NUR 410 – NURSING CONCEPTS FOR COMMUNITY AND
PUBLIC HEALTH EXAM 1 WITH 500 VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS (2025 STUDY GUIDE)WITH MOST
TESTED QUESTIONS
THIS RESOURCE PROVIDES VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS FOR
EXAM 1 IN NUR 410, COVERING CORE TOPICS SUCH AS COMMUNITY HEALTH
PRINCIPLES, EPIDEMIOLOGY, LEVELS OF PREVENTION, HEALTH POLICY, AND
THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE. IDEAL FOR STUDENTS IN THE 2025
TERM SEEKING A STRONG FOUNDATION IN COMMUNITY AND POPULATION
HEALTH NURSING.
The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) increased the involvement of the
states and their citizens in the cleanup of toxic waste sites and stressed the importance of
permanent remedies and innovative treatment technologies. Another important aspect of this
federal legislation was that it:
A. Provided for the appointment of state emergency response commissions.
B. Increased focus on the human health problems related to hazardous waste sites.
C. Established a new safety standard of reasonable certainty of no harm that is to be applied to all
pesticides used on food.
D. Reduced the amount of pollution by mandating cost-effective changes in production, operation,
and raw materials use. - CORRECT ANSWER-B. Increased focus on the human health problems
related to hazardous waste sites.
The monitoring and public reporting of air quality in a local community to assist individuals with
asthma or other respiratory conditions best illustrates the application of:
A. Compliance and enforcement.
B. Environmental epidemiology.
C. Secondary prevention.
D. Toxicology. - CORRECT ANSWER-B. Environmental epidemiology.
When applying the nursing process to environmental health, the nurse would:
A. Conduct an assessment focused on the client's presenting problem.
,B. Coordinate interventions with the primary care provider of record.
C. Examine criteria that are limited to the client's immediate responses.
D. Include outcome measures that involve mitigation and elimination of the contributing factors. -
CORRECT ANSWER-D. Include outcome measures that involve mitigation and elimination of the
contributing factors.
When a nurse evaluates the completeness and accuracy of information made available to
community residents regarding the impact of rezoning of land parcels for industrial use, the nurse
can best be described as:
A. Advocating for ethical choices.
B. Communicating risk.
C. Controlling environmental damage.
D. Volunteering for service on state boards. - CORRECT ANSWER-A. Advocating for ethical choices.
The role of the nurse who wants to become more active in environmental health could include
which of the following (select all that apply)?
A. Assessing farmworkers for pesticide exposure and providing pesticide risk education.
B. Conducting epidemiologic investigations as a public health nurse.
C. Developing corporate policy to protect workers from unsafe levels of toxic agents.
D. Organizing the local community to encourage landlords to remove lead-based paint.
E. Working as a skilled risk communicator for a local chemical manufacturer. - CORRECT ANSWER-
A. Assessing farmworkers for pesticide exposure and providing pesticide risk education.
B. Conducting epidemiologic investigations as a public health nurse.
C. Developing corporate policy to protect workers from unsafe levels of toxic agents.
D. Organizing the local community to encourage landlords to remove lead-based paint.
A school nurse notes that 60 children have missed days of high school because of pertussis this past
year and this rate has been relatively constant for the past 5 years. The nurse plans to work with the
community to increase awareness of the seriousness of this disease for children younger than 6
months of age and to raise and maintain the immunization rates, because in this community the
pertussis is:
A. Endemic.
B. Epidemic.
C. Pandemic.
,D. Sporadic. - CORRECT ANSWER-A. Endemic.
In an effort to address West Nile virus, a community increased livestock immunization, began a
vector control program, and initiated a community campaign to eliminate standing water reservoirs.
This best exemplifies communicable disease control through:
A. Health education.
B. Multisystem approach.
C. Improved public health infrastructure.
D. Reduction of environmental hazards. - CORRECT ANSWER-B. Multisystem approach.
When a situation exists in which there is potential contact with blood or body fluids, health care
workers must always perform hand hygiene and wear gloves, masks, protective clothing, and other
indicated personal protective barriers. The underlying reason for requiring these practices, known as
universal precautions, is that:
A. Blood and body fluids of all clients need to be handled as if they were infected.
B. Effective infection control surveillance programs are in place.
C. Health care settings are reservoirs of infection.
D. Health care workers do not effectively use hand hygiene. - CORRECT ANSWER-A. Blood and
body fluids of all clients need to be handled as if they were infected.
A nurse is assigned to provide community outreach to a small town that was partially destroyed by a
tornado 3 years earlier and has been rebuilt. The first client is a family who lost their home and their
best friend in the tornado. The best intervention would include:
A. Assessment of the family's home environment to rule out safety issues.
B. Avoidance of discussion of the disaster of 3 years ago.
C. Consideration that the family will have worked through the emotional aftermath by now.
D. Support of the family in preparing a personal disaster response plan. - CORRECT ANSWER-D.
Support of the family in preparing a personal disaster response plan.
The highest priority for a nurse who is among the first responders to a disaster is:
A. Arranging for shelter for disaster providers.
B. Beginning community assessment as soon as possible to ensure a rapid recovery.
C. Beginning surveillance and planning needed health education for disaster survivors.
, D. Immediately developing plans for effective triage and client management. - CORRECT ANSWER-
D. Immediately developing plans for effective triage and client management.
A nurse is working with a disaster medical assistance team as it responds to a disaster. A new team
member excitedly insists that its personnel can exceed their 12-hour shifts and do not need breaks.
The best intervention on the part of the nurse is to:
A. Arrange for the team member to be transferred to another unit.
B. Arrange for the team member to leave duty, return home, and talk with his or her pastor.
C. Educate the rescuer about necessary stress-management techniques and offer to pair up with the
individual so that each can monitor the other's stress level.
D. Help the team member to call home to speak with his or her family. - CORRECT ANSWER-C.
Educate the rescuer about necessary stress-management techniques and offer to pair up with the
individual so that each can monitor the other's stress level.
A nurse takes the time to read and understand the community's disaster plans and participates in
mock disaster drills as a leader of the triage team. The nurse obtained disaster management training
through the local Red Cross chapter and registered with the state as a disaster management nurse.
The best description of the nurse's activities is:
A. American Red Cross disaster training.
B. Community preparedness.
C. Personal preparedness.
D. Professional preparedness. - CORRECT ANSWER-B. Community preparedness.
A nurse wishes to become actively involved in disaster management and is extremely interested in
providing first aid and delivering aggregate health promotion, disease prevention, and emotional
support. It would be ideal for the nurse to train and volunteer as which of the following?
A. Community emergency response team member.
B. Disaster medical assistance team member.
C. Member of the Medical Reserve Corps.
D. Red Cross shelter manager. - CORRECT ANSWER-D. Red Cross shelter manager.
Disaster-related nursing is an evolving specialty. Nurses have unique skills that can be applied in
which of the following aspects of disaster management (select all that apply)?
A. Completion of the American Red Cross disaster management course and registration as a disaster
responder.
PUBLIC HEALTH EXAM 1 WITH 500 VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS (2025 STUDY GUIDE)WITH MOST
TESTED QUESTIONS
THIS RESOURCE PROVIDES VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS FOR
EXAM 1 IN NUR 410, COVERING CORE TOPICS SUCH AS COMMUNITY HEALTH
PRINCIPLES, EPIDEMIOLOGY, LEVELS OF PREVENTION, HEALTH POLICY, AND
THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE. IDEAL FOR STUDENTS IN THE 2025
TERM SEEKING A STRONG FOUNDATION IN COMMUNITY AND POPULATION
HEALTH NURSING.
The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) increased the involvement of the
states and their citizens in the cleanup of toxic waste sites and stressed the importance of
permanent remedies and innovative treatment technologies. Another important aspect of this
federal legislation was that it:
A. Provided for the appointment of state emergency response commissions.
B. Increased focus on the human health problems related to hazardous waste sites.
C. Established a new safety standard of reasonable certainty of no harm that is to be applied to all
pesticides used on food.
D. Reduced the amount of pollution by mandating cost-effective changes in production, operation,
and raw materials use. - CORRECT ANSWER-B. Increased focus on the human health problems
related to hazardous waste sites.
The monitoring and public reporting of air quality in a local community to assist individuals with
asthma or other respiratory conditions best illustrates the application of:
A. Compliance and enforcement.
B. Environmental epidemiology.
C. Secondary prevention.
D. Toxicology. - CORRECT ANSWER-B. Environmental epidemiology.
When applying the nursing process to environmental health, the nurse would:
A. Conduct an assessment focused on the client's presenting problem.
,B. Coordinate interventions with the primary care provider of record.
C. Examine criteria that are limited to the client's immediate responses.
D. Include outcome measures that involve mitigation and elimination of the contributing factors. -
CORRECT ANSWER-D. Include outcome measures that involve mitigation and elimination of the
contributing factors.
When a nurse evaluates the completeness and accuracy of information made available to
community residents regarding the impact of rezoning of land parcels for industrial use, the nurse
can best be described as:
A. Advocating for ethical choices.
B. Communicating risk.
C. Controlling environmental damage.
D. Volunteering for service on state boards. - CORRECT ANSWER-A. Advocating for ethical choices.
The role of the nurse who wants to become more active in environmental health could include
which of the following (select all that apply)?
A. Assessing farmworkers for pesticide exposure and providing pesticide risk education.
B. Conducting epidemiologic investigations as a public health nurse.
C. Developing corporate policy to protect workers from unsafe levels of toxic agents.
D. Organizing the local community to encourage landlords to remove lead-based paint.
E. Working as a skilled risk communicator for a local chemical manufacturer. - CORRECT ANSWER-
A. Assessing farmworkers for pesticide exposure and providing pesticide risk education.
B. Conducting epidemiologic investigations as a public health nurse.
C. Developing corporate policy to protect workers from unsafe levels of toxic agents.
D. Organizing the local community to encourage landlords to remove lead-based paint.
A school nurse notes that 60 children have missed days of high school because of pertussis this past
year and this rate has been relatively constant for the past 5 years. The nurse plans to work with the
community to increase awareness of the seriousness of this disease for children younger than 6
months of age and to raise and maintain the immunization rates, because in this community the
pertussis is:
A. Endemic.
B. Epidemic.
C. Pandemic.
,D. Sporadic. - CORRECT ANSWER-A. Endemic.
In an effort to address West Nile virus, a community increased livestock immunization, began a
vector control program, and initiated a community campaign to eliminate standing water reservoirs.
This best exemplifies communicable disease control through:
A. Health education.
B. Multisystem approach.
C. Improved public health infrastructure.
D. Reduction of environmental hazards. - CORRECT ANSWER-B. Multisystem approach.
When a situation exists in which there is potential contact with blood or body fluids, health care
workers must always perform hand hygiene and wear gloves, masks, protective clothing, and other
indicated personal protective barriers. The underlying reason for requiring these practices, known as
universal precautions, is that:
A. Blood and body fluids of all clients need to be handled as if they were infected.
B. Effective infection control surveillance programs are in place.
C. Health care settings are reservoirs of infection.
D. Health care workers do not effectively use hand hygiene. - CORRECT ANSWER-A. Blood and
body fluids of all clients need to be handled as if they were infected.
A nurse is assigned to provide community outreach to a small town that was partially destroyed by a
tornado 3 years earlier and has been rebuilt. The first client is a family who lost their home and their
best friend in the tornado. The best intervention would include:
A. Assessment of the family's home environment to rule out safety issues.
B. Avoidance of discussion of the disaster of 3 years ago.
C. Consideration that the family will have worked through the emotional aftermath by now.
D. Support of the family in preparing a personal disaster response plan. - CORRECT ANSWER-D.
Support of the family in preparing a personal disaster response plan.
The highest priority for a nurse who is among the first responders to a disaster is:
A. Arranging for shelter for disaster providers.
B. Beginning community assessment as soon as possible to ensure a rapid recovery.
C. Beginning surveillance and planning needed health education for disaster survivors.
, D. Immediately developing plans for effective triage and client management. - CORRECT ANSWER-
D. Immediately developing plans for effective triage and client management.
A nurse is working with a disaster medical assistance team as it responds to a disaster. A new team
member excitedly insists that its personnel can exceed their 12-hour shifts and do not need breaks.
The best intervention on the part of the nurse is to:
A. Arrange for the team member to be transferred to another unit.
B. Arrange for the team member to leave duty, return home, and talk with his or her pastor.
C. Educate the rescuer about necessary stress-management techniques and offer to pair up with the
individual so that each can monitor the other's stress level.
D. Help the team member to call home to speak with his or her family. - CORRECT ANSWER-C.
Educate the rescuer about necessary stress-management techniques and offer to pair up with the
individual so that each can monitor the other's stress level.
A nurse takes the time to read and understand the community's disaster plans and participates in
mock disaster drills as a leader of the triage team. The nurse obtained disaster management training
through the local Red Cross chapter and registered with the state as a disaster management nurse.
The best description of the nurse's activities is:
A. American Red Cross disaster training.
B. Community preparedness.
C. Personal preparedness.
D. Professional preparedness. - CORRECT ANSWER-B. Community preparedness.
A nurse wishes to become actively involved in disaster management and is extremely interested in
providing first aid and delivering aggregate health promotion, disease prevention, and emotional
support. It would be ideal for the nurse to train and volunteer as which of the following?
A. Community emergency response team member.
B. Disaster medical assistance team member.
C. Member of the Medical Reserve Corps.
D. Red Cross shelter manager. - CORRECT ANSWER-D. Red Cross shelter manager.
Disaster-related nursing is an evolving specialty. Nurses have unique skills that can be applied in
which of the following aspects of disaster management (select all that apply)?
A. Completion of the American Red Cross disaster management course and registration as a disaster
responder.
