COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM 1 NUR 426 EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
1. Refers to a group of
Community
individ- uals living within
the same geographical
area, such as a town or a
neighborhood, or a group
of individuals who share
some other common
denomi- nator, such as
ethnicity or reli- gious
orientation. Population
2. Refers to a larger group
whose members may or
may not inter- act with one
another but who share at
least one characteristic
such as age, gender,
ethnicity, residence, or a
shared health is- sue such Aggregate
as HIV/AIDS or breast
cancer.
3. In public health, this term
rep- resents individual
units brought together
into a whole or a sum of
those individuals.
4. What is diversity? Diversity reflects the fact that groups and individuals
are not
all the same but ditter in relation to culture, ethnicity,
and race.
, COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM 1 NUR 426 EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
5. What are the eight principles of 1. The client or unit of care is the population.
public health nursing? (BOX 1-5) 2. The primary obligation is to achieve the
greatest good for
the greatest number of people or population as a
whole.
3. The processes used by PHNs include working with
the client as an equal partner.
, COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM 1 NUR 426 EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
4. PRIMARY prevention is the priority in selecting
appropri- ate activities.
5. Public health nursing focuses on strategies
that create healthy environmental, social, and
economic conditions in which populations may
thrive.
6. A PHN is obligated to actively identify and reach
out to all who might benefit from a specific activity
or service.
7. Use of available resources must be optimal to
assure the best overall improvement in the health
of the population.
8. Collaboration with a variety of other
professions, popu- lations, organizations, and other
6. What is the primary role stakeholder groups is the most ettective way to
for WHO ( World Health promote and protect the health of the people.
Organiza- tion)?
-Primary role is to direct and coordinate
international health within the United Nations'
7. Public health infrastructure system.
in- cludes three key -The WHO has expanded to include emergency
components that enable a response and disaster preparedness initiatives.
public health or- ganization
at the federal, trib- al, 1. A capable and qualified workforce
state, or local level to 2. Up-to-date data and information systems
deliver public health 3. Public health agencies capable of
services, what are they? assessing and re- sponding to public health
needs
8. What is the difference **These components are necessary to fulfill the
between previously discussed 10 Essential Public Health
Services**
, COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM 1 NUR 426 EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Cultural competence is the standard to help guide the deliv-
cultural competence and cultur- ery of health care to individuals and to
populations, whereas
al cultural humility is the underlying quality needed to
humility? truly implement interventions to improve health in
partnership with communities and populations.
ANSWERS
1. Refers to a group of
Community
individ- uals living within
the same geographical
area, such as a town or a
neighborhood, or a group
of individuals who share
some other common
denomi- nator, such as
ethnicity or reli- gious
orientation. Population
2. Refers to a larger group
whose members may or
may not inter- act with one
another but who share at
least one characteristic
such as age, gender,
ethnicity, residence, or a
shared health is- sue such Aggregate
as HIV/AIDS or breast
cancer.
3. In public health, this term
rep- resents individual
units brought together
into a whole or a sum of
those individuals.
4. What is diversity? Diversity reflects the fact that groups and individuals
are not
all the same but ditter in relation to culture, ethnicity,
and race.
, COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM 1 NUR 426 EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
5. What are the eight principles of 1. The client or unit of care is the population.
public health nursing? (BOX 1-5) 2. The primary obligation is to achieve the
greatest good for
the greatest number of people or population as a
whole.
3. The processes used by PHNs include working with
the client as an equal partner.
, COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM 1 NUR 426 EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
4. PRIMARY prevention is the priority in selecting
appropri- ate activities.
5. Public health nursing focuses on strategies
that create healthy environmental, social, and
economic conditions in which populations may
thrive.
6. A PHN is obligated to actively identify and reach
out to all who might benefit from a specific activity
or service.
7. Use of available resources must be optimal to
assure the best overall improvement in the health
of the population.
8. Collaboration with a variety of other
professions, popu- lations, organizations, and other
6. What is the primary role stakeholder groups is the most ettective way to
for WHO ( World Health promote and protect the health of the people.
Organiza- tion)?
-Primary role is to direct and coordinate
international health within the United Nations'
7. Public health infrastructure system.
in- cludes three key -The WHO has expanded to include emergency
components that enable a response and disaster preparedness initiatives.
public health or- ganization
at the federal, trib- al, 1. A capable and qualified workforce
state, or local level to 2. Up-to-date data and information systems
deliver public health 3. Public health agencies capable of
services, what are they? assessing and re- sponding to public health
needs
8. What is the difference **These components are necessary to fulfill the
between previously discussed 10 Essential Public Health
Services**
, COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM 1 NUR 426 EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Cultural competence is the standard to help guide the deliv-
cultural competence and cultur- ery of health care to individuals and to
populations, whereas
al cultural humility is the underlying quality needed to
humility? truly implement interventions to improve health in
partnership with communities and populations.
