Chapter 03: Community-Based
Nursing Practice // Potter:
Fundamentals of Nursing, 11th Edition
Test Bank Questions Fully Solved.
A nurse is working as a public health nurse. What will be the nurse's primary focus?
a. The individual as one member of a group
b. Individuals and families
c. Needs of a population
d. Health promotion - Answer ANS: C
Public health nursing primary focus is understanding the needs of a population. Community-
based care focuses on health promotion. Community health nursing focuses on health care of
individuals, families, and groups within the community.
A nurse wants to become a specialist in public health nursing. Which educational requirement
will the nurse have to obtain?
a. A baccalaureate degree in nursing
b. Preparation at the basic entry level
c. The same level of education as the community health nurse
d. A graduate level education with a focus in public health science - Answer ANS: D
A specialist in public health has a graduate level education with a focus in public health science.
Public health nursing requires preparation at the basic entry level and sometimes requires a
baccalaureate degree in nursing. A community health nurse is not the same thing as a public
health nursing specialist.
A nurse is working as a community health nurse. Which action is a priority for this nurse?
a. Provide direct care to subpopulations.
b. Focus on the needs of the ill individual.
c. Provide first level of contact to health care systems.
d. Focus on providing care in various community settings. - Answer ANS: A
Community health nursing is nursing practice in the community, with the primary focus on the
health care of individuals, families, and groups within the community. In addition, the
community health nurse provides direct care services to subpopulations within a community.
Community-based nursing centers function as the first level of contact between members of a
, A nurse is focusing on acute and chronic care of individuals and families within a community
while enhancing patient autonomy. Which type of nursing care is the nurse providing?
a. Public health
b. Community health
c. Community-based
d. Community assessment - Answer ANS: C
Community-based nursing involves acute and chronic care of individuals and families and
enhances their capacity for self-care while promoting autonomy in decision making. Public
health nursing focuses on the needs of a population. Community health nursing cares for the
community as a whole and considers the individual or the family as only one member of a group
at risk. Community assessment is the systematic data collection on the population, monitoring
the health status of the population, and making information available about the health of the
community.
The community health nurse is administering flu shots to children at a local playground. What is
the rationale for this nurse's action?
a. To prevent individual illness
b. To prevent community outbreak of illness
c. To prevent outbreak of illness in the family
d. To prevent needs of the local population groups - Answer ANS: B
The nurse is trying to prevent a community outbreak of illness. By focusing on subpopulations
(children), the community health nurse cares for the community as a whole and considers the
individual or the family as only one member of a group at risk. Community-based nursing, as
opposed to community health nursing, focuses on the needs of the individual or family. Public
health nursing focuses on meeting the population groups' needs.
A nurse attended a seminar on community-based health care. Which information indicates the
nurse has a good understanding of community-based health care?
a. It occurs in hospitals.
b. Its focus is on ill individuals.
c. Its priority is health promotion.
d. It provides services primarily to the poor. - Answer ANS: C
Community-based health care is a model of care that reaches everyone in the community
(including the poor and underinsured), focuses on primary rather than institutional or acute
care, and provides knowledge about health and health promotion and models of care to the
community. Community-based health care occurs outside traditional health care institutions
such as hospitals.
Nursing Practice // Potter:
Fundamentals of Nursing, 11th Edition
Test Bank Questions Fully Solved.
A nurse is working as a public health nurse. What will be the nurse's primary focus?
a. The individual as one member of a group
b. Individuals and families
c. Needs of a population
d. Health promotion - Answer ANS: C
Public health nursing primary focus is understanding the needs of a population. Community-
based care focuses on health promotion. Community health nursing focuses on health care of
individuals, families, and groups within the community.
A nurse wants to become a specialist in public health nursing. Which educational requirement
will the nurse have to obtain?
a. A baccalaureate degree in nursing
b. Preparation at the basic entry level
c. The same level of education as the community health nurse
d. A graduate level education with a focus in public health science - Answer ANS: D
A specialist in public health has a graduate level education with a focus in public health science.
Public health nursing requires preparation at the basic entry level and sometimes requires a
baccalaureate degree in nursing. A community health nurse is not the same thing as a public
health nursing specialist.
A nurse is working as a community health nurse. Which action is a priority for this nurse?
a. Provide direct care to subpopulations.
b. Focus on the needs of the ill individual.
c. Provide first level of contact to health care systems.
d. Focus on providing care in various community settings. - Answer ANS: A
Community health nursing is nursing practice in the community, with the primary focus on the
health care of individuals, families, and groups within the community. In addition, the
community health nurse provides direct care services to subpopulations within a community.
Community-based nursing centers function as the first level of contact between members of a
, A nurse is focusing on acute and chronic care of individuals and families within a community
while enhancing patient autonomy. Which type of nursing care is the nurse providing?
a. Public health
b. Community health
c. Community-based
d. Community assessment - Answer ANS: C
Community-based nursing involves acute and chronic care of individuals and families and
enhances their capacity for self-care while promoting autonomy in decision making. Public
health nursing focuses on the needs of a population. Community health nursing cares for the
community as a whole and considers the individual or the family as only one member of a group
at risk. Community assessment is the systematic data collection on the population, monitoring
the health status of the population, and making information available about the health of the
community.
The community health nurse is administering flu shots to children at a local playground. What is
the rationale for this nurse's action?
a. To prevent individual illness
b. To prevent community outbreak of illness
c. To prevent outbreak of illness in the family
d. To prevent needs of the local population groups - Answer ANS: B
The nurse is trying to prevent a community outbreak of illness. By focusing on subpopulations
(children), the community health nurse cares for the community as a whole and considers the
individual or the family as only one member of a group at risk. Community-based nursing, as
opposed to community health nursing, focuses on the needs of the individual or family. Public
health nursing focuses on meeting the population groups' needs.
A nurse attended a seminar on community-based health care. Which information indicates the
nurse has a good understanding of community-based health care?
a. It occurs in hospitals.
b. Its focus is on ill individuals.
c. Its priority is health promotion.
d. It provides services primarily to the poor. - Answer ANS: C
Community-based health care is a model of care that reaches everyone in the community
(including the poor and underinsured), focuses on primary rather than institutional or acute
care, and provides knowledge about health and health promotion and models of care to the
community. Community-based health care occurs outside traditional health care institutions
such as hospitals.
