1. What core function of Public Health is a Windshield Survey?
-primary care
-assessment
-policy development
-assurance
2. Two nurses in community health scheduled a day to ride through a low income
community to better understand the community and its boundaries, trends, rhythm,
stability, and changes that can affect the health of the community. This direct data
collection method is often referred to as:
-composite database
-windshield survey
-census
-participant observation
3. The determinants of public health include (select all that apply)
-environmental
-biophysical
-biological
-social
4. A public health nurse is promoting routine Papanicolaou (pap) tests to young adult
women at a community based preventive care health fair. A pap test is within which
level of prevention care?
-secondary
-tertiary
-self-care ability level
-primary level
5. Nightingale’s theory of environment includes which of the following?
-emphasize change at the individual level
-highlights the relationship between an individual’s environment and health
-nursing at night
-validates the use of the social worker
6. Public health nursing interventions includes all of the following except:
-screening
-primary patient care
-advocacy
-surveillance
7. What country spends the most money on health care, yet their population has
unhealthy lives is:
-united stated
, -France
-united kingdom
-Canada
8. In the United States, the system of healthcare has historically given and continues to
give stronger support to which types of care?
-individual care with a focus on cure
-individual care with a focus on prevention
-community care with a focus on cure
-community care with a focus on prevention
9. The public health nurse is performing STD screening at a local health fair. This is an
example of:
-primary prevention
-tertiary prevention
-quaternary prevention
-secondary prevention
10. A nurse is caring for a client who is prescribed tetracycline 2 grams daily PO in four
divided doses every 6 hr. Available is tetracycline 250 mg capsules. How many capsules
should the nurse administer per dose?
-2 capsules
11. A nurse at an urban community health agency is developing an education program for
city leaders about homelessness. Which of the following should the nurse include as a
primary level of prevention for Poverty and Homelessness?
-begin treatment for any disease that are detected
-screen clients for early detection of drug use and the possibility of multiple users on
needles
-provide health education in the local area for prevention of disease related to multiuse
of needles.
-implement more systematic programs for needle exchange
12. The historical nursing figure who contributed to establishing the foundation for current
community health and nursing in community health by working in military field hospitals
using a population based approach that improved nursing care and environmental
condition was:
-Lilian Wald
-Florence nightingale
-john snow
-Mary Breckenridge
13. Healthy People 2020 aims to reach four overarching goals (SATA):
-achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups
, -create social and physical environments that promote good health for all who can
afford it
-create social and physical environments that promote good health for all
-attain high quality longer lives free of preventable disease, disability injury and
premature death
-promote quality of life, healthy development and healthy behaviors across all life
stages
14. A public health nurse is advocating for local leaders to place a newly approved
community health clinic in an area of the city that has fewer resources than other areas.
The PHN is advocating for the leaders to uphold which of the following ethical
principles:
-distributive justice
-autonomy
-veracity
-fidelity
15. A Public health nurse (PHN) is teaching a class on health promotion and illness
prevention. The nurse should include which of the following as an example of secondary
prevention ?
-Performing monthly breast self examinations
-referring a client who has had a mastectomy to a support group
-providing a community program on stress reduction
-teaching foot care to a client who has diabetes
16. A nurse is preparing to administer potassium chloride 20 mEq suspension PO daily. The
amount available is potassium chloride suspension 10 mEq/mL. How many mL should
the nurses administer?
-2 ml
17. A nurse is caring for a client who has heart failure and a prescription for digoxin 125 mcg
PO daily. Available is digoxin PO 0.25 mg/tablet. How many tablets should the nurse
administer per dose?
-0.5 tablet
18. The healthcare provider is assessing the glucose level of a patient with a diagnosis of
diabetes. Which of these is most helpful in evaluation this patient’s long term glucose
management?
-urine specific gravity
-hemoglobin A1c
-the patient’s food diary
-fasting blood glucose level
-primary care
-assessment
-policy development
-assurance
2. Two nurses in community health scheduled a day to ride through a low income
community to better understand the community and its boundaries, trends, rhythm,
stability, and changes that can affect the health of the community. This direct data
collection method is often referred to as:
-composite database
-windshield survey
-census
-participant observation
3. The determinants of public health include (select all that apply)
-environmental
-biophysical
-biological
-social
4. A public health nurse is promoting routine Papanicolaou (pap) tests to young adult
women at a community based preventive care health fair. A pap test is within which
level of prevention care?
-secondary
-tertiary
-self-care ability level
-primary level
5. Nightingale’s theory of environment includes which of the following?
-emphasize change at the individual level
-highlights the relationship between an individual’s environment and health
-nursing at night
-validates the use of the social worker
6. Public health nursing interventions includes all of the following except:
-screening
-primary patient care
-advocacy
-surveillance
7. What country spends the most money on health care, yet their population has
unhealthy lives is:
-united stated
, -France
-united kingdom
-Canada
8. In the United States, the system of healthcare has historically given and continues to
give stronger support to which types of care?
-individual care with a focus on cure
-individual care with a focus on prevention
-community care with a focus on cure
-community care with a focus on prevention
9. The public health nurse is performing STD screening at a local health fair. This is an
example of:
-primary prevention
-tertiary prevention
-quaternary prevention
-secondary prevention
10. A nurse is caring for a client who is prescribed tetracycline 2 grams daily PO in four
divided doses every 6 hr. Available is tetracycline 250 mg capsules. How many capsules
should the nurse administer per dose?
-2 capsules
11. A nurse at an urban community health agency is developing an education program for
city leaders about homelessness. Which of the following should the nurse include as a
primary level of prevention for Poverty and Homelessness?
-begin treatment for any disease that are detected
-screen clients for early detection of drug use and the possibility of multiple users on
needles
-provide health education in the local area for prevention of disease related to multiuse
of needles.
-implement more systematic programs for needle exchange
12. The historical nursing figure who contributed to establishing the foundation for current
community health and nursing in community health by working in military field hospitals
using a population based approach that improved nursing care and environmental
condition was:
-Lilian Wald
-Florence nightingale
-john snow
-Mary Breckenridge
13. Healthy People 2020 aims to reach four overarching goals (SATA):
-achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups
, -create social and physical environments that promote good health for all who can
afford it
-create social and physical environments that promote good health for all
-attain high quality longer lives free of preventable disease, disability injury and
premature death
-promote quality of life, healthy development and healthy behaviors across all life
stages
14. A public health nurse is advocating for local leaders to place a newly approved
community health clinic in an area of the city that has fewer resources than other areas.
The PHN is advocating for the leaders to uphold which of the following ethical
principles:
-distributive justice
-autonomy
-veracity
-fidelity
15. A Public health nurse (PHN) is teaching a class on health promotion and illness
prevention. The nurse should include which of the following as an example of secondary
prevention ?
-Performing monthly breast self examinations
-referring a client who has had a mastectomy to a support group
-providing a community program on stress reduction
-teaching foot care to a client who has diabetes
16. A nurse is preparing to administer potassium chloride 20 mEq suspension PO daily. The
amount available is potassium chloride suspension 10 mEq/mL. How many mL should
the nurses administer?
-2 ml
17. A nurse is caring for a client who has heart failure and a prescription for digoxin 125 mcg
PO daily. Available is digoxin PO 0.25 mg/tablet. How many tablets should the nurse
administer per dose?
-0.5 tablet
18. The healthcare provider is assessing the glucose level of a patient with a diagnosis of
diabetes. Which of these is most helpful in evaluation this patient’s long term glucose
management?
-urine specific gravity
-hemoglobin A1c
-the patient’s food diary
-fasting blood glucose level
