(CHP 1-4) Community Health NCLEX
Study Questions and Answers (2026)
1. Jennifer is a community health nurse in a large metropolitan area. According to the American
Nurses Association's Code of Ethics (2001), community health nurses must align themselves
with public health programs that promote and preserve the health of populations by
influencing:
a. socioeconomic issues.
b. psychosocial issues.
c. sociocultural issues.
d. developmental issues. - correct answer: C
2. Mary is a nursing student doing her senior project in community health. Part of her
assignment is to conduct an activity that illustrates "social health" within a group in her
community. The most appropriate activity for Mary to organize would be a:
a. neighborhood block party.
b. food bank in a local church.
c. community yard sale.
d. school fundraiser for the school band. - correct answer: b
3.It has been estimated that individual behaviors and environmental factors are responsible for
what percentage of all premature deaths in the United States?
a. 20%
b. 40%
c. 50%
d. 70% - correct answer: C
, 4. Early public health nurse Lillian Wald and her associates were successful in addressing health
and disease in the immigrant community by:
a. supporting political activities to improve social and environmental conditions of immigrant
families.
b. administering bedside nursing care to immigrants and their families.
c. teaching the immigrant family members to provide health care in the home.
d. obtaining and administering medications to the immigrants and their family members. -
correct answer: A
5.Disease prevention activities protect people from disease and the effects of disease. An
example of primary disease prevention is:
a. teaching people with diabetes how to prevent complications.
b. administering vaccines to children before kindergarten.
c. checking the skin of farm workers for signs of skin cancer.
d. identifying and testing individuals exposed to someone with tuberculosis. - correct answer: B
6. Every 10 years, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services publishes a national
prevention initiative titled Healthy People. One of the new objectives for Healthy People 2020 is
to:
a. achieve access to preventive services of all Americans.
b. improves the nation's ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from a major
health incident.
c. reduces health disparities among Americans.
d. increase independence of older Americans. - correct answer: B
7.Which of the following is an example of "community health nursing" rather than "community-
based nursing"?
a. An RN assisting a doctor in a pediatrician's office
Study Questions and Answers (2026)
1. Jennifer is a community health nurse in a large metropolitan area. According to the American
Nurses Association's Code of Ethics (2001), community health nurses must align themselves
with public health programs that promote and preserve the health of populations by
influencing:
a. socioeconomic issues.
b. psychosocial issues.
c. sociocultural issues.
d. developmental issues. - correct answer: C
2. Mary is a nursing student doing her senior project in community health. Part of her
assignment is to conduct an activity that illustrates "social health" within a group in her
community. The most appropriate activity for Mary to organize would be a:
a. neighborhood block party.
b. food bank in a local church.
c. community yard sale.
d. school fundraiser for the school band. - correct answer: b
3.It has been estimated that individual behaviors and environmental factors are responsible for
what percentage of all premature deaths in the United States?
a. 20%
b. 40%
c. 50%
d. 70% - correct answer: C
, 4. Early public health nurse Lillian Wald and her associates were successful in addressing health
and disease in the immigrant community by:
a. supporting political activities to improve social and environmental conditions of immigrant
families.
b. administering bedside nursing care to immigrants and their families.
c. teaching the immigrant family members to provide health care in the home.
d. obtaining and administering medications to the immigrants and their family members. -
correct answer: A
5.Disease prevention activities protect people from disease and the effects of disease. An
example of primary disease prevention is:
a. teaching people with diabetes how to prevent complications.
b. administering vaccines to children before kindergarten.
c. checking the skin of farm workers for signs of skin cancer.
d. identifying and testing individuals exposed to someone with tuberculosis. - correct answer: B
6. Every 10 years, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services publishes a national
prevention initiative titled Healthy People. One of the new objectives for Healthy People 2020 is
to:
a. achieve access to preventive services of all Americans.
b. improves the nation's ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from a major
health incident.
c. reduces health disparities among Americans.
d. increase independence of older Americans. - correct answer: B
7.Which of the following is an example of "community health nursing" rather than "community-
based nursing"?
a. An RN assisting a doctor in a pediatrician's office
