Community Health Nursing Exam (145
Questions) with Complete Solutions
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 - ✔✔Answer: (B)
To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to cope
with their health needs.
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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 - ✔✔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.
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3. Population- focused nursing practice requires which of the following
processes?
A. Community organizing
B. Nursing, process
C. Community diagnosis
D. Epidemiologic process - ✔✔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?
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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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔B. 101