Community Health Exam 1 Practice Questions and Answers
2026/2027 | Community Health Nursing Test Prep
Which of the following IS NOT an example of a public health core function? - Correct answer✅✅
Documenting that the community is a food desert area
The state agency has received multiple complaints regarding the availability of elder transportation
services to a specific county senior center. The state agency assigns a public health nurse to work with
the community to evaluate its program for elder transportation services to publicly sponsored elder care
programs. The public health core function applied is: - Correct answer✅✅ assurance
A public health nurse employed by the Department of Health is working on a team developing local
health policy. The nurse recognizes which of the following about policy development? - Correct
answer✅✅ It is very similar to the nursing process
1. Public health nursing emphasizes prevention of disease. What are the challenges associated with such
a goal (select all that apply)? - Correct answer✅✅ 1. Increased costs and decreased funding.
2. It is more difficult to measure the effects of prevention than the effects of treatment.
3. Emerging communicable diseases continue to be a health threat.
1. Many of the varied and challenging public health nursing roles which originated in the late 1800s
continue to be an issue today. Which factors continue to challenge public health nurses (select all that
apply)? - Correct answer✅✅ 1. Environmental pollution control
2. Natural disasters
3. Emerging communicable diseases
1. Which of the following factors has had an influence on the need to provide nurse volunteers at the
influenza vaccination clinic? - Correct answer✅✅ 1. A reduction in federal and state funds
List and describe the goal and core functions of public health and the services generally provided by
practitioners of public health. - Correct answer✅✅ Promote wellness and prevent the spread of
disease
, Discuss the role of the public health nurse specialist and how the role influences nursing practice in the
community. - Correct answer✅✅ The role of the public health nurse is to prevent disease and
disability and promote and protect the community as a whole.
Explain community-based nursing practice. - Correct answer✅✅ Community-based nursing practice
focuses on "illness care" of individuals and families across the lifespan.
Describe community-oriented nursing practice. - Correct answer✅✅ Community-oriented nursing
practice focuses on promoting quality of life for entire communities or populations as well as the health
care of individuals, families, and groups.
Examine how community-based nursing practice differs from community-oriented nursing practice. -
Correct answer✅✅ Community-based nursing practice differs from community-oriented nursing
practice because community-based nursing practice manages acute and chronic conditions of individuals
and families, whereas community-oriented nursing practice works to prevent disease and disability and
promote, maintain and protect health.
Which of the following examples best illustrates collaboration and partnership for health? Explain your
answer. - Correct answer✅✅ Helping a high school counselor and school nurse determine students'
health education needs
In treating a worker injured at a construction site, the nurse interviews the worker, the foreman, and
several of the co-workers. Does this exemplify community-oriented nursing practice? - Correct
answer✅✅ No, This is community-based nursing practice as it focuses on one incident, if the CHN was
doing education to a factory about worker safety that would be community-oriented.
What is the first step in the assessment process? - Correct answer✅✅ Define your boundaries
In a routine day, a nurse (a) conducts a scoliosis screening clinic at a junior high school, (b) makes a
home visit to the parents of a child with a high absenteeism rate, (c) bandages a child injured on the
playground, and (d) plans a first-aid course for teachers. Which of these activities exemplify community-
oriented nursing practice? - Correct answer✅✅ Plans a first-aid course for teachers
Which of the following is a community health structure? - Correct answer✅✅ Hospital
2026/2027 | Community Health Nursing Test Prep
Which of the following IS NOT an example of a public health core function? - Correct answer✅✅
Documenting that the community is a food desert area
The state agency has received multiple complaints regarding the availability of elder transportation
services to a specific county senior center. The state agency assigns a public health nurse to work with
the community to evaluate its program for elder transportation services to publicly sponsored elder care
programs. The public health core function applied is: - Correct answer✅✅ assurance
A public health nurse employed by the Department of Health is working on a team developing local
health policy. The nurse recognizes which of the following about policy development? - Correct
answer✅✅ It is very similar to the nursing process
1. Public health nursing emphasizes prevention of disease. What are the challenges associated with such
a goal (select all that apply)? - Correct answer✅✅ 1. Increased costs and decreased funding.
2. It is more difficult to measure the effects of prevention than the effects of treatment.
3. Emerging communicable diseases continue to be a health threat.
1. Many of the varied and challenging public health nursing roles which originated in the late 1800s
continue to be an issue today. Which factors continue to challenge public health nurses (select all that
apply)? - Correct answer✅✅ 1. Environmental pollution control
2. Natural disasters
3. Emerging communicable diseases
1. Which of the following factors has had an influence on the need to provide nurse volunteers at the
influenza vaccination clinic? - Correct answer✅✅ 1. A reduction in federal and state funds
List and describe the goal and core functions of public health and the services generally provided by
practitioners of public health. - Correct answer✅✅ Promote wellness and prevent the spread of
disease
, Discuss the role of the public health nurse specialist and how the role influences nursing practice in the
community. - Correct answer✅✅ The role of the public health nurse is to prevent disease and
disability and promote and protect the community as a whole.
Explain community-based nursing practice. - Correct answer✅✅ Community-based nursing practice
focuses on "illness care" of individuals and families across the lifespan.
Describe community-oriented nursing practice. - Correct answer✅✅ Community-oriented nursing
practice focuses on promoting quality of life for entire communities or populations as well as the health
care of individuals, families, and groups.
Examine how community-based nursing practice differs from community-oriented nursing practice. -
Correct answer✅✅ Community-based nursing practice differs from community-oriented nursing
practice because community-based nursing practice manages acute and chronic conditions of individuals
and families, whereas community-oriented nursing practice works to prevent disease and disability and
promote, maintain and protect health.
Which of the following examples best illustrates collaboration and partnership for health? Explain your
answer. - Correct answer✅✅ Helping a high school counselor and school nurse determine students'
health education needs
In treating a worker injured at a construction site, the nurse interviews the worker, the foreman, and
several of the co-workers. Does this exemplify community-oriented nursing practice? - Correct
answer✅✅ No, This is community-based nursing practice as it focuses on one incident, if the CHN was
doing education to a factory about worker safety that would be community-oriented.
What is the first step in the assessment process? - Correct answer✅✅ Define your boundaries
In a routine day, a nurse (a) conducts a scoliosis screening clinic at a junior high school, (b) makes a
home visit to the parents of a child with a high absenteeism rate, (c) bandages a child injured on the
playground, and (d) plans a first-aid course for teachers. Which of these activities exemplify community-
oriented nursing practice? - Correct answer✅✅ Plans a first-aid course for teachers
Which of the following is a community health structure? - Correct answer✅✅ Hospital
