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NUR 439 Exam 3 (Averett University) NEWEST 2026/2027 EXAM
REVIEW | NUR 439 EXAM 3 PREP WITH 150 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE
Community assessment is a critical process for the future because it
can:
A) Identify the need for a community commission
B) Identify a method to improve the health of at-risk clients
C) Provide a means of grant funding for clinics
D) Provide a client base for at-risk neighborhoods
B) Identify a method to improve the health of at-risk clients
The nurse conducts a community assessment in a town once supported
by multiple paper factories. The factories closed 2 years ago and most
of the population is now out of work. The school nurse notes that 68%
of the students are behind schedule in their physicals and
immunizations. On the basis of this community assessment, the nurse
should recommend:
A) Initiation of neighborhood clinics at low or no cost to the community
B) Creation of a task force to assess the impact of low income on
immunization compliance
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C) A formal petition to the local government to mandate immunizations
by imposing monetary fines on parents whose children are not
immunized
D) A tax relief program for new companies wishing to settle in the
community
A) Initiation of neighborhood clinics at low or no cost to the community
While completing a community assessment, the nurse notes that the
computer companies in the community hire a disproportionate number
of their employees from local suburban communities rather than the
community in which the company is housed. To create an accurate
assessment, the nurse should collect data on:
A) All of the company's employees but count those living outside the
community separately, as outliers
B) Only the employees that live in the community, disregarding the
others as statistically irrelevant
C) All of the company's employees and include those living outside the
community as part of the aggregate
D) Only the employees that live in the community in your initial
assessment; then collect data on the others as part of a separate
assessment for the community in which they live.
C) All of the company's employees and include those living outside the
community as part of the aggregate
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Many in the community have developed cancer. The EPA has discovered
a leak of biohazardous waste from a local factory that has leached into
the water table. The area is decontaminated and cleaned. The
community identifies the need for a local hospice for those with cancer
who are dying. Area communities participate in the fund drive. This
type of community effort may best be described as:
A) Geopolitical community
B) Epidemiologic model
C) Community of solution
D) Developmental model
C) Community of solution
At an international nurses' conference, nurses from all around the world
make contact. The various communities represented at this conference
most likely: (Select all that apply.)
A) Vary significantly in composition
B) Have no shared interests and goals related to health and safety
C) Are challenged in their attempts to identify its members
D) Thought of as members of a global community
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E) Do not need to assess their communities' needs because they are
obvious
A) Vary significantly in composition
C) Are challenged in their attempts to identify its members
D) Thought of as members of a global community
The nurse conducts a community assessment. The community is large
and the members range from affluent executives to poor migrant
workers. To most accurately assess the community, the nurse should:
A) Use a questionnaire written on a fifth-grade reading level
B) Use multiple methods or perspectives
C) Interview a subpopulation of each group represented
D) Analyze census data
B) Use multiple methods or perspectives
The community health nurse assesses the neighborhood in which the
clients live. When observing the physical environment, the nurse notes
that most of the homes in the neighborhood are well kept and the
children playing in the yards are wearing clean clothing. The children
appear well nourished. The nurse determines that the neighborhood
has little need for a well-child clinic. This assessment is based on:
NUR 439 Exam 3 (Averett University) NEWEST 2026/2027 EXAM
REVIEW | NUR 439 EXAM 3 PREP WITH 150 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE
Community assessment is a critical process for the future because it
can:
A) Identify the need for a community commission
B) Identify a method to improve the health of at-risk clients
C) Provide a means of grant funding for clinics
D) Provide a client base for at-risk neighborhoods
B) Identify a method to improve the health of at-risk clients
The nurse conducts a community assessment in a town once supported
by multiple paper factories. The factories closed 2 years ago and most
of the population is now out of work. The school nurse notes that 68%
of the students are behind schedule in their physicals and
immunizations. On the basis of this community assessment, the nurse
should recommend:
A) Initiation of neighborhood clinics at low or no cost to the community
B) Creation of a task force to assess the impact of low income on
immunization compliance
,2|Page
C) A formal petition to the local government to mandate immunizations
by imposing monetary fines on parents whose children are not
immunized
D) A tax relief program for new companies wishing to settle in the
community
A) Initiation of neighborhood clinics at low or no cost to the community
While completing a community assessment, the nurse notes that the
computer companies in the community hire a disproportionate number
of their employees from local suburban communities rather than the
community in which the company is housed. To create an accurate
assessment, the nurse should collect data on:
A) All of the company's employees but count those living outside the
community separately, as outliers
B) Only the employees that live in the community, disregarding the
others as statistically irrelevant
C) All of the company's employees and include those living outside the
community as part of the aggregate
D) Only the employees that live in the community in your initial
assessment; then collect data on the others as part of a separate
assessment for the community in which they live.
C) All of the company's employees and include those living outside the
community as part of the aggregate
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Many in the community have developed cancer. The EPA has discovered
a leak of biohazardous waste from a local factory that has leached into
the water table. The area is decontaminated and cleaned. The
community identifies the need for a local hospice for those with cancer
who are dying. Area communities participate in the fund drive. This
type of community effort may best be described as:
A) Geopolitical community
B) Epidemiologic model
C) Community of solution
D) Developmental model
C) Community of solution
At an international nurses' conference, nurses from all around the world
make contact. The various communities represented at this conference
most likely: (Select all that apply.)
A) Vary significantly in composition
B) Have no shared interests and goals related to health and safety
C) Are challenged in their attempts to identify its members
D) Thought of as members of a global community
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E) Do not need to assess their communities' needs because they are
obvious
A) Vary significantly in composition
C) Are challenged in their attempts to identify its members
D) Thought of as members of a global community
The nurse conducts a community assessment. The community is large
and the members range from affluent executives to poor migrant
workers. To most accurately assess the community, the nurse should:
A) Use a questionnaire written on a fifth-grade reading level
B) Use multiple methods or perspectives
C) Interview a subpopulation of each group represented
D) Analyze census data
B) Use multiple methods or perspectives
The community health nurse assesses the neighborhood in which the
clients live. When observing the physical environment, the nurse notes
that most of the homes in the neighborhood are well kept and the
children playing in the yards are wearing clean clothing. The children
appear well nourished. The nurse determines that the neighborhood
has little need for a well-child clinic. This assessment is based on:
