ATI RN COMMUNITY HEALTH CMS 2026
PRACTICE TEST SHEET FULL SOLUTIONS
CORRECT ANSWERS PREPARATION SET
◉ Upstream Thinking.
Answer: -Used to focus on interventions that promote health or
prevent illness, as opposed to medical treatment models that focus
on care after an individual becomes ill
◉ Nightingale's Environmental Theory.
Answer: -Highlights the relationship between an individual's
environment and health
-Depicts health as a continuum
-Emphasizes preventive care
◉ Health Belief Model.
Answer: -PURPOSE: predict or explain health behaviors
-Describes likelihood of taking an action to avoid disease based on:
1. Perceived Susceptibility
2. Perceived Severity
3. Perceived Benefits
,4. Perceived Barriers
5. Cues to Action: strategies to activate "readiness" (e.g. media
campaigns, disease's effect on family/friends)
6. Self-Efficacy: confidence
◉ Health Indicators.
Answer: -Describe the health status of a community and serve as
targets for the improvement of a community's health
-e.g. mortality rates, disease prevalence, levels of physical activity,
obesity, tobacco use
◉ Community.
Answer: -Group of people and institutions that share geographic,
civic, and/or social parameters
-Communities vary in their characteristics and health needs
◉ Community Health Nursing.
Answer: -A synthesis of nursing and public health theory
-Seeks to promote, preserve, and maintain the health of populations
by the delivery of health services to individuals, families, and groups
in order to influence community health
◉ Community Health Nurses.
,Answer: -Nurses who practice in the community
-Usually have a facility from which they work (community health
clinic, county health department), but their practice is NOT limited
to institutional settings
-Care is often also delivered in a setting that is part of the client's
environment (e.g. home, school, workplace)
◉ Population.
Answer: An aggregate who shares one or more personal
characteristics
-*The client in community health nursing*
◉ Public Health Nursing.
Answer: -Population focused and involves a combination of nursing
knowledge along with social and public health sciences
*GOAL:* Promoting health and preventing disease
◉ What are the three core functions of public health.
Answer: 1. Assessment
2. Policy Development
3. Assurance
◉ Assessment.
, Answer: -Using systematic methods to monitor the health of a
population
-Monitor health status to identify community health problems
-Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the
community
◉ Policy Development.
Answer: -*Developing laws and practices to promote the health of a
population based on scientific evidence*
-Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
-Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health
problems
-Develop policies and plans that support individual and community
health efforts
◉ Assurance.
Answer: *Making sure adequate health care personnel and services
are accessible, especially to those who might not normally have
them*
-Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
-Link people to needed personal health services and ensure the
provision of health care when otherwise unavailable
-Ensure a competent public health and personal health care
workforce
PRACTICE TEST SHEET FULL SOLUTIONS
CORRECT ANSWERS PREPARATION SET
◉ Upstream Thinking.
Answer: -Used to focus on interventions that promote health or
prevent illness, as opposed to medical treatment models that focus
on care after an individual becomes ill
◉ Nightingale's Environmental Theory.
Answer: -Highlights the relationship between an individual's
environment and health
-Depicts health as a continuum
-Emphasizes preventive care
◉ Health Belief Model.
Answer: -PURPOSE: predict or explain health behaviors
-Describes likelihood of taking an action to avoid disease based on:
1. Perceived Susceptibility
2. Perceived Severity
3. Perceived Benefits
,4. Perceived Barriers
5. Cues to Action: strategies to activate "readiness" (e.g. media
campaigns, disease's effect on family/friends)
6. Self-Efficacy: confidence
◉ Health Indicators.
Answer: -Describe the health status of a community and serve as
targets for the improvement of a community's health
-e.g. mortality rates, disease prevalence, levels of physical activity,
obesity, tobacco use
◉ Community.
Answer: -Group of people and institutions that share geographic,
civic, and/or social parameters
-Communities vary in their characteristics and health needs
◉ Community Health Nursing.
Answer: -A synthesis of nursing and public health theory
-Seeks to promote, preserve, and maintain the health of populations
by the delivery of health services to individuals, families, and groups
in order to influence community health
◉ Community Health Nurses.
,Answer: -Nurses who practice in the community
-Usually have a facility from which they work (community health
clinic, county health department), but their practice is NOT limited
to institutional settings
-Care is often also delivered in a setting that is part of the client's
environment (e.g. home, school, workplace)
◉ Population.
Answer: An aggregate who shares one or more personal
characteristics
-*The client in community health nursing*
◉ Public Health Nursing.
Answer: -Population focused and involves a combination of nursing
knowledge along with social and public health sciences
*GOAL:* Promoting health and preventing disease
◉ What are the three core functions of public health.
Answer: 1. Assessment
2. Policy Development
3. Assurance
◉ Assessment.
, Answer: -Using systematic methods to monitor the health of a
population
-Monitor health status to identify community health problems
-Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the
community
◉ Policy Development.
Answer: -*Developing laws and practices to promote the health of a
population based on scientific evidence*
-Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
-Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health
problems
-Develop policies and plans that support individual and community
health efforts
◉ Assurance.
Answer: *Making sure adequate health care personnel and services
are accessible, especially to those who might not normally have
them*
-Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
-Link people to needed personal health services and ensure the
provision of health care when otherwise unavailable
-Ensure a competent public health and personal health care
workforce
