CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY NR442
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING EXAM 2025/2026
WITH 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
1. What are three potential complications that a client may face related to
public health issues?
Diabetes, Hypertension, Obesity
Worsening of asthma symptoms, Lead poisoning,
Contamination of Water
Mental health issues, Substance abuse, Domestic violence
Heart disease, Stroke, Cancer
2. What is one essential public health service that involves educating
others about health service availability?
Developing partnerships to help identify solutions
Evaluating the effects of implementing programs
Advising on a policy-making board
Educating others about the lack of health services available for
children with special health needs
3. In the context of health promotion, what is the primary goal concerning
citizens' well-being?
Maintaining the status quo of current health levels
Increasing the span of healthy life for all citizens
Eliminating all health disparities
, Focusing on specific population groups
4. Why is it important for a nurse to educate a client about the benefits of
healthy weight in relation to hypertension and diabetes?
, Educating about the benefits of healthy weight helps the client
understand its impact on managing hypertension and diabetes.
It is not necessary to educate clients about weight management.
Clients should only focus on medication for hypertension and
diabetes.
Weight management is irrelevant to chronic disease
management.
5. Describe how social determinants of health influence health outcomes
in communities.
Social determinants of health are irrelevant to health outcomes
as they do not affect individual choices.
Social determinants of health, such as economic stability and
education access, significantly influence health outcomes by
affecting individuals' ability to access healthcare and maintain
a healthy lifestyle.
Social determinants of health are solely based on genetic factors
and have no relation to environmental influences.
Social determinants only impact physical health, not mental
health or community well-being.
6. The nurse is assessing a patient with a history of occupational exposure
to mercury. Which question will the nurse include in the assessment?
"Have you experienced any numbness in your feet or hands?"
"Have you experienced any difficulty with coordination?"
"Do you have a history of reproductive problems?"
"Do you experience frequent headaches?"
7. If a nurse wanted to advocate for better mental health services in their
community, which political activity would be most appropriate for them
, to engage in?
Lobbying
Serving on a health advisory committee
Forming a Political Action Committee
Campaigning
8. Which of the following is a goal of the Title VIII Nursing Workforce
Reauthorization Act?
Increase the number of nurses trained to care for older adults
Limit the diversity of the nursing workforce
Decrease the number of nursing faculty
Reduce the number of associate degree nurses
9. The nurse is preparing a smoking cessation class for family members of
patients with lung cancer. The nurse believes that the class will convert
many smokers to nonsmokers once they realize the benefits of not
smoking. Which health care model is the nurse following?
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Health belief model
Health promotion model
Holistic health model
10. The nurse is preparing to discharge a client with advanced multiple
myeloma from the oncology unit. When the nurse provides the client
with the follow-up appointment date for the oncology clinic, the nurse
learns the client has no reliable means of transportation. Which action
should the nurse take?
Assist the client in looking up available bus routes from home to
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING EXAM 2025/2026
WITH 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
1. What are three potential complications that a client may face related to
public health issues?
Diabetes, Hypertension, Obesity
Worsening of asthma symptoms, Lead poisoning,
Contamination of Water
Mental health issues, Substance abuse, Domestic violence
Heart disease, Stroke, Cancer
2. What is one essential public health service that involves educating
others about health service availability?
Developing partnerships to help identify solutions
Evaluating the effects of implementing programs
Advising on a policy-making board
Educating others about the lack of health services available for
children with special health needs
3. In the context of health promotion, what is the primary goal concerning
citizens' well-being?
Maintaining the status quo of current health levels
Increasing the span of healthy life for all citizens
Eliminating all health disparities
, Focusing on specific population groups
4. Why is it important for a nurse to educate a client about the benefits of
healthy weight in relation to hypertension and diabetes?
, Educating about the benefits of healthy weight helps the client
understand its impact on managing hypertension and diabetes.
It is not necessary to educate clients about weight management.
Clients should only focus on medication for hypertension and
diabetes.
Weight management is irrelevant to chronic disease
management.
5. Describe how social determinants of health influence health outcomes
in communities.
Social determinants of health are irrelevant to health outcomes
as they do not affect individual choices.
Social determinants of health, such as economic stability and
education access, significantly influence health outcomes by
affecting individuals' ability to access healthcare and maintain
a healthy lifestyle.
Social determinants of health are solely based on genetic factors
and have no relation to environmental influences.
Social determinants only impact physical health, not mental
health or community well-being.
6. The nurse is assessing a patient with a history of occupational exposure
to mercury. Which question will the nurse include in the assessment?
"Have you experienced any numbness in your feet or hands?"
"Have you experienced any difficulty with coordination?"
"Do you have a history of reproductive problems?"
"Do you experience frequent headaches?"
7. If a nurse wanted to advocate for better mental health services in their
community, which political activity would be most appropriate for them
, to engage in?
Lobbying
Serving on a health advisory committee
Forming a Political Action Committee
Campaigning
8. Which of the following is a goal of the Title VIII Nursing Workforce
Reauthorization Act?
Increase the number of nurses trained to care for older adults
Limit the diversity of the nursing workforce
Decrease the number of nursing faculty
Reduce the number of associate degree nurses
9. The nurse is preparing a smoking cessation class for family members of
patients with lung cancer. The nurse believes that the class will convert
many smokers to nonsmokers once they realize the benefits of not
smoking. Which health care model is the nurse following?
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Health belief model
Health promotion model
Holistic health model
10. The nurse is preparing to discharge a client with advanced multiple
myeloma from the oncology unit. When the nurse provides the client
with the follow-up appointment date for the oncology clinic, the nurse
learns the client has no reliable means of transportation. Which action
should the nurse take?
Assist the client in looking up available bus routes from home to
