COMMUNITY HEALTH MANAGEMENT
100% A+ GUARANTEE QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS
Which of the following best describes community health nursing?
a.Focusing on the health care of individual clients in the
community
b.Giving care with a focus on the group's needs
c.Giving care with a focus on the aggregate's needs
d.Working with an approach of unique client care - ANSWER
ANS: A
By definition, community health nursing is the health care of
individual clients in the community.
Which of the following best describes primary health care?
a.A comprehensive way to address issues of social justice
b.Giving care to manage acute or chronic conditions
c.Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
d.Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention -
ANSWER ANS: A
By definition, primary health care is comprehensive and
addresses issues of social justice and equity. Social justice in the
context of health refers to ensuring fairness and equality in health
,services so that vulnerable individuals in society have easy
access to health care.
The health of which of the following is the primary focus of public
health nurses (PHNs)?
a.Families
b.Groups
c.Individuals
d.Populations - ANSWER ANS: D
PHNs use knowledge of nursing, social sciences, and public
health sciences for the promotion and protection of health and for
the prevention of disease among populations.
Which of the following is the primary explanation for life
expectancy increasing so notably during the twentieth century?
a.An increase in findings from medical laboratory research
b.Incredible advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c.Improved sanitation and other public health activities
d.Increased use of antibiotics to fight infections - ANSWER ANS:
C
Improvement in control of infectious diseases through
immunizations, sanitation, and other public health activities led to
the increase in life expectancy from less than 50 years in 1900 to
more than 77 years in 2002.
Which community health nursing practice area receives funding
from the private sector?
a.Telenurses
b.Corrections nurses
c.Nurse entrepreneurs
,d.Street or outreach nurses - ANSWER ANS: C
The nurse entrepreneur receives private funding, whereas all of
the other community health nurse (CHN) roles are with
provincially or federally funded positions.
Which of the following definitions reflects "client as society"?
a.Groups within a population working together on a defined
activity
b.Systems that incorporate the social, political, economic, and
cultural infrastructure to address issues of concern
c.People and the relationships that emerge among them as they
develop and share environments
d.A large group of people who have at least one characteristic in
common and who reside in close proximity - ANSWER ANS: B
Systems that incorporate the social, political, economic, and
cultural infrastructure to address issues of concern is the
definition of client as society.
A PHN strives to prevent disease and disability, often in
partnership with other community groups. Which one of the
following is an appropriate summary of the PHN's role?
a.The PHN asks the political leaders what interventions should be
chosen.
b.The PHN assesses the community and decides on appropriate
interventions.
c.The PHN uses data from the main health care institutions in the
community to determine needed health services.
d.The PHN works with community members to carry out public
health functions. - ANSWER ANS: D
, It is crucial that the PHN work with members of the community to
carry out core public health functions.
Which of the following is used as a measurement of population
health?
a.Health status indicators
b.Awareness of levels of prevention
c.The number of memberships at the local fitness centre
d.Reported provincial alcohol and tobacco sales in any given
month - ANSWER ANS: A
The focus of community health nursing practice is disease
prevention, which is broken down into three levels of prevention:
primary, secondary, and tertiary.
Ms. LeBlanc, BSc, registered nurse (RN), has just been
employed as a CHN. Which of the following questions might be
very relevant to her practice as she begins her position?
a."Which community groups are at greatest risk for problems?"
b."Which patients should I see first as I begin my day?"
c."With which physicians will I be collaborating most closely?"
d."Who is the nursing assistant to whom I can refer patients?" -
ANSWER ANS: A
CHNs apply the nursing process to the entire community; asking
which groups are at greatest risk reflects a community-oriented
perspective. The other possible responses focus on particular
individuals.
Whenever Ms. LeBlanc, BSc, RN, talks to the women at the
senior citizens' centre, she reminds them that the only way the
centre will be able to afford a driver and a van service for those
who cannot drive themselves is to continue to write letters to their
100% A+ GUARANTEE QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS
Which of the following best describes community health nursing?
a.Focusing on the health care of individual clients in the
community
b.Giving care with a focus on the group's needs
c.Giving care with a focus on the aggregate's needs
d.Working with an approach of unique client care - ANSWER
ANS: A
By definition, community health nursing is the health care of
individual clients in the community.
Which of the following best describes primary health care?
a.A comprehensive way to address issues of social justice
b.Giving care to manage acute or chronic conditions
c.Giving direct care to ill individuals within their family setting
d.Having the goal of health promotion and disease prevention -
ANSWER ANS: A
By definition, primary health care is comprehensive and
addresses issues of social justice and equity. Social justice in the
context of health refers to ensuring fairness and equality in health
,services so that vulnerable individuals in society have easy
access to health care.
The health of which of the following is the primary focus of public
health nurses (PHNs)?
a.Families
b.Groups
c.Individuals
d.Populations - ANSWER ANS: D
PHNs use knowledge of nursing, social sciences, and public
health sciences for the promotion and protection of health and for
the prevention of disease among populations.
Which of the following is the primary explanation for life
expectancy increasing so notably during the twentieth century?
a.An increase in findings from medical laboratory research
b.Incredible advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c.Improved sanitation and other public health activities
d.Increased use of antibiotics to fight infections - ANSWER ANS:
C
Improvement in control of infectious diseases through
immunizations, sanitation, and other public health activities led to
the increase in life expectancy from less than 50 years in 1900 to
more than 77 years in 2002.
Which community health nursing practice area receives funding
from the private sector?
a.Telenurses
b.Corrections nurses
c.Nurse entrepreneurs
,d.Street or outreach nurses - ANSWER ANS: C
The nurse entrepreneur receives private funding, whereas all of
the other community health nurse (CHN) roles are with
provincially or federally funded positions.
Which of the following definitions reflects "client as society"?
a.Groups within a population working together on a defined
activity
b.Systems that incorporate the social, political, economic, and
cultural infrastructure to address issues of concern
c.People and the relationships that emerge among them as they
develop and share environments
d.A large group of people who have at least one characteristic in
common and who reside in close proximity - ANSWER ANS: B
Systems that incorporate the social, political, economic, and
cultural infrastructure to address issues of concern is the
definition of client as society.
A PHN strives to prevent disease and disability, often in
partnership with other community groups. Which one of the
following is an appropriate summary of the PHN's role?
a.The PHN asks the political leaders what interventions should be
chosen.
b.The PHN assesses the community and decides on appropriate
interventions.
c.The PHN uses data from the main health care institutions in the
community to determine needed health services.
d.The PHN works with community members to carry out public
health functions. - ANSWER ANS: D
, It is crucial that the PHN work with members of the community to
carry out core public health functions.
Which of the following is used as a measurement of population
health?
a.Health status indicators
b.Awareness of levels of prevention
c.The number of memberships at the local fitness centre
d.Reported provincial alcohol and tobacco sales in any given
month - ANSWER ANS: A
The focus of community health nursing practice is disease
prevention, which is broken down into three levels of prevention:
primary, secondary, and tertiary.
Ms. LeBlanc, BSc, registered nurse (RN), has just been
employed as a CHN. Which of the following questions might be
very relevant to her practice as she begins her position?
a."Which community groups are at greatest risk for problems?"
b."Which patients should I see first as I begin my day?"
c."With which physicians will I be collaborating most closely?"
d."Who is the nursing assistant to whom I can refer patients?" -
ANSWER ANS: A
CHNs apply the nursing process to the entire community; asking
which groups are at greatest risk reflects a community-oriented
perspective. The other possible responses focus on particular
individuals.
Whenever Ms. LeBlanc, BSc, RN, talks to the women at the
senior citizens' centre, she reminds them that the only way the
centre will be able to afford a driver and a van service for those
who cannot drive themselves is to continue to write letters to their
