Community Nursing Exam #1 | Practice Questions &
Answers, Study Guide 2026/2027
*3 major changes* in health care in the 20th century - Correct answer✅✅ *1. Patient/Client centered
care*
2. Technology
3. Personal responsibility for health
What is *"Public Health"* - Correct answer✅✅ -What *society collectively does* to ensure that
conditions exist in which people can be healthy
*Community Health* nursing - Correct answer✅✅ -Use of systematic processes to deliver care to
individuals, families, and community groups with a focus on promotion, preserving, protecting, &
maintaining health
*Community-Based* nursing practice - Correct answer✅✅ -Minor acute & chronic care that is
comprehensive and coordinated where people work, live, or attend school
-(i.e., school nurses, stat care nurses, doctor's offices)
*Public Health* nursing - Correct answer✅✅ -A synthesis or nursing and public health within the
context of preventing disease and disability, promoting & protecting the health of the entire community
-Population as a whole
-(i.e., health department, community boards, & epidemiology)
,Public Health *Responsibilities* - Correct answer✅✅ -Communicable Disease Prevention
-Occupational Health
-Environmental Health Programs
-Reproductive Health
-Chronic Disease Prevention (#1 cause of death in U.S., #2 is communicable)
-Injury Prevention Activities (Children across lifespan)
The *8 Domains* of Public Health Nursing - Correct answer✅✅ 1. Analytic assessment skills (never
group by race or religion!)
2. Policy development & program planning
3. Communication skills
4. Cultural competency skills
5. Community dimensions of practice skills
6. Basic public health science skills
7. Financial planning & management skills
8. Leadership & systems thinking skills
, *Aggregate* - Correct answer✅✅ -Live or work in/out of community & may travel in/out of
community for resources
*Geopolitical* Communities - Correct answer✅✅ -Share geographical boundaries & resources (i.e.,
Canton)
*Phenomenological* Communities - Correct answer✅✅ -Share interests or beliefs within the
community
*Communities of Solution* - Correct answer✅✅ -People that form groups to address health concerns
or issues in community
What's a *community assessment*? - Correct answer✅✅ -A critical process for the future because the
process may *identify a method to improve the health of at-risk clients*
-Includes examination of biological, psychological, & sociocultural influences
*Gordon's Functional Health Pattern* - Correct answer✅✅ -An organized approach to assessment in
the form of an evaluation
-11 patterns
-Can be used as a framework for community assessments
How are public health departments organized? - Correct answer✅✅ National>State>Local>County
-The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) is the public agency for the state of Ohio
*Government* Agencies - Correct answer✅✅ -Provide services that benefit the social welfare &
*health of citizens at a local, state, & national level*
Answers, Study Guide 2026/2027
*3 major changes* in health care in the 20th century - Correct answer✅✅ *1. Patient/Client centered
care*
2. Technology
3. Personal responsibility for health
What is *"Public Health"* - Correct answer✅✅ -What *society collectively does* to ensure that
conditions exist in which people can be healthy
*Community Health* nursing - Correct answer✅✅ -Use of systematic processes to deliver care to
individuals, families, and community groups with a focus on promotion, preserving, protecting, &
maintaining health
*Community-Based* nursing practice - Correct answer✅✅ -Minor acute & chronic care that is
comprehensive and coordinated where people work, live, or attend school
-(i.e., school nurses, stat care nurses, doctor's offices)
*Public Health* nursing - Correct answer✅✅ -A synthesis or nursing and public health within the
context of preventing disease and disability, promoting & protecting the health of the entire community
-Population as a whole
-(i.e., health department, community boards, & epidemiology)
,Public Health *Responsibilities* - Correct answer✅✅ -Communicable Disease Prevention
-Occupational Health
-Environmental Health Programs
-Reproductive Health
-Chronic Disease Prevention (#1 cause of death in U.S., #2 is communicable)
-Injury Prevention Activities (Children across lifespan)
The *8 Domains* of Public Health Nursing - Correct answer✅✅ 1. Analytic assessment skills (never
group by race or religion!)
2. Policy development & program planning
3. Communication skills
4. Cultural competency skills
5. Community dimensions of practice skills
6. Basic public health science skills
7. Financial planning & management skills
8. Leadership & systems thinking skills
, *Aggregate* - Correct answer✅✅ -Live or work in/out of community & may travel in/out of
community for resources
*Geopolitical* Communities - Correct answer✅✅ -Share geographical boundaries & resources (i.e.,
Canton)
*Phenomenological* Communities - Correct answer✅✅ -Share interests or beliefs within the
community
*Communities of Solution* - Correct answer✅✅ -People that form groups to address health concerns
or issues in community
What's a *community assessment*? - Correct answer✅✅ -A critical process for the future because the
process may *identify a method to improve the health of at-risk clients*
-Includes examination of biological, psychological, & sociocultural influences
*Gordon's Functional Health Pattern* - Correct answer✅✅ -An organized approach to assessment in
the form of an evaluation
-11 patterns
-Can be used as a framework for community assessments
How are public health departments organized? - Correct answer✅✅ National>State>Local>County
-The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) is the public agency for the state of Ohio
*Government* Agencies - Correct answer✅✅ -Provide services that benefit the social welfare &
*health of citizens at a local, state, & national level*
