Philippine NLE Board Exam: Community Health Nursing
,1. Which is the primary goal of community health nursing?
A. To support and supplement the efforts of the medical profession in the promotion of
health and prevention of 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.
Answer: (B) To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to cope with
their health needs. 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 explains this statement?
A. The service is provided in the natural environment of 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.
Answer: (B) The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing
needs and problems. Community-based practice means providing care to people in
their own natural environments: the home, school and workplace, for example.
3. Population-focused nursing practice requires which of the following processes?
A. Community organizing
B.Nursing process
C. Community diagnosis
D.Epidemiologic process
Answer: (C) Community diagnosis Population-focused nursing care means providing care
based on the greater need of the majority of the population. The greater need is
identified through community diagnosis.
,4. R.A. 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside from number of
employees, what other factor must be considered in determining the occupational health
privileges to which the workers will be entitled?
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
Answer: (B) Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities Based on R.A. 1054, an
occupational nurse must be employed when there are 30 to 100 employees and the
workplace is more than 1 km. away from the nearest health center.
5.A business firm must employ an occupational health nurse when it has at least
how many employees?
A. 21
B.101
C. 201
D.301
Answer: (B) 101Again, this is based on R.A. 1054.
6.When the occupational health nurse employs ergonomic principles, she is performing
which of her roles?
A. Health care provider
B.Health educator
C. Health care coordinator
D.Environmental manager
Answer: (D) Environmental manager Ergonomics is improving efficiency of workers by
improving the worker's environment through appropriately designed furniture, for
example.
, 7.A garment factory does not have an occupational nurse. Who shall provide the
occupational health needs of the 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
Answer: (C) Public health nurse of the RHU of their municipality You're right! This
question is based on R.A.1054.
8. "Public health services are given free of charge." Is this statement true or false?
A. The statement is true; it is the responsibility of 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.
Answer: (B) The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services.
Community health services, including public health services, are pre-paid services, though
taxation.
9.According to C.E. Winslow, which of the following is the goal of Public Health?
A. For people to attain their birth rights of health and 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
Answer: (A) For people to attain their birth rights of health and longevity According to
Winslow, all public health efforts are for people to realize their birth rights of health and
longevity.
,1. Which is the primary goal of community health nursing?
A. To support and supplement the efforts of the medical profession in the promotion of
health and prevention of 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.
Answer: (B) To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to cope with
their health needs. 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 explains this statement?
A. The service is provided in the natural environment of 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.
Answer: (B) The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing
needs and problems. Community-based practice means providing care to people in
their own natural environments: the home, school and workplace, for example.
3. Population-focused nursing practice requires which of the following processes?
A. Community organizing
B.Nursing process
C. Community diagnosis
D.Epidemiologic process
Answer: (C) Community diagnosis Population-focused nursing care means providing care
based on the greater need of the majority of the population. The greater need is
identified through community diagnosis.
,4. R.A. 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside from number of
employees, what other factor must be considered in determining the occupational health
privileges to which the workers will be entitled?
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
Answer: (B) Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities Based on R.A. 1054, an
occupational nurse must be employed when there are 30 to 100 employees and the
workplace is more than 1 km. away from the nearest health center.
5.A business firm must employ an occupational health nurse when it has at least
how many employees?
A. 21
B.101
C. 201
D.301
Answer: (B) 101Again, this is based on R.A. 1054.
6.When the occupational health nurse employs ergonomic principles, she is performing
which of her roles?
A. Health care provider
B.Health educator
C. Health care coordinator
D.Environmental manager
Answer: (D) Environmental manager Ergonomics is improving efficiency of workers by
improving the worker's environment through appropriately designed furniture, for
example.
, 7.A garment factory does not have an occupational nurse. Who shall provide the
occupational health needs of the 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
Answer: (C) Public health nurse of the RHU of their municipality You're right! This
question is based on R.A.1054.
8. "Public health services are given free of charge." Is this statement true or false?
A. The statement is true; it is the responsibility of 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.
Answer: (B) The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services.
Community health services, including public health services, are pre-paid services, though
taxation.
9.According to C.E. Winslow, which of the following is the goal of Public Health?
A. For people to attain their birth rights of health and 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
Answer: (A) For people to attain their birth rights of health and longevity According to
Winslow, all public health efforts are for people to realize their birth rights of health and
longevity.
