NSG 3480 EXAM 1 NURSING PRACTICE –
COMMUNITY HEALTH QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026/2027 GALEN – COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED AND
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QUESTIONS | LATEST EXAM UPDATE
CORE DOMAINS
• Foundations and principles of community health nursing
• Roles and responsibilities of the community health nurse
• Public health nursing theories and conceptual models
• Health promotion and levels of prevention
• Community assessment and population-based nursing
• Epidemiology, surveillance, and population health
• Health education, communication, and health literacy
• Vulnerable populations, health disparities, and social determinants of health
• Community resources, agencies, advocacy, and policy
: QUESTIONS 1–100
Question 1. Which statement best describes the primary focus of community-oriented
nursing?
A. Treating acute illness in hospitalized patients
B. Promoting health and preventing disease among populations
C. Providing postoperative care to individual patients
D. Managing medication administration in long-term care
Correct Answer: B. Promoting health and preventing disease among populations
Explanation: Community-oriented nursing focuses on population health, including health
promotion, disease prevention, and interventions directed toward groups or communities
rather than only individual treatment.
,Question 2. Which characteristic most clearly distinguishes community-based nursing from
community-oriented nursing?
A. Community-based nursing focuses only on prevention
B. Community-based nursing provides care to individuals and families in community settings
C. Community-based nursing excludes treatment of illness
D. Community-based nursing is limited to public health departments
Correct Answer: B. Community-based nursing provides care to individuals and families in
community settings
Explanation: Community-based nursing provides direct care to individuals and families
where they live, work, or receive services. Community-oriented nursing has a broader
population focus.
Question 3. A community health nurse identifies unsafe housing as a major contributor to
respiratory illness in a neighborhood. Which approach best reflects upstream thinking?
A. Teaching one client how to use an inhaler
B. Treating symptoms after an asthma attack
C. Advocating for improved housing conditions
D. Encouraging individual medication adherence
Correct Answer: C. Advocating for improved housing conditions
Explanation: Upstream thinking addresses root causes of health problems, such as housing,
environmental conditions, economic factors, and policy. Downstream interventions generally
address problems after they occur.
Question 4. Which action is an example of downstream intervention?
A. Advocating for clean-air legislation
B. Improving neighborhood housing codes
C. Treating a patient after exposure to an environmental hazard
D. Supporting policies that reduce poverty
Correct Answer: C. Treating a patient after exposure to an environmental hazard
Explanation: Downstream interventions respond to health problems after they occur.
Upstream interventions attempt to modify the conditions that contribute to those problems.
Question 5. Which activity is most consistent with the population-focused role of a
community health nurse?
A. Adjusting an individual's intravenous medication
B. Developing a vaccination campaign for an at-risk community
C. Performing surgery in an acute-care facility
D. Providing postoperative wound closure
, Correct Answer: B. Developing a vaccination campaign for an at-risk community
Explanation: Population-focused nursing addresses health needs of groups or communities.
Vaccination campaigns can prevent disease across an entire population.
Question 6. Which historical nurse is strongly associated with the development of public
health nursing through the Henry Street Settlement?
A. Florence Nightingale
B. Lillian Wald
C. Clara Barton
D. Dorothea Dix
Correct Answer: B. Lillian Wald
Explanation: Lillian Wald founded the Henry Street Settlement and promoted nursing
services for underserved populations while addressing social and environmental factors
affecting health.
Question 7. What is the central purpose of public health?
A. Providing specialized treatment to hospitalized patients
B. Protecting and improving the health of populations
C. Replacing all individual healthcare services
D. Limiting healthcare to government facilities
Correct Answer: B. Protecting and improving the health of populations
Explanation: Public health focuses on preventing disease, promoting health, protecting
communities, and improving conditions that influence population health.
Question 8. Which activity is most representative of public health nursing?
A. Administering anesthesia during surgery
B. Managing a ventilator in an intensive care unit
C. Investigating a cluster of communicable disease cases
D. Performing orthopedic surgery
Correct Answer: C. Investigating a cluster of communicable disease cases
Explanation: Disease investigation is a population-level public health activity designed to
identify causes, prevent transmission, and protect the community.
Question 9. Which factor is considered a social determinant of health?
A. Blood type
B. Housing stability
C. Eye color
D. Genetic sequence
COMMUNITY HEALTH QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026/2027 GALEN – COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED AND
WELLDETAILED ANSWERS | DETAILED
EXPLANATIONS AND RATIONALES | COMPLETE
EXAM PREPARATION STUDY GUIDE | PRACTICE
QUESTIONS | LATEST EXAM UPDATE
CORE DOMAINS
• Foundations and principles of community health nursing
• Roles and responsibilities of the community health nurse
• Public health nursing theories and conceptual models
• Health promotion and levels of prevention
• Community assessment and population-based nursing
• Epidemiology, surveillance, and population health
• Health education, communication, and health literacy
• Vulnerable populations, health disparities, and social determinants of health
• Community resources, agencies, advocacy, and policy
: QUESTIONS 1–100
Question 1. Which statement best describes the primary focus of community-oriented
nursing?
A. Treating acute illness in hospitalized patients
B. Promoting health and preventing disease among populations
C. Providing postoperative care to individual patients
D. Managing medication administration in long-term care
Correct Answer: B. Promoting health and preventing disease among populations
Explanation: Community-oriented nursing focuses on population health, including health
promotion, disease prevention, and interventions directed toward groups or communities
rather than only individual treatment.
,Question 2. Which characteristic most clearly distinguishes community-based nursing from
community-oriented nursing?
A. Community-based nursing focuses only on prevention
B. Community-based nursing provides care to individuals and families in community settings
C. Community-based nursing excludes treatment of illness
D. Community-based nursing is limited to public health departments
Correct Answer: B. Community-based nursing provides care to individuals and families in
community settings
Explanation: Community-based nursing provides direct care to individuals and families
where they live, work, or receive services. Community-oriented nursing has a broader
population focus.
Question 3. A community health nurse identifies unsafe housing as a major contributor to
respiratory illness in a neighborhood. Which approach best reflects upstream thinking?
A. Teaching one client how to use an inhaler
B. Treating symptoms after an asthma attack
C. Advocating for improved housing conditions
D. Encouraging individual medication adherence
Correct Answer: C. Advocating for improved housing conditions
Explanation: Upstream thinking addresses root causes of health problems, such as housing,
environmental conditions, economic factors, and policy. Downstream interventions generally
address problems after they occur.
Question 4. Which action is an example of downstream intervention?
A. Advocating for clean-air legislation
B. Improving neighborhood housing codes
C. Treating a patient after exposure to an environmental hazard
D. Supporting policies that reduce poverty
Correct Answer: C. Treating a patient after exposure to an environmental hazard
Explanation: Downstream interventions respond to health problems after they occur.
Upstream interventions attempt to modify the conditions that contribute to those problems.
Question 5. Which activity is most consistent with the population-focused role of a
community health nurse?
A. Adjusting an individual's intravenous medication
B. Developing a vaccination campaign for an at-risk community
C. Performing surgery in an acute-care facility
D. Providing postoperative wound closure
, Correct Answer: B. Developing a vaccination campaign for an at-risk community
Explanation: Population-focused nursing addresses health needs of groups or communities.
Vaccination campaigns can prevent disease across an entire population.
Question 6. Which historical nurse is strongly associated with the development of public
health nursing through the Henry Street Settlement?
A. Florence Nightingale
B. Lillian Wald
C. Clara Barton
D. Dorothea Dix
Correct Answer: B. Lillian Wald
Explanation: Lillian Wald founded the Henry Street Settlement and promoted nursing
services for underserved populations while addressing social and environmental factors
affecting health.
Question 7. What is the central purpose of public health?
A. Providing specialized treatment to hospitalized patients
B. Protecting and improving the health of populations
C. Replacing all individual healthcare services
D. Limiting healthcare to government facilities
Correct Answer: B. Protecting and improving the health of populations
Explanation: Public health focuses on preventing disease, promoting health, protecting
communities, and improving conditions that influence population health.
Question 8. Which activity is most representative of public health nursing?
A. Administering anesthesia during surgery
B. Managing a ventilator in an intensive care unit
C. Investigating a cluster of communicable disease cases
D. Performing orthopedic surgery
Correct Answer: C. Investigating a cluster of communicable disease cases
Explanation: Disease investigation is a population-level public health activity designed to
identify causes, prevent transmission, and protect the community.
Question 9. Which factor is considered a social determinant of health?
A. Blood type
B. Housing stability
C. Eye color
D. Genetic sequence
