COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING 2026 FINAL
EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS WITH DETAILED RATIONALES
GRADED A+
1. 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 services are based on the available resources within
the community.
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.
Rationale:
(B) The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine
nursing needs and problems.
2. 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
Rationale:
(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.
3. R.A. 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act.
Aside from 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: agricultural, 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
Rationale:
(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.
,4. 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
Rationale:
(B) 101. Again, this is based on R.A. 1054.
5. 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
illness
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
Rationale:
, (B) To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and
communities to cope with their health needs
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. Environmental manager
Correct Answer:
D. Environmental manager
Rationale:
(D) Environmental 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 of their municipality
Correct Answer:
C. Public health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
Rationale:
EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS WITH DETAILED RATIONALES
GRADED A+
1. 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 services are based on the available resources within
the community.
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.
Rationale:
(B) The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine
nursing needs and problems.
2. 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
Rationale:
(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.
3. R.A. 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act.
Aside from 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: agricultural, 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
Rationale:
(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.
,4. 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
Rationale:
(B) 101. Again, this is based on R.A. 1054.
5. 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
illness
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
Rationale:
, (B) To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and
communities to cope with their health needs
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. Environmental manager
Correct Answer:
D. Environmental manager
Rationale:
(D) Environmental 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 of their municipality
Correct Answer:
C. Public health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
Rationale:
