COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS.
1) Which is the primary goal of community health nursing?
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a. To support and supplement the efforts of the medical profession in the promotion of
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health and prevention of
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b. To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to cope with their
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health needs _
c. To increase the productivity of the people by providing them with services that will
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increase their level of health _ _ _ _
d. To contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare, focusing
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particularly on mothers and children -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Answer: (B) To enhance
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the capacity of individuals, families and communities to cope with their health needs.
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FB: To contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare, focusing
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particularly on mothers and children.
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2) CHN is a community-based practice. Which best explains this statement?
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a. The service is provided in the natural environment of people
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b. The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing needs and
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problems
c. The service are based on the available resources within the community
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,d. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health problems identified -- Correct
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Answer ✔✔ Answer: (B) The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine
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nursing needs and problems.
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Community-based practice means providing care to people in their own natural _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
environments: the home, school and workplace, for example. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3) Population- focused nursing practice requires which of the following processes?
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a. Community organizing _
b. Nursing, process _
c. Community diagnosis _
d. Epidemiologic process -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 3. Answer: (C) Community diagnosis
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FB: Population-focused nursing care means providing care based on the greater need of
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the majority of the population. The greater need is identified through community
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diagnosis.
4) RA 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside from the number of
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employees, what other factor must be considered in determining the occupational health
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privileges to which the workers will be entitled?
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a. Type of occupation,: agriculture, commercial, industrial
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b. Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities
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c. Classification of the business enterprise based on net profit
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d. Sex and age composition of employees -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B. Location of the
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workplace in relation to health facilities
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FB: Based on R.A. 1054, an occupational nurse must be employed when there are 30 to
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100 employees and the workplace is more than 1 km. away from the nearest health
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center.
,5) A business firm must employ an occupational health nurse when it has at least how many
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employees.
a. 21
b. 101
c. 201
d. 301 -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B. 101
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6) . When the occupational health nurse employs ergonomic principles, she is performing
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which of her roles?
_ _ _
a. Health care provider_ _
b. Health educator _
c. Health care coordinator
_ _
d. Environment manager -- Correct Answer ✔✔ D. Environment manager
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Ergonomics is improving efficiency of workers by improving the worker's environment
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through appropriately designed furniture, for example.
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7) A garment factory does not have an occupational nurse. Who shall provide the
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
occupational health needs of the factory workers? _ _ _ _ _ _
a. Occupational health nurse at the Provincial Health Office _ _ _ _ _ _ _
b. Physician employed by the factory _ _ _ _
c. Public Health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
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d. Rural Sanitary inspector of the RHU in their municipality -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C.
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Public Health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
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8) "Public health services are given free of charge". Is this statement true or false?
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a. The statement is true; it is the responsibility of government to provide haste services
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b. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services
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, c. The statement may be true or false; depending on the Specific service required
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d. The statement may be true or false; depending on policies of the government concerned.
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_-- Correct Answer ✔✔ B. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
services
Community health services, including public health services, are prepaid paid services,
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through taxation, for example. _ _ _
9) According to C.E. Winslow, which of the following is the goal of Public Health?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
a. For people to attain their birthrights and longevity
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
b. For promotion of health and prevention and diseases
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
c. For people to have access to basic health services
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
d. For people to be organized in their health efforts -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A. For people
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to attain their birthrights and longevity
_ _ _ _ _
10) We say that a Filipino has attained longevity when he is able to reach the average life
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span of Filipinos. What other statistic may be used to determine attainment of longevity?
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a. Age-specific mortality rate _ _
b. Proportionate mortality rate _ _
c. Swaroop's index _
d. Case fatality rate -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C. Swaroop's index
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Swaroop's index is the percentage of the deaths aged 50 years or older. Its inverse
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
represents the percentage of untimely deaths (those who died younger than 50 years).
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11) Which of the following is the most prominent feature of public health nursing?
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a. It involves providing home care to sick people who are not confined in the hospital
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WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS.
1) Which is the primary goal of community health nursing?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
a. To support and supplement the efforts of the medical profession in the promotion of
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
health and prevention of
_ _ _
b. To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to cope with their
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
health needs _
c. To increase the productivity of the people by providing them with services that will
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
increase their level of health _ _ _ _
d. To contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare, focusing
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
particularly on mothers and children -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Answer: (B) To enhance
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
the capacity of individuals, families and communities to cope with their health needs.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
FB: To contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare, focusing
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
particularly on mothers and children.
_ _ _ _ _
2) CHN is a community-based practice. Which best explains this statement?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
a. The service is provided in the natural environment of people
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
b. The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing needs and
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
problems
c. The service are based on the available resources within the community
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
,d. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health problems identified -- Correct
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Answer ✔✔ Answer: (B) The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
nursing needs and problems.
_ _ _
Community-based practice means providing care to people in their own natural _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
environments: the home, school and workplace, for example. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3) Population- focused nursing practice requires which of the following processes?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
a. Community organizing _
b. Nursing, process _
c. Community diagnosis _
d. Epidemiologic process -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 3. Answer: (C) Community diagnosis
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
FB: Population-focused nursing care means providing care based on the greater need of
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
the majority of the population. The greater need is identified through community
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
diagnosis.
4) RA 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside from the number of
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
employees, what other factor must be considered in determining the occupational health
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
privileges to which the workers will be entitled?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
a. Type of occupation,: agriculture, commercial, industrial
_ _ _ _ _
b. Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
c. Classification of the business enterprise based on net profit
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
d. Sex and age composition of employees -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B. Location of the
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
workplace in relation to health facilities
_ _ _ _ _
FB: Based on R.A. 1054, an occupational nurse must be employed when there are 30 to
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
100 employees and the workplace is more than 1 km. away from the nearest health
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
center.
,5) A business firm must employ an occupational health nurse when it has at least how many
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
employees.
a. 21
b. 101
c. 201
d. 301 -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B. 101
_ _ _ _ _ _
6) . When the occupational health nurse employs ergonomic principles, she is performing
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
which of her roles?
_ _ _
a. Health care provider_ _
b. Health educator _
c. Health care coordinator
_ _
d. Environment manager -- Correct Answer ✔✔ D. Environment manager
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ergonomics is improving efficiency of workers by improving the worker's environment
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
through appropriately designed furniture, for example.
_ _ _ _ _
7) A garment factory does not have an occupational nurse. Who shall provide the
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
occupational health needs of the factory workers? _ _ _ _ _ _
a. Occupational health nurse at the Provincial Health Office _ _ _ _ _ _ _
b. Physician employed by the factory _ _ _ _
c. Public Health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
d. Rural Sanitary inspector of the RHU in their municipality -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Public Health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
8) "Public health services are given free of charge". Is this statement true or false?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
a. The statement is true; it is the responsibility of government to provide haste services
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
b. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
, c. The statement may be true or false; depending on the Specific service required
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
d. The statement may be true or false; depending on policies of the government concerned.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_-- Correct Answer ✔✔ B. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
services
Community health services, including public health services, are prepaid paid services,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
through taxation, for example. _ _ _
9) According to C.E. Winslow, which of the following is the goal of Public Health?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
a. For people to attain their birthrights and longevity
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
b. For promotion of health and prevention and diseases
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
c. For people to have access to basic health services
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
d. For people to be organized in their health efforts -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A. For people
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
to attain their birthrights and longevity
_ _ _ _ _
10) We say that a Filipino has attained longevity when he is able to reach the average life
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
span of Filipinos. What other statistic may be used to determine attainment of longevity?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
a. Age-specific mortality rate _ _
b. Proportionate mortality rate _ _
c. Swaroop's index _
d. Case fatality rate -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C. Swaroop's index
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Swaroop's index is the percentage of the deaths aged 50 years or older. Its inverse
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
represents the percentage of untimely deaths (those who died younger than 50 years).
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
11) Which of the following is the most prominent feature of public health nursing?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
a. It involves providing home care to sick people who are not confined in the hospital
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
