Community Health Hesi Practice Exam - Actual Exam Questions And Verified Answers With Rationales - Comprehensive Final Assessment -
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Community Health HESI | Public Health Nursing | High Yield | Graded A+ Latest
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. I. Community Assessment - Windshield Survey Objective Observation Data Collection Demographics Vital Statistics Environment Health Resources
Interviews, Community as Client
2. II. Epidemiology - Epidemiology Triangle Agent Host Environment, Epidemic Curve Attack Rate Incidence Prevalence, Outbreak Investigation Case
Definition Source Transmission Control Measures
3. III. Levels of Prevention - Primary Prevention Prevent Disease Before Occurrence Vaccine Health Education Hand Hygiene Health Promotion,
Secondary Prevention Early Detection Screening Contact Tracing TB Skin Test IGRA Isolate Treat Latent, Tertiary Prevention Prevent Complications
Disability Rehabilitation Treatment After Diagnosis Prescribing Antihypertensive DASH Diet Prevent Stroke MI
4. IV. Environmental Health - Lead Poisoning Old Housing Primary Prevention Remove Lead Paint Hazard Educate Secondary Screening Blood Lead
Tertiary Chelation, Waterborne Diseases Cholera Giardia Cryptosporidium E. coli Hepatitis A Typhoid Contaminated Water, Air Pollution
5. V. Communicable Disease - Contact Tracing TB Secondary Prevention, STI Primary Prevention Abstinence Condoms Education Vaccination HPV
Hep B Secondary Screening Tertiary Treatment Complications, Influenza Primary Prevention Vaccine Hand Hygiene Secondary Screening
6. VI. Immunization & Herd Immunity - Herd Immunity Measles 95% Coverage Polio 80-85% Influenza Lower Protects Unvaccinated If Enough
Vaccinated, Vaccine Schedule, Healthy People 2030 Goals Increase Immunization Rates Reduce Preventable Disease Eliminate Disparities
7. VII. Health Disparities & Vulnerable Populations - Health Disparity Difference Health Outcomes Between Groups Higher Infant Mortality African
American Diabetes Low Income Access Differences, Refugee Population Cultural Competence Health Beliefs Practices Language Interpreter Trust
Trauma Informed Barriers Access Culturally Sensitive Care, Elderly Living Alone Home Visit Safety Fall Hazards ADLs IADLs Medication Adherence
Nutrition Social Support Isolation Elder Abuse Environment, SIDS Primary Prevention Supine Back to Sleep Firm Mattress No Soft Bedding No Smoking
Breastfeeding Pacifier Room Sharing Not Bed Sharing
8. VIII. Disaster Management - Disaster Phases Mitigation Prevention Preparedness Drills Training Stockpiling Response Recovery, Preparedness
Phase Planning Drills Training Stockpiling, Response Phase Priority Triage Save Lives Emergency Care Shelter Safety Communication, Recovery
Rebuilding
9. IX. Family & Home Health - Home Visit Elderly Safety Fall Hazards ADLs IADLs Medication Adherence Nutrition Social Support Isolation Elder Abuse
Environment, Family Assessment
10. X. Health Education & Behavior Change - Health Belief Model Perceived Susceptibility Severity Benefits Barriers Self-Efficacy, Transtheoretical
Model Stages Change Precontemplation Contemplation Preparation Action Maintenance, Social Cognitive Theory, Community-Level Obesity
Interventions Farmers Market Access Walking Trails School Lunch Policy Community Gardens Bike Lanes Worksite Wellness Policy Environmental
Change
11. XI. Program Planning & Evaluation - Outcome Evaluation Measure Effect Program Health Outcomes Decreased Incidence Improved Immunization
Rates Behavior Change vs Process Evaluation Activities Implementation, Planning Implementation Evaluation
12. XII. Practice Questions - Each Asked Like Real Community Health HESI Exam
13. XIII. Answer Key with Verified Answers With Rationales Graded A+ Latest
,COMMUNITY HEALTH HESI PRACTICE EXAM - QUESTIONS ASKED LIKE REAL EXAM
Based on Community Health HESI Blueprint - Community Assessment Epidemiology Levels Prevention Environmental Health Communicable Disease Immunization Health Disparities Disaster Management
Family Home Health Education Behavior Change Program Planning Evaluation. High Yield.
1. A nurse is working with a community with high rates of obesity. What is an example of a community-level intervention?
A. No community intervention
B. Community-level - farmers market access, walking trails, school lunch policy, community gardens, bike lanes, worksite wellness
C. Only medication
D. Individual counseling only
Answer: B
Rationale: Community-level obesity interventions farmers market access walking trails school lunch policy community gardens bike lanes worksite wellness policy
environmental change.
2. A nurse is planning a primary prevention program for influenza in a community. What is example of primary prevention?
A. Rehabilitation
B. Screening
C. Primary prevention - prevent disease before occurrence - influenza vaccine, health education hand hygiene, health promotion
D. Treatment
Answer: C
Rationale: Primary prevention prevent disease before occurrence vaccine health education hand hygiene health promotion. Secondary screening early detection. Tertiary
rehabilitation treatment complications.
3. A public health nurse uses the epidemiology triangle to assess disease. What are the components?
A. Only host
B. Only agent
C. Epidemiology triangle - agent, host, environment - agent causative, host susceptible, environment factors that affect
D. No triangle
Answer: C
Rationale: Epidemiology triangle agent causative, host susceptible, environment factors affect transmission.
4. A community health nurse is planning a smoking cessation program. What model is appropriate for behavior change?
A. No behavior model
B. No model
C. Behavior change models - Health Belief Model perceived susceptibility severity benefits barriers self-efficacy, Transtheoretical Model stages change precontemplation
contemplation preparation action maintenance, Social Cognitive Theory
D. Only one model
Answer: C
Rationale: Behavior change Health Belief Model perceived susceptibility severity benefits barriers self-efficacy Transtheoretical stages change precontemplation
contemplation preparation action maintenance Social Cognitive Theory.
5. A public health nurse is planning a program for disaster preparedness. What phase is conducting drills?
A. Preparedness phase - planning drills training stockpiling - phases mitigation prevention preparedness response recovery
B. No phases
C. Mitigation only
D. Recovery
Answer: A
Rationale: Disaster phases mitigation prevention preparedness drills training stockpiling response recovery. Conducting drills is preparedness.
6. A community health nurse is conducting contact tracing for tuberculosis. What level of prevention is contact tracing?
A. Secondary prevention - early detection screening contact tracing TB skin test IGRA, isolate, treat latent
B. Primary
C. No prevention
D. Tertiary
Answer: A
Rationale: Contact tracing TB is secondary prevention early detection screening TB skin test IGRA isolate treat latent. Primary vaccine education, tertiary rehabilitation.
7. A community has high incidence of lead poisoning in children living in old housing. What is the most appropriate intervention?
A. Primary prevention - remove lead paint hazard, educate, screening secondary - blood lead levels, but primary remove hazard, secondary screening, tertiary chelation
treatment
B. Tertiary prevention
C. No intervention
D. Only screening
Answer: A
Rationale: Lead poisoning old housing primary prevention remove lead paint hazard educate, secondary screening blood lead levels, tertiary chelation treatment. Most
appropriate primary remove hazard.
8. A nurse is working with a community with high rates of obesity. What is an example of a community-level intervention?
A. Individual counseling only
B. No community intervention
C. Community-level - farmers market access, walking trails, school lunch policy, community gardens, bike lanes, worksite wellness
D. Only medication
Answer: C
Rationale: Community-level obesity interventions farmers market access walking trails school lunch policy community gardens bike lanes worksite wellness policy
environmental change.
9. A community has high incidence of lead poisoning in children living in old housing. What is the most appropriate intervention?
,A. No intervention
B. Tertiary prevention
C. Only screening
D. Primary prevention - remove lead paint hazard, educate, screening secondary - blood lead levels, but primary remove hazard, secondary screening, tertiary chelation
treatment
Answer: D
Rationale: Lead poisoning old housing primary prevention remove lead paint hazard educate, secondary screening blood lead levels, tertiary chelation treatment. Most
appropriate primary remove hazard.
10. A community health nurse is planning a smoking cessation program. What model is appropriate for behavior change?
A. Only one model
B. No behavior model
C. Behavior change models - Health Belief Model perceived susceptibility severity benefits barriers self-efficacy, Transtheoretical Model stages change precontemplation
contemplation preparation action maintenance, Social Cognitive Theory
D. No model
Answer: C
Rationale: Behavior change Health Belief Model perceived susceptibility severity benefits barriers self-efficacy Transtheoretical stages change precontemplation
contemplation preparation action maintenance Social Cognitive Theory.
11. A public health nurse uses the epidemiology triangle to assess disease. What are the components?
A. Epidemiology triangle - agent, host, environment - agent causative, host susceptible, environment factors that affect
B. No triangle
C. Only agent
D. Only host
Answer: A
Rationale: Epidemiology triangle agent causative, host susceptible, environment factors affect transmission.
12. A public health nurse is planning a program for disaster preparedness. What phase is conducting drills?
A. No phases
B. Recovery
C. Mitigation only
D. Preparedness phase - planning drills training stockpiling - phases mitigation prevention preparedness response recovery
Answer: D
Rationale: Disaster phases mitigation prevention preparedness drills training stockpiling response recovery. Conducting drills is preparedness.
13. A public health nurse is assessing a community. What is the first step of community assessment?
A. Windshield survey and community assessment - gather data demographics, vital statistics, environment, health resources, windshield survey objective observation, data
collection interviews
B. Evaluate
C. Implement program
D. No assessment
Answer: A
Rationale: Community assessment first step windshield survey and data collection demographics vital statistics environment health resources objective observation
interviews.
14. A nurse is planning a primary prevention program for influenza in a community. What is example of primary prevention?
A. Screening
B. Primary prevention - prevent disease before occurrence - influenza vaccine, health education hand hygiene, health promotion
C. Treatment
D. Rehabilitation
Answer: B
Rationale: Primary prevention prevent disease before occurrence vaccine health education hand hygiene health promotion. Secondary screening early detection. Tertiary
rehabilitation treatment complications.
15. A nurse is working with a community with high rates of obesity. What is an example of a community-level intervention?
A. Individual counseling only
B. No community intervention
C. Only medication
D. Community-level - farmers market access, walking trails, school lunch policy, community gardens, bike lanes, worksite wellness
Answer: D
Rationale: Community-level obesity interventions farmers market access walking trails school lunch policy community gardens bike lanes worksite wellness policy
environmental change.
16. A nurse is teaching about sexually transmitted infection prevention in a community. What is primary prevention?
A. Screening for STI
B. No prevention
C. Primary prevention STI - abstinence condoms education, vaccination HPV Hep B, secondary screening, tertiary treatment complications
D. Only treatment
Answer: C
Rationale: Primary STI prevention abstinence condoms education vaccination HPV Hep B secondary screening tertiary treatment complications.
17. A nurse is assessing water quality in a community. What disease is waterborne?
A. Influenza
B. Waterborne diseases - cholera, giardia, cryptosporidium, E. coli, hepatitis A, typhoid - due to contaminated water
C. Only air
D. No waterborne
Answer: B
, Rationale: Waterborne cholera giardia cryptosporidium E. coli hepatitis A typhoid contaminated water.
18. A nurse is educating about herd immunity. What percentage vaccination needed for herd immunity for measles?
A. No herd immunity
B. 50%
C. Herd immunity measles highly contagious requires 95% vaccination coverage, polio 80-85%, influenza lower - concept protects unvaccinated if enough vaccinated
D. Only 30%
Answer: C
Rationale: Herd immunity measles highly contagious requires 95% coverage polio 80-85% influenza lower protects unvaccinated if enough vaccinated.
19. A nurse is assessing water quality in a community. What disease is waterborne?
A. No waterborne
B. Influenza
C. Waterborne diseases - cholera, giardia, cryptosporidium, E. coli, hepatitis A, typhoid - due to contaminated water
D. Only air
Answer: C
Rationale: Waterborne cholera giardia cryptosporidium E. coli hepatitis A typhoid contaminated water.
20. A community health nurse is conducting contact tracing for tuberculosis. What level of prevention is contact tracing?
A. Tertiary
B. No prevention
C. Primary
D. Secondary prevention - early detection screening contact tracing TB skin test IGRA, isolate, treat latent
Answer: D
Rationale: Contact tracing TB is secondary prevention early detection screening TB skin test IGRA isolate treat latent. Primary vaccine education, tertiary rehabilitation.
21. A community health nurse is planning a smoking cessation program. What model is appropriate for behavior change?
A. Only one model
B. No behavior model
C. No model
D. Behavior change models - Health Belief Model perceived susceptibility severity benefits barriers self-efficacy, Transtheoretical Model stages change precontemplation
contemplation preparation action maintenance, Social Cognitive Theory
Answer: D
Rationale: Behavior change Health Belief Model perceived susceptibility severity benefits barriers self-efficacy Transtheoretical stages change precontemplation
contemplation preparation action maintenance Social Cognitive Theory.
22. A nurse is working with a community with high rates of obesity. What is an example of a community-level intervention?
A. Individual counseling only
B. Community-level - farmers market access, walking trails, school lunch policy, community gardens, bike lanes, worksite wellness
C. Only medication
D. No community intervention
Answer: B
Rationale: Community-level obesity interventions farmers market access walking trails school lunch policy community gardens bike lanes worksite wellness policy
environmental change.
23. A public health nurse is planning a program for disaster preparedness. What phase is conducting drills?
A. Recovery
B. Mitigation only
C. No phases
D. Preparedness phase - planning drills training stockpiling - phases mitigation prevention preparedness response recovery
Answer: D
Rationale: Disaster phases mitigation prevention preparedness drills training stockpiling response recovery. Conducting drills is preparedness.
24. A nurse is educating about herd immunity. What percentage vaccination needed for herd immunity for measles?
A. Only 30%
B. No herd immunity
C. 50%
D. Herd immunity measles highly contagious requires 95% vaccination coverage, polio 80-85%, influenza lower - concept protects unvaccinated if enough vaccinated
Answer: D
Rationale: Herd immunity measles highly contagious requires 95% coverage polio 80-85% influenza lower protects unvaccinated if enough vaccinated.
25. A nurse is assessing for health disparities in a community. What is an example of health disparity?
A. Equal health
B. No disparity
C. Health disparity - difference in health outcomes between groups - higher infant mortality among African American, diabetes prevalence among low income, access
differences
D. Only genetics
Answer: C
Rationale: Health disparity difference in health outcomes between groups higher infant mortality African American diabetes low income access differences.
26. A nurse is assessing for health disparities in a community. What is an example of health disparity?
A. No disparity
B. Equal health
C. Only genetics
D. Health disparity - difference in health outcomes between groups - higher infant mortality among African American, diabetes prevalence among low income, access
differences
Answer: D
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Community Health HESI | Public Health Nursing | High Yield | Graded A+ Latest
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. I. Community Assessment - Windshield Survey Objective Observation Data Collection Demographics Vital Statistics Environment Health Resources
Interviews, Community as Client
2. II. Epidemiology - Epidemiology Triangle Agent Host Environment, Epidemic Curve Attack Rate Incidence Prevalence, Outbreak Investigation Case
Definition Source Transmission Control Measures
3. III. Levels of Prevention - Primary Prevention Prevent Disease Before Occurrence Vaccine Health Education Hand Hygiene Health Promotion,
Secondary Prevention Early Detection Screening Contact Tracing TB Skin Test IGRA Isolate Treat Latent, Tertiary Prevention Prevent Complications
Disability Rehabilitation Treatment After Diagnosis Prescribing Antihypertensive DASH Diet Prevent Stroke MI
4. IV. Environmental Health - Lead Poisoning Old Housing Primary Prevention Remove Lead Paint Hazard Educate Secondary Screening Blood Lead
Tertiary Chelation, Waterborne Diseases Cholera Giardia Cryptosporidium E. coli Hepatitis A Typhoid Contaminated Water, Air Pollution
5. V. Communicable Disease - Contact Tracing TB Secondary Prevention, STI Primary Prevention Abstinence Condoms Education Vaccination HPV
Hep B Secondary Screening Tertiary Treatment Complications, Influenza Primary Prevention Vaccine Hand Hygiene Secondary Screening
6. VI. Immunization & Herd Immunity - Herd Immunity Measles 95% Coverage Polio 80-85% Influenza Lower Protects Unvaccinated If Enough
Vaccinated, Vaccine Schedule, Healthy People 2030 Goals Increase Immunization Rates Reduce Preventable Disease Eliminate Disparities
7. VII. Health Disparities & Vulnerable Populations - Health Disparity Difference Health Outcomes Between Groups Higher Infant Mortality African
American Diabetes Low Income Access Differences, Refugee Population Cultural Competence Health Beliefs Practices Language Interpreter Trust
Trauma Informed Barriers Access Culturally Sensitive Care, Elderly Living Alone Home Visit Safety Fall Hazards ADLs IADLs Medication Adherence
Nutrition Social Support Isolation Elder Abuse Environment, SIDS Primary Prevention Supine Back to Sleep Firm Mattress No Soft Bedding No Smoking
Breastfeeding Pacifier Room Sharing Not Bed Sharing
8. VIII. Disaster Management - Disaster Phases Mitigation Prevention Preparedness Drills Training Stockpiling Response Recovery, Preparedness
Phase Planning Drills Training Stockpiling, Response Phase Priority Triage Save Lives Emergency Care Shelter Safety Communication, Recovery
Rebuilding
9. IX. Family & Home Health - Home Visit Elderly Safety Fall Hazards ADLs IADLs Medication Adherence Nutrition Social Support Isolation Elder Abuse
Environment, Family Assessment
10. X. Health Education & Behavior Change - Health Belief Model Perceived Susceptibility Severity Benefits Barriers Self-Efficacy, Transtheoretical
Model Stages Change Precontemplation Contemplation Preparation Action Maintenance, Social Cognitive Theory, Community-Level Obesity
Interventions Farmers Market Access Walking Trails School Lunch Policy Community Gardens Bike Lanes Worksite Wellness Policy Environmental
Change
11. XI. Program Planning & Evaluation - Outcome Evaluation Measure Effect Program Health Outcomes Decreased Incidence Improved Immunization
Rates Behavior Change vs Process Evaluation Activities Implementation, Planning Implementation Evaluation
12. XII. Practice Questions - Each Asked Like Real Community Health HESI Exam
13. XIII. Answer Key with Verified Answers With Rationales Graded A+ Latest
,COMMUNITY HEALTH HESI PRACTICE EXAM - QUESTIONS ASKED LIKE REAL EXAM
Based on Community Health HESI Blueprint - Community Assessment Epidemiology Levels Prevention Environmental Health Communicable Disease Immunization Health Disparities Disaster Management
Family Home Health Education Behavior Change Program Planning Evaluation. High Yield.
1. A nurse is working with a community with high rates of obesity. What is an example of a community-level intervention?
A. No community intervention
B. Community-level - farmers market access, walking trails, school lunch policy, community gardens, bike lanes, worksite wellness
C. Only medication
D. Individual counseling only
Answer: B
Rationale: Community-level obesity interventions farmers market access walking trails school lunch policy community gardens bike lanes worksite wellness policy
environmental change.
2. A nurse is planning a primary prevention program for influenza in a community. What is example of primary prevention?
A. Rehabilitation
B. Screening
C. Primary prevention - prevent disease before occurrence - influenza vaccine, health education hand hygiene, health promotion
D. Treatment
Answer: C
Rationale: Primary prevention prevent disease before occurrence vaccine health education hand hygiene health promotion. Secondary screening early detection. Tertiary
rehabilitation treatment complications.
3. A public health nurse uses the epidemiology triangle to assess disease. What are the components?
A. Only host
B. Only agent
C. Epidemiology triangle - agent, host, environment - agent causative, host susceptible, environment factors that affect
D. No triangle
Answer: C
Rationale: Epidemiology triangle agent causative, host susceptible, environment factors affect transmission.
4. A community health nurse is planning a smoking cessation program. What model is appropriate for behavior change?
A. No behavior model
B. No model
C. Behavior change models - Health Belief Model perceived susceptibility severity benefits barriers self-efficacy, Transtheoretical Model stages change precontemplation
contemplation preparation action maintenance, Social Cognitive Theory
D. Only one model
Answer: C
Rationale: Behavior change Health Belief Model perceived susceptibility severity benefits barriers self-efficacy Transtheoretical stages change precontemplation
contemplation preparation action maintenance Social Cognitive Theory.
5. A public health nurse is planning a program for disaster preparedness. What phase is conducting drills?
A. Preparedness phase - planning drills training stockpiling - phases mitigation prevention preparedness response recovery
B. No phases
C. Mitigation only
D. Recovery
Answer: A
Rationale: Disaster phases mitigation prevention preparedness drills training stockpiling response recovery. Conducting drills is preparedness.
6. A community health nurse is conducting contact tracing for tuberculosis. What level of prevention is contact tracing?
A. Secondary prevention - early detection screening contact tracing TB skin test IGRA, isolate, treat latent
B. Primary
C. No prevention
D. Tertiary
Answer: A
Rationale: Contact tracing TB is secondary prevention early detection screening TB skin test IGRA isolate treat latent. Primary vaccine education, tertiary rehabilitation.
7. A community has high incidence of lead poisoning in children living in old housing. What is the most appropriate intervention?
A. Primary prevention - remove lead paint hazard, educate, screening secondary - blood lead levels, but primary remove hazard, secondary screening, tertiary chelation
treatment
B. Tertiary prevention
C. No intervention
D. Only screening
Answer: A
Rationale: Lead poisoning old housing primary prevention remove lead paint hazard educate, secondary screening blood lead levels, tertiary chelation treatment. Most
appropriate primary remove hazard.
8. A nurse is working with a community with high rates of obesity. What is an example of a community-level intervention?
A. Individual counseling only
B. No community intervention
C. Community-level - farmers market access, walking trails, school lunch policy, community gardens, bike lanes, worksite wellness
D. Only medication
Answer: C
Rationale: Community-level obesity interventions farmers market access walking trails school lunch policy community gardens bike lanes worksite wellness policy
environmental change.
9. A community has high incidence of lead poisoning in children living in old housing. What is the most appropriate intervention?
,A. No intervention
B. Tertiary prevention
C. Only screening
D. Primary prevention - remove lead paint hazard, educate, screening secondary - blood lead levels, but primary remove hazard, secondary screening, tertiary chelation
treatment
Answer: D
Rationale: Lead poisoning old housing primary prevention remove lead paint hazard educate, secondary screening blood lead levels, tertiary chelation treatment. Most
appropriate primary remove hazard.
10. A community health nurse is planning a smoking cessation program. What model is appropriate for behavior change?
A. Only one model
B. No behavior model
C. Behavior change models - Health Belief Model perceived susceptibility severity benefits barriers self-efficacy, Transtheoretical Model stages change precontemplation
contemplation preparation action maintenance, Social Cognitive Theory
D. No model
Answer: C
Rationale: Behavior change Health Belief Model perceived susceptibility severity benefits barriers self-efficacy Transtheoretical stages change precontemplation
contemplation preparation action maintenance Social Cognitive Theory.
11. A public health nurse uses the epidemiology triangle to assess disease. What are the components?
A. Epidemiology triangle - agent, host, environment - agent causative, host susceptible, environment factors that affect
B. No triangle
C. Only agent
D. Only host
Answer: A
Rationale: Epidemiology triangle agent causative, host susceptible, environment factors affect transmission.
12. A public health nurse is planning a program for disaster preparedness. What phase is conducting drills?
A. No phases
B. Recovery
C. Mitigation only
D. Preparedness phase - planning drills training stockpiling - phases mitigation prevention preparedness response recovery
Answer: D
Rationale: Disaster phases mitigation prevention preparedness drills training stockpiling response recovery. Conducting drills is preparedness.
13. A public health nurse is assessing a community. What is the first step of community assessment?
A. Windshield survey and community assessment - gather data demographics, vital statistics, environment, health resources, windshield survey objective observation, data
collection interviews
B. Evaluate
C. Implement program
D. No assessment
Answer: A
Rationale: Community assessment first step windshield survey and data collection demographics vital statistics environment health resources objective observation
interviews.
14. A nurse is planning a primary prevention program for influenza in a community. What is example of primary prevention?
A. Screening
B. Primary prevention - prevent disease before occurrence - influenza vaccine, health education hand hygiene, health promotion
C. Treatment
D. Rehabilitation
Answer: B
Rationale: Primary prevention prevent disease before occurrence vaccine health education hand hygiene health promotion. Secondary screening early detection. Tertiary
rehabilitation treatment complications.
15. A nurse is working with a community with high rates of obesity. What is an example of a community-level intervention?
A. Individual counseling only
B. No community intervention
C. Only medication
D. Community-level - farmers market access, walking trails, school lunch policy, community gardens, bike lanes, worksite wellness
Answer: D
Rationale: Community-level obesity interventions farmers market access walking trails school lunch policy community gardens bike lanes worksite wellness policy
environmental change.
16. A nurse is teaching about sexually transmitted infection prevention in a community. What is primary prevention?
A. Screening for STI
B. No prevention
C. Primary prevention STI - abstinence condoms education, vaccination HPV Hep B, secondary screening, tertiary treatment complications
D. Only treatment
Answer: C
Rationale: Primary STI prevention abstinence condoms education vaccination HPV Hep B secondary screening tertiary treatment complications.
17. A nurse is assessing water quality in a community. What disease is waterborne?
A. Influenza
B. Waterborne diseases - cholera, giardia, cryptosporidium, E. coli, hepatitis A, typhoid - due to contaminated water
C. Only air
D. No waterborne
Answer: B
, Rationale: Waterborne cholera giardia cryptosporidium E. coli hepatitis A typhoid contaminated water.
18. A nurse is educating about herd immunity. What percentage vaccination needed for herd immunity for measles?
A. No herd immunity
B. 50%
C. Herd immunity measles highly contagious requires 95% vaccination coverage, polio 80-85%, influenza lower - concept protects unvaccinated if enough vaccinated
D. Only 30%
Answer: C
Rationale: Herd immunity measles highly contagious requires 95% coverage polio 80-85% influenza lower protects unvaccinated if enough vaccinated.
19. A nurse is assessing water quality in a community. What disease is waterborne?
A. No waterborne
B. Influenza
C. Waterborne diseases - cholera, giardia, cryptosporidium, E. coli, hepatitis A, typhoid - due to contaminated water
D. Only air
Answer: C
Rationale: Waterborne cholera giardia cryptosporidium E. coli hepatitis A typhoid contaminated water.
20. A community health nurse is conducting contact tracing for tuberculosis. What level of prevention is contact tracing?
A. Tertiary
B. No prevention
C. Primary
D. Secondary prevention - early detection screening contact tracing TB skin test IGRA, isolate, treat latent
Answer: D
Rationale: Contact tracing TB is secondary prevention early detection screening TB skin test IGRA isolate treat latent. Primary vaccine education, tertiary rehabilitation.
21. A community health nurse is planning a smoking cessation program. What model is appropriate for behavior change?
A. Only one model
B. No behavior model
C. No model
D. Behavior change models - Health Belief Model perceived susceptibility severity benefits barriers self-efficacy, Transtheoretical Model stages change precontemplation
contemplation preparation action maintenance, Social Cognitive Theory
Answer: D
Rationale: Behavior change Health Belief Model perceived susceptibility severity benefits barriers self-efficacy Transtheoretical stages change precontemplation
contemplation preparation action maintenance Social Cognitive Theory.
22. A nurse is working with a community with high rates of obesity. What is an example of a community-level intervention?
A. Individual counseling only
B. Community-level - farmers market access, walking trails, school lunch policy, community gardens, bike lanes, worksite wellness
C. Only medication
D. No community intervention
Answer: B
Rationale: Community-level obesity interventions farmers market access walking trails school lunch policy community gardens bike lanes worksite wellness policy
environmental change.
23. A public health nurse is planning a program for disaster preparedness. What phase is conducting drills?
A. Recovery
B. Mitigation only
C. No phases
D. Preparedness phase - planning drills training stockpiling - phases mitigation prevention preparedness response recovery
Answer: D
Rationale: Disaster phases mitigation prevention preparedness drills training stockpiling response recovery. Conducting drills is preparedness.
24. A nurse is educating about herd immunity. What percentage vaccination needed for herd immunity for measles?
A. Only 30%
B. No herd immunity
C. 50%
D. Herd immunity measles highly contagious requires 95% vaccination coverage, polio 80-85%, influenza lower - concept protects unvaccinated if enough vaccinated
Answer: D
Rationale: Herd immunity measles highly contagious requires 95% coverage polio 80-85% influenza lower protects unvaccinated if enough vaccinated.
25. A nurse is assessing for health disparities in a community. What is an example of health disparity?
A. Equal health
B. No disparity
C. Health disparity - difference in health outcomes between groups - higher infant mortality among African American, diabetes prevalence among low income, access
differences
D. Only genetics
Answer: C
Rationale: Health disparity difference in health outcomes between groups higher infant mortality African American diabetes low income access differences.
26. A nurse is assessing for health disparities in a community. What is an example of health disparity?
A. No disparity
B. Equal health
C. Only genetics
D. Health disparity - difference in health outcomes between groups - higher infant mortality among African American, diabetes prevalence among low income, access
differences
Answer: D
