The practice of school nurses is
widening."
The term health can be described in many different ways. How the community health
nurse would interpret health?
A. The potential to lead a productive life
B. An environment free of toxins
C. A holistic state of well-being
D. The absence of disease ✅C. A holistic state of well-being
As a community health nurse, you overhear a colleague say, "I don't understand why
the Yang's take their young teenage daughters to the Hmong New Year celebration and
have them play these match-making games. The girls meet boys every day at school
and they are too young to be looking for husbands." Which response would be the most
appropriate?
