Primary Health Care Nursing Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Primary Health Care Principles -
correct answer ✅Developed in Alma Ata declaration in 1978,
further developed my McMurray and Clendon (2014) and NZ
primary health care strategy (2001); should be used simultaneously
Accessibility and tackling inequalities
Appropriate technology
Health education and promotion (Ottawa charter)
Intersectoral collaboration
Community participation
Cultural safety
Accessibility and tackling inequalities -
correct answer ✅PHC principle
Are service available, flexible opening hours, home visits, help with
travel/appointment costs, targeted, and responsive/sensitive to
those in greatest need?
Appropriate technology -
correct answer ✅PHC principle
Availability and provision of equipment and medicine, also training
that allows health professional to realise fullest scope of pracitce
,Primary Health Care Nursing Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Health education and promotion -
correct answer ✅PHC principle
Ottawa charter used to implement. Health promotion means using
all action areas simultaneously. Developing personal skills is what
nurses do most - that is health education in the main but not health
promotion by itself
Intersectoral collaboration -
correct answer ✅PHC principle
Working with sectors outside of health such as local business,
charities, social services, justice, education and transport
Community participation -
correct answer ✅PHC principle
Facilitating bottom up initiatives, peer education and support
between community members; similar to strengthen community
action action area of Ottawa charter. This includes the use of role
models/peers/leaders also
Cultural safety -
correct answer ✅PHC principle
,Primary Health Care Nursing Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Being aware of your values and power, other peoples values and
social situation (and history), and how you can change your
approach as a nurse to make other feel comfortable/safe.
Look for and elicit verbal and non-verbal feedback that people are
feeling comfortable and change what you are doing if not
Public health definition -
correct answer ✅Health promotion and education, and health
protection
I.e. controlling diseases and hazards
Population health definition -
correct answer ✅Public health + analysing determinants
Public health services -
correct answer ✅DHBs, PHUs (public health unit), PHOs, NGOs,
iwi-based
Primary health care definition/what makes it up -
correct answer ✅Population health, community/people focused,
education and prevention, teamwork, needs-based funding,
, Primary Health Care Nursing Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
culturally safe and competent, and connected with other health
and non-health based services
Approach to providing care that incorporates equity, access, social
justice and the social model of health
Three most historical public health initiatives -
correct answer ✅Clean water/sanitation
Immunisation schedule
Antibiotics
Health determinant levels -
correct answer ✅Individual > interpersonal > organisational >
community > public policy
Current national screening: Antenatal -
correct answer ✅HIV
Downs Syndrome and other conditions (1st trimester scan)
Gestational diabetes
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Primary Health Care Principles -
correct answer ✅Developed in Alma Ata declaration in 1978,
further developed my McMurray and Clendon (2014) and NZ
primary health care strategy (2001); should be used simultaneously
Accessibility and tackling inequalities
Appropriate technology
Health education and promotion (Ottawa charter)
Intersectoral collaboration
Community participation
Cultural safety
Accessibility and tackling inequalities -
correct answer ✅PHC principle
Are service available, flexible opening hours, home visits, help with
travel/appointment costs, targeted, and responsive/sensitive to
those in greatest need?
Appropriate technology -
correct answer ✅PHC principle
Availability and provision of equipment and medicine, also training
that allows health professional to realise fullest scope of pracitce
,Primary Health Care Nursing Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Health education and promotion -
correct answer ✅PHC principle
Ottawa charter used to implement. Health promotion means using
all action areas simultaneously. Developing personal skills is what
nurses do most - that is health education in the main but not health
promotion by itself
Intersectoral collaboration -
correct answer ✅PHC principle
Working with sectors outside of health such as local business,
charities, social services, justice, education and transport
Community participation -
correct answer ✅PHC principle
Facilitating bottom up initiatives, peer education and support
between community members; similar to strengthen community
action action area of Ottawa charter. This includes the use of role
models/peers/leaders also
Cultural safety -
correct answer ✅PHC principle
,Primary Health Care Nursing Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Being aware of your values and power, other peoples values and
social situation (and history), and how you can change your
approach as a nurse to make other feel comfortable/safe.
Look for and elicit verbal and non-verbal feedback that people are
feeling comfortable and change what you are doing if not
Public health definition -
correct answer ✅Health promotion and education, and health
protection
I.e. controlling diseases and hazards
Population health definition -
correct answer ✅Public health + analysing determinants
Public health services -
correct answer ✅DHBs, PHUs (public health unit), PHOs, NGOs,
iwi-based
Primary health care definition/what makes it up -
correct answer ✅Population health, community/people focused,
education and prevention, teamwork, needs-based funding,
, Primary Health Care Nursing Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
culturally safe and competent, and connected with other health
and non-health based services
Approach to providing care that incorporates equity, access, social
justice and the social model of health
Three most historical public health initiatives -
correct answer ✅Clean water/sanitation
Immunisation schedule
Antibiotics
Health determinant levels -
correct answer ✅Individual > interpersonal > organisational >
community > public policy
Current national screening: Antenatal -
correct answer ✅HIV
Downs Syndrome and other conditions (1st trimester scan)
Gestational diabetes
