ATI Community Health Nursing
ATI COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM 2
QUESTIONS (UPDATED WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS)
1. A Public health nurse working with a family living in poverty recognizes that they are more
likely to be exposed to environmental hazards because they have (select all that apply):
A.) Limited funds to pay for health care
B.) Poorer nutrition
c.) Homes more likely located closer to hazardous waste sites
D.) Less education
E.) Cleaner than average air - ANSWER ✔ - A.) Limited funds to pay for health care
B.) Poorer nutrition
c.) Homes more likely located closer to hazardous waste sites
D.) Less education
2. Why is it important for nurses to understand the premises of environmental health?
A.) Nurses should be able to assess risks and advocate for policies that support healthy
environments.
B.) Toxicologists often consult nurses about environmental pollutants.
C.) Pollutant exposures such as lead are reported by nurses to the Environmental
Protection Agency.
D.) Many Americans live in areas that do not meet current national air quality
standards - ANSWER ✔ - A.) Nurses should be able to assess risks and advocate for
policies that support healthy environments.
3. An example of secondary prevention is :
A.) Screening children for lead poisoning
B.) working with communities on emergency preparedness plans
C.) Developing social networking interventions to modify community norms
D.) Educating patients with strokes as rehab centers to help organize to help optimize
their functioning - ANSWER ✔ - A.) Screening children for lead poisoning
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4. Which example contains the components necessary to form an epidemiologic triangle?
A.) Pesticides, water, food
B.) Lead, mercury, soil
C.) trichloroethylene, water, infants
D.) Children under 12, elderly, temperature - ANSWER ✔ - C.) trichloroethylene, water,
infants
5. Material safety data sheets (MSDSs) are written by the chemical manufacturer and made
available to any employee or their representative as required by the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA). This is an example of environmental health approach
of:
A.) Environmental exposure history
B.) Environmental health assessment
C.) Right to know
D.) Risk assessment - ANSWER ✔ - C.) Right to know
6. A community health nurse asks her client "When was residence built?" The nurse is asking
this question because she is conducting the client's:
A.) Environmental health assessment
B.) Environmental history
C.) Risk assessment
D.) Risk community - ANSWER ✔ - B.) Environmental history
7. Good lead surveillance programs help with early detection of rising blood levels in children.
This activity can best be described as public health:
A.) Primary prevention
B.) Risk exposure history
C.) Secondary prevention
D.) Tertiary prevention - ANSWER ✔ - C.) Secondary prevention
8. Which activity demonstrates the use of a tertiary prevention strategy?
A.) Providing immunizations
B.) Conducting lead screening activities for children
C.) Providing case management services for clients with chronic illness
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ATI COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM 2
QUESTIONS (UPDATED WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS)
1. A Public health nurse working with a family living in poverty recognizes that they are more
likely to be exposed to environmental hazards because they have (select all that apply):
A.) Limited funds to pay for health care
B.) Poorer nutrition
c.) Homes more likely located closer to hazardous waste sites
D.) Less education
E.) Cleaner than average air - ANSWER ✔ - A.) Limited funds to pay for health care
B.) Poorer nutrition
c.) Homes more likely located closer to hazardous waste sites
D.) Less education
2. Why is it important for nurses to understand the premises of environmental health?
A.) Nurses should be able to assess risks and advocate for policies that support healthy
environments.
B.) Toxicologists often consult nurses about environmental pollutants.
C.) Pollutant exposures such as lead are reported by nurses to the Environmental
Protection Agency.
D.) Many Americans live in areas that do not meet current national air quality
standards - ANSWER ✔ - A.) Nurses should be able to assess risks and advocate for
policies that support healthy environments.
3. An example of secondary prevention is :
A.) Screening children for lead poisoning
B.) working with communities on emergency preparedness plans
C.) Developing social networking interventions to modify community norms
D.) Educating patients with strokes as rehab centers to help organize to help optimize
their functioning - ANSWER ✔ - A.) Screening children for lead poisoning
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4. Which example contains the components necessary to form an epidemiologic triangle?
A.) Pesticides, water, food
B.) Lead, mercury, soil
C.) trichloroethylene, water, infants
D.) Children under 12, elderly, temperature - ANSWER ✔ - C.) trichloroethylene, water,
infants
5. Material safety data sheets (MSDSs) are written by the chemical manufacturer and made
available to any employee or their representative as required by the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA). This is an example of environmental health approach
of:
A.) Environmental exposure history
B.) Environmental health assessment
C.) Right to know
D.) Risk assessment - ANSWER ✔ - C.) Right to know
6. A community health nurse asks her client "When was residence built?" The nurse is asking
this question because she is conducting the client's:
A.) Environmental health assessment
B.) Environmental history
C.) Risk assessment
D.) Risk community - ANSWER ✔ - B.) Environmental history
7. Good lead surveillance programs help with early detection of rising blood levels in children.
This activity can best be described as public health:
A.) Primary prevention
B.) Risk exposure history
C.) Secondary prevention
D.) Tertiary prevention - ANSWER ✔ - C.) Secondary prevention
8. Which activity demonstrates the use of a tertiary prevention strategy?
A.) Providing immunizations
B.) Conducting lead screening activities for children
C.) Providing case management services for clients with chronic illness
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