ATI Community Health Proctored Success
Bundle | 170 Practice Questions with
Comprehensive Rationales | Latest Edition
2026–2027
1. A community health nurse is preparing a presentation for a group of nursing
students about community health nursing. Which of the following descriptions
about community health nursing would the nurse most likely include in the
presentation?
A) Focusing on addressing continuous needs
B) Working with the client as an equal partner
C) Engaging in tertiary prevention as the priority
D) Encouraging clients to reach out to the nurse - Correct Answer - B
2. A community health nurse is working with other members of a team that will be
implementing a citywide immunization program. The nurse is coordinating the
services and addressing the needs of the population groups to ensure which of
the following?
A) Involvement of the community
B) Client participation
C) Continuity of service
D) Plan for follow-up - Correct Answer - C
3. A community health nurse works to ensure the greatest good for the greatest
number of people by applying which of the following?
A) Secondary prevention activities
B) Autonomy
C) Justice
D) Utilitarianism - Correct Answer - D
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,4. When working in the community, the community health nurse adopts the
teaching plan to ensure that the population understands the basic information
provided to address which of the following?
A) Self-care
B) Health disparities
C) Health literacy
D) Episodic needs - Correct Answer - C
5. Which of the following would be crucial for the community health nurse to
address as the priority when dealing with policy makers about the development of
community health programs?
A) Research-based best practices
B) Population's make up
C) Amount of services to be provided
D) Scarcity of the available resources - Correct Answer - A
6. After a class that described the differences between acute care nursing and
community health nursing, which statement by the class about community health
nurses indicates successful teaching? A) Use a reactive approach.
B) Seek out potential health problems.
C) Concentrate on the illness end of the continuum.
D) Emphasize curative care. - Correct Answer - B
7. Which of the following activities would be associated with a community health
nurse? Select all that apply.
A) Examining infants in a city well-baby clinic
B) Caring for elderly stroke victims in their homes
C) Providing emergency care in an acute care facility
D) Carrying out epidemiologic research
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,E) Participating in health policy analysis - Correct Answer - A,B,D,E
8. The term health can be described in many different ways. A community health
nurse would view health as which of the following?
A) The absence of disease
B) The potential to lead a productive life
C) An environment free of toxins
D) A holistic state of well-being - Correct Answer - D
9. During which stage of the natural history of a communicable disease would
quarantine be most effective? A) Susceptibility stage
B) Subclinical disease stage
C) Clinical disease stage
D) Resolution stage - Correct Answer - A
10. The nurse is reviewing actual census data for information for use in an
epidemiologic study. Which of the following would the nurse be least likely to
find?
A) Occupational status
B) Housing quality
C) Births recorded
D) Educational level - Correct Answer - C
11. Community health nurse is looking for data on the use of nursing home
services and the common diagnoses of those using these services. Which source
of information would be most appropriate for the nurse to investigate?
A) National Center for Health Statistics
B) Consumer Product Safety Commission
C) Environmental Protection Agency
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, D) Cancer disease registries - Correct Answer - A
12. Which of the following is true about incidence and prevalence? Select all that
apply.
A) Prevalence is the number of new cases of a disease or health condition.
B) Incidence is the number of new cases of a disease or health condition.
C) Prevalence refers to all of the people with a particular health condition existing in a
given population at a given point in time.
D) Incidence refers to all of the people with a particular health condition existing in a
given population at a given point in time.
E) When determining if a disease is endemic in a specific area, the statistic that is most
helpful is prevalence. - Correct Answer - B,C,E
13. A community health nurse is preparing to carry out an experimental
epidemiologic study. Which of the following would be most important for the
nurse to do?
A) Focus the study on evaluating the cause of a disease
B) Ensure carefully controlled conditions during the study
C) Expose both groups to the same factor or condition
D) Ensure that there are a substantial number of subjects - Correct Answer - B
14. A community health nurse is participating in a case-control observational
study. Which of the following would most likely explain this type of study?
A) Description of patterns of occurrence of illness and injury in a population
B) Investigation of development of health-illness conditions over a long period of time
C) Studying of a cohort with evaluation of variables associated with the disease or injury
D) Comparison of persons with and without a health-illness condition - Correct Answer -
D
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Bundle | 170 Practice Questions with
Comprehensive Rationales | Latest Edition
2026–2027
1. A community health nurse is preparing a presentation for a group of nursing
students about community health nursing. Which of the following descriptions
about community health nursing would the nurse most likely include in the
presentation?
A) Focusing on addressing continuous needs
B) Working with the client as an equal partner
C) Engaging in tertiary prevention as the priority
D) Encouraging clients to reach out to the nurse - Correct Answer - B
2. A community health nurse is working with other members of a team that will be
implementing a citywide immunization program. The nurse is coordinating the
services and addressing the needs of the population groups to ensure which of
the following?
A) Involvement of the community
B) Client participation
C) Continuity of service
D) Plan for follow-up - Correct Answer - C
3. A community health nurse works to ensure the greatest good for the greatest
number of people by applying which of the following?
A) Secondary prevention activities
B) Autonomy
C) Justice
D) Utilitarianism - Correct Answer - D
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,4. When working in the community, the community health nurse adopts the
teaching plan to ensure that the population understands the basic information
provided to address which of the following?
A) Self-care
B) Health disparities
C) Health literacy
D) Episodic needs - Correct Answer - C
5. Which of the following would be crucial for the community health nurse to
address as the priority when dealing with policy makers about the development of
community health programs?
A) Research-based best practices
B) Population's make up
C) Amount of services to be provided
D) Scarcity of the available resources - Correct Answer - A
6. After a class that described the differences between acute care nursing and
community health nursing, which statement by the class about community health
nurses indicates successful teaching? A) Use a reactive approach.
B) Seek out potential health problems.
C) Concentrate on the illness end of the continuum.
D) Emphasize curative care. - Correct Answer - B
7. Which of the following activities would be associated with a community health
nurse? Select all that apply.
A) Examining infants in a city well-baby clinic
B) Caring for elderly stroke victims in their homes
C) Providing emergency care in an acute care facility
D) Carrying out epidemiologic research
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,E) Participating in health policy analysis - Correct Answer - A,B,D,E
8. The term health can be described in many different ways. A community health
nurse would view health as which of the following?
A) The absence of disease
B) The potential to lead a productive life
C) An environment free of toxins
D) A holistic state of well-being - Correct Answer - D
9. During which stage of the natural history of a communicable disease would
quarantine be most effective? A) Susceptibility stage
B) Subclinical disease stage
C) Clinical disease stage
D) Resolution stage - Correct Answer - A
10. The nurse is reviewing actual census data for information for use in an
epidemiologic study. Which of the following would the nurse be least likely to
find?
A) Occupational status
B) Housing quality
C) Births recorded
D) Educational level - Correct Answer - C
11. Community health nurse is looking for data on the use of nursing home
services and the common diagnoses of those using these services. Which source
of information would be most appropriate for the nurse to investigate?
A) National Center for Health Statistics
B) Consumer Product Safety Commission
C) Environmental Protection Agency
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, D) Cancer disease registries - Correct Answer - A
12. Which of the following is true about incidence and prevalence? Select all that
apply.
A) Prevalence is the number of new cases of a disease or health condition.
B) Incidence is the number of new cases of a disease or health condition.
C) Prevalence refers to all of the people with a particular health condition existing in a
given population at a given point in time.
D) Incidence refers to all of the people with a particular health condition existing in a
given population at a given point in time.
E) When determining if a disease is endemic in a specific area, the statistic that is most
helpful is prevalence. - Correct Answer - B,C,E
13. A community health nurse is preparing to carry out an experimental
epidemiologic study. Which of the following would be most important for the
nurse to do?
A) Focus the study on evaluating the cause of a disease
B) Ensure carefully controlled conditions during the study
C) Expose both groups to the same factor or condition
D) Ensure that there are a substantial number of subjects - Correct Answer - B
14. A community health nurse is participating in a case-control observational
study. Which of the following would most likely explain this type of study?
A) Description of patterns of occurrence of illness and injury in a population
B) Investigation of development of health-illness conditions over a long period of time
C) Studying of a cohort with evaluation of variables associated with the disease or injury
D) Comparison of persons with and without a health-illness condition - Correct Answer -
D
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