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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 - ansAnswer: (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 - ansAnswer: (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 - ans3. Answer: (C)
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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 - ansB. 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 - ansB. 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 - ansD. 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?
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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 - ansC. 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. -
ansB. 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 - ansA. For people to attain their birthrights
and longevity
10. We say that a Filipino has attained longevity when he is able to reach the average life span of
Filipinos. What other statistic may be used to determine attainment of longevity?
A. Age-specific mortality rate
B. Proportionate mortality rate
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C. Swaroop's index
D. Case fatality rate - ansC. Swaroop's index
Swaroop's index is the percentage of the deaths aged 50 years or older. Its inverse represents the
percentage of untimely deaths (those who died younger than 50 years).
11. Which of the following is the most prominent feature of public health nursing?
A. It involves providing home care to sick people who are not confined in the hospital
B. Services are provided free of charge to people within the catchment area
C. The public health nurse functions as part of a team providing a public health nursing service
D. Public health nursing focuses on preventive, not curative services - ansD. Public health
nursing focuses on preventive, not curative services
The catchment area in PHN consists of a residential community, many of whom are well
individuals who have greater need for preventive rather than curative services.
12. According to Margaret Shetland, the philosophy of public health nursing is based on which
of the following?
A. Health and longevity as birthrights
B. The mandate of the state to protect the birthrights of its citizens
C. Public health nursing as a specialized field of nursing
D. The worth and dignity of man - ansD. The worth and dignity of man
13. Which of the following is the mission of the Department of Health?
A. Health for all Filipinos
B. Ensure the accessibility and quality of health
C. Improve the general health status of the population
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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 - ansAnswer: (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 - ansAnswer: (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 - ans3. Answer: (C)
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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 - ansB. 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 - ansB. 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 - ansD. 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?
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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 - ansC. 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. -
ansB. 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 - ansA. For people to attain their birthrights
and longevity
10. We say that a Filipino has attained longevity when he is able to reach the average life span of
Filipinos. What other statistic may be used to determine attainment of longevity?
A. Age-specific mortality rate
B. Proportionate mortality rate
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C. Swaroop's index
D. Case fatality rate - ansC. Swaroop's index
Swaroop's index is the percentage of the deaths aged 50 years or older. Its inverse represents the
percentage of untimely deaths (those who died younger than 50 years).
11. Which of the following is the most prominent feature of public health nursing?
A. It involves providing home care to sick people who are not confined in the hospital
B. Services are provided free of charge to people within the catchment area
C. The public health nurse functions as part of a team providing a public health nursing service
D. Public health nursing focuses on preventive, not curative services - ansD. Public health
nursing focuses on preventive, not curative services
The catchment area in PHN consists of a residential community, many of whom are well
individuals who have greater need for preventive rather than curative services.
12. According to Margaret Shetland, the philosophy of public health nursing is based on which
of the following?
A. Health and longevity as birthrights
B. The mandate of the state to protect the birthrights of its citizens
C. Public health nursing as a specialized field of nursing
D. The worth and dignity of man - ansD. The worth and dignity of man
13. Which of the following is the mission of the Department of Health?
A. Health for all Filipinos
B. Ensure the accessibility and quality of health
C. Improve the general health status of the population
