NURS 420 – COMMUNITY HEALTH PRACTICE TEST 2 (CH. 7–
14) WITH 150 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS FOR 2025 EXAM REVIEW COVERING MOST
TESTED QUESTIONS
THIS RESOURCE PROVIDES PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR
CHAPTERS 7 THROUGH 14 OF NURS 420: COMMUNITY HEALTH. IT COVERS KEY
TOPICS INCLUDING EPIDEMIOLOGY, HEALTH PROMOTION, COMMUNITY
ASSESSMENT, POLICY AND ADVOCACY, DISASTER PLANNING, AND CARE FOR
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. DESIGNED TO SUPPORT NURSING STUDENTS IN
PREPARING FOR PRACTICE TEST 2 DURING THE 2025 TERM.
Which of the following describes the significance of the passage of The Public Health Threats and
Emergencies Act? (Select all that apply.)
a. It funded ongoing activities of the public health system.
b. It led to improved water quality and food safety guidelines.
c. It included funding for public health activities.
d. It validated that the public health system was prepared for terrorism. - CORRECT ANSWER-b. It
led to improved water quality and food safety guidelines.
c. It included funding for public health activities.
Which of the following best describes the importance of the World Health Organization (WHO) to
the United States? (Select all that apply.)
a. Provides daily information on disease occurrences
b. Establishes international standards for antibiotics and vaccines
c. Creates international legislation regarding international cooperation
d. Supports national programs to fight disease - CORRECT ANSWER-a. Provides daily information
on disease occurrences
b. Establishes international standards for antibiotics and vaccines
Which group should receive an injection of prophylactic immune globulin for possible exposure to
hepatitis A?
a. Persons who have had direct contact with blood
,b. Those who ate at the same restaurant as the person with hepatitis A
c. All health care workers
d. All those who had household or sexual contact with persons with hepatitis A - CORRECT
ANSWER-d. All those who had household or sexual contact with persons with hepatitis A
A nurse is uncomfortable discussing such topics as sexual behavior and sexual orientation when
counseling clients. By avoiding this topic with clients:
a. Potential risks and risky behaviors will not be identified.
b. Transmission of sexually transmitted diseases will decrease.
c. Clients will be reluctant to return to care providers.
d. The nurse will be violating the laws in most states. - CORRECT ANSWER-a. Potential risks and
risky behaviors will not be identified.
Screening blood products and donor organs and tissue for hepatitis C infection is:
a. Primary prevention
b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. Health promotion - CORRECT ANSWER-a. Primary prevention
Teaching a client with gonorrhea how to prevent reinfection and further spread is an example of
_____ prevention.
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Tertiary
d. Primary health care - CORRECT ANSWER-b. Secondary
The nurse teaches the family of an AIDS client about managing symptomatic illness by preventing
deteriorating conditions, such as diarrhea, skin breakdown, and inadequate nutrition. This nursing
intervention is an example of _____ prevention.
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Tertiary
d. Primary health care - CORRECT ANSWER-c. Tertiary
,A community health nurse visits a homeless shelter that has several clients with tuberculosis who
are taking antimicrobial drugs. Supervised drug administration may be done on a daily basis with
persons with poor adherence because:
a. This type of client does not care about his or her health.
b. Homeless people have no access to medications.
c. Poor adherence can result in drug resistance.
d. The antimicrobials are so powerful, clients must be observed for reactions. - CORRECT ANSWER-
c. Poor adherence can result in drug resistance.
What information would be appropriate for a nurse to share when educating IV drug users about
sharing equipment?
a. Tell the clients to throw away their equipment after one use.
b. Educate the clients on using full-strength bleach on their drug paraphernalia for 30 seconds.
c. Report illegal activities to the authorities and confiscate the needles and syringes.
d. Give out needles and syringes to whoever wants them. - CORRECT ANSWER-b. Educate the
clients on using full-strength bleach on their drug paraphernalia for 30 seconds.
A nurse utilizes the provisions created by the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resource Emergency
Act when performing which intervention?
a. Increasing AIDS awareness in the community
b. Determining available health care services for HIV-infected individuals
c. Preventing the transmission of AIDS to children from their mothers
d. Allowing persons in the final stages of HIV to die with dignity - CORRECT ANSWER-b.
Determining available health care services for HIV-infected individuals
A nurse is working in a public health center. A patient who has been newly diagnosed as HIV positive
comes for counseling. By law, what must the nurse do?
a. Give antiviral medications to the patient.
b. Ask the person to name all of his or her sexual contacts.
c. Refer the patient to the social worker as someone possibly needing case management.
d. Report the HIV-infected person to the state health department. - CORRECT ANSWER-d. Report
the HIV-infected person to the state health department.
, A nurse is assisting an employer who has hired an individual who has been recently diagnosed with
HIV. Which intervention would be most appropriate for the nurse to implement?
a. Educate about how to reduce the risk of breaching the employees confidentiality.
b. Explain how to inform co-workers about avoiding HIV transmission.
c. Facilitate obtaining medical insurance coverage for the HIV-infected employee.
d. Describe the early signs and symptoms of HIV infection. - CORRECT ANSWER-a. Educate about
how to reduce the risk of breaching the employees confidentiality.
The nurse is counseling a female who has recently tested positive for HIV. The nurse educates her
that she is responsible to (select all that apply):
a. Have regular medical evaluations and follow-ups.
b. Donate blood, plasma, body organs, or sperm.
c. Inform health care providers about the HIV infection.
d. Consider the risk of perinatal transmission. - CORRECT ANSWER-a. Have regular medical
evaluations and follow-ups.
c. Inform health care providers about the HIV infection.
d. Consider the risk of perinatal transmission.
Change for the community as client must often occur at several levels because:
a. Health problems caused by lifestyle are multidimensional.
b. Most individuals can change their habits alone.
c. Aggregates are responsible for social change.
d. Geographic areas often have health risks that the nurse must identify. - CORRECT ANSWER-a.
Health problems caused by lifestyle are multidimensional.
A nurse cares for the community as the client when focusing on:
a. Providing care for aggregates living in the community
b. The collective good of the population
c. The provision of care for families in the home setting
d. Providing health education in the community - CORRECT ANSWER-b. The collective good of the
population
14) WITH 150 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS FOR 2025 EXAM REVIEW COVERING MOST
TESTED QUESTIONS
THIS RESOURCE PROVIDES PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR
CHAPTERS 7 THROUGH 14 OF NURS 420: COMMUNITY HEALTH. IT COVERS KEY
TOPICS INCLUDING EPIDEMIOLOGY, HEALTH PROMOTION, COMMUNITY
ASSESSMENT, POLICY AND ADVOCACY, DISASTER PLANNING, AND CARE FOR
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. DESIGNED TO SUPPORT NURSING STUDENTS IN
PREPARING FOR PRACTICE TEST 2 DURING THE 2025 TERM.
Which of the following describes the significance of the passage of The Public Health Threats and
Emergencies Act? (Select all that apply.)
a. It funded ongoing activities of the public health system.
b. It led to improved water quality and food safety guidelines.
c. It included funding for public health activities.
d. It validated that the public health system was prepared for terrorism. - CORRECT ANSWER-b. It
led to improved water quality and food safety guidelines.
c. It included funding for public health activities.
Which of the following best describes the importance of the World Health Organization (WHO) to
the United States? (Select all that apply.)
a. Provides daily information on disease occurrences
b. Establishes international standards for antibiotics and vaccines
c. Creates international legislation regarding international cooperation
d. Supports national programs to fight disease - CORRECT ANSWER-a. Provides daily information
on disease occurrences
b. Establishes international standards for antibiotics and vaccines
Which group should receive an injection of prophylactic immune globulin for possible exposure to
hepatitis A?
a. Persons who have had direct contact with blood
,b. Those who ate at the same restaurant as the person with hepatitis A
c. All health care workers
d. All those who had household or sexual contact with persons with hepatitis A - CORRECT
ANSWER-d. All those who had household or sexual contact with persons with hepatitis A
A nurse is uncomfortable discussing such topics as sexual behavior and sexual orientation when
counseling clients. By avoiding this topic with clients:
a. Potential risks and risky behaviors will not be identified.
b. Transmission of sexually transmitted diseases will decrease.
c. Clients will be reluctant to return to care providers.
d. The nurse will be violating the laws in most states. - CORRECT ANSWER-a. Potential risks and
risky behaviors will not be identified.
Screening blood products and donor organs and tissue for hepatitis C infection is:
a. Primary prevention
b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. Health promotion - CORRECT ANSWER-a. Primary prevention
Teaching a client with gonorrhea how to prevent reinfection and further spread is an example of
_____ prevention.
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Tertiary
d. Primary health care - CORRECT ANSWER-b. Secondary
The nurse teaches the family of an AIDS client about managing symptomatic illness by preventing
deteriorating conditions, such as diarrhea, skin breakdown, and inadequate nutrition. This nursing
intervention is an example of _____ prevention.
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Tertiary
d. Primary health care - CORRECT ANSWER-c. Tertiary
,A community health nurse visits a homeless shelter that has several clients with tuberculosis who
are taking antimicrobial drugs. Supervised drug administration may be done on a daily basis with
persons with poor adherence because:
a. This type of client does not care about his or her health.
b. Homeless people have no access to medications.
c. Poor adherence can result in drug resistance.
d. The antimicrobials are so powerful, clients must be observed for reactions. - CORRECT ANSWER-
c. Poor adherence can result in drug resistance.
What information would be appropriate for a nurse to share when educating IV drug users about
sharing equipment?
a. Tell the clients to throw away their equipment after one use.
b. Educate the clients on using full-strength bleach on their drug paraphernalia for 30 seconds.
c. Report illegal activities to the authorities and confiscate the needles and syringes.
d. Give out needles and syringes to whoever wants them. - CORRECT ANSWER-b. Educate the
clients on using full-strength bleach on their drug paraphernalia for 30 seconds.
A nurse utilizes the provisions created by the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resource Emergency
Act when performing which intervention?
a. Increasing AIDS awareness in the community
b. Determining available health care services for HIV-infected individuals
c. Preventing the transmission of AIDS to children from their mothers
d. Allowing persons in the final stages of HIV to die with dignity - CORRECT ANSWER-b.
Determining available health care services for HIV-infected individuals
A nurse is working in a public health center. A patient who has been newly diagnosed as HIV positive
comes for counseling. By law, what must the nurse do?
a. Give antiviral medications to the patient.
b. Ask the person to name all of his or her sexual contacts.
c. Refer the patient to the social worker as someone possibly needing case management.
d. Report the HIV-infected person to the state health department. - CORRECT ANSWER-d. Report
the HIV-infected person to the state health department.
, A nurse is assisting an employer who has hired an individual who has been recently diagnosed with
HIV. Which intervention would be most appropriate for the nurse to implement?
a. Educate about how to reduce the risk of breaching the employees confidentiality.
b. Explain how to inform co-workers about avoiding HIV transmission.
c. Facilitate obtaining medical insurance coverage for the HIV-infected employee.
d. Describe the early signs and symptoms of HIV infection. - CORRECT ANSWER-a. Educate about
how to reduce the risk of breaching the employees confidentiality.
The nurse is counseling a female who has recently tested positive for HIV. The nurse educates her
that she is responsible to (select all that apply):
a. Have regular medical evaluations and follow-ups.
b. Donate blood, plasma, body organs, or sperm.
c. Inform health care providers about the HIV infection.
d. Consider the risk of perinatal transmission. - CORRECT ANSWER-a. Have regular medical
evaluations and follow-ups.
c. Inform health care providers about the HIV infection.
d. Consider the risk of perinatal transmission.
Change for the community as client must often occur at several levels because:
a. Health problems caused by lifestyle are multidimensional.
b. Most individuals can change their habits alone.
c. Aggregates are responsible for social change.
d. Geographic areas often have health risks that the nurse must identify. - CORRECT ANSWER-a.
Health problems caused by lifestyle are multidimensional.
A nurse cares for the community as the client when focusing on:
a. Providing care for aggregates living in the community
b. The collective good of the population
c. The provision of care for families in the home setting
d. Providing health education in the community - CORRECT ANSWER-b. The collective good of the
population
