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POPULATION HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM 2026 –
2027 LATEST VERSION QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 EDITION
Population Health Exam #1
Which activity would the nurse perform when engaged in population health
activities?
a. treating an individual for a specific disease
b. improving health outcomes for groups of people
c. evaluating a family's ability to care for a child with diabetes
d. teaching a client health promotion behaviors
b. improving health outcomes for groups of people
Which method would the nurse utilize when taking an individual-level
approach to smoking cessation?
a. Forming a smoking cessation support group
b. Promoting an increase on taxes on the purchase of tobacco
c. Providing nicotine gum to a client to substitute for an inhaled tobacco
product
d. Researching the reasons for initiation of tobacco use
c. Providing nicotine gum to a client to substitute for an inhaled tobacco product
Which central tenet of population health should the nurse include when
planning population health priorities?
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A) Proactively promoting health among populations
B) Reactively managing health conditions
C) Treating diseases in individual people
D) Focusing on increasing the number of hospitals
A) Proactively promoting health among populations
Which action by the nurse represents a midstream approach to improving
population health outcomes?
A) Advocating for policy changes regarding fast food
B) Providing a workplace lunchtime walking program
C) Encouraging a client to lose weight
D) Starting a support group for smoking cessation
B) Providing a workplace lunchtime walking program
Which action by the nurse promotes population health?
a. providing treatment for chronic disease
b. conducting health education workshops
c. offering individual health consultations
d. administering medication for acute illness
b. conducting health education workshops
Which data should the nurse utilize to determine the leading cause of death
across the population?
A) Infant mortality
B) Life expectancy
C) Morbidity rate
D) General mortality
D) General mortality
Which potential barrier of siloed health care should the nurse consider when
planning health promotion activities?
A) Providers and specialists working closely together to improve outcomes
B) Treating one disease at a time without evaluating or addressing the full
picture of health
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C) Health systems becoming effectively integrated
D) An emphasis on population health and health promotion
B) Treating one disease at a time without evaluating or addressing the full picture of
health
Which action is a characteristic of population-based nursing practice?
A) Taking a proactive approach to promoting wellness and preventing disease
B) Emphasizing curative care rather than preventive care
C) Focusing on reactive approaches to managing acute illnesses
D) Providing care only outside of hospital settings
A) Taking a proactive approach to promoting wellness and preventing disease
Which concept should the nurse utilize when planning transitional care for a
population?
A) Providing care in multiple areas of the care continuum to address all client
needs
B) Reactively managing health conditions during transitions between health
care sites
C) Preventing hospital readmissions and adverse events
D) Coordinating clients as they move between care settings
D) Coordinating clients as they move between care settings
Which health service along the health care continuum would the nurse utilize
for a client with health care needs related to a chronic condition?
A) A preventive health program
B) An ambulatory care clinic
C) An acute care department
D) A long-term care facility
B) An ambulatory care clinic
Which action must the nurse take after a patient has been diagnosed with Hep
A?
a. notify the Center for Disease Control and Prevention
b. Report the case to the local public health department
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c. inform the national institutes of health
d. report the case to the primary care provider
b. Report the case to the local public health department
Which of the following is an upstream intervention that a nurse may employ to
address the high rate of sedentary lifestyles in a community?
a) Counseling community members on the negative health effects of being
sedentary
b) Conducting body mass index screenings during a community health fair
c) Obtaining funding for community walking trails
d) Sending mailings with exercise tips to community residents
c) Obtaining funding for community walking trails
Which action describes a role of the nurse in public health?
a. improving individual outcomes
b. addressing racism in a community
c. performing a family assessment
d. recommending policies to prevent health problems
d. recommending policies to prevent health problems
A community health nurse is teaching nursing students about the
development of the modern public health system. Which reform movement will
the nurse note as foundational to the modern public health system?
a) Smoking tobacco indoors
b) Child labor and working conditions
c) Drinking water cleanliness
d) Opioid prescribing
b) Child labor and working conditions
Which example demonstrates a nurse using public health data collection in
support of population health?
a) Surveying middle school children to identify which fruits and vegetables to
include in school lunches
b) Tracking attendance at a weekly blood pressure clinic at the local senior
center to measure utilization
c) Analyzing data from hospitals to identify the most common illnesses
POPULATION HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM 2026 –
2027 LATEST VERSION QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 EDITION
Population Health Exam #1
Which activity would the nurse perform when engaged in population health
activities?
a. treating an individual for a specific disease
b. improving health outcomes for groups of people
c. evaluating a family's ability to care for a child with diabetes
d. teaching a client health promotion behaviors
b. improving health outcomes for groups of people
Which method would the nurse utilize when taking an individual-level
approach to smoking cessation?
a. Forming a smoking cessation support group
b. Promoting an increase on taxes on the purchase of tobacco
c. Providing nicotine gum to a client to substitute for an inhaled tobacco
product
d. Researching the reasons for initiation of tobacco use
c. Providing nicotine gum to a client to substitute for an inhaled tobacco product
Which central tenet of population health should the nurse include when
planning population health priorities?
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A) Proactively promoting health among populations
B) Reactively managing health conditions
C) Treating diseases in individual people
D) Focusing on increasing the number of hospitals
A) Proactively promoting health among populations
Which action by the nurse represents a midstream approach to improving
population health outcomes?
A) Advocating for policy changes regarding fast food
B) Providing a workplace lunchtime walking program
C) Encouraging a client to lose weight
D) Starting a support group for smoking cessation
B) Providing a workplace lunchtime walking program
Which action by the nurse promotes population health?
a. providing treatment for chronic disease
b. conducting health education workshops
c. offering individual health consultations
d. administering medication for acute illness
b. conducting health education workshops
Which data should the nurse utilize to determine the leading cause of death
across the population?
A) Infant mortality
B) Life expectancy
C) Morbidity rate
D) General mortality
D) General mortality
Which potential barrier of siloed health care should the nurse consider when
planning health promotion activities?
A) Providers and specialists working closely together to improve outcomes
B) Treating one disease at a time without evaluating or addressing the full
picture of health
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C) Health systems becoming effectively integrated
D) An emphasis on population health and health promotion
B) Treating one disease at a time without evaluating or addressing the full picture of
health
Which action is a characteristic of population-based nursing practice?
A) Taking a proactive approach to promoting wellness and preventing disease
B) Emphasizing curative care rather than preventive care
C) Focusing on reactive approaches to managing acute illnesses
D) Providing care only outside of hospital settings
A) Taking a proactive approach to promoting wellness and preventing disease
Which concept should the nurse utilize when planning transitional care for a
population?
A) Providing care in multiple areas of the care continuum to address all client
needs
B) Reactively managing health conditions during transitions between health
care sites
C) Preventing hospital readmissions and adverse events
D) Coordinating clients as they move between care settings
D) Coordinating clients as they move between care settings
Which health service along the health care continuum would the nurse utilize
for a client with health care needs related to a chronic condition?
A) A preventive health program
B) An ambulatory care clinic
C) An acute care department
D) A long-term care facility
B) An ambulatory care clinic
Which action must the nurse take after a patient has been diagnosed with Hep
A?
a. notify the Center for Disease Control and Prevention
b. Report the case to the local public health department
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c. inform the national institutes of health
d. report the case to the primary care provider
b. Report the case to the local public health department
Which of the following is an upstream intervention that a nurse may employ to
address the high rate of sedentary lifestyles in a community?
a) Counseling community members on the negative health effects of being
sedentary
b) Conducting body mass index screenings during a community health fair
c) Obtaining funding for community walking trails
d) Sending mailings with exercise tips to community residents
c) Obtaining funding for community walking trails
Which action describes a role of the nurse in public health?
a. improving individual outcomes
b. addressing racism in a community
c. performing a family assessment
d. recommending policies to prevent health problems
d. recommending policies to prevent health problems
A community health nurse is teaching nursing students about the
development of the modern public health system. Which reform movement will
the nurse note as foundational to the modern public health system?
a) Smoking tobacco indoors
b) Child labor and working conditions
c) Drinking water cleanliness
d) Opioid prescribing
b) Child labor and working conditions
Which example demonstrates a nurse using public health data collection in
support of population health?
a) Surveying middle school children to identify which fruits and vegetables to
include in school lunches
b) Tracking attendance at a weekly blood pressure clinic at the local senior
center to measure utilization
c) Analyzing data from hospitals to identify the most common illnesses
