Public Health Nursing Exam Prep Guide –
Community Assessment, Epidemiology,
Population Health & Practice Questions
Master the essential concepts of Public Health Nursing with this complete 2025 study guide
covering community assessment, epidemiology, disease prevention, population health
management, health promotion strategies, and practice questions to help nursing students and
professionals excel in public health roles and certification exams.
• Public Health Nursing
• Community Health Nursing
• Public Health Nursing exam review
• Public Health Nursing study guide
• Question: A nurse is working with a 17-yr-old pregnant cocaine addict
who is homeless.
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Ans:
• WOTF best describes this client?
• Ans: A vulnerable individual
•
• Question: What is implied by the web of causation model?
• Ans: Variables interact resulting in higher probability of illness
•
• Question: WOTF is a characteristic of a vulnerable population?
• Ans: Have worse health outcomes and an increased sensitivity to risk
factors than the
• general population
Question: A nurse is working with a vulnerable population. WOTF is the nurse
most likely working with?
Ans: Families earning less than $15,000/year
Question: Resilience refers to the:
resistance of certain groups to risk factors
,Question: The wide variations in health services and health status between
certain population groups are called:
Ans: health disparities
Question: A nurse operates a school-based clinic in a local school where
multiple providers and
disciplines offer care to children, making it easier for children to access health
care. WOTF best describes this approach?
Ans: Comprehensive services
Question: A nurse is caring for a population that has experienced a health
disparity. WOTF best describes a health disparity?
Ans: Low childhood immunization rates
Question: A nurse is developing a one-stop service to meet the needs of a
vulnerable group.
WOTF would the nurse most likely create?
Ans: Providing multiple services during a single clinic visit
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Ans:
Question: A nurse is working with multiple vulnerable groups. WOTF would
be most sensitive to adverse effects?
Ans: Poor, older woman with no means of transportation
Question: Which federal program created support for older and poor
Americans?
Ans: Social Security Act
Question: A client is self-employed as a mechanic and has no health
insurance coverage. WOTF best describes the legislation that will assist this
client in obtaining health insurance?
Ans: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Question: A nurse considers an audience's ability to read, comprehend, and
act on medical
Community Assessment, Epidemiology,
Population Health & Practice Questions
Master the essential concepts of Public Health Nursing with this complete 2025 study guide
covering community assessment, epidemiology, disease prevention, population health
management, health promotion strategies, and practice questions to help nursing students and
professionals excel in public health roles and certification exams.
• Public Health Nursing
• Community Health Nursing
• Public Health Nursing exam review
• Public Health Nursing study guide
• Question: A nurse is working with a 17-yr-old pregnant cocaine addict
who is homeless.
, Page | 2
Ans:
• WOTF best describes this client?
• Ans: A vulnerable individual
•
• Question: What is implied by the web of causation model?
• Ans: Variables interact resulting in higher probability of illness
•
• Question: WOTF is a characteristic of a vulnerable population?
• Ans: Have worse health outcomes and an increased sensitivity to risk
factors than the
• general population
Question: A nurse is working with a vulnerable population. WOTF is the nurse
most likely working with?
Ans: Families earning less than $15,000/year
Question: Resilience refers to the:
resistance of certain groups to risk factors
,Question: The wide variations in health services and health status between
certain population groups are called:
Ans: health disparities
Question: A nurse operates a school-based clinic in a local school where
multiple providers and
disciplines offer care to children, making it easier for children to access health
care. WOTF best describes this approach?
Ans: Comprehensive services
Question: A nurse is caring for a population that has experienced a health
disparity. WOTF best describes a health disparity?
Ans: Low childhood immunization rates
Question: A nurse is developing a one-stop service to meet the needs of a
vulnerable group.
WOTF would the nurse most likely create?
Ans: Providing multiple services during a single clinic visit
, Page | 4
Ans:
Question: A nurse is working with multiple vulnerable groups. WOTF would
be most sensitive to adverse effects?
Ans: Poor, older woman with no means of transportation
Question: Which federal program created support for older and poor
Americans?
Ans: Social Security Act
Question: A client is self-employed as a mechanic and has no health
insurance coverage. WOTF best describes the legislation that will assist this
client in obtaining health insurance?
Ans: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Question: A nurse considers an audience's ability to read, comprehend, and
act on medical
