ATI Community Health Nursing
ATI COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM TEST BANK
QUESTIONS (UPDATED WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS & RATIONALE)
Which statement best describes community-based nursing?
A. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families.
b. Providing care with a focus on the group's needs.
c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate's needs.
d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care. - ✔✔✔ - ANS: A
By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-specific practice in which care is provided for
"sick" individuals and families where they live, work, and attend school. The emphasis is on
acute and chronic care and the provision of comprehensive, coordinated, and continuous care.
These nurses may be generalists or specialists in maternal-infant, pediatric, adult, or psychiatric
mental health nursing. Community-based nursing emphasizes acute and chronic care to
individuals and families, rather than focusing on groups, aggregates, or systems
Which statement best describes the goal of community-oriented nursing?
A. Providing care to individuals and families
b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
d. To preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health and prevent disease - ✔✔✔ - ANS: D
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or maintaining
health and preventing disease to promote the quality of life. All nurses may focus on individuals
and families, give direct care to ill persons within their family setting, and help manage acute or
chronic conditions. These definitions are not specific to community-oriented nursing
Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
A. Families and groups
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b. Illness-oriented care
c. Individuals within the family unit
d. Health care of communities and populations - ✔✔✔ - ANS: D
In public health nursing, the primary focus is on the health care of communities and populations
rather than on individuals, groups, and families. The goal is to prevent disease and preserve,
promote, restore, and protect health for the community and the population within it.
Community-based nurses deal primarily with illness-oriented care of individuals and families
across the life span. The aim is to manage acute and chronic health conditions in the
community, and the focus of practice is on individual or family-centered illness care.
Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy during the 20th
century?
a. Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research
b. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs
d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections - ✔✔✔ - ANS: C
There has to be indisputable evidence collected over time that public health policies and
programs were primarily responsible for
increasing the average life span from 47 in 1900 to 78.6 years in 2017, an increase of
approximately 60% in just over a century plus through improvements in (1) sanitation, (2) clean
water supplies, (3) making workplaces safer, (4) improving food and drug safety,
(5) Immunizing children, and (6) improving nutrition, hygiene, and housing. Although people are
excited when a new drug is discovered that cures a disease or when a new way to transplant
organs is perfected, it is important to know about the significant gains in the health of
populations that have come largely from public health accomplishments
A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature deaths in the community.
Which of the following interventions would most likely be implemented by the nurse?
a. Provide free health care to all citizens
b. To increase the number of individuals with access to effective health care benefits
c. Lower the cost of health care to the American population
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d. To lessen the governmental burden of providing health care to Americans - ✔✔✔ - ANS: B
The central feature in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 are the
mechanisms to increase the number of people with health insurance. The care provided is not
necessarily free. While the cost of health care and the burden it places on the
American government are serious concerns, they are not the primary focus of ACA
What is the basic assumption stated by Healthy People 2010 as it relates to public health
efforts?
a. Health disparities among any groups are morally and legally wrong.
b. Health care is the most important priority in government planning and funding.
c. The health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the community.
d. The government is responsible for lengthening the life span of Americans - ✔✔✔ - ANS: C
The major premise of Healthy People 2010 was that the health of the individual cannot be
entirely separate from the health of the larger community. Public health practice focuses on the
community as a whole, and the effect of the community's health status (resources) on the
health of individuals, families, and groups. The goal is to prevent disease and disability and
promote and protect the health of the community as a whole. Public health can be described as
what society collectively does to ensure that conditions exist in which people can be healthy. The
basic assumptions of public health do not judge the morality of health disparities. The focus is
on prevention of illness not on spending more on illness care. Additionally, individual
responsibility for making healthy choices is the directive for lengthening life span not the role of
the government
Which of the following actions would most likely be performed by a public health nurse?
a. Asking community leaders what interventions should be chosen
b. Assessing the community and deciding on appropriate interventions
c. Using data from the main health care institutions in the community to determine needed
health services
d. Working with community groups to create policies to improve the environment - ✔✔✔ - ANS:
D
Although the public health nurse might engage in any of the tasks listed, he or she works
primarily with members of the community to carry out core public health functions, including
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assessment of the population as a whole and engaging in promoting health and improving the
environment. The interventions of asking community leaders which interventions should be
chosen, assessing the community and deciding on appropriate interventions, and using data
from health care institutions do not demonstrate the engagement of the community when
making decisions about what the community actually wants and needs
Which public health nurse most clearly fulfills the responsibilities of this role?
a. The nurse who met with several groups to discuss community recreation issues
b. The nurse who spent the day attending meetings of various health agencies
c. The nurse who talked to several people about their particular health concerns
d. The nurse who watched the city council meeting on local cable television - ✔✔✔ - ANS: B
Any of these descriptions might represent a nurse communicating, cooperating, or collaborating
with community residents or groups about health concerns. A major challenge for the future is
the need for public health nursing specialists to be more aggressive in working collaboratively
with various groups in the community as well as professional colleagues in institutional settings
to deal with barriers to health. However, the nurse who spent the day attending meetings of
various health agencies is the most representative, because in public health, concerns are
addressed from a broader perspective. In public health, broad concerns of the community should
be addressed. Concerns are broader than recreation, individual concerns are not as important as
aggregate priorities, and watching television (a one-way form of communication) is less
effective than interacting with others.
Which of the following best defines aggregate?
a. A large group of persons
b. A collection of individuals and families
c. A collection of people who share one or more characteristics
d. Another name for demographic group - ✔✔✔ - ANS: C
An aggregate is defined a collection of people who share one or more personal or environmental
characteristics. Members of a community can be defined in terms of either geography (e.g., a
county, a group of counties, or a state) or a special interest (e.g., children attending a particular
school). These members make up a population. The term population may be used
interchangeably with the term aggregate. A large group of persons, a collection of individuals
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ATI COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM TEST BANK
QUESTIONS (UPDATED WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS & RATIONALE)
Which statement best describes community-based nursing?
A. A practice in which care is provided for individuals and families.
b. Providing care with a focus on the group's needs.
c. Giving care with a focus on the aggregate's needs.
d. A value system in which all clients receive optimal care. - ✔✔✔ - ANS: A
By definition, community-based nursing is a setting-specific practice in which care is provided for
"sick" individuals and families where they live, work, and attend school. The emphasis is on
acute and chronic care and the provision of comprehensive, coordinated, and continuous care.
These nurses may be generalists or specialists in maternal-infant, pediatric, adult, or psychiatric
mental health nursing. Community-based nursing emphasizes acute and chronic care to
individuals and families, rather than focusing on groups, aggregates, or systems
Which statement best describes the goal of community-oriented nursing?
A. Providing care to individuals and families
b. Providing care to manage acute or chronic conditions
c. Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
d. To preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health and prevent disease - ✔✔✔ - ANS: D
By definition, community-oriented nursing has the goal of preserving, protecting, or maintaining
health and preventing disease to promote the quality of life. All nurses may focus on individuals
and families, give direct care to ill persons within their family setting, and help manage acute or
chronic conditions. These definitions are not specific to community-oriented nursing
Which of the following is the primary focus of public health nursing?
A. Families and groups
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b. Illness-oriented care
c. Individuals within the family unit
d. Health care of communities and populations - ✔✔✔ - ANS: D
In public health nursing, the primary focus is on the health care of communities and populations
rather than on individuals, groups, and families. The goal is to prevent disease and preserve,
promote, restore, and protect health for the community and the population within it.
Community-based nurses deal primarily with illness-oriented care of individuals and families
across the life span. The aim is to manage acute and chronic health conditions in the
community, and the focus of practice is on individual or family-centered illness care.
Which of the following is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy during the 20th
century?
a. Technology increases in the field of medical laboratory research
b. Advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Sanitation and other population-based prevention programs
d. Use of antibiotics to fight infections - ✔✔✔ - ANS: C
There has to be indisputable evidence collected over time that public health policies and
programs were primarily responsible for
increasing the average life span from 47 in 1900 to 78.6 years in 2017, an increase of
approximately 60% in just over a century plus through improvements in (1) sanitation, (2) clean
water supplies, (3) making workplaces safer, (4) improving food and drug safety,
(5) Immunizing children, and (6) improving nutrition, hygiene, and housing. Although people are
excited when a new drug is discovered that cures a disease or when a new way to transplant
organs is perfected, it is important to know about the significant gains in the health of
populations that have come largely from public health accomplishments
A nurse is developing a plan to decrease the number of premature deaths in the community.
Which of the following interventions would most likely be implemented by the nurse?
a. Provide free health care to all citizens
b. To increase the number of individuals with access to effective health care benefits
c. Lower the cost of health care to the American population
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d. To lessen the governmental burden of providing health care to Americans - ✔✔✔ - ANS: B
The central feature in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 are the
mechanisms to increase the number of people with health insurance. The care provided is not
necessarily free. While the cost of health care and the burden it places on the
American government are serious concerns, they are not the primary focus of ACA
What is the basic assumption stated by Healthy People 2010 as it relates to public health
efforts?
a. Health disparities among any groups are morally and legally wrong.
b. Health care is the most important priority in government planning and funding.
c. The health of individuals cannot be separated from the health of the community.
d. The government is responsible for lengthening the life span of Americans - ✔✔✔ - ANS: C
The major premise of Healthy People 2010 was that the health of the individual cannot be
entirely separate from the health of the larger community. Public health practice focuses on the
community as a whole, and the effect of the community's health status (resources) on the
health of individuals, families, and groups. The goal is to prevent disease and disability and
promote and protect the health of the community as a whole. Public health can be described as
what society collectively does to ensure that conditions exist in which people can be healthy. The
basic assumptions of public health do not judge the morality of health disparities. The focus is
on prevention of illness not on spending more on illness care. Additionally, individual
responsibility for making healthy choices is the directive for lengthening life span not the role of
the government
Which of the following actions would most likely be performed by a public health nurse?
a. Asking community leaders what interventions should be chosen
b. Assessing the community and deciding on appropriate interventions
c. Using data from the main health care institutions in the community to determine needed
health services
d. Working with community groups to create policies to improve the environment - ✔✔✔ - ANS:
D
Although the public health nurse might engage in any of the tasks listed, he or she works
primarily with members of the community to carry out core public health functions, including
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assessment of the population as a whole and engaging in promoting health and improving the
environment. The interventions of asking community leaders which interventions should be
chosen, assessing the community and deciding on appropriate interventions, and using data
from health care institutions do not demonstrate the engagement of the community when
making decisions about what the community actually wants and needs
Which public health nurse most clearly fulfills the responsibilities of this role?
a. The nurse who met with several groups to discuss community recreation issues
b. The nurse who spent the day attending meetings of various health agencies
c. The nurse who talked to several people about their particular health concerns
d. The nurse who watched the city council meeting on local cable television - ✔✔✔ - ANS: B
Any of these descriptions might represent a nurse communicating, cooperating, or collaborating
with community residents or groups about health concerns. A major challenge for the future is
the need for public health nursing specialists to be more aggressive in working collaboratively
with various groups in the community as well as professional colleagues in institutional settings
to deal with barriers to health. However, the nurse who spent the day attending meetings of
various health agencies is the most representative, because in public health, concerns are
addressed from a broader perspective. In public health, broad concerns of the community should
be addressed. Concerns are broader than recreation, individual concerns are not as important as
aggregate priorities, and watching television (a one-way form of communication) is less
effective than interacting with others.
Which of the following best defines aggregate?
a. A large group of persons
b. A collection of individuals and families
c. A collection of people who share one or more characteristics
d. Another name for demographic group - ✔✔✔ - ANS: C
An aggregate is defined a collection of people who share one or more personal or environmental
characteristics. Members of a community can be defined in terms of either geography (e.g., a
county, a group of counties, or a state) or a special interest (e.g., children attending a particular
school). These members make up a population. The term population may be used
interchangeably with the term aggregate. A large group of persons, a collection of individuals
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