Community HESI Questions and
Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
Correct & Verified
A nurse is teaching about healthy lifestyles to a community group. Which example represents a
modifiable risk factor?
A. Age
B. Family history of cancer
✔✔C. Smoking
D. Genetic conditions
A nurse is planning a health fair on diabetes prevention. Which activity best demonstrates
primary prevention?
A. Teaching meal planning for clients with diabetes
✔✔B. Educating the community on weight management and exercise
C. Screening for blood glucose levels
D. Teaching foot care to clients with neuropathy
A community nurse is providing teaching about lead poisoning. Which instruction is most
important for parents?
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,A. Provide extra vitamin C
✔✔B. Wash children’s hands frequently and wet-mop floors
C. Limit outdoor play
D. Give iron supplements daily
A nurse is assessing social determinants of health. Which factor has the greatest impact on
overall health outcomes?
A. Genetics
✔✔B. Access to safe housing and nutritious food
C. Weather conditions
D. Community size
A community health nurse is planning disaster preparedness education. Which example
represents secondary prevention?
A. Stockpiling emergency supplies
✔✔B. Conducting tornado drills in schools
C. Providing counseling after a disaster
D. Rebuilding infrastructure
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,A nurse is visiting a homebound older adult who is malnourished. What is the most appropriate
nursing action?
A. Encourage family members to cook more
✔✔B. Refer to Meals on Wheels or community nutrition programs
C. Increase vitamin supplements
D. Provide written instructions on diet
A nurse is conducting a hypertension screening at a church. This activity is an example of which
level of prevention?
A. Primary prevention
✔✔B. Secondary prevention
C. Tertiary prevention
D. Rehabilitation
A public health nurse is teaching about STI prevention in adolescents. What is the most effective
strategy?
A. Discouraging all dating
✔✔B. Promoting consistent condom use and safe sex practices
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, C. Encouraging peer pressure resistance
D. Providing antibiotics
A community nurse observes increased asthma rates near an industrial area. Which is the best
intervention?
A. Educate about using inhalers
✔✔B. Advocate for reduced air pollution and clean air policies
C. Provide home air purifiers
D. Teach parents about smoking cessation
A nurse is planning education for older adults on fall prevention. Which strategy is most
effective?
A. Encourage skipping outdoor activities
B. Use only slip-on shoes
✔✔C. Recommend installing grab bars and good lighting at home
D. Provide calcium supplements
A nurse is providing teaching during a measles outbreak. What is the priority recommendation?
A. Increase vitamin A intake
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Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
Correct & Verified
A nurse is teaching about healthy lifestyles to a community group. Which example represents a
modifiable risk factor?
A. Age
B. Family history of cancer
✔✔C. Smoking
D. Genetic conditions
A nurse is planning a health fair on diabetes prevention. Which activity best demonstrates
primary prevention?
A. Teaching meal planning for clients with diabetes
✔✔B. Educating the community on weight management and exercise
C. Screening for blood glucose levels
D. Teaching foot care to clients with neuropathy
A community nurse is providing teaching about lead poisoning. Which instruction is most
important for parents?
1
,A. Provide extra vitamin C
✔✔B. Wash children’s hands frequently and wet-mop floors
C. Limit outdoor play
D. Give iron supplements daily
A nurse is assessing social determinants of health. Which factor has the greatest impact on
overall health outcomes?
A. Genetics
✔✔B. Access to safe housing and nutritious food
C. Weather conditions
D. Community size
A community health nurse is planning disaster preparedness education. Which example
represents secondary prevention?
A. Stockpiling emergency supplies
✔✔B. Conducting tornado drills in schools
C. Providing counseling after a disaster
D. Rebuilding infrastructure
2
,A nurse is visiting a homebound older adult who is malnourished. What is the most appropriate
nursing action?
A. Encourage family members to cook more
✔✔B. Refer to Meals on Wheels or community nutrition programs
C. Increase vitamin supplements
D. Provide written instructions on diet
A nurse is conducting a hypertension screening at a church. This activity is an example of which
level of prevention?
A. Primary prevention
✔✔B. Secondary prevention
C. Tertiary prevention
D. Rehabilitation
A public health nurse is teaching about STI prevention in adolescents. What is the most effective
strategy?
A. Discouraging all dating
✔✔B. Promoting consistent condom use and safe sex practices
3
, C. Encouraging peer pressure resistance
D. Providing antibiotics
A community nurse observes increased asthma rates near an industrial area. Which is the best
intervention?
A. Educate about using inhalers
✔✔B. Advocate for reduced air pollution and clean air policies
C. Provide home air purifiers
D. Teach parents about smoking cessation
A nurse is planning education for older adults on fall prevention. Which strategy is most
effective?
A. Encourage skipping outdoor activities
B. Use only slip-on shoes
✔✔C. Recommend installing grab bars and good lighting at home
D. Provide calcium supplements
A nurse is providing teaching during a measles outbreak. What is the priority recommendation?
A. Increase vitamin A intake
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