Public Health Nursing: Chapter 11 Test
Questions and Correct Answers 2025.
Which are the three levels of practice of the Intervention Wheel? - Answer Community,
systems, and individual
Which definition would the public health nurse use to describe tertiary prevention in public
health? - Answer Trying to reduce the symptoms of an already diagnosed disease
Which definition would the public health nurse use to describe primary prevention in public
health? - Answer Promoting health and preventing the onset of disease
Which term would the public health nurse associate with the prevention intervention of the
public health Intervention Wheel? Select all that apply. One, some, or all may be correct. -
Answer Primary
Tertiary
Secondary
Which organization has adopted the Intervention Wheel as a framework for public health
nursing practice? - Answer American Nurses Association
Which step would the public health nurse address in the intervention of counseling? - Answer
Avoid interpreting the patient's behavior.
Which definition would the public health nurse use to describe the Intervention Wheel? -
Answer How public health nursing interacts with communities, individuals, and families to
improve the population's health
Which level of prevention is used when providing health screenings in the community? - Answer
Secondary
Which definition would the public health nurse use to describe primary prevention in public
, How does public health nursing incorporate the nursing process when identifying populations of
interest at the community level? - Answer By identifying the population at risk for the problem
Which action would the public health nurse perform as a basic step for the intervention of
counseling in the public health Intervention Wheel? - Answer Maintaining professional
boundaries
Which statement from the public health nurse describes an underlying assumption of the
Intervention Wheel? - Answer "Public health nursing requires knowledge in both nursing and
public health."
A public health nurse is offering cholesterol and blood glucose screenings in a community
center. Which level of prevention does this illustrate? - Answer Secondary
Administering flu vaccines to older adults in a senior center is an example of what level of
prevention? - Answer Primary
Which intervention of the public health Intervention Wheel would the public health nurse
associate with identifying individuals with asymptomatic disease conditions? - Answer
Screening
Which community-level nursing intervention is an example of secondary prevention? - Answer
Screening for scoliosis in middle school children
Which is an example of a Healthy People 2020 objective for which public health nurses can
implement interventions? - Answer Eliminating elevated blood lead levels in children
Which is an example of a population of interest? - Answer First-time parents of newborns
While working at the state level of public health, which underlying assumption would the public
health nurse correlate to the Intervention Wheel? - Answer Resolves health inequities and
determinants of health
When using the counseling intervention with a patient, which measure would the nurse
include? Select all that apply. One, some, or all may be correct. - Answer Use a behavior
Questions and Correct Answers 2025.
Which are the three levels of practice of the Intervention Wheel? - Answer Community,
systems, and individual
Which definition would the public health nurse use to describe tertiary prevention in public
health? - Answer Trying to reduce the symptoms of an already diagnosed disease
Which definition would the public health nurse use to describe primary prevention in public
health? - Answer Promoting health and preventing the onset of disease
Which term would the public health nurse associate with the prevention intervention of the
public health Intervention Wheel? Select all that apply. One, some, or all may be correct. -
Answer Primary
Tertiary
Secondary
Which organization has adopted the Intervention Wheel as a framework for public health
nursing practice? - Answer American Nurses Association
Which step would the public health nurse address in the intervention of counseling? - Answer
Avoid interpreting the patient's behavior.
Which definition would the public health nurse use to describe the Intervention Wheel? -
Answer How public health nursing interacts with communities, individuals, and families to
improve the population's health
Which level of prevention is used when providing health screenings in the community? - Answer
Secondary
Which definition would the public health nurse use to describe primary prevention in public
, How does public health nursing incorporate the nursing process when identifying populations of
interest at the community level? - Answer By identifying the population at risk for the problem
Which action would the public health nurse perform as a basic step for the intervention of
counseling in the public health Intervention Wheel? - Answer Maintaining professional
boundaries
Which statement from the public health nurse describes an underlying assumption of the
Intervention Wheel? - Answer "Public health nursing requires knowledge in both nursing and
public health."
A public health nurse is offering cholesterol and blood glucose screenings in a community
center. Which level of prevention does this illustrate? - Answer Secondary
Administering flu vaccines to older adults in a senior center is an example of what level of
prevention? - Answer Primary
Which intervention of the public health Intervention Wheel would the public health nurse
associate with identifying individuals with asymptomatic disease conditions? - Answer
Screening
Which community-level nursing intervention is an example of secondary prevention? - Answer
Screening for scoliosis in middle school children
Which is an example of a Healthy People 2020 objective for which public health nurses can
implement interventions? - Answer Eliminating elevated blood lead levels in children
Which is an example of a population of interest? - Answer First-time parents of newborns
While working at the state level of public health, which underlying assumption would the public
health nurse correlate to the Intervention Wheel? - Answer Resolves health inequities and
determinants of health
When using the counseling intervention with a patient, which measure would the nurse
include? Select all that apply. One, some, or all may be correct. - Answer Use a behavior
