Community Health Nursing Exam (145
Questions & ANSWERS)
1. Which is the primary goal of community health nursing?
A. To support and supplement the efforts of the medical profession in the promotion of health and
prevention of
B. To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to cope with their health needs
C. To increase the productivity of the people by providing them with services that will increase their
level of health
D. To contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare, focusing particularly on
mothers and children ANS - Answer: (B) To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and
communities to cope with their health needs.
FB: To contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare, focusing particularly on
mothers and children.
2. CHN is a community-based practice. Which best explains this statement?
A. The service is provided in the natural environment of people
B. The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing needs and problems
C. The service are based on the available resources within the community
,D. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health problems identified ANS - Answer: (B) The
nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing needs and problems.
Community-based practice means providing care to people in their own natural environments: the
home, school and workplace, for example.
3. Population- focused nursing practice requires which of the following processes?
A. Community organizing
B. Nursing, process
C. Community diagnosis
D. Epidemiologic process ANS - 3. Answer: (C)
Community diagnosis
FB:Population-focused nursing care means providing care based on the greater need of the majority of
the population. The greater need is identified through community diagnosis.
4. RA 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside from the number of employees, what
other factor must be considered in determining the occupational health privileges to which the workers
will be entitled?
A. Type of occupation,: agriculture, commercial, industrial
B. Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities
C. Classification of the business enterprise based on net profit
,D. Sex and age composition of employees ANS - B. Location of the workplace in relation to health
facilities
FB: Based on R.A. 1054, an occupational nurse must be employed when there are 30 to 100 employees
and the workplace is more than 1 km. away from the nearest health center.
5. A business firm must employ an occupational health nurse when it has at least how many employees.
A. 21
B. 101
C. 201
D. 301 ANS - B. 101
6. . When the occupational health nurse employs ergonomic principles, she is performing which of her
roles?
A. Health care provider
B. Health educator
C. Health care coordinator
D. Environment manager ANS - D. Environment manager
Ergonomics is improving efficiency of workers by improving the worker's environment through
appropriately designed furniture, for example.
7. A garment factory does not have an occupational nurse. Who shall provide the occupational health
needs of the factory workers?
A. Occupational health nurse at the Provincial Health Office
B. Physician employed by the factory
, C. Public Health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
D. Rural Sanitary inspector of the RHU in their municipality ANS - C. Public Health nurse of the RHU of
their municipality
8. "Public health services are given free of charge". Is this statement true or false?
A. The statement is true; it is the responsibility of government to provide haste services
B. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services
C. The statement may be true or false; depending on the Specific service required
D. The statement may be true or false; depending on policies of the government concerned. ANS - B.
The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services
Community health services, including public health services, are prepaid paid services, through taxation,
for example.
9. According to C.E. Winslow, which of the following is the goal of Public Health?
A. For people to attain their birthrights and longevity
B. For promotion of health and prevention and diseases
C. For people to have access to basic health services
D. For people to be organized in their health efforts ANS - A. For people to attain their birthrights and
longevity
Questions & ANSWERS)
1. Which is the primary goal of community health nursing?
A. To support and supplement the efforts of the medical profession in the promotion of health and
prevention of
B. To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to cope with their health needs
C. To increase the productivity of the people by providing them with services that will increase their
level of health
D. To contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare, focusing particularly on
mothers and children ANS - Answer: (B) To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and
communities to cope with their health needs.
FB: To contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare, focusing particularly on
mothers and children.
2. CHN is a community-based practice. Which best explains this statement?
A. The service is provided in the natural environment of people
B. The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing needs and problems
C. The service are based on the available resources within the community
,D. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health problems identified ANS - Answer: (B) The
nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing needs and problems.
Community-based practice means providing care to people in their own natural environments: the
home, school and workplace, for example.
3. Population- focused nursing practice requires which of the following processes?
A. Community organizing
B. Nursing, process
C. Community diagnosis
D. Epidemiologic process ANS - 3. Answer: (C)
Community diagnosis
FB:Population-focused nursing care means providing care based on the greater need of the majority of
the population. The greater need is identified through community diagnosis.
4. RA 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside from the number of employees, what
other factor must be considered in determining the occupational health privileges to which the workers
will be entitled?
A. Type of occupation,: agriculture, commercial, industrial
B. Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities
C. Classification of the business enterprise based on net profit
,D. Sex and age composition of employees ANS - B. Location of the workplace in relation to health
facilities
FB: Based on R.A. 1054, an occupational nurse must be employed when there are 30 to 100 employees
and the workplace is more than 1 km. away from the nearest health center.
5. A business firm must employ an occupational health nurse when it has at least how many employees.
A. 21
B. 101
C. 201
D. 301 ANS - B. 101
6. . When the occupational health nurse employs ergonomic principles, she is performing which of her
roles?
A. Health care provider
B. Health educator
C. Health care coordinator
D. Environment manager ANS - D. Environment manager
Ergonomics is improving efficiency of workers by improving the worker's environment through
appropriately designed furniture, for example.
7. A garment factory does not have an occupational nurse. Who shall provide the occupational health
needs of the factory workers?
A. Occupational health nurse at the Provincial Health Office
B. Physician employed by the factory
, C. Public Health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
D. Rural Sanitary inspector of the RHU in their municipality ANS - C. Public Health nurse of the RHU of
their municipality
8. "Public health services are given free of charge". Is this statement true or false?
A. The statement is true; it is the responsibility of government to provide haste services
B. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services
C. The statement may be true or false; depending on the Specific service required
D. The statement may be true or false; depending on policies of the government concerned. ANS - B.
The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services
Community health services, including public health services, are prepaid paid services, through taxation,
for example.
9. According to C.E. Winslow, which of the following is the goal of Public Health?
A. For people to attain their birthrights and longevity
B. For promotion of health and prevention and diseases
C. For people to have access to basic health services
D. For people to be organized in their health efforts ANS - A. For people to attain their birthrights and
longevity
