POPULATION HEALTH IN COMMUNITY
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING ACTUAL EXAM
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A PLUS
●● a nurse is considering applying for a position as a PHN. which would
be a reason this position would be appealing?
Answer: its autonomy and independence
●● community-oriented nursing
Answer: having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
●● Which of the following is the best brief definition of community?
Answer: A social group with common goals within a geographic area
●● primary focus of public health nursing
Answer: promotion of quality of life
●● 1. Which of the following is the underlying science or area of study
on which public health is based?
Answer: Epidemiology
,●● what is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy doing
the 20th century?
Answer: sanitation and other public health activities
●● The elizapbeth poor law of 1601 is similar to which current law?
Answer: Medicaid
●● intervention to decrease the number of premature deaths in the
community
Answer: promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the
community members
●● 2. A nurse is employed at the state department of public health.
Which of the following is a fundamental principle guiding his practice?
Answer: The interaction of the local-state-federal partnership is critical
to success.
●● what is a basic assumption of public health efforts?
Answer: the health of individuals cannot be separated root he health of
the community
●● A nurse is practicing in the community but also has the community
as the target of practice. Which of the following best describes the
activities of this nurse?
, Answer: Sharing assessment findings and health goals with every
community group that will listen
●● What action would most likley be performed by a public health nurse
Answer: working with community groups to create policies to improve
the environment
●● How did the Industrial Revolution result in previous caregiving
approaches, such as care by families, friends, and neighbors, becoming
inadequate?
Answer: Migration and urbanization resulted in increased demand for
care.
●● Which of the following public health nurses most clearly fulfills the
responsibilities of this role?
Answer: the nurse who spend the day attending meeting of various
health agencies
●● 3. The public health administrator is in the process of hiring a new
public health nurse. Which of the following statements made by an
applicant would most likely result in the applicant not being hired?
Answer: I like to be the only person working on a project because
individuals in teams have their own ideas and plans and the resulting
debate slows progress.
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING ACTUAL EXAM
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A PLUS
●● a nurse is considering applying for a position as a PHN. which would
be a reason this position would be appealing?
Answer: its autonomy and independence
●● community-oriented nursing
Answer: having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention
●● Which of the following is the best brief definition of community?
Answer: A social group with common goals within a geographic area
●● primary focus of public health nursing
Answer: promotion of quality of life
●● 1. Which of the following is the underlying science or area of study
on which public health is based?
Answer: Epidemiology
,●● what is responsible for the dramatic increase in life expectancy doing
the 20th century?
Answer: sanitation and other public health activities
●● The elizapbeth poor law of 1601 is similar to which current law?
Answer: Medicaid
●● intervention to decrease the number of premature deaths in the
community
Answer: promote healthy lifestyle behavior choices among the
community members
●● 2. A nurse is employed at the state department of public health.
Which of the following is a fundamental principle guiding his practice?
Answer: The interaction of the local-state-federal partnership is critical
to success.
●● what is a basic assumption of public health efforts?
Answer: the health of individuals cannot be separated root he health of
the community
●● A nurse is practicing in the community but also has the community
as the target of practice. Which of the following best describes the
activities of this nurse?
, Answer: Sharing assessment findings and health goals with every
community group that will listen
●● What action would most likley be performed by a public health nurse
Answer: working with community groups to create policies to improve
the environment
●● How did the Industrial Revolution result in previous caregiving
approaches, such as care by families, friends, and neighbors, becoming
inadequate?
Answer: Migration and urbanization resulted in increased demand for
care.
●● Which of the following public health nurses most clearly fulfills the
responsibilities of this role?
Answer: the nurse who spend the day attending meeting of various
health agencies
●● 3. The public health administrator is in the process of hiring a new
public health nurse. Which of the following statements made by an
applicant would most likely result in the applicant not being hired?
Answer: I like to be the only person working on a project because
individuals in teams have their own ideas and plans and the resulting
debate slows progress.
