NSG 505 EXAM 1 2026/2027 | NURSING
STUDY GUIDE, EXAM REVIEW & PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
principles of a public health nurse - Correct answer ✔✔ population focused, they seek out
patients, prevention vs. illness
public health nurses in action - Correct answer ✔✔ -client or "unit of care" is the population
-primary obligation is to achieve greatest good for greates number of people or population as a
whole
-collaborate with client as an equal partner
-primary prevention is priority in selecting activities
-strategies that create healthy environment, social, and economic condition in which
populations may thrive
-obligated to actively identify and reach out to all who might benefit from a specific activity or
service
-optimal use of available resources and creation of new EBS
-collaborate
community - Correct answer ✔✔ collection of people who interact with one another and whose
common interests or characteristics form the basis for a sense of unity of belonging
geopoliitcal/geographic - Correct answer ✔✔ defined by a physical area
can be defined on a map
common interest/ phenomenological - Correct answer ✔✔ defined by shared interests and
goals
, ex: elementary school families, GEM cohort 24
community of solution - Correct answer ✔✔ defined by problem or issue of importance
problem oriented, solution driven
ex: consortium to lower obesity in chicago, save the children
primary prevention - Correct answer ✔✔ o Target population: at risk
o Strategies :Vector control,Prevention of transmission by organ transplantation, Prevention of
accidental transmission
o Responsible sectors: Public health, Primary health care, Other sectors
o Intervention objectives: Prevent the transmission of he disease
Secondary prevention - Correct answer ✔✔ o Target population: early/asymptomatic disease
o Strategies: Screening, Case finding, Early intervention, Antiparasitic treatment, Periodic health
examination
o Responsible sectors: Primary health care, Public health
o Intervention objectives: Prevent or inhibit disease in cases where infection has occurred
tertiary prevention - Correct answer ✔✔ o Target population: established disease
o Strategies: Antiparasitic treatment, Symptomatic treatment, Pharmacological interventions,
Non-pharm interventions, Management of complications, Continuing care
o Responsible sectors: Specialist services, Hospital care
oIntervention objectives: Prevent morbidity and mortality once disease is established
early home care: mary seacole and florence nightangale - Correct answer ✔✔ focus was to
reduce suffering and promote healing
STUDY GUIDE, EXAM REVIEW & PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
principles of a public health nurse - Correct answer ✔✔ population focused, they seek out
patients, prevention vs. illness
public health nurses in action - Correct answer ✔✔ -client or "unit of care" is the population
-primary obligation is to achieve greatest good for greates number of people or population as a
whole
-collaborate with client as an equal partner
-primary prevention is priority in selecting activities
-strategies that create healthy environment, social, and economic condition in which
populations may thrive
-obligated to actively identify and reach out to all who might benefit from a specific activity or
service
-optimal use of available resources and creation of new EBS
-collaborate
community - Correct answer ✔✔ collection of people who interact with one another and whose
common interests or characteristics form the basis for a sense of unity of belonging
geopoliitcal/geographic - Correct answer ✔✔ defined by a physical area
can be defined on a map
common interest/ phenomenological - Correct answer ✔✔ defined by shared interests and
goals
, ex: elementary school families, GEM cohort 24
community of solution - Correct answer ✔✔ defined by problem or issue of importance
problem oriented, solution driven
ex: consortium to lower obesity in chicago, save the children
primary prevention - Correct answer ✔✔ o Target population: at risk
o Strategies :Vector control,Prevention of transmission by organ transplantation, Prevention of
accidental transmission
o Responsible sectors: Public health, Primary health care, Other sectors
o Intervention objectives: Prevent the transmission of he disease
Secondary prevention - Correct answer ✔✔ o Target population: early/asymptomatic disease
o Strategies: Screening, Case finding, Early intervention, Antiparasitic treatment, Periodic health
examination
o Responsible sectors: Primary health care, Public health
o Intervention objectives: Prevent or inhibit disease in cases where infection has occurred
tertiary prevention - Correct answer ✔✔ o Target population: established disease
o Strategies: Antiparasitic treatment, Symptomatic treatment, Pharmacological interventions,
Non-pharm interventions, Management of complications, Continuing care
o Responsible sectors: Specialist services, Hospital care
oIntervention objectives: Prevent morbidity and mortality once disease is established
early home care: mary seacole and florence nightangale - Correct answer ✔✔ focus was to
reduce suffering and promote healing
