WGU D518 - PRIORITY HEALTH NEEDS
PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Federal role in public health.
Answer: monitors health needs, sets policies & standards, supports research;
supports state & local initiativeslate 1800s in urban areas regulate baths,
sanitization1912 empowered to investigate what causes diseases and
decrease spread of diseases
◍ What are short term goals?.
Answer: weeks to months, help achieve longterm goals
◍ A Chief Executive Officer of a hospital knowingly and willingly
participated in sharing personal health information with a pharmaceutical
company without the patient's consent.Which consequence, based on
HIPAA, does the CEO face?.
Answer: pressing criminal charges
◍ Health care in the 1980s.
Answer: -concern w/ high cost-funding to acute care rather than
prevention-public policy focus-healthy people initiative
◍ A patient arrived at an urgent care center with an injured foot, and the
provider prescribed Tylenol for him. The patient had a broken foot that was
not diagnosed because the doctor did not order x-rays. The patient went to a
nearby hospital's emergency room the next day and was treated by a
different doctor, who did diagose the broken foot from an x-ray. The patient
filed a complaint about the urgent care center.When did the urgent care
provider violate regulations?.
Answer: When he did not order x-rays
,◍ A hospital discharge coordinator understands that her client wants to remain
independent but needs to be in a safe environment. The coordinator
compares various options.Which step is this in the ethical decision-making
process?.
Answer: deciding
◍ What are the different types of data collection?.
Answer: Data gathering Data generationcomposite database
◍ What level of prevention is education provided?.
Answer: Education can occur at all three levels depending on the reason for
the education.Primary level - educating a population just for the sake of
providing educationSecondary level - educating a population who has an
identified riskTertiary level - educating a population who has the
problemThe level of prevention of the intervention has to be the same for
the entire population/aggregate.So the intervention is categorized into one
level of prevention for the group.EXAMPLE: teaching a kindergarten class
about handwashing during influenza season, and a few of the kids have
already had influenza.The intervention is not secondary for those who are
"at risk" and then tertiary for those who have already been sick. Rather, the
intervention (teaching about handwashing) would be secondary as the
majority of the population is considered to be at risk.
◍ What is the critical theory of learning?.
Answer: learning is an ongoing process
◍ View of nursing in 1970s.
Answer: hospice movementbirth centersdaycare for older adults and
disabled personsdrug abuse program rehab @ long term care
◍ What things should be considered in effective health education programs?.
Answer: Health literacy and the message-Make sure they can understand the
concepts you are trying to teach. Printed materialsConsider age, culture,
ethnic backgroundsPedagogy vs. Andragogy
◍ What are health behaviors?.
, Answer: Is the central concern of health promotion and health
education.Three categories of health behavior:A. Preventive: healthy, aware
of how to stay healthy B. Illness: what they do when they are sickC. Sick
role: way people think their life is being sick, make bad decisions, bad
advice takingPersonal values, attitudes, beliefs and perceptions have an
effect on health behavior patterns.
◍ Population focused nursing.
Answer: -Focuses on the entire population -Is based on assessment of the
population's health status to find a problem-Considers the broad
determinants of health -Emphasizes all levels of prevention -Intervenes with
communities, systems, individuals, and familiesexample: Headstart, the
problem was early education lacked for low income families
◍ What are the goals of public health nursing?.
Answer: 1. Promotion of health2. prevention of disease and disability for
all3. Achieved in conditions in which people can remain healthy
◍ How do we determine the health of acommunity?.
Answer: -Community health-Heathly people-Partnerships
◍ What is process evaluation?.
Answer: Evaluation throughout the process to determine if the objectives
and goals are being met-On-going evaluation
◍ Early colonial public health efforts for colonial period.
Answer: -collection of statistics-inc sanitization-monitor infections in
through ports-epidemics
◍ What are the domains of learning?.
Answer: -Cognitive-Affective-Psychomotor
◍ A health insurance company employee called and asked a transplant
coordinator to confirm that a client was active on the transplant waiting list.
The employee wanted to have a case coordinator follow up with the
client.How should the transplant coordinator respond to the health insurance
company, in compliance with PHI regulations?.
PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Federal role in public health.
Answer: monitors health needs, sets policies & standards, supports research;
supports state & local initiativeslate 1800s in urban areas regulate baths,
sanitization1912 empowered to investigate what causes diseases and
decrease spread of diseases
◍ What are short term goals?.
Answer: weeks to months, help achieve longterm goals
◍ A Chief Executive Officer of a hospital knowingly and willingly
participated in sharing personal health information with a pharmaceutical
company without the patient's consent.Which consequence, based on
HIPAA, does the CEO face?.
Answer: pressing criminal charges
◍ Health care in the 1980s.
Answer: -concern w/ high cost-funding to acute care rather than
prevention-public policy focus-healthy people initiative
◍ A patient arrived at an urgent care center with an injured foot, and the
provider prescribed Tylenol for him. The patient had a broken foot that was
not diagnosed because the doctor did not order x-rays. The patient went to a
nearby hospital's emergency room the next day and was treated by a
different doctor, who did diagose the broken foot from an x-ray. The patient
filed a complaint about the urgent care center.When did the urgent care
provider violate regulations?.
Answer: When he did not order x-rays
,◍ A hospital discharge coordinator understands that her client wants to remain
independent but needs to be in a safe environment. The coordinator
compares various options.Which step is this in the ethical decision-making
process?.
Answer: deciding
◍ What are the different types of data collection?.
Answer: Data gathering Data generationcomposite database
◍ What level of prevention is education provided?.
Answer: Education can occur at all three levels depending on the reason for
the education.Primary level - educating a population just for the sake of
providing educationSecondary level - educating a population who has an
identified riskTertiary level - educating a population who has the
problemThe level of prevention of the intervention has to be the same for
the entire population/aggregate.So the intervention is categorized into one
level of prevention for the group.EXAMPLE: teaching a kindergarten class
about handwashing during influenza season, and a few of the kids have
already had influenza.The intervention is not secondary for those who are
"at risk" and then tertiary for those who have already been sick. Rather, the
intervention (teaching about handwashing) would be secondary as the
majority of the population is considered to be at risk.
◍ What is the critical theory of learning?.
Answer: learning is an ongoing process
◍ View of nursing in 1970s.
Answer: hospice movementbirth centersdaycare for older adults and
disabled personsdrug abuse program rehab @ long term care
◍ What things should be considered in effective health education programs?.
Answer: Health literacy and the message-Make sure they can understand the
concepts you are trying to teach. Printed materialsConsider age, culture,
ethnic backgroundsPedagogy vs. Andragogy
◍ What are health behaviors?.
, Answer: Is the central concern of health promotion and health
education.Three categories of health behavior:A. Preventive: healthy, aware
of how to stay healthy B. Illness: what they do when they are sickC. Sick
role: way people think their life is being sick, make bad decisions, bad
advice takingPersonal values, attitudes, beliefs and perceptions have an
effect on health behavior patterns.
◍ Population focused nursing.
Answer: -Focuses on the entire population -Is based on assessment of the
population's health status to find a problem-Considers the broad
determinants of health -Emphasizes all levels of prevention -Intervenes with
communities, systems, individuals, and familiesexample: Headstart, the
problem was early education lacked for low income families
◍ What are the goals of public health nursing?.
Answer: 1. Promotion of health2. prevention of disease and disability for
all3. Achieved in conditions in which people can remain healthy
◍ How do we determine the health of acommunity?.
Answer: -Community health-Heathly people-Partnerships
◍ What is process evaluation?.
Answer: Evaluation throughout the process to determine if the objectives
and goals are being met-On-going evaluation
◍ Early colonial public health efforts for colonial period.
Answer: -collection of statistics-inc sanitization-monitor infections in
through ports-epidemics
◍ What are the domains of learning?.
Answer: -Cognitive-Affective-Psychomotor
◍ A health insurance company employee called and asked a transplant
coordinator to confirm that a client was active on the transplant waiting list.
The employee wanted to have a case coordinator follow up with the
client.How should the transplant coordinator respond to the health insurance
company, in compliance with PHI regulations?.
