Test Bank - Stamler and Yiu's Community Health Nursing:
A Canadian Perspective, 6th Edition (Dosani, 2025),
Chapter 1-33 | All Chapters Covered/ Newest Version
2024
Chapter 1: The History of Community Health Nursing in Canada.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which is the primary goal of community health nursing?
A. To support and supplement the efforts of the medical profession in the promotion of
health and prevention of
B. To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to cope with their
health needs
C. To increase the productivity of the people by providing them with services that will
increase their level of health
D. To contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare, focusing
particularly on mothers and children - Correct Answer - (B) To enhance the capacity of
individuals, families and communities to cope with their health needs.
To contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare, focusing
particularly on mothers and children.
2. CHN is a community-based practice. Which best explains this statement?
A. The service is provided in the natural environment of people
B. The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing needs and
problems
C. The service are based on the available resources within the community
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,D. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health problems identified - Correct
Answer - (B) The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing
needs and problems.
Community-based practice means providing care to people in their own natural
environments: the home, school and workplace, for example.
3. Population- focused nursing practice requires which of the following processes?
A. Community organizing
B. Nursing, process
C. Community diagnosis
D. Epidemiologic process - Correct Answer - (C)
Community diagnosis
Population-focused nursing care means providing care based on the greater need of the
majority of the population. The greater need is identified through community diagnosis.
4. RA 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside from the number of
employees, what other factor must be considered in determining the occupational health
privileges to which the workers will be entitled?
A. Type of occupation,: agriculture, commercial, industrial
B. Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities
C. Classification of the business enterprise based on net profit
D. Sex and age composition of employees - Correct Answer - B. Location of the
workplace in relation to health facilities
Based on R.A. 1054, an occupational nurse must be employed when there are 30 to
100 employees and the workplace is more than 1 km. away from the nearest health
center.
5. A business firm must employ an occupational health nurse when it has at least how
many employees.
A. 21
B. 101
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,C. 201
D. 301 - Correct Answer - B. 101
6. When the occupational health nurse employs ergonomic principles, she is performing
which of her roles?
A. Health care provider
B. Health educator
C. Health care coordinator
D. Environment manager - Correct Answer - D. Environment manager
Ergonomics is improving efficiency of workers by improving the worker's environment
through appropriately designed furniture, for example.
7. A garment factory does not have an occupational nurse. Who shall provide the
occupational health needs of the factory workers?
A. Occupational health nurse at the Provincial Health Office
B. Physician employed by the factory
C. Public Health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
D. Rural Sanitary inspector of the RHU in their municipality - Correct Answer - C. Public
Health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
8. a school nurse is discussing levels of prevention with a teacher. which of the following
activities should the nurse identify as a primary prevention strategy?
a. provide nutritional counseling for students who have diabetes
b. conduct vision and hearing screening for kindergarten enrollment
c. demonstrate proper hand washing techniques
d. report suspected child neglect to the proper authorities - Correct Answer - c.
demonstrate proper hand washing techniques
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, 9. a school nurse is conducting hearing screening procedures in an elementary school.
which of the following instructions should the nurse provide when preforming the Rinne
test?
a. after i place the tuning fork on your scalp, tell me if you hear the sound better in one
ear or the same in both ears
b. you'll wear headphones and press the button when you hear a sound
c. after i place this tuning fork behind your ear, tell me when you no longer hear the
sound
d. use your finger to close one ear while i whisper some numbers into your other ear -
Correct Answer - c. after i place this tuning fork behind your ear, tell me when you no
longer hear the sound
10. a palliative care nurse is teaching a client who has cancer about the services that
are available for the client. which of the following statements should the nurse identify
as an indication that the client understands the teaching?
a. I can begin palliative care when i have less than 6 months to live
b. this type of care can help me with pain control
c. my family will not be involved with this type of care program
d. if I begin palliative care, i will have to stop my chemotherapy - Correct Answer - b. this
type of care can help me with pain control
11. a nurse is assessing a new client. which of the following information should the
nurse include in the cultural portion of the assessment?
a. employment status
b. history of illness
c. sexual orientation
d. food preferences - Correct Answer - d. food preferences
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A Canadian Perspective, 6th Edition (Dosani, 2025),
Chapter 1-33 | All Chapters Covered/ Newest Version
2024
Chapter 1: The History of Community Health Nursing in Canada.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which is the primary goal of community health nursing?
A. To support and supplement the efforts of the medical profession in the promotion of
health and prevention of
B. To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to cope with their
health needs
C. To increase the productivity of the people by providing them with services that will
increase their level of health
D. To contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare, focusing
particularly on mothers and children - Correct Answer - (B) To enhance the capacity of
individuals, families and communities to cope with their health needs.
To contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare, focusing
particularly on mothers and children.
2. CHN is a community-based practice. Which best explains this statement?
A. The service is provided in the natural environment of people
B. The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing needs and
problems
C. The service are based on the available resources within the community
pg. 1
,D. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health problems identified - Correct
Answer - (B) The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing
needs and problems.
Community-based practice means providing care to people in their own natural
environments: the home, school and workplace, for example.
3. Population- focused nursing practice requires which of the following processes?
A. Community organizing
B. Nursing, process
C. Community diagnosis
D. Epidemiologic process - Correct Answer - (C)
Community diagnosis
Population-focused nursing care means providing care based on the greater need of the
majority of the population. The greater need is identified through community diagnosis.
4. RA 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside from the number of
employees, what other factor must be considered in determining the occupational health
privileges to which the workers will be entitled?
A. Type of occupation,: agriculture, commercial, industrial
B. Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities
C. Classification of the business enterprise based on net profit
D. Sex and age composition of employees - Correct Answer - B. Location of the
workplace in relation to health facilities
Based on R.A. 1054, an occupational nurse must be employed when there are 30 to
100 employees and the workplace is more than 1 km. away from the nearest health
center.
5. A business firm must employ an occupational health nurse when it has at least how
many employees.
A. 21
B. 101
pg. 2
,C. 201
D. 301 - Correct Answer - B. 101
6. When the occupational health nurse employs ergonomic principles, she is performing
which of her roles?
A. Health care provider
B. Health educator
C. Health care coordinator
D. Environment manager - Correct Answer - D. Environment manager
Ergonomics is improving efficiency of workers by improving the worker's environment
through appropriately designed furniture, for example.
7. A garment factory does not have an occupational nurse. Who shall provide the
occupational health needs of the factory workers?
A. Occupational health nurse at the Provincial Health Office
B. Physician employed by the factory
C. Public Health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
D. Rural Sanitary inspector of the RHU in their municipality - Correct Answer - C. Public
Health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
8. a school nurse is discussing levels of prevention with a teacher. which of the following
activities should the nurse identify as a primary prevention strategy?
a. provide nutritional counseling for students who have diabetes
b. conduct vision and hearing screening for kindergarten enrollment
c. demonstrate proper hand washing techniques
d. report suspected child neglect to the proper authorities - Correct Answer - c.
demonstrate proper hand washing techniques
pg. 3
, 9. a school nurse is conducting hearing screening procedures in an elementary school.
which of the following instructions should the nurse provide when preforming the Rinne
test?
a. after i place the tuning fork on your scalp, tell me if you hear the sound better in one
ear or the same in both ears
b. you'll wear headphones and press the button when you hear a sound
c. after i place this tuning fork behind your ear, tell me when you no longer hear the
sound
d. use your finger to close one ear while i whisper some numbers into your other ear -
Correct Answer - c. after i place this tuning fork behind your ear, tell me when you no
longer hear the sound
10. a palliative care nurse is teaching a client who has cancer about the services that
are available for the client. which of the following statements should the nurse identify
as an indication that the client understands the teaching?
a. I can begin palliative care when i have less than 6 months to live
b. this type of care can help me with pain control
c. my family will not be involved with this type of care program
d. if I begin palliative care, i will have to stop my chemotherapy - Correct Answer - b. this
type of care can help me with pain control
11. a nurse is assessing a new client. which of the following information should the
nurse include in the cultural portion of the assessment?
a. employment status
b. history of illness
c. sexual orientation
d. food preferences - Correct Answer - d. food preferences
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