RN COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Definition of health. Answer: State of complete physical, mental,
and social well-being; Remember, the community you are working
with may not define health in the same way that you define health
◉ Factors that define a community. Answer: 1. Geographic boundary
2. common interests
3. people who interact with each other
4. social units
5. civic parameters
6. Common beliefs/goals
◉ What is detrimental to health?. Answer: * Lack of health care
access
,* Economic conditions
* Social and environmental and cultural practices
* Disease
* Death
* Disability
◉ Which topics should be targeted to encourage overall health?
(Leading health indicators). Answer: * Nutrition, physical health, and
obesity
* Oral health
* Reproductive and sexual health
* Social determinants
* Substance abuse
,* Tobacco
* Access to health care
* Preventative services
* Environmental quality
* Injury and violence
* Maternal, infant and child health
* Mental health
◉ Healthy People 2020 focuses on... *. Answer: Leading health
indicators
◉ Healthy People 2030. Answer: goals will be focused on reducing
health problems based on current trends; added importance of
policy
, ◉ Purposes of community health. Answer: preventing disease,
prolonging life, and promoting health and efficiency through
organized community effort
◉ Function of public health assessment. Answer: Regular collection,
analysis, and information sharing about health conditions, risks, and
resources in a community; resources available is a huge impact to
whether plans will work
◉ Function of public health policy development. Answer:
Information taken from assessment to develop local and state health
policies and to direct resources toward those policies; views from
personal, community, and state-level can be very different,
impacting how money/budget spending is allocated
◉ Function of public health assurance. Answer: Focuses on the
availability of necessary health services throughout the community;
tobacco use/substance abuse: are there available resources such as
screenings/ support groups/etc
◉ Role of the community health nurse in policy development.
Answer: Use of the nursing process (ADPIE) to determine necessary
policy changes for the betterment of the community. Nurses have a
voice
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Definition of health. Answer: State of complete physical, mental,
and social well-being; Remember, the community you are working
with may not define health in the same way that you define health
◉ Factors that define a community. Answer: 1. Geographic boundary
2. common interests
3. people who interact with each other
4. social units
5. civic parameters
6. Common beliefs/goals
◉ What is detrimental to health?. Answer: * Lack of health care
access
,* Economic conditions
* Social and environmental and cultural practices
* Disease
* Death
* Disability
◉ Which topics should be targeted to encourage overall health?
(Leading health indicators). Answer: * Nutrition, physical health, and
obesity
* Oral health
* Reproductive and sexual health
* Social determinants
* Substance abuse
,* Tobacco
* Access to health care
* Preventative services
* Environmental quality
* Injury and violence
* Maternal, infant and child health
* Mental health
◉ Healthy People 2020 focuses on... *. Answer: Leading health
indicators
◉ Healthy People 2030. Answer: goals will be focused on reducing
health problems based on current trends; added importance of
policy
, ◉ Purposes of community health. Answer: preventing disease,
prolonging life, and promoting health and efficiency through
organized community effort
◉ Function of public health assessment. Answer: Regular collection,
analysis, and information sharing about health conditions, risks, and
resources in a community; resources available is a huge impact to
whether plans will work
◉ Function of public health policy development. Answer:
Information taken from assessment to develop local and state health
policies and to direct resources toward those policies; views from
personal, community, and state-level can be very different,
impacting how money/budget spending is allocated
◉ Function of public health assurance. Answer: Focuses on the
availability of necessary health services throughout the community;
tobacco use/substance abuse: are there available resources such as
screenings/ support groups/etc
◉ Role of the community health nurse in policy development.
Answer: Use of the nursing process (ADPIE) to determine necessary
policy changes for the betterment of the community. Nurses have a
voice
