Nursing in Canada - Chapter 1
Community Health Nurse questions
and answers
A community health nurse in Canada focuses primarily on which goal?
A. Treating acute hospital conditions
B. Promoting population health
C. Performing surgeries
D. Managing hospital budgets
✔️✔️ B. Promoting population health
Which setting best represents community health nursing practice?
A. Operating theatre
B. Private inpatient ward
C. Schools and homes
D. Intensive care unit
✔️✔️ C. Schools and homes
What is the main client of a community health nurse?
A. Individual patient only
B. Families only
C. Entire population
D. Physicians
✔️✔️ C. Entire population
Which principle guides community health nursing in Canada?
A. Profit maximization
B. Disease isolation
C. Health equity
D. Technology dependence
✔️✔️ C. Health equity
Which activity reflects health promotion?
A. Prescribing antibiotics
B. Teaching healthy eating
C. Conducting surgery
D. Writing prescriptions
✔️✔️ B. Teaching healthy eating
A community health nurse primarily works to reduce:
A. Hospital admissions only
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, B. Health disparities
C. Physician workload
D. Medication costs
✔️✔️ B. Health disparities
Which concept focuses on preventing disease before it occurs?
A. Rehabilitation
B. Tertiary care
C. Primary prevention
D. Palliative care
✔️✔️ C. Primary prevention
Which role involves advocating for vulnerable populations?
A. Technician
B. Educator
C. Advocate
D. Research assistant
✔️✔️ C. Advocate
Which factor most influences community health?
A. Genetics only
B. Social determinants
C. Hospital equipment
D. Medication supply
✔️✔️ B. Social determinants
A nurse organizing a vaccination campaign is practicing:
A. Acute care
B. Secondary prevention
C. Community intervention
D. Tertiary care
✔️✔️ C. Community intervention
Which Canadian value is central to community health nursing?
A. Privatization
B. Universal access
C. Profit-driven care
D. Limited services
✔️✔️ B. Universal access
What is a key function of a community health nurse?
A. Surgical procedures
B. Health education
C. Laboratory testing
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