HESI COMMUNITY HEALTH EXAM PREP
1. The first visiting nurse in the United States was:
Lillian Wald.
Mary Brewster.
Florence Nightingale.
Francis Root.
2. Modern community health nursing requires the nurse to ,
which empowers people to understand and address their health issues and disease.
practice from a population focus
adopt a medical model of care
return to earlier models of prevention
focus on the individual and family
3. Which of the following was NOT a public health service provided by theRomans?
A supervisor of the public bathsStreet
cleaners
Supervision of the sale of food
Housing for the indigent population
4. When nonindustrial cultures adopt Western customs and transition intourban environments,
Western diseases begin to appear. Epidemiologic stud-ies suggest that common risk factors that contribute
these health conditionsinclude
changes in diet.
environmental alterations.
economic changes. increased
population density. occupational
hazards.
changes in diet, environmental alterations, increased population density, &occupational hazards
, 5. Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster's Henry Street Settlement was a model of modern health care.
Which of the following services was provided to peopleliving in the Lower East Side of New York City
by the Henry Street Settlementnurses?
Emergency care and first aid
Home visits to ill mothers and childrenSchool
health services
Industrial health services to local workers
Support programs for immigrants
Home visits to ill mothers and children, School health services, Industrialhealth services to local
workers, & Supportprograms for immigrants
6. Jennifer is a community health nurse in a large metropolitan area. Accord-ing tothe American
Nurses Association's Code of Ethics (2001), communityhealth nurses must align themselves with
public health programs that pro- mote and preserve the health of populations by influencing:
socioeconomic issues.
psychosocial issues.
sociocultural issues.
developmental issues.
7. 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:
neighborhood block party.
food bank in a local church.
community yard sale.
school fundraiser for the school band.
8. It has been estimated that individual behaviors and environmental factorsareresponsible for what
percentage of all premature deaths in the United States?
20%
40%
50%
70%
1. The first visiting nurse in the United States was:
Lillian Wald.
Mary Brewster.
Florence Nightingale.
Francis Root.
2. Modern community health nursing requires the nurse to ,
which empowers people to understand and address their health issues and disease.
practice from a population focus
adopt a medical model of care
return to earlier models of prevention
focus on the individual and family
3. Which of the following was NOT a public health service provided by theRomans?
A supervisor of the public bathsStreet
cleaners
Supervision of the sale of food
Housing for the indigent population
4. When nonindustrial cultures adopt Western customs and transition intourban environments,
Western diseases begin to appear. Epidemiologic stud-ies suggest that common risk factors that contribute
these health conditionsinclude
changes in diet.
environmental alterations.
economic changes. increased
population density. occupational
hazards.
changes in diet, environmental alterations, increased population density, &occupational hazards
, 5. Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster's Henry Street Settlement was a model of modern health care.
Which of the following services was provided to peopleliving in the Lower East Side of New York City
by the Henry Street Settlementnurses?
Emergency care and first aid
Home visits to ill mothers and childrenSchool
health services
Industrial health services to local workers
Support programs for immigrants
Home visits to ill mothers and children, School health services, Industrialhealth services to local
workers, & Supportprograms for immigrants
6. Jennifer is a community health nurse in a large metropolitan area. Accord-ing tothe American
Nurses Association's Code of Ethics (2001), communityhealth nurses must align themselves with
public health programs that pro- mote and preserve the health of populations by influencing:
socioeconomic issues.
psychosocial issues.
sociocultural issues.
developmental issues.
7. 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:
neighborhood block party.
food bank in a local church.
community yard sale.
school fundraiser for the school band.
8. It has been estimated that individual behaviors and environmental factorsareresponsible for what
percentage of all premature deaths in the United States?
20%
40%
50%
70%
