Final Community Health Exam NCLEX Questions – 25
Chapters 2026/2027 | Nursing Practice Test
C - Correct answer✅✅ Jennifer is a community health nurse in a large metropolitan area. According to
the American Nurses Association's Code of Ethics (2015), community health nurses must align
themselves with public health programs that promote and preserve the health of populations by
influencing
A. socioeconomic issues.
B. psychosocial issues.
C. sociocultural issues.
D. developmental issues
B - Correct answer✅✅ Mary is a nursing student doing her senior project in community health. Part of
her assignment is to conduct an activity that illustrates "social health" within a group in her community.
The most appropriate activity for Mary to organize would be a
A. neighborhood block party.
B. food bank in a local church.
C. community yard sale.
D. school fundraiser for the school band
C - Correct answer✅✅ It has been estimated that individual behaviors and environmental factors are
responsible for what percentage of all premature deaths in the United States?
A. 20%
B. 40%
C. 50%
D. 70%
,A - Correct answer✅✅ Early public health nurse Lillian Wald and her associates were successful in
addressing health and disease in the immigrant community by
A. supporting political activities to improve social and environmental conditions of immigrant families.
B. administering bedside nursing care to immigrants and their families.
C. teaching the immigrant family members to provide health care in the home.
D. obtaining and administering medications to the immigrants and their family members.
B - Correct answer✅✅ Disease prevention activities protect people from disease and the effects of
disease. An example of primary disease prevention is
A. teaching people with diabetes how to prevent complications.
B. administering vaccines to children before kindergarten.
C. checking the skin of farm workers for signs of skin cancer.
D. identifying and testing individuals exposed to someone with tuberculosis.
B - Correct answer✅✅ Every 10 years, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services publishes a
national prevention initiative titled Healthy People. One of the new objectives for Healthy People 2020 is
to
A. achieve access to preventive services of all Americans.
B. improve the nation's ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from a major health
incident.
C. reduce health disparities among Americans.
D. increase independence of older Americans.
C - Correct answer✅✅ Which is an example of "community health nursing" rather than "community-
based nursing"?
A. An RN assisting a doctor in a pediatrician's office
B. An RN visiting a home-bound patient to monitor for congestive heart failure
,C. An RN reviewing school clinic records to determine which children are not up to date on their
immunizations
D. An RN dispensing medications in a nursing home
C - Correct answer✅✅ Which entity strives to improve the health of all the public by promoting
healthy lifestyles, preventing disease and injury, and protecting the health of communities?
A. Managed care organizations (MCOs)
B. Medicare
C. Public health system
D. Affordable Care Act
ABDE - Correct answer✅✅ A variety of health indicators are used by health providers, policy makers,
and community health nurses to measure the health of the community. Indicators that illustrate the
health status of a community and may be useful in analyzing health patterns over time include (Select all
that apply.)
A. morbidity.
B. mortality.
C. birth rates.
D. life expectancy.
E. cancer incidence rates.
BCE - Correct answer✅✅ Public health efforts focus on prevention and promotion of population
health. The local level of the health care system provides direct services to community members
through community and personal health services. An example of a health service that targets the larger
community, rather than individuals, is (Select all that apply.)
A. providing well-infant care.
B. a mobile immunization clinic.
C. condemning or repairing unsafe housing.
D. encouraging family planning.
, E. airing a weekly public service announcement to remind women to do breast self-examination.
... - Correct answer✅✅ Chapter 2
B - Correct answer✅✅ In which historical age would people have had an increased risk for contracting
salmonella, anthrax, Q fever, or tuberculosis from the proximity of domesticated animals and herds?
A. Hunting and gathering stage
B. Settled village stage
C. Preindustrial cities stage
D. Industrial cities stage
B - Correct answer✅✅ During the Renaissance period, much was learned about health and disease.
The Elizabethan Poor Law was enacted during this time to
A. govern personal and community hygiene such as contagion, disinfection, and sanitation.
B. make local parishes responsible for caring for the poor in the community.
C. enforce hygienic codes from Leviticus and establish leper houses.
D. legislate social reform, addressing issues such as child welfare and factory management.
C - Correct answer✅✅ Edwin Chadwick's Report on an Inquiry into the Sanitary Conditions of the
Laboring Population of Great Britain greatly contributed to the development of the
A. National Organization for Public Health Nursing.
B. American Medical Association.
C. General Board of Health for England.
D. National Institute.
D - Correct answer✅✅ What discovery by Edward Jenner resulted in one of the greatest medical
advances of the 18th century?
Chapters 2026/2027 | Nursing Practice Test
C - Correct answer✅✅ Jennifer is a community health nurse in a large metropolitan area. According to
the American Nurses Association's Code of Ethics (2015), community health nurses must align
themselves with public health programs that promote and preserve the health of populations by
influencing
A. socioeconomic issues.
B. psychosocial issues.
C. sociocultural issues.
D. developmental issues
B - Correct answer✅✅ Mary is a nursing student doing her senior project in community health. Part of
her assignment is to conduct an activity that illustrates "social health" within a group in her community.
The most appropriate activity for Mary to organize would be a
A. neighborhood block party.
B. food bank in a local church.
C. community yard sale.
D. school fundraiser for the school band
C - Correct answer✅✅ It has been estimated that individual behaviors and environmental factors are
responsible for what percentage of all premature deaths in the United States?
A. 20%
B. 40%
C. 50%
D. 70%
,A - Correct answer✅✅ Early public health nurse Lillian Wald and her associates were successful in
addressing health and disease in the immigrant community by
A. supporting political activities to improve social and environmental conditions of immigrant families.
B. administering bedside nursing care to immigrants and their families.
C. teaching the immigrant family members to provide health care in the home.
D. obtaining and administering medications to the immigrants and their family members.
B - Correct answer✅✅ Disease prevention activities protect people from disease and the effects of
disease. An example of primary disease prevention is
A. teaching people with diabetes how to prevent complications.
B. administering vaccines to children before kindergarten.
C. checking the skin of farm workers for signs of skin cancer.
D. identifying and testing individuals exposed to someone with tuberculosis.
B - Correct answer✅✅ Every 10 years, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services publishes a
national prevention initiative titled Healthy People. One of the new objectives for Healthy People 2020 is
to
A. achieve access to preventive services of all Americans.
B. improve the nation's ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from a major health
incident.
C. reduce health disparities among Americans.
D. increase independence of older Americans.
C - Correct answer✅✅ Which is an example of "community health nursing" rather than "community-
based nursing"?
A. An RN assisting a doctor in a pediatrician's office
B. An RN visiting a home-bound patient to monitor for congestive heart failure
,C. An RN reviewing school clinic records to determine which children are not up to date on their
immunizations
D. An RN dispensing medications in a nursing home
C - Correct answer✅✅ Which entity strives to improve the health of all the public by promoting
healthy lifestyles, preventing disease and injury, and protecting the health of communities?
A. Managed care organizations (MCOs)
B. Medicare
C. Public health system
D. Affordable Care Act
ABDE - Correct answer✅✅ A variety of health indicators are used by health providers, policy makers,
and community health nurses to measure the health of the community. Indicators that illustrate the
health status of a community and may be useful in analyzing health patterns over time include (Select all
that apply.)
A. morbidity.
B. mortality.
C. birth rates.
D. life expectancy.
E. cancer incidence rates.
BCE - Correct answer✅✅ Public health efforts focus on prevention and promotion of population
health. The local level of the health care system provides direct services to community members
through community and personal health services. An example of a health service that targets the larger
community, rather than individuals, is (Select all that apply.)
A. providing well-infant care.
B. a mobile immunization clinic.
C. condemning or repairing unsafe housing.
D. encouraging family planning.
, E. airing a weekly public service announcement to remind women to do breast self-examination.
... - Correct answer✅✅ Chapter 2
B - Correct answer✅✅ In which historical age would people have had an increased risk for contracting
salmonella, anthrax, Q fever, or tuberculosis from the proximity of domesticated animals and herds?
A. Hunting and gathering stage
B. Settled village stage
C. Preindustrial cities stage
D. Industrial cities stage
B - Correct answer✅✅ During the Renaissance period, much was learned about health and disease.
The Elizabethan Poor Law was enacted during this time to
A. govern personal and community hygiene such as contagion, disinfection, and sanitation.
B. make local parishes responsible for caring for the poor in the community.
C. enforce hygienic codes from Leviticus and establish leper houses.
D. legislate social reform, addressing issues such as child welfare and factory management.
C - Correct answer✅✅ Edwin Chadwick's Report on an Inquiry into the Sanitary Conditions of the
Laboring Population of Great Britain greatly contributed to the development of the
A. National Organization for Public Health Nursing.
B. American Medical Association.
C. General Board of Health for England.
D. National Institute.
D - Correct answer✅✅ What discovery by Edward Jenner resulted in one of the greatest medical
advances of the 18th century?
