Community Health Nursing – Exam Preparation (145 Practice Questions with Answers)
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 Answer: (B) To enhance the capacity of
individuals, families and communities to cope with their health needs.
FB: 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
D. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health problems identified - correct answer
Answer: (B) The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing needs and
problems.
,Community Health Nursing – Exam Preparation (145 Practice Questions with Answers)
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 3. Answer: (C)
Community diagnosis
FB: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
,Community Health Nursing – Exam Preparation (145 Practice Questions with Answers)
FB: 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
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
, Community Health Nursing – Exam Preparation (145 Practice Questions with Answers)
8. "Public health services are given free of charge". Is this statement true or false?
A. The statement is true; it is the responsibility of government to provide haste services
B. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services
C. The statement may be true or false; depending on the Specific service required
D. The statement may be true or false; depending on policies of the government concerned. -
correct answer B. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services
Community health services, including public health services, are prepaid paid services, through
taxation, for example.
9. According to C.E. Winslow, which of the following is the goal of Public Health?
A. For people to attain their birthrights and longevity
B. For promotion of health and prevention and diseases
C. For people to have access to basic health services
D. For people to be organized in their health efforts - correct answer A. For people to attain
their birthrights and longevity
10. We say that a Filipino has attained longevity when he is able to reach the average life span
of Filipinos. What other statistic may be used to determine attainment of longevity?
A. Age-specific mortality rate
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 Answer: (B) To enhance the capacity of
individuals, families and communities to cope with their health needs.
FB: 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
D. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health problems identified - correct answer
Answer: (B) The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing needs and
problems.
,Community Health Nursing – Exam Preparation (145 Practice Questions with Answers)
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 3. Answer: (C)
Community diagnosis
FB: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
,Community Health Nursing – Exam Preparation (145 Practice Questions with Answers)
FB: 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
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
, Community Health Nursing – Exam Preparation (145 Practice Questions with Answers)
8. "Public health services are given free of charge". Is this statement true or false?
A. The statement is true; it is the responsibility of government to provide haste services
B. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services
C. The statement may be true or false; depending on the Specific service required
D. The statement may be true or false; depending on policies of the government concerned. -
correct answer B. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services
Community health services, including public health services, are prepaid paid services, through
taxation, for example.
9. According to C.E. Winslow, which of the following is the goal of Public Health?
A. For people to attain their birthrights and longevity
B. For promotion of health and prevention and diseases
C. For people to have access to basic health services
D. For people to be organized in their health efforts - correct answer A. For people to attain
their birthrights and longevity
10. We say that a Filipino has attained longevity when he is able to reach the average life span
of Filipinos. What other statistic may be used to determine attainment of longevity?
A. Age-specific mortality rate
