CMN 420 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WELL ANSWERED LATEST UPDATE 2026
Distinguish between the 3 types of communities - Answers 1.) Geographic Community
2.) Common-Interest Community
3.) Community of Solution
Geographic Community - Answers Community defined by its geographic boundaries; city, town,
neighborhood
Common-Interest Community - Answers A collection of people, even if they are widely separated
geographically, can have an interest or goal that binds them together; a church group, members of
international nursing organization, families who have lost a loved one to suicide
Community of Solution - Answers A group of people that come together to solve a problem that
affects all of them; agencies and county personnel coming together to solve water pollution problem
Leading Health Indicators page 15 - Answers -Access to health services
-Clinical preventive services
-Environmental quality
-Injury and violence
-Maternal, Infant, and Child health
-Mental health
-Nutrition, physical activity, and obesity
-Oral health
-Reproductive and sexual health
-Social determinants
-Substance abuse
-Tobacco
Qualities of a Healthy Community - Answers -Equity (lack of disparities)
-A strong economy and employment opportunities (lack of poverty)
-Education
-Health care and preventive health services
-A stable, sustainable ecosystem and environment
-Inclusive, equitable, and broad community participation
-Employ environmental strategies
-Engage multi sector participation
-The capacity to assess and address their own health concerns
-Collaboration between partners
-Housing/shelter
-Civic engagement
-Healthy public policy
-Access to healthy food
-Safety
-Opportunities for active learning
-Transportation
-Empowered population
-Healthy child development
-Use data to guide and measure efforts
Primary Prevention - Answers Prevention; measures taken to keep illness or injury from occurring
Secondary Prevention - Answers Screening; efforts taken to detect and treat existing health conditions
at the earliest possible stage, when disease or impairment is already present
Tertiary Prevention - Answers Tertiary Prevention
Treatment; attempts to reduce the extent of severity of a health problem to its lowest possible level,
so as to minimize disability and restore or preserve function.
Health Promotion - Answers Includes all efforts that seek to move people closer to optimal well-being
or higher levels of wellness; health education, preventive health care services, wellness programs
Disease Prevention - Answers Anticipating and averting health problems or discovering them as early
as possible in order to minimize potential disability or impairment
The Core Public Health Functions Basic to CH Nursing - Answers 1.) Assessment
, 2.) Policy Development
3.) Assurance
Assessment - Answers Gathering and analyzing info that will affect the health of people to be served
Policy Development - Answers The synthesis and analysis of info gained during assessment
Assurance - Answers Activities that make certain that services are provided
Roles of the Community Health Nurse - Answers 1.) Clinician
2.) Educator
3.) Advocate
4.) Manager
5.) Collaborator
6.) Leadership
7.) Researcher
Clinician - Answers The nurse ensures that health services are provided not just to individuals and
families, but also to groups and populations
Educator - Answers Health teacher
Advocate - Answers Pleads the patients' causes or acting on their behalf
Actions include:
1.) being assertive,
2.) taking risks,
3.) communicating and negotiating well,
and 4.) identifying resources and obtaining results
Manager - Answers Exercises administrative direction toward the accomplishment of specified goals
by assessing clients' needs, planning and organizing to meet those needs, directing and reading to
achieve results, and controlling and evaluating the progress to ensure that goals are met
Collaborator - Answers Working jointly with others in a common endeavor, cooperating as partners
Leadership - Answers Directs, influences, or persuades others to affect change that will positively
impact people's health and move them toward a goal
Case Management - Answers A systematic process by which a nurse assesses clients' needs, plans for
and coordinates services, refers to other appropriate providers, and monitors and evaluates progress
to ensure clients' multiple service needs are met in a cost-effective manner
Researcher - Answers Engages in the systematic investigation, collection, and analysis of data for
solving problems and enhancing community health practice
Steps in Ethical Decision Making - Answers 1.) Define the problem(s)
2.) Ethical review
3.) Consider the options
4.) Investigate outcomes
5.) Decide on action
6.) Evaluate results
Self-Interest - Answers The fulfillment of one's own desires, without regard for the greater good
Self-Determination - Answers A person's exercise of the capacity to shape and pursue personal plans
for life
Equity - Answers Justice, being treated equally or fairly
Well-Being - Answers A state of positive health
Distinguish between the 3 types of communities - Answers 1.) Geographic Community
2.) Common-Interest Community
3.) Community of Solution
Geographic Community - Answers Community defined by its geographic boundaries; city, town,
neighborhood
Common-Interest Community - Answers A collection of people, even if they are widely separated
geographically, can have an interest or goal that binds them together; a church group, members of
international nursing organization, families who have lost a loved one to suicide
Community of Solution - Answers A group of people that come together to solve a problem that
affects all of them; agencies and county personnel coming together to solve water pollution problem
Leading Health Indicators page 15 - Answers -Access to health services
-Clinical preventive services
-Environmental quality
-Injury and violence
-Maternal, Infant, and Child health
-Mental health
-Nutrition, physical activity, and obesity
-Oral health
-Reproductive and sexual health
-Social determinants
-Substance abuse
-Tobacco
Qualities of a Healthy Community - Answers -Equity (lack of disparities)
-A strong economy and employment opportunities (lack of poverty)
-Education
-Health care and preventive health services
-A stable, sustainable ecosystem and environment
-Inclusive, equitable, and broad community participation
-Employ environmental strategies
-Engage multi sector participation
-The capacity to assess and address their own health concerns
-Collaboration between partners
-Housing/shelter
-Civic engagement
-Healthy public policy
-Access to healthy food
-Safety
-Opportunities for active learning
-Transportation
-Empowered population
-Healthy child development
-Use data to guide and measure efforts
Primary Prevention - Answers Prevention; measures taken to keep illness or injury from occurring
Secondary Prevention - Answers Screening; efforts taken to detect and treat existing health conditions
at the earliest possible stage, when disease or impairment is already present
Tertiary Prevention - Answers Tertiary Prevention
Treatment; attempts to reduce the extent of severity of a health problem to its lowest possible level,
so as to minimize disability and restore or preserve function.
Health Promotion - Answers Includes all efforts that seek to move people closer to optimal well-being
or higher levels of wellness; health education, preventive health care services, wellness programs
Disease Prevention - Answers Anticipating and averting health problems or discovering them as early
as possible in order to minimize potential disability or impairment
The Core Public Health Functions Basic to CH Nursing - Answers 1.) Assessment
, 2.) Policy Development
3.) Assurance
Assessment - Answers Gathering and analyzing info that will affect the health of people to be served
Policy Development - Answers The synthesis and analysis of info gained during assessment
Assurance - Answers Activities that make certain that services are provided
Roles of the Community Health Nurse - Answers 1.) Clinician
2.) Educator
3.) Advocate
4.) Manager
5.) Collaborator
6.) Leadership
7.) Researcher
Clinician - Answers The nurse ensures that health services are provided not just to individuals and
families, but also to groups and populations
Educator - Answers Health teacher
Advocate - Answers Pleads the patients' causes or acting on their behalf
Actions include:
1.) being assertive,
2.) taking risks,
3.) communicating and negotiating well,
and 4.) identifying resources and obtaining results
Manager - Answers Exercises administrative direction toward the accomplishment of specified goals
by assessing clients' needs, planning and organizing to meet those needs, directing and reading to
achieve results, and controlling and evaluating the progress to ensure that goals are met
Collaborator - Answers Working jointly with others in a common endeavor, cooperating as partners
Leadership - Answers Directs, influences, or persuades others to affect change that will positively
impact people's health and move them toward a goal
Case Management - Answers A systematic process by which a nurse assesses clients' needs, plans for
and coordinates services, refers to other appropriate providers, and monitors and evaluates progress
to ensure clients' multiple service needs are met in a cost-effective manner
Researcher - Answers Engages in the systematic investigation, collection, and analysis of data for
solving problems and enhancing community health practice
Steps in Ethical Decision Making - Answers 1.) Define the problem(s)
2.) Ethical review
3.) Consider the options
4.) Investigate outcomes
5.) Decide on action
6.) Evaluate results
Self-Interest - Answers The fulfillment of one's own desires, without regard for the greater good
Self-Determination - Answers A person's exercise of the capacity to shape and pursue personal plans
for life
Equity - Answers Justice, being treated equally or fairly
Well-Being - Answers A state of positive health
