COMMUNITY PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 7TH
EDITION NIES 2026 FINAL PAPER STUDY GUIDE
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
◉ To provide effective care and advocacy for individuals, families
and populations living in poverty, nurses must first: Answer:
Examine their personal beliefs, values, and experiences
◉ Which of the following best represents the concept of
homelessness as crisis poverty? Answer: B. Recently unemployed
man evicted from his apartment
◉ An undocumented migrant farm worker, who can speak some
English, has been diagnosed with TB. The local health department,
using a Spanish translator, initiates tx by dispensing the first month's
supply of medication and educates the client on the need to continue
tx for 6-12m. A major challenge that client may face to ongoing tx for
TB is: Answer: Fragmented services
◉ A group of migrant farmworkers has arrived in a community. The
local public health nurse realizes that an important step before
scheduling clinic services is to:
,A. Consult the public health staff regarding their scheduling
preferences
B. Learn about the farmworkers' concept of time and their work
schedule to determine when and how services can best be scheduled
C. Review written materials about the farmworkers' culture of origin
D. Visit the farmworker camp and tell the camp leaders when clinic
services will be available. Answer: B. Learn about the farmworkers'
concept of time and their work schedule to determine when and
how services can best be scheduled
◉ A nurse is implementing a population-focused model of home
care delivery. Which of the following actions would most likely be
taken by the nurse?
A. use an assessment protocol when conducting visits
B. Collaborate with other disciplines
C. Provide care for a specific population
D. Apply high-intensity interventions Answer: A. use an assessment
protocol when conducting visits
◉ A nurse is coordinating care to ensure a comfortable and peaceful
death. Which of the following factors should be an important
consideration for the nurse?
A. The unique stress dying patients often experience
B. Cultural values, expectations, and preferences of the family
,C. The communication style of each family member
D. The abilities of the nurse and health care team Answer: B. Cultural
values, expectations, and preferences of the family
◉ A nurse has referred a home care client to hospice care. Which of
the following best explains the rationale for this referral?
A. To provide comfort and peace at a difficult time
B. To reduce the cost of care for the terminally ill
C. To keep clients at home until the end of life
D. To provide care for terminally ill clients expected to live longer
than 6 months Answer: A. To provide comfort and peace at a difficult
time
◉ The nurse provides direct care services to a stroke victim to avoid
complications. Which of the following levels of prevention is being
implemented
A. primary intervention
B. secondary intervention
C. tertiary intervention
D. assessment Answer: C. tertiary intervention
◉ PHNs are challenged to respond to public health-related trends of
the twenty-first century, which include:
, A. racial, ethnic, and economic health disparities; rise of drug-
resistant pathogens; unequal access to health care; violence
B. violence; availability of health care for all; and increasing life
expectancy
C. health disparities, access issues, and adequate mental health
program funding
D. rise of drug-resistant organisms, increased life-expectancy,
societal violence, and more effective disease survelliance Answer: A.
racial, ethnic, and economic health disparities; rise of drug-resistant
pathogens; unequal access to health care; violence
◉ State public health agency responsibilities include:
A. conducting community health assessments
B. enforcing public health codes
C. monitoring health status
D. Providing expertise that facilitates EBP Answer: C. monitoring
health status
◉ What is the goal of local public health departments?
A. monitor communicable diseases
B. improve health status of communities
C. To offer services for the uninsured
D. enforce environmental codes and laws Answer: B. improve health
status of communities
EDITION NIES 2026 FINAL PAPER STUDY GUIDE
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
◉ To provide effective care and advocacy for individuals, families
and populations living in poverty, nurses must first: Answer:
Examine their personal beliefs, values, and experiences
◉ Which of the following best represents the concept of
homelessness as crisis poverty? Answer: B. Recently unemployed
man evicted from his apartment
◉ An undocumented migrant farm worker, who can speak some
English, has been diagnosed with TB. The local health department,
using a Spanish translator, initiates tx by dispensing the first month's
supply of medication and educates the client on the need to continue
tx for 6-12m. A major challenge that client may face to ongoing tx for
TB is: Answer: Fragmented services
◉ A group of migrant farmworkers has arrived in a community. The
local public health nurse realizes that an important step before
scheduling clinic services is to:
,A. Consult the public health staff regarding their scheduling
preferences
B. Learn about the farmworkers' concept of time and their work
schedule to determine when and how services can best be scheduled
C. Review written materials about the farmworkers' culture of origin
D. Visit the farmworker camp and tell the camp leaders when clinic
services will be available. Answer: B. Learn about the farmworkers'
concept of time and their work schedule to determine when and
how services can best be scheduled
◉ A nurse is implementing a population-focused model of home
care delivery. Which of the following actions would most likely be
taken by the nurse?
A. use an assessment protocol when conducting visits
B. Collaborate with other disciplines
C. Provide care for a specific population
D. Apply high-intensity interventions Answer: A. use an assessment
protocol when conducting visits
◉ A nurse is coordinating care to ensure a comfortable and peaceful
death. Which of the following factors should be an important
consideration for the nurse?
A. The unique stress dying patients often experience
B. Cultural values, expectations, and preferences of the family
,C. The communication style of each family member
D. The abilities of the nurse and health care team Answer: B. Cultural
values, expectations, and preferences of the family
◉ A nurse has referred a home care client to hospice care. Which of
the following best explains the rationale for this referral?
A. To provide comfort and peace at a difficult time
B. To reduce the cost of care for the terminally ill
C. To keep clients at home until the end of life
D. To provide care for terminally ill clients expected to live longer
than 6 months Answer: A. To provide comfort and peace at a difficult
time
◉ The nurse provides direct care services to a stroke victim to avoid
complications. Which of the following levels of prevention is being
implemented
A. primary intervention
B. secondary intervention
C. tertiary intervention
D. assessment Answer: C. tertiary intervention
◉ PHNs are challenged to respond to public health-related trends of
the twenty-first century, which include:
, A. racial, ethnic, and economic health disparities; rise of drug-
resistant pathogens; unequal access to health care; violence
B. violence; availability of health care for all; and increasing life
expectancy
C. health disparities, access issues, and adequate mental health
program funding
D. rise of drug-resistant organisms, increased life-expectancy,
societal violence, and more effective disease survelliance Answer: A.
racial, ethnic, and economic health disparities; rise of drug-resistant
pathogens; unequal access to health care; violence
◉ State public health agency responsibilities include:
A. conducting community health assessments
B. enforcing public health codes
C. monitoring health status
D. Providing expertise that facilitates EBP Answer: C. monitoring
health status
◉ What is the goal of local public health departments?
A. monitor communicable diseases
B. improve health status of communities
C. To offer services for the uninsured
D. enforce environmental codes and laws Answer: B. improve health
status of communities
