NUR 471 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATRED
A+ NEWLY UPDATED 2025
Q: What is community health?
A: Community health is the process of identifying health needs and working to
protect and improve the well-being of a population within a specific geographic
area.
Q: What is public health?
A: Public health includes all efforts made by society to create and maintain
conditions that allow individuals and communities to be healthy.
Q: What are the three levels of prevention in community health?
A:
1. Primary prevention
2. Secondary prevention
3. Tertiary prevention
Q: What is primary prevention?
A: Primary prevention involves strategies to prevent a disease or injury before it
occurs (e.g., vaccination, health education).
Q: What is secondary prevention?
A: Secondary prevention aims to identify and manage existing health problems
early to prevent progression (e.g., screening, early treatment).
Q: What is tertiary prevention?
A: Tertiary prevention focuses on reducing the impact of an ongoing illness or
,injury by managing complications and helping individuals regain function (e.g.,
rehabilitation programs).
1. Population is client or unit of care
2. Primary obligation to achieve greatest good for greatest number of people
3. Works with client as equal partner
4. Primary prevention is priority
5. Strategies selected to create healthy environmental, social, and economic
conditions in which populations may thrive
6. Obligation to actively reach out to all who may benefit from a specific activity
7. Optimal use of available resources to assure best overall improvement in health
8. Collaborate with variety of other professions, populations, organizations, and
entities to promote and protect health of people - ANSWERS✔✔What are the 8
characteristics of Community Health Nursing?
Assessment
Assurance
Advocacy/Policy development - ANSWERS✔✔What are the 3 core public health
functions basic to community health nursing?
I: Investigate potential sources
P: Present work
R: Residence
E: Environmental concerns
P: Past work
A: Activities/hobbies/health practices
R: Referrals and resources
, E: Educate - ANSWERS✔✔What does the mnemonic I-PREPARE stand for?
Education - ANSWERS✔✔What is an example of Primary Prevention?
Screening - ANSWERS✔✔What is an example of secondary prevention?
Treatment - ANSWERS✔✔What is an example of tertiary prevention?
Message
Sender
Receiver
Encoder
Channel
Decoding
Feedback loop - ANSWERS✔✔What are the 7 basic parts of the communication
process?
Selective perception
Language barrier
Filtering information
Emotional influence
Language of Nursing - ANSWERS✔✔What are the 5 barriers to effective
communication?
Selective perception - ANSWERS✔✔__________ is a communication barrier
defined as interpretation through own perception.
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATRED
A+ NEWLY UPDATED 2025
Q: What is community health?
A: Community health is the process of identifying health needs and working to
protect and improve the well-being of a population within a specific geographic
area.
Q: What is public health?
A: Public health includes all efforts made by society to create and maintain
conditions that allow individuals and communities to be healthy.
Q: What are the three levels of prevention in community health?
A:
1. Primary prevention
2. Secondary prevention
3. Tertiary prevention
Q: What is primary prevention?
A: Primary prevention involves strategies to prevent a disease or injury before it
occurs (e.g., vaccination, health education).
Q: What is secondary prevention?
A: Secondary prevention aims to identify and manage existing health problems
early to prevent progression (e.g., screening, early treatment).
Q: What is tertiary prevention?
A: Tertiary prevention focuses on reducing the impact of an ongoing illness or
,injury by managing complications and helping individuals regain function (e.g.,
rehabilitation programs).
1. Population is client or unit of care
2. Primary obligation to achieve greatest good for greatest number of people
3. Works with client as equal partner
4. Primary prevention is priority
5. Strategies selected to create healthy environmental, social, and economic
conditions in which populations may thrive
6. Obligation to actively reach out to all who may benefit from a specific activity
7. Optimal use of available resources to assure best overall improvement in health
8. Collaborate with variety of other professions, populations, organizations, and
entities to promote and protect health of people - ANSWERS✔✔What are the 8
characteristics of Community Health Nursing?
Assessment
Assurance
Advocacy/Policy development - ANSWERS✔✔What are the 3 core public health
functions basic to community health nursing?
I: Investigate potential sources
P: Present work
R: Residence
E: Environmental concerns
P: Past work
A: Activities/hobbies/health practices
R: Referrals and resources
, E: Educate - ANSWERS✔✔What does the mnemonic I-PREPARE stand for?
Education - ANSWERS✔✔What is an example of Primary Prevention?
Screening - ANSWERS✔✔What is an example of secondary prevention?
Treatment - ANSWERS✔✔What is an example of tertiary prevention?
Message
Sender
Receiver
Encoder
Channel
Decoding
Feedback loop - ANSWERS✔✔What are the 7 basic parts of the communication
process?
Selective perception
Language barrier
Filtering information
Emotional influence
Language of Nursing - ANSWERS✔✔What are the 5 barriers to effective
communication?
Selective perception - ANSWERS✔✔__________ is a communication barrier
defined as interpretation through own perception.
