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Community Health Nursing Exam Questions
and Correct Answers
1. 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
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 Ans:
— Answer: (B) To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and
communities to cope with their health needs.
FB: To contribute to national development through promotion of
family welfare, focusing particularly on mothers and children.
2. 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
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C. The service are based on the available resources within the
community
D. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health
problems identified Ans: — Answer: (B) The nurse has to conduct
community diagnosis to determine nursing needs and problems.
Community-based practice means providing care to people in their
own natural environments: the home, school and workplace, for
example.
3. Population- focused nursing practice requires which of the
following processes?
A. Community organizing
B. Nursing, process
C. Community diagnosis
D. Epidemiologic process Ans: — 3. Answer: (C)
Community diagnosis
FB: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.
4. RA 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside
from the number of employees, what other factor must be
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considered in determining the occupational health privileges to
which the workers will be entitled?
A. Type of occupation,: agriculture, 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 Ans: — B. Location of
the workplace in relation to health facilities
FB: 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.
5. 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 Ans: — B. 101
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
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D. Environment manager Ans: — D. Environment 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 in their municipality Ans:
— C. Public Health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
8. "Public health services are given free of charge". Is this
statement true or false?
A. The statement is true; it is the responsibility of government to
provide haste services
B. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health
services
C. The statement may be true or false; depending on the Specific
service required
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Community Health Nursing Exam Questions
and Correct Answers
1. 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
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 Ans:
— Answer: (B) To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and
communities to cope with their health needs.
FB: To contribute to national development through promotion of
family welfare, focusing particularly on mothers and children.
2. 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
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C. The service are based on the available resources within the
community
D. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health
problems identified Ans: — Answer: (B) The nurse has to conduct
community diagnosis to determine nursing needs and problems.
Community-based practice means providing care to people in their
own natural environments: the home, school and workplace, for
example.
3. Population- focused nursing practice requires which of the
following processes?
A. Community organizing
B. Nursing, process
C. Community diagnosis
D. Epidemiologic process Ans: — 3. Answer: (C)
Community diagnosis
FB: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.
4. RA 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside
from the number of employees, what other factor must be
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considered in determining the occupational health privileges to
which the workers will be entitled?
A. Type of occupation,: agriculture, 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 Ans: — B. Location of
the workplace in relation to health facilities
FB: 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.
5. 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 Ans: — B. 101
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
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D. Environment manager Ans: — D. Environment 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 in their municipality Ans:
— C. Public Health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
8. "Public health services are given free of charge". Is this
statement true or false?
A. The statement is true; it is the responsibility of government to
provide haste services
B. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health
services
C. The statement may be true or false; depending on the Specific
service required
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