ATI RN Community Health Nursing Study
Guide Exam questions and answers
100%Correctly verified answers latest
update 2025/2026 RATED A+
Systems thinking - CORRECT ANSWERS Studies how an individual, or unit, interacts with other
organizations or systems
Upstream thinking - CORRECT ANSWERS Is used to focus on interventions that promote health
or prevent illness, as opposed to medical treatment models that focus on care after an individual
becomes ill
Nightingale's Environmental Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS -Highlights the relationship between
an individual's environment and health
-Depicts health as a continuum
-Emphasizes preventive care
Health Belief Model - CORRECT ANSWERS -Purpose is to predict health behaviors
-Emphasizes change at the individual level
-Assumes that the preventive health behaviors are taken primarily for the purpose of avoiding disease
Milio's Framework for Prevention - CORRECT ANSWERS -Emphasizes change at the community
level
-Identifies relationship between health deficits and availability of health-promoting resources
Pender's Health Promotion Model - CORRECT ANSWERS -Does not consider health risk as a
factor that provokes change
,-Examines factors that affect individuals actions like: personal factors, feelings, benefits, barriers,
attitudes of others, and abilities
Determinants of Health - CORRECT ANSWERS Factors that influence that client's health.
--> nutrition, stress, education, environment, finances, and social status
Health Indicators - CORRECT ANSWERS Describe the health status of a community and serve as
targets for the improvement of a community's health
--> mortality rates, disease prevalence, levels of physical activity, obesity, tobacco, or other substance
use
Community - CORRECT ANSWERS -A group of people and institutions that share geographic,
civic, and/or social parameters
-The "community is the client" in community health nursing
Goals of Community Health Nursing - CORRECT ANSWERS Promote, preserve, and maintain
the health of populations by the delivery of health services to individuals, families, and groups in order
to influence "community health"
Public Health Nursing - CORRECT ANSWERS -It is population-focused, and involves a
combination of nursing knowledge along with social and public health sciences
-GOAL: promote health and preventing disease
PHN: Assessment - CORRECT ANSWERS -Using systematic methods to monitor the health of a
population
-->Monitor health status to identify community health problems
-->Diagnose and investigate health problems/hazards in the community
,PHN: Policy Development - CORRECT ANSWERS Developing laws and practices to promote the
health of a population based on scientific evidence
PHN: Assurance - CORRECT ANSWERS Making sure adequate health care personnel and
services are accessible, especially to those who might not normally have them
Population-focused Nursing - CORRECT ANSWERS -Includes assessing to determine needs,
intervening to protect and promote health, and preventing disease within a specific population
Key Principles of PHN: - CORRECT ANSWERS -Emphasize primary prevention
-Work to achieve the greatest good for the largest number of individuals
-Recognize that the client is a partner in health
-Use resources wisely to promote the best outcomes
Ethics - CORRECT ANSWERS Preventing harm, doing no harm, promoting good, respecting both
individual and community rights, respecting autonomy and diversity, and providing confidentiality,
competency, trustworthiness, and advocacy
Advocacy - CORRECT ANSWERS The nurse plays the role of informer, supporter, and mediator
for the client
Evidence-Based Practice - CORRECT ANSWERS -Involves using the best practices, expert
opinion, and client preferences to change the delivery of client care
-GOAL: improve client outcomes
EBP: Data - CORRECT ANSWERS The nurse should appraise data collected from research to
measure whether bias was minimal (quality), the number of studies, participants, or strength of effect
(quantity) and whether the results are repeatable (consistency)
, Quality - CORRECT ANSWERS Quality assurance, improvement, and management are part of
improvement of health care
Total quality management (TQM) - CORRECT ANSWERS Approach that seeks to improve
quality and performance which meets or exceeds expectations
Continuous quality improvement (CQI) - CORRECT ANSWERS Approach to quality management
that emphasizes the organization and its processes and systems and uses objective data to analyze and
improve processes
Community Health Education - CORRECT ANSWERS -Nurses regularly provide health education
in order to promote, maintain, and restore the health of populations
-Nurses must take in account the barriers that make learning difficult like: age, cultural beliefs, poor
reading skills, and language barriers
-Effective community health education requires planning
Learning Theories: Behavioral Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS Use of reinforcement methods to
change learners' behavior
Learning Theories: Cognitive Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS Use of sensory input and repetition
to change learners' patterns of thought, thereby changing behaviors
Learning Theories: Critical Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS Use of ongoing discussion and inquiry
to increase learners' depth of knowledge, thereby changing thinking and behaviors
Learning Theories: Developmental Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS Use of techniques specific to
learners' developmental stages to determine readiness to learn, and to impart knowledge
Guide Exam questions and answers
100%Correctly verified answers latest
update 2025/2026 RATED A+
Systems thinking - CORRECT ANSWERS Studies how an individual, or unit, interacts with other
organizations or systems
Upstream thinking - CORRECT ANSWERS Is used to focus on interventions that promote health
or prevent illness, as opposed to medical treatment models that focus on care after an individual
becomes ill
Nightingale's Environmental Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS -Highlights the relationship between
an individual's environment and health
-Depicts health as a continuum
-Emphasizes preventive care
Health Belief Model - CORRECT ANSWERS -Purpose is to predict health behaviors
-Emphasizes change at the individual level
-Assumes that the preventive health behaviors are taken primarily for the purpose of avoiding disease
Milio's Framework for Prevention - CORRECT ANSWERS -Emphasizes change at the community
level
-Identifies relationship between health deficits and availability of health-promoting resources
Pender's Health Promotion Model - CORRECT ANSWERS -Does not consider health risk as a
factor that provokes change
,-Examines factors that affect individuals actions like: personal factors, feelings, benefits, barriers,
attitudes of others, and abilities
Determinants of Health - CORRECT ANSWERS Factors that influence that client's health.
--> nutrition, stress, education, environment, finances, and social status
Health Indicators - CORRECT ANSWERS Describe the health status of a community and serve as
targets for the improvement of a community's health
--> mortality rates, disease prevalence, levels of physical activity, obesity, tobacco, or other substance
use
Community - CORRECT ANSWERS -A group of people and institutions that share geographic,
civic, and/or social parameters
-The "community is the client" in community health nursing
Goals of Community Health Nursing - CORRECT ANSWERS Promote, preserve, and maintain
the health of populations by the delivery of health services to individuals, families, and groups in order
to influence "community health"
Public Health Nursing - CORRECT ANSWERS -It is population-focused, and involves a
combination of nursing knowledge along with social and public health sciences
-GOAL: promote health and preventing disease
PHN: Assessment - CORRECT ANSWERS -Using systematic methods to monitor the health of a
population
-->Monitor health status to identify community health problems
-->Diagnose and investigate health problems/hazards in the community
,PHN: Policy Development - CORRECT ANSWERS Developing laws and practices to promote the
health of a population based on scientific evidence
PHN: Assurance - CORRECT ANSWERS Making sure adequate health care personnel and
services are accessible, especially to those who might not normally have them
Population-focused Nursing - CORRECT ANSWERS -Includes assessing to determine needs,
intervening to protect and promote health, and preventing disease within a specific population
Key Principles of PHN: - CORRECT ANSWERS -Emphasize primary prevention
-Work to achieve the greatest good for the largest number of individuals
-Recognize that the client is a partner in health
-Use resources wisely to promote the best outcomes
Ethics - CORRECT ANSWERS Preventing harm, doing no harm, promoting good, respecting both
individual and community rights, respecting autonomy and diversity, and providing confidentiality,
competency, trustworthiness, and advocacy
Advocacy - CORRECT ANSWERS The nurse plays the role of informer, supporter, and mediator
for the client
Evidence-Based Practice - CORRECT ANSWERS -Involves using the best practices, expert
opinion, and client preferences to change the delivery of client care
-GOAL: improve client outcomes
EBP: Data - CORRECT ANSWERS The nurse should appraise data collected from research to
measure whether bias was minimal (quality), the number of studies, participants, or strength of effect
(quantity) and whether the results are repeatable (consistency)
, Quality - CORRECT ANSWERS Quality assurance, improvement, and management are part of
improvement of health care
Total quality management (TQM) - CORRECT ANSWERS Approach that seeks to improve
quality and performance which meets or exceeds expectations
Continuous quality improvement (CQI) - CORRECT ANSWERS Approach to quality management
that emphasizes the organization and its processes and systems and uses objective data to analyze and
improve processes
Community Health Education - CORRECT ANSWERS -Nurses regularly provide health education
in order to promote, maintain, and restore the health of populations
-Nurses must take in account the barriers that make learning difficult like: age, cultural beliefs, poor
reading skills, and language barriers
-Effective community health education requires planning
Learning Theories: Behavioral Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS Use of reinforcement methods to
change learners' behavior
Learning Theories: Cognitive Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS Use of sensory input and repetition
to change learners' patterns of thought, thereby changing behaviors
Learning Theories: Critical Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS Use of ongoing discussion and inquiry
to increase learners' depth of knowledge, thereby changing thinking and behaviors
Learning Theories: Developmental Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS Use of techniques specific to
learners' developmental stages to determine readiness to learn, and to impart knowledge
