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Exam: Community Health
Nursing 2026 | Practice
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,1. Which is the primary goal of community health nursing? Answer: (B) To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to
A. To support and supplement the efforts of the medical cope with their health needs. To contribute to national development through
profession in the promotion of health and prevention of promotion of family welfare, focusing particularly on mothers and children.
illness
B. To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and
communities to cope with their health needs
C. To increase the productivity of the people by providing
them with services that will
increase their level of health
D. To contribute to national development through
promotion of family welfare, focusing particularly on
mothers and children.
2. CHN is a community-based practice. Which best Answer: (B) The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing
explains this statement? needs and problems. Community-based practice means providing care to people in
A. The service is provided in the natural environment of their own natural environments: the home, school and workplace, for example.
people.
B. The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to
determine nursing needs and problems.
C. The services are based on the available resources
within the community.
D. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health
problems identified.
3. Population-focused nursing practice requires which of Answer: (C) Community diagnosis Population-focused nursing care means
the following processes? providing care based on the greater need of the majority of the population. The
A. Community organizing greater need is identified through community diagnosis.
B. Nursing process
C. Community diagnosis
D. Epidemiologic process
4. R.A. 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Answer: (B) Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities Based on R.A.
Aside from number of employees, what other factor must 1054, an occupational nurse must be employed when there are 30 to 100
be considered in determining the occupational health employees and the workplace is more than 1 km. away from the nearest health
privileges to which the workers will be entitled? center.
A. Type of occupation: agricultural, commercial, industrial
B. Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities
C. Classification of the business enterprise based on net
profit
D. Sex and age composition of employees
5. A business firm must employ an occupational health Answer: (B) 101Again, this is based on R.A. 1054.
nurse when it has at least how many employees?
A. 21
B. 101
C. 201
D. 301
6. When the occupational health nurse employs ergonomic Answer: (D) Environmental manager Ergonomics is improving efficiency of workers
principles, she is performing which of her roles? by improving the worker's environment through appropriately designed furniture, for
A. Health care provider example.
B. Health educator
C. Health care coordinator
D. Environmental manager
7. A garment factory does not have an occupational nurse. Answer: (C) Public health nurse of the RHU of their municipality You're right! This
Who shall provide the occupational health needs of the question is based on R.A.1054.
factory workers?
A. Occupational health nurse at the Provincial Health
Office
B. Physician employed by the factory
C. Public health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
D. Rural sanitary inspector of the RHU of their municipality
, 8. "Public health services are given free of charge." Is this Answer: (B) The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services.
statement true or false? Community health services, including public health services, are pre-paid services,
A. The statement is true; it is the responsibility of though taxation.
government to provide basic services.
B. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public
health services.
C. The statement may be true or false, depending on the
specific service required.
D. The statement may be true or false, depending on
policies of the government concerned.
9. According to C.E. Winslow, which of the following is the Answer: (A) For people to attain their birth rights of health and longevity According
goal of Public Health? to Winslow, all public health efforts are for people to realize their birth rights of
A. For people to attain their birth rights of health and health and longevity.
longevity
B. For promotion of health and prevention of disease
C. For people to have access to basic health services
D. For people to be organized in their health efforts
10. We say that a Filipino has attained longevity when he Answer: (C) Swaroop's index is the percentage of the deaths aged 50 years or
is able to reach the average lifespan of Filipinos. What older. Its inverse represents the percentage of untimely deaths (those who died
other statistic may be used to determine attainment of younger than 50 years).
longevity?
A. Age-specific mortality rate
B. Proportionate mortality rate
C. Swaroop's index
D. Case fatality rate
11. Which of the following is the most prominent feature of Answer: (D) Public health nursing focuses on preventive, not curative, services. The
public health nursing? catchment area in PHN consists of a residential community, many of whom are well
A. It involves providing home care to sick people who are individuals who have greater need for preventive rather than curative services.
not confined in the hospital.
B. Services are provided free of charge to people within
the catchment area.
C. The public health nurse functions as part of a team
providing a public health nursing service.
D. Public health nursing focuses on preventive, not
curative, services.
12. According to Margaret Shetland, the philosophy of Answer: (D) The worth and dignity of man This is a direct quote from Dr. Margaret
public health nursing is based on which of the following? Shetland's statements on Public Health Nursing.
A. Health and longevity as birth rights
B. The mandate of the state to protect the birth rights of its
citizens
C. Public health nursing as a specialized field of nursing
D. The worth and dignity of man
13. Which of the following is the mission of the Department Answer: (B) Ensure the accessibility and quality of health care
of Health?
A. Health for all Filipinos
B. Ensure the accessibility and quality of health care
C. Improve the general health status of the population
D. Health in the hands of the Filipino people by the year
2020
14. Region IV Hospital is classified as what level of facility? Answer: (D) Tertiary Regional hospitals are tertiary facilities because they serve as
A. Primary training hospitals for the region.
B. Secondary
C. Intermediate
D. Tertiary
15. Which is true of primary facilities? Answer: (B) Their services are provided on an out-patient basis. Primary facilities
A. They are usually government-run. government and non-government facilities that provide basic out-patient services.
B. Their services are provided on an out-patient basis.
C. They are training facilities for health professionals.
D. A community hospital is an example of this level of
health facilities.
Exam: Community Health
Nursing 2026 | Practice
Questions, Answers,
Rationales & CHN Review |
Complete Ethics Study
Guide
Updated 2026 Questions and Answers
100% Verified Exam Prep and Comprehensive
Rationales
Included
,1. Which is the primary goal of community health nursing? Answer: (B) To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to
A. To support and supplement the efforts of the medical cope with their health needs. To contribute to national development through
profession in the promotion of health and prevention of promotion of family welfare, focusing particularly on mothers and children.
illness
B. To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and
communities to cope with their health needs
C. To increase the productivity of the people by providing
them with services that will
increase their level of health
D. To contribute to national development through
promotion of family welfare, focusing particularly on
mothers and children.
2. CHN is a community-based practice. Which best Answer: (B) The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing
explains this statement? needs and problems. Community-based practice means providing care to people in
A. The service is provided in the natural environment of their own natural environments: the home, school and workplace, for example.
people.
B. The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to
determine nursing needs and problems.
C. The services are based on the available resources
within the community.
D. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health
problems identified.
3. Population-focused nursing practice requires which of Answer: (C) Community diagnosis Population-focused nursing care means
the following processes? providing care based on the greater need of the majority of the population. The
A. Community organizing greater need is identified through community diagnosis.
B. Nursing process
C. Community diagnosis
D. Epidemiologic process
4. R.A. 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Answer: (B) Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities Based on R.A.
Aside from number of employees, what other factor must 1054, an occupational nurse must be employed when there are 30 to 100
be considered in determining the occupational health employees and the workplace is more than 1 km. away from the nearest health
privileges to which the workers will be entitled? center.
A. Type of occupation: agricultural, commercial, industrial
B. Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities
C. Classification of the business enterprise based on net
profit
D. Sex and age composition of employees
5. A business firm must employ an occupational health Answer: (B) 101Again, this is based on R.A. 1054.
nurse when it has at least how many employees?
A. 21
B. 101
C. 201
D. 301
6. When the occupational health nurse employs ergonomic Answer: (D) Environmental manager Ergonomics is improving efficiency of workers
principles, she is performing which of her roles? by improving the worker's environment through appropriately designed furniture, for
A. Health care provider example.
B. Health educator
C. Health care coordinator
D. Environmental manager
7. A garment factory does not have an occupational nurse. Answer: (C) Public health nurse of the RHU of their municipality You're right! This
Who shall provide the occupational health needs of the question is based on R.A.1054.
factory workers?
A. Occupational health nurse at the Provincial Health
Office
B. Physician employed by the factory
C. Public health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
D. Rural sanitary inspector of the RHU of their municipality
, 8. "Public health services are given free of charge." Is this Answer: (B) The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services.
statement true or false? Community health services, including public health services, are pre-paid services,
A. The statement is true; it is the responsibility of though taxation.
government to provide basic services.
B. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public
health services.
C. The statement may be true or false, depending on the
specific service required.
D. The statement may be true or false, depending on
policies of the government concerned.
9. According to C.E. Winslow, which of the following is the Answer: (A) For people to attain their birth rights of health and longevity According
goal of Public Health? to Winslow, all public health efforts are for people to realize their birth rights of
A. For people to attain their birth rights of health and health and longevity.
longevity
B. For promotion of health and prevention of disease
C. For people to have access to basic health services
D. For people to be organized in their health efforts
10. We say that a Filipino has attained longevity when he Answer: (C) Swaroop's index is the percentage of the deaths aged 50 years or
is able to reach the average lifespan of Filipinos. What older. Its inverse represents the percentage of untimely deaths (those who died
other statistic may be used to determine attainment of younger than 50 years).
longevity?
A. Age-specific mortality rate
B. Proportionate mortality rate
C. Swaroop's index
D. Case fatality rate
11. Which of the following is the most prominent feature of Answer: (D) Public health nursing focuses on preventive, not curative, services. The
public health nursing? catchment area in PHN consists of a residential community, many of whom are well
A. It involves providing home care to sick people who are individuals who have greater need for preventive rather than curative services.
not confined in the hospital.
B. Services are provided free of charge to people within
the catchment area.
C. The public health nurse functions as part of a team
providing a public health nursing service.
D. Public health nursing focuses on preventive, not
curative, services.
12. According to Margaret Shetland, the philosophy of Answer: (D) The worth and dignity of man This is a direct quote from Dr. Margaret
public health nursing is based on which of the following? Shetland's statements on Public Health Nursing.
A. Health and longevity as birth rights
B. The mandate of the state to protect the birth rights of its
citizens
C. Public health nursing as a specialized field of nursing
D. The worth and dignity of man
13. Which of the following is the mission of the Department Answer: (B) Ensure the accessibility and quality of health care
of Health?
A. Health for all Filipinos
B. Ensure the accessibility and quality of health care
C. Improve the general health status of the population
D. Health in the hands of the Filipino people by the year
2020
14. Region IV Hospital is classified as what level of facility? Answer: (D) Tertiary Regional hospitals are tertiary facilities because they serve as
A. Primary training hospitals for the region.
B. Secondary
C. Intermediate
D. Tertiary
15. Which is true of primary facilities? Answer: (B) Their services are provided on an out-patient basis. Primary facilities
A. They are usually government-run. government and non-government facilities that provide basic out-patient services.
B. Their services are provided on an out-patient basis.
C. They are training facilities for health professionals.
D. A community hospital is an example of this level of
health facilities.
