NSG 1050 MODULE 2 COMPETENCY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | NSG
1050 MODULE 2 STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
public health nursing - Correct answer ✔✔ Requires understanding the needs of a population or
a collection of individuals who have one or more personal or environmental characteristics in
common: has extensive knowledge about a population (e.g. high-risk infants; older adults etc).
community health nursing - Correct answer ✔✔ nursing practice in the community with the
primary focus on the healthcare of individuals, families, and groups within the community:
improve quality of life within the community
community-based nursing - Correct answer ✔✔ takes place in community settings such as a
home or clinic, where nurses focus on the needs of an individual or family: safety needs,
acute/chronic care; self-care; autonomy
Vulnerable populations of patients are those who are more likely to develop health problems as
a result of: - Correct answer ✔✔ Excess risks, limits in access to health care services, and
dependency on others for care
Following a community assessment that focused on adolescent health behaviors, the nurse
determines that a large number of adolescents smoke and designs a smoking cessation at the
youth community center. This is an example of which nursing role: - Correct answer ✔✔
Counselor
A nursing student is giving a presentation to a group of other nursing students about the needs
of patients with mental illnesses in the community. The nursing professor needs to clarify the
student's presentation when the student states: (you are looking for a wrong statement) -
Correct answer ✔✔ "The majority of patients with mental illnesses live in long-term care
settings."
, A patient is worried about her 76 year old grandmother who is in very good health and wants to
live at home. The patient's concerns are related to her grandmother's safety. The neighborhood
does not have a lot of crime. Using this scenario, which of the following are the most relevant to
assess for safety? - Correct answer ✔✔ Lighting, locks, clutter, medications
The nurse in a new community based clinic is requested to complete a community assessment.
What is the order for completing this assessment?
1. Structure or locale
2. Social systems
3. Population - Correct answer ✔✔ 1, 3, 2
Using Healthy People 2020 as a guide, which of the following would improve delivery of care to
a community? (Select all that apply.) - Correct answer ✔✔ Community assessment
Increased access to care.
Determining rates of specific illnesses
Implementation of public health policies
Which of the following are major public health problems commonly affecting older adults?
(Select all that apply.) - Correct answer ✔✔ Confusional states
Financial limitations
Substance abuse
Acute and chronic physical illnesses
case manager - Correct answer ✔✔ Coordinate the activities of multiple providers and payers in
different settings through a patient's continuum of care.
Patient advocate - Correct answer ✔✔ Help patients "walk through the system" and identify
where to go for services; support and defend patient decisions; help patients know where to go
to find information
1050 MODULE 2 STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
public health nursing - Correct answer ✔✔ Requires understanding the needs of a population or
a collection of individuals who have one or more personal or environmental characteristics in
common: has extensive knowledge about a population (e.g. high-risk infants; older adults etc).
community health nursing - Correct answer ✔✔ nursing practice in the community with the
primary focus on the healthcare of individuals, families, and groups within the community:
improve quality of life within the community
community-based nursing - Correct answer ✔✔ takes place in community settings such as a
home or clinic, where nurses focus on the needs of an individual or family: safety needs,
acute/chronic care; self-care; autonomy
Vulnerable populations of patients are those who are more likely to develop health problems as
a result of: - Correct answer ✔✔ Excess risks, limits in access to health care services, and
dependency on others for care
Following a community assessment that focused on adolescent health behaviors, the nurse
determines that a large number of adolescents smoke and designs a smoking cessation at the
youth community center. This is an example of which nursing role: - Correct answer ✔✔
Counselor
A nursing student is giving a presentation to a group of other nursing students about the needs
of patients with mental illnesses in the community. The nursing professor needs to clarify the
student's presentation when the student states: (you are looking for a wrong statement) -
Correct answer ✔✔ "The majority of patients with mental illnesses live in long-term care
settings."
, A patient is worried about her 76 year old grandmother who is in very good health and wants to
live at home. The patient's concerns are related to her grandmother's safety. The neighborhood
does not have a lot of crime. Using this scenario, which of the following are the most relevant to
assess for safety? - Correct answer ✔✔ Lighting, locks, clutter, medications
The nurse in a new community based clinic is requested to complete a community assessment.
What is the order for completing this assessment?
1. Structure or locale
2. Social systems
3. Population - Correct answer ✔✔ 1, 3, 2
Using Healthy People 2020 as a guide, which of the following would improve delivery of care to
a community? (Select all that apply.) - Correct answer ✔✔ Community assessment
Increased access to care.
Determining rates of specific illnesses
Implementation of public health policies
Which of the following are major public health problems commonly affecting older adults?
(Select all that apply.) - Correct answer ✔✔ Confusional states
Financial limitations
Substance abuse
Acute and chronic physical illnesses
case manager - Correct answer ✔✔ Coordinate the activities of multiple providers and payers in
different settings through a patient's continuum of care.
Patient advocate - Correct answer ✔✔ Help patients "walk through the system" and identify
where to go for services; support and defend patient decisions; help patients know where to go
to find information
