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COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING EXAM 100+ LATEST
UPDATE 2025-2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
After teaching a group of nursing students about similarities and differences between public
health and community health, which of the following statements by a nursing student indicates
knowledge of similarities and differences between public health and community health?
A)"Community health nursing is defined as nursing care that is provided in a community setting,
rather than an institutional setting."
B) "Public health nursing is defined as nursing care that is provided in an institutional setting."
C) "Public health nursing is focused on the health of individuals."
D) "Community health nursing can shape the quality of community health services and improve
the health of the general public." - Answer: Ans: D
Operating within an environment of rapid change and increasingly complex challenges, this
nursing specialty holds the potential to shape the quality of community health services and
improve the health of the general public.
Which one of the following statements is true about the consequences of biologic terrorism with
anthrax and smallpox?
A)
Anthrax is not usually spread by person to person contact and so is not a good agent of biological
terrorism.
B)
Smallpox is globally eradicated and therefore does not present a problem.
C)
Most adults are immune to smallpox due to routine immunization.
D)
As many as one in five persons who become ill with cutaneous anthrax die and inhalation
anthrax can cause death in 3 to 5 days. - Answer: Ans: D
Which of the following statements about confidentiality, privacy, and discrimination is the most
accurate?
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A)
It is permissible for a community health nurse to reveal the name and any other personal health
information of a person who has a communicable disease to the public health authorities.
B)
It is permissible for a community health nurse to tell the contacts of a person who is infected
with a communicable disease which disease they have been exposed to and the name of the
source.
C)
It is permissible for any health care provider to report any cases of known or suspected
communicable diseases to the news media.
D)
Only the identity of the index case of a communicable disease needs to be protected. - Answer:
Ans: A
A group of students are reviewing the various historical events associated with the evolution of
community health nursing in preparation for a test. They identify the time from 1970 to the
present as the era known as community health nursing based on the understanding that which of
the following influences contributed most to this change?
A)
The settings and the nurses delivering health care in the community
B)
Decisions made by the American Nurses Association
C)
Decisions made by physicians in a variety of community settings
D)
The demand to eliminate the word "public" from health services - Answer: Ans: A
Before the mid-1800s, early home care nursing was best recognized by which of the following?
A)
Technical advances with the Industrial Revolution making major changes
B)
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Care provided by family members, friends, and religious groups in the home
C)
Accomplishments stemming from the work of Florence Nightingale
D)
Formal organization of visiting nursing to provide care to the sick poor - Answer: Ans: B
Community health nursing has a long history of contributing to the health of populations. Which
of the following forms of service would the nurse identify as being most recent?
A)
Voluntary home nursing care for the sick poor via district nursing
B)
Care provided termed public health nursing
C)
Lay and religious groups providing care to the sick poor in their homes
D)
Focus on populations with community health nursing seen as a specialty field - Answer: Ans: D
Which factor was the most significant feature associated with district nursing?
A)
Caring for the sick
B)
Teaching hygiene and cleanliness
C)
Preventing illness
D)
Gathering statistical data - Answer: Ans: B
In their early stages, district nursing was sponsored by which of the following?
A)
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Religious organizations
B)
Private philanthropy
C)
Contributions
D)
Public funding - Answer: Ans: A
Which of the following would characterize the public health stage of community health nursing?
A)
Voluntary health agencies emphasizing disease prevention
B)
Family considered as the primary unit of care
C)
Service provision to the sick poor population
D)
Primary health care as the key to health for all - Answer: Ans: B
Which of the following statements would best describe the difference between public health
nursing and community health nursing?
A)
Public health nursing is focused on the private aspects of health, and community health nursing
is focused on the public aspects of health.
B)
In our textbook, the term community health practice refers to a focus on specific, designated
communities and is a part of the larger public health effort.
C)
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING EXAM 100+ LATEST
UPDATE 2025-2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
After teaching a group of nursing students about similarities and differences between public
health and community health, which of the following statements by a nursing student indicates
knowledge of similarities and differences between public health and community health?
A)"Community health nursing is defined as nursing care that is provided in a community setting,
rather than an institutional setting."
B) "Public health nursing is defined as nursing care that is provided in an institutional setting."
C) "Public health nursing is focused on the health of individuals."
D) "Community health nursing can shape the quality of community health services and improve
the health of the general public." - Answer: Ans: D
Operating within an environment of rapid change and increasingly complex challenges, this
nursing specialty holds the potential to shape the quality of community health services and
improve the health of the general public.
Which one of the following statements is true about the consequences of biologic terrorism with
anthrax and smallpox?
A)
Anthrax is not usually spread by person to person contact and so is not a good agent of biological
terrorism.
B)
Smallpox is globally eradicated and therefore does not present a problem.
C)
Most adults are immune to smallpox due to routine immunization.
D)
As many as one in five persons who become ill with cutaneous anthrax die and inhalation
anthrax can cause death in 3 to 5 days. - Answer: Ans: D
Which of the following statements about confidentiality, privacy, and discrimination is the most
accurate?
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A)
It is permissible for a community health nurse to reveal the name and any other personal health
information of a person who has a communicable disease to the public health authorities.
B)
It is permissible for a community health nurse to tell the contacts of a person who is infected
with a communicable disease which disease they have been exposed to and the name of the
source.
C)
It is permissible for any health care provider to report any cases of known or suspected
communicable diseases to the news media.
D)
Only the identity of the index case of a communicable disease needs to be protected. - Answer:
Ans: A
A group of students are reviewing the various historical events associated with the evolution of
community health nursing in preparation for a test. They identify the time from 1970 to the
present as the era known as community health nursing based on the understanding that which of
the following influences contributed most to this change?
A)
The settings and the nurses delivering health care in the community
B)
Decisions made by the American Nurses Association
C)
Decisions made by physicians in a variety of community settings
D)
The demand to eliminate the word "public" from health services - Answer: Ans: A
Before the mid-1800s, early home care nursing was best recognized by which of the following?
A)
Technical advances with the Industrial Revolution making major changes
B)
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Care provided by family members, friends, and religious groups in the home
C)
Accomplishments stemming from the work of Florence Nightingale
D)
Formal organization of visiting nursing to provide care to the sick poor - Answer: Ans: B
Community health nursing has a long history of contributing to the health of populations. Which
of the following forms of service would the nurse identify as being most recent?
A)
Voluntary home nursing care for the sick poor via district nursing
B)
Care provided termed public health nursing
C)
Lay and religious groups providing care to the sick poor in their homes
D)
Focus on populations with community health nursing seen as a specialty field - Answer: Ans: D
Which factor was the most significant feature associated with district nursing?
A)
Caring for the sick
B)
Teaching hygiene and cleanliness
C)
Preventing illness
D)
Gathering statistical data - Answer: Ans: B
In their early stages, district nursing was sponsored by which of the following?
A)
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Religious organizations
B)
Private philanthropy
C)
Contributions
D)
Public funding - Answer: Ans: A
Which of the following would characterize the public health stage of community health nursing?
A)
Voluntary health agencies emphasizing disease prevention
B)
Family considered as the primary unit of care
C)
Service provision to the sick poor population
D)
Primary health care as the key to health for all - Answer: Ans: B
Which of the following statements would best describe the difference between public health
nursing and community health nursing?
A)
Public health nursing is focused on the private aspects of health, and community health nursing
is focused on the public aspects of health.
B)
In our textbook, the term community health practice refers to a focus on specific, designated
communities and is a part of the larger public health effort.
C)
