NURS 4465 Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Public health nurses (PHNs) know they must approach a public health issue with an understanding of
the related underlying risk factors to develop effective nursing interventions. They evaluate these risk
factors from two perspectives: - CORRECT ANSWER 4. Individual; population
If the international medical community was working to contain several worldwide pandemics, they
would look to the World Health Organization (WHO), which is: - CORRECT ANSWER 4. All
of the above
The Institute of Medicine (IOM), now known as the Health and Medicine Division (HMD) of the
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, stated in their report, The Future of the
Public's Health, that there are three core functions that society carries out to collectively support the
optimum conditions for public health. Which one of the following is not one of these functions? -
CORRECT ANSWER 1. Prevention
With aging, there is an increased prevalence of both noncommunicable (chronic) and communicable
disease (NCD). The most pressing issue from a public health perspective based on this increase is: -
CORRECT ANSWER 1. An increased demand for long-term care
The PHN completed a community assessment and found that the obesity rate in one of the
neighborhoods was higher than the other neighborhoods in the county. She suspects that this is
partially due to limited access to full-service grocery stores and a lack of dedicated safe venues for
exercise. Assuming her conclusion is correct, what category or categories of determinants of health
would these issues within the community fall into? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Upstream
determinants of health
Diversity refers to all of but which of these concepts? - CORRECT ANSWER 4.
Environment
Based on recent studies on risk for disease, the nurse working in a primary care clinic in a poorer
urban community decides to develop an educational program on the importance of including whole
grains, fruits and vegetables in her patient's diets. To help guide the development of her program she
first reviews the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables in the community. Her decision to gather
information on these factors best reflects the________? - CORRECT ANSWER 2. Social
determinants of health
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Public health nurses (PHNs) know they must approach a public health issue with an understanding of
the related underlying risk factors to develop effective nursing interventions. They evaluate these risk
factors from two perspectives: - CORRECT ANSWER 4. Individual; population
If the international medical community was working to contain several worldwide pandemics, they
would look to the World Health Organization (WHO), which is: - CORRECT ANSWER 4. All
of the above
The Institute of Medicine (IOM), now known as the Health and Medicine Division (HMD) of the
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, stated in their report, The Future of the
Public's Health, that there are three core functions that society carries out to collectively support the
optimum conditions for public health. Which one of the following is not one of these functions? -
CORRECT ANSWER 1. Prevention
With aging, there is an increased prevalence of both noncommunicable (chronic) and communicable
disease (NCD). The most pressing issue from a public health perspective based on this increase is: -
CORRECT ANSWER 1. An increased demand for long-term care
The PHN completed a community assessment and found that the obesity rate in one of the
neighborhoods was higher than the other neighborhoods in the county. She suspects that this is
partially due to limited access to full-service grocery stores and a lack of dedicated safe venues for
exercise. Assuming her conclusion is correct, what category or categories of determinants of health
would these issues within the community fall into? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Upstream
determinants of health
Diversity refers to all of but which of these concepts? - CORRECT ANSWER 4.
Environment
Based on recent studies on risk for disease, the nurse working in a primary care clinic in a poorer
urban community decides to develop an educational program on the importance of including whole
grains, fruits and vegetables in her patient's diets. To help guide the development of her program she
first reviews the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables in the community. Her decision to gather
information on these factors best reflects the________? - CORRECT ANSWER 2. Social
determinants of health
