PNLE Community Health Nursing Exam 1
Questions & Answers correct
Which is the primary goal of community health nursing?
To support and supplement the efforts of the medical profession in the promotion of
health and prevention of illness
To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to cope with their
health needs
To increase the productivity of the people by providing them with services that will
increase their level of health
To contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare, focusing
particularly on mothers and ch - answer Answer: (B) To enhance the capacity of
individuals, families and communities to cope with their health needs
CHN is a community-based practice. Which best explains this statement?
The service is provided in the natural environment of people.
The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing needs and
problems.
The services are based on the available resources within the community.
Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health problems identified. - answer
Answer: (B) The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing needs
and problems.
Population-focused nursing practice requires which of the following processes?
Community organizing
Nursing process
Community diagnosis
Epidemiologic process - answer Answer: (C) Community diagnosis.
R.A. 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside from number of
employees, what other factor must be considered in determining the occupational health
privileges to which the workers will be entitled?
Type of occupation: agricultural, commercial, industrial
Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities
Classification of the business enterprise based on net profit
Sex and age composition of employees - answer Answer: (B) Location of the
workplace in relation to health facilities.
, A business firm must employ an occupational health nurse when it has at least how
many employees?
21
101
201
301 - answer Answer: (B) 101.
When the occupational health nurse employs ergonomic principles, she is performing
which of her roles?
Health care provider
Health educator
Health care coordinator
Environmental manager - answer Answer: (D) Environmental manager.
"Public health services are given free of charge." Is this statement true or false?
The statement is true; it is the responsibility of government to provide basic services.
The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services.
The statement may be true or false, depending on the specific service required.
The statement may be true or false, depending on policies of the government
concerned. - answer Answer: (C) Public health nurse of the RHU of their
municipality.
A garment factory does not have an occupational nurse. Who shall provide the
occupational health needs of the factory workers?
Occupational health nurse at the Provincial Health Office
Physician employed by the factory
Public health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
Rural sanitary inspector of the RHU of their municipality - answer Answer: (B) The
statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services.
According to C.E.Winslow, which of the following is the goal of Public Health?
For people to attain their birthrights of health and longevity
For promotion of health and prevention of disease
For people to have access to basic health services
For people to be organized in their health efforts - answer Answer: (A) For people to
attain their birthrights of health and longevity.
We say that a Filipino has attained longevity when he is able to reach the average
lifespan of Filipinos. What other statistic may be used to determine attainment of
longevity?
Questions & Answers correct
Which is the primary goal of community health nursing?
To support and supplement the efforts of the medical profession in the promotion of
health and prevention of illness
To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to cope with their
health needs
To increase the productivity of the people by providing them with services that will
increase their level of health
To contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare, focusing
particularly on mothers and ch - answer Answer: (B) To enhance the capacity of
individuals, families and communities to cope with their health needs
CHN is a community-based practice. Which best explains this statement?
The service is provided in the natural environment of people.
The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing needs and
problems.
The services are based on the available resources within the community.
Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health problems identified. - answer
Answer: (B) The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing needs
and problems.
Population-focused nursing practice requires which of the following processes?
Community organizing
Nursing process
Community diagnosis
Epidemiologic process - answer Answer: (C) Community diagnosis.
R.A. 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside from number of
employees, what other factor must be considered in determining the occupational health
privileges to which the workers will be entitled?
Type of occupation: agricultural, commercial, industrial
Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities
Classification of the business enterprise based on net profit
Sex and age composition of employees - answer Answer: (B) Location of the
workplace in relation to health facilities.
, A business firm must employ an occupational health nurse when it has at least how
many employees?
21
101
201
301 - answer Answer: (B) 101.
When the occupational health nurse employs ergonomic principles, she is performing
which of her roles?
Health care provider
Health educator
Health care coordinator
Environmental manager - answer Answer: (D) Environmental manager.
"Public health services are given free of charge." Is this statement true or false?
The statement is true; it is the responsibility of government to provide basic services.
The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services.
The statement may be true or false, depending on the specific service required.
The statement may be true or false, depending on policies of the government
concerned. - answer Answer: (C) Public health nurse of the RHU of their
municipality.
A garment factory does not have an occupational nurse. Who shall provide the
occupational health needs of the factory workers?
Occupational health nurse at the Provincial Health Office
Physician employed by the factory
Public health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
Rural sanitary inspector of the RHU of their municipality - answer Answer: (B) The
statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services.
According to C.E.Winslow, which of the following is the goal of Public Health?
For people to attain their birthrights of health and longevity
For promotion of health and prevention of disease
For people to have access to basic health services
For people to be organized in their health efforts - answer Answer: (A) For people to
attain their birthrights of health and longevity.
We say that a Filipino has attained longevity when he is able to reach the average
lifespan of Filipinos. What other statistic may be used to determine attainment of
longevity?
