ATI COMMUNITY HEALTH LATEST EXAM 2024 -2024 TEST BANK/
400+ ACCURATE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS /GUARANTEED PASS
Definition of health - Correct Answer - State of complete physical, mental, and social
well-being; Remember, the community you are working with may not define health in the
same way that you define health
Which of the following sources of information about a community's health would give the
community health nurse information about births, deaths, and marriages and aid in
providing indicators of population growth or reduction?
a. Census tracts
b. Vital statistics
c. National Health Survey data
d. Needs assessment - Correct Answer - b. Vital statistics
A community health nurse in the assessment phase of the nursing process conducted
research to identify the distribution pattern of breast cancer within a population and the
associated risk factors. This is called:
a. statistical analysis.
b. needs assessment.
c. census collection.
d. epidemiology. - Correct Answer - d. epidemiology.
One of the first steps in community assessment may involve the community health
nurse driving or walking through an area and making observations about such things as
environmental layout and location of agencies, hospitals, industries, and so forth. This is
called a(n):
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,a. census survey.
b. needs survey.
c. informant survey.
d. windshield survey. - Correct Answer - d. windshield survey.
Which of the following methods of gathering data is most effective for remote and
vulnerable segments of a community and for those communities with underdeveloped
opinions?
a. Interviewing community informants
b. Community forum
c. Focus groups
d. Telephone surveys - Correct Answer - c. Focus groups
When writing a community diagnosis, the community health nurse notes that the
"among" phrase:
a. presents a synthesis of all assessment data.
b. provides the supporting data.
c. specifies the aggregate that will benefit from the nurse's plan. - Correct Answer - c.
specifies the aggregate that will benefit from the nurse's plan.
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% - Correct Answer - c. 50%
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,Rationale:
According to Cassidy, Trujillo, and Orleans (2015), 50% of all premature deaths in the
United States are a result of individual behaviors and environmental factors. According
to Mokdad, Marks, Stroup, and Gerberding (2004), tobacco use leads the list of "actual
causes of death" at almost 20% of annual deaths in the United States.
During a home health visit a school age child who has muscular dystrophy confides in
the nurse that he was struck by his parents. which of the following actions should the
nurse take first?
1. report the incident to local authorities
2. check the child for injuries
3. refer the parent to a social service agency
4. enroll the parent in anger management classes. - Correct Answer - 2. check the child
for injuries
a nurse is planning a program about healthy eating at an elementary school where most
students select French fries and pizza at lunch every day. which of the following actions
should the nurse plan to take first?
1. give positive feedback to students who make appropriate choices.
2. help students recognize the value of making healthy food choices
3. provide students with resources about making wise choices independently
4. determine student's motivation to learn about healthy food choices. - Correct Answer
- 4. determine student's motivation to learn about healthy food choices.
a nurse manger in local community health agency is creating a job description for a new
nurse who will practice community oriented nursing. which of the following should the
nurse include in the job description? (select all that apply)
1. investigate potential health and environmental issues
2. initiate support groups for parents of autistic children
3. provide wound care for clients in their homes
4. participate in local health surveillance activities
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, 5. provide health related education to community groups - Correct Answer - 1.
investigate potential health and environmental issues
2. initiate support groups for parents of autistic children
4. participate in local health surveillance activities
5. provide health related education to community groups
a community health nurse is planning an educational program for a group of women
who are postmenopausal. which of the following outcomes is appropriate for this
program?
1. clients will schedule bone density screening
2. clients will arrange for mammograms every 3 years
3. clients will start hormone replacement therapy
4. clients will significantly decrease caloric intake - Correct Answer - 1. clients will
schedule bone density screening
a nurse is working with a care manager for a client who participates in a health
maintenance organization. the nurse should identify that a health maintenance
organization provides which of the following payment structures.
1. the client is participating in a fee for service health care insurance program
2. the provider is paid a fixed sum for the client on a monthly or yearly basis
3. the client pays the insurer a percentage of the total costs for each service rendered
by the provider
4. the provider bills the client directly for a predetermined percentage of the cost of
services - Correct Answer - 2. the provider is paid a fixed sum for the client on a monthly
or yearly basis
a client who has diabetes mellitus asks a home health nurse to help her adapt some of
her traditional cultural foods to fit her meal plan. which of the following is the first action
the nurse should take when assisting this client?
1. provide the client with a printed recipe
2. observe the client during preparation of traditional foods
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400+ ACCURATE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS /GUARANTEED PASS
Definition of health - Correct Answer - State of complete physical, mental, and social
well-being; Remember, the community you are working with may not define health in the
same way that you define health
Which of the following sources of information about a community's health would give the
community health nurse information about births, deaths, and marriages and aid in
providing indicators of population growth or reduction?
a. Census tracts
b. Vital statistics
c. National Health Survey data
d. Needs assessment - Correct Answer - b. Vital statistics
A community health nurse in the assessment phase of the nursing process conducted
research to identify the distribution pattern of breast cancer within a population and the
associated risk factors. This is called:
a. statistical analysis.
b. needs assessment.
c. census collection.
d. epidemiology. - Correct Answer - d. epidemiology.
One of the first steps in community assessment may involve the community health
nurse driving or walking through an area and making observations about such things as
environmental layout and location of agencies, hospitals, industries, and so forth. This is
called a(n):
pg. 1
,a. census survey.
b. needs survey.
c. informant survey.
d. windshield survey. - Correct Answer - d. windshield survey.
Which of the following methods of gathering data is most effective for remote and
vulnerable segments of a community and for those communities with underdeveloped
opinions?
a. Interviewing community informants
b. Community forum
c. Focus groups
d. Telephone surveys - Correct Answer - c. Focus groups
When writing a community diagnosis, the community health nurse notes that the
"among" phrase:
a. presents a synthesis of all assessment data.
b. provides the supporting data.
c. specifies the aggregate that will benefit from the nurse's plan. - Correct Answer - c.
specifies the aggregate that will benefit from the nurse's plan.
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% - Correct Answer - c. 50%
pg. 2
,Rationale:
According to Cassidy, Trujillo, and Orleans (2015), 50% of all premature deaths in the
United States are a result of individual behaviors and environmental factors. According
to Mokdad, Marks, Stroup, and Gerberding (2004), tobacco use leads the list of "actual
causes of death" at almost 20% of annual deaths in the United States.
During a home health visit a school age child who has muscular dystrophy confides in
the nurse that he was struck by his parents. which of the following actions should the
nurse take first?
1. report the incident to local authorities
2. check the child for injuries
3. refer the parent to a social service agency
4. enroll the parent in anger management classes. - Correct Answer - 2. check the child
for injuries
a nurse is planning a program about healthy eating at an elementary school where most
students select French fries and pizza at lunch every day. which of the following actions
should the nurse plan to take first?
1. give positive feedback to students who make appropriate choices.
2. help students recognize the value of making healthy food choices
3. provide students with resources about making wise choices independently
4. determine student's motivation to learn about healthy food choices. - Correct Answer
- 4. determine student's motivation to learn about healthy food choices.
a nurse manger in local community health agency is creating a job description for a new
nurse who will practice community oriented nursing. which of the following should the
nurse include in the job description? (select all that apply)
1. investigate potential health and environmental issues
2. initiate support groups for parents of autistic children
3. provide wound care for clients in their homes
4. participate in local health surveillance activities
pg. 3
, 5. provide health related education to community groups - Correct Answer - 1.
investigate potential health and environmental issues
2. initiate support groups for parents of autistic children
4. participate in local health surveillance activities
5. provide health related education to community groups
a community health nurse is planning an educational program for a group of women
who are postmenopausal. which of the following outcomes is appropriate for this
program?
1. clients will schedule bone density screening
2. clients will arrange for mammograms every 3 years
3. clients will start hormone replacement therapy
4. clients will significantly decrease caloric intake - Correct Answer - 1. clients will
schedule bone density screening
a nurse is working with a care manager for a client who participates in a health
maintenance organization. the nurse should identify that a health maintenance
organization provides which of the following payment structures.
1. the client is participating in a fee for service health care insurance program
2. the provider is paid a fixed sum for the client on a monthly or yearly basis
3. the client pays the insurer a percentage of the total costs for each service rendered
by the provider
4. the provider bills the client directly for a predetermined percentage of the cost of
services - Correct Answer - 2. the provider is paid a fixed sum for the client on a monthly
or yearly basis
a client who has diabetes mellitus asks a home health nurse to help her adapt some of
her traditional cultural foods to fit her meal plan. which of the following is the first action
the nurse should take when assisting this client?
1. provide the client with a printed recipe
2. observe the client during preparation of traditional foods
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