Community Health Nursing
ATI COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM 3 – 50 REAL
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
& EXPLANATIONS
A community health nurse is remaining calm and firmly reassuring when dealing with a family in
acute crisis. The nurse recognizes this is the best defense against which barrier to
communication?
A. Selective perception
B. Emotional influence
C. Language barrier
D. Filtering information - ANSWER ✔ - B.
Emotional influence
Feedback:The nurse is avoiding emotional influence, that is, how a person feels at the time a
message is sent or received, which can influence its meaning. Senders can distort messages, and
receivers can interpret messages incorrectly when emotions cloud their perception. Emotions
can interfere with rational and objective reasoning, thus blocking communication. Filtering
information means manipulating information by the sender to influence the receiver's response.
Language barriers involve the different interpretations of words by people. Selective perception
involves the receivers interpreting a message through their own perceptions, which are
influenced by their own experiences, interests, values, motivations, and expectations.
A public health nurse desires to become more involved in the political process to ensure that
health care policies are enacted. Which course of action will be best for the nurse to pursue?
A. Develop a personal relationship with legislators.
B. Attend local ANA meetings.
C. Become more of an advocate.
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D. Become a lobbyist. - ANSWER ✔ - D.
Become a lobbyist.
Feedback:A lobbyist is often located either in Washington, DC, or in the various state capitals in
close contact with the legislators constantly presenting the issues that they are being paid to
represent. A nurse who becomes a lobbyist is usually representing a nursing organization. All
nurses should be advocates for their clients; however, they usually maintain their employment in
the clinical arena and advocate on the side. The nurse can develop a personal relationship with
legislators as either a lobbyist or advocate. All nurses should attend ANA meetings if they are
members.
The community health nurse is discussing the usage of the SMART acronym when developing
outcomes. Which statement made by the student nurse indicates a need for further teaching?
A. "M stands for developing outcomes that are measurable."
B. "S stands for developing specific outcomes for communities."
C. "A stands for developing outcomes that are action oriented."
D. "R stands for developing outcomes that are relevant." - ANSWER ✔ - C.
"A stands for developing outcomes that are action oriented."
Feedback:The SMART acronym stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely
in outcome/goal development.
A public health nurse has been meeting with a group of clients who have recently been
diagnosed with HIV. The nurse has noted improved appointment compliance among the group
with the use of which technique?
A. Mailed postcards
B. Voice messages
C. Monthly newsletters
D. Text messaging - ANSWER ✔ - D.
Text messaging
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Feedback:Text messages are the initial, simplest, and most common type of mobile data service
and are becoming a vital tool for the delivery of health information and engaging users to
improve their health. It is a way of connecting quickly with a large population. The use of text
messaging has been advocated for people living with HIV as a means of improving health
quality and preventing complications. The other choices are not as effective.
A group of students is discussing the various parts of effective communication with a nurse at a
health care organization in the community. The nurse recognizes that the students understand
the discussion when they correctly identified an e-mail as which part of communication?
A. Message
B. Channel
C. Sender
D. Decoding - ANSWER ✔ - B.
Channel
Feedback:The channel is the medium through which the sender conveys the message. It may be
written, spoken, or nonverbal. Sending an e-mail is an example. The sender is the person
conveying the message. The message is the expression of the purpose of the communication.
Decoding is the translation of the message into an understandable form by the receiver.
The public health nurse recognizes that proper communication is vitally important to ensure
successful results when educating the community about health concerns. Which aspect of
communication is most important for the nurse to ensure?
A. Eliminate distractions.
B. Nonverbal expression.
C. Renegotiate for clarity of message.
D. Determine the desired outcome. - ANSWER ✔ - C.
Renegotiate for clarity of message.
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ATI COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM 3 – 50 REAL
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
& EXPLANATIONS
A community health nurse is remaining calm and firmly reassuring when dealing with a family in
acute crisis. The nurse recognizes this is the best defense against which barrier to
communication?
A. Selective perception
B. Emotional influence
C. Language barrier
D. Filtering information - ANSWER ✔ - B.
Emotional influence
Feedback:The nurse is avoiding emotional influence, that is, how a person feels at the time a
message is sent or received, which can influence its meaning. Senders can distort messages, and
receivers can interpret messages incorrectly when emotions cloud their perception. Emotions
can interfere with rational and objective reasoning, thus blocking communication. Filtering
information means manipulating information by the sender to influence the receiver's response.
Language barriers involve the different interpretations of words by people. Selective perception
involves the receivers interpreting a message through their own perceptions, which are
influenced by their own experiences, interests, values, motivations, and expectations.
A public health nurse desires to become more involved in the political process to ensure that
health care policies are enacted. Which course of action will be best for the nurse to pursue?
A. Develop a personal relationship with legislators.
B. Attend local ANA meetings.
C. Become more of an advocate.
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D. Become a lobbyist. - ANSWER ✔ - D.
Become a lobbyist.
Feedback:A lobbyist is often located either in Washington, DC, or in the various state capitals in
close contact with the legislators constantly presenting the issues that they are being paid to
represent. A nurse who becomes a lobbyist is usually representing a nursing organization. All
nurses should be advocates for their clients; however, they usually maintain their employment in
the clinical arena and advocate on the side. The nurse can develop a personal relationship with
legislators as either a lobbyist or advocate. All nurses should attend ANA meetings if they are
members.
The community health nurse is discussing the usage of the SMART acronym when developing
outcomes. Which statement made by the student nurse indicates a need for further teaching?
A. "M stands for developing outcomes that are measurable."
B. "S stands for developing specific outcomes for communities."
C. "A stands for developing outcomes that are action oriented."
D. "R stands for developing outcomes that are relevant." - ANSWER ✔ - C.
"A stands for developing outcomes that are action oriented."
Feedback:The SMART acronym stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely
in outcome/goal development.
A public health nurse has been meeting with a group of clients who have recently been
diagnosed with HIV. The nurse has noted improved appointment compliance among the group
with the use of which technique?
A. Mailed postcards
B. Voice messages
C. Monthly newsletters
D. Text messaging - ANSWER ✔ - D.
Text messaging
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Feedback:Text messages are the initial, simplest, and most common type of mobile data service
and are becoming a vital tool for the delivery of health information and engaging users to
improve their health. It is a way of connecting quickly with a large population. The use of text
messaging has been advocated for people living with HIV as a means of improving health
quality and preventing complications. The other choices are not as effective.
A group of students is discussing the various parts of effective communication with a nurse at a
health care organization in the community. The nurse recognizes that the students understand
the discussion when they correctly identified an e-mail as which part of communication?
A. Message
B. Channel
C. Sender
D. Decoding - ANSWER ✔ - B.
Channel
Feedback:The channel is the medium through which the sender conveys the message. It may be
written, spoken, or nonverbal. Sending an e-mail is an example. The sender is the person
conveying the message. The message is the expression of the purpose of the communication.
Decoding is the translation of the message into an understandable form by the receiver.
The public health nurse recognizes that proper communication is vitally important to ensure
successful results when educating the community about health concerns. Which aspect of
communication is most important for the nurse to ensure?
A. Eliminate distractions.
B. Nonverbal expression.
C. Renegotiate for clarity of message.
D. Determine the desired outcome. - ANSWER ✔ - C.
Renegotiate for clarity of message.
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