Community/Public Health Nursing-Final and HESI Prep: Practice EXAM
COMMUNITY/PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING-FINAL AND HESI PREP:
PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 150
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
WITH RATIONALES |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW!!
The public health nurse deals with the examination of a community setting to
determine the community's health status. Which of the following activities should
be considered in the assessment phase?
Select all that apply.
a. Assisting communities to implement and evaluate plans and projects.
b. Building constituencies to work with the community.
c. Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information.
d. Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics of the
population.
e. Questioning the availability of health services to the community
c. Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information.
d. Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics of the
population.
e. Questioning the availability of health services to the community
In a federally funded preschool program such as Head Start, nursing services that
include conducting developmental-level screening for cognitive and psychomotor
development of individual children would most likely be considered community-
oriented nursing care when:
a. individual results are compared with established standards for children of the
same age group.
b. program characteristics are assessed for their effectiveness in making the
school population healthier.
c. referral is provided for a child identified with delayed psychomotor
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development.
d. treatment is initiated for a child with an identified learning disability.
a. individual results are compared with established standards for children of the
same age group.
Within federally funded programs for preschool children, from a community-
oriented nursing care perspective, nursing services could be provided to
individual children by conducting developmental-level screening tests to
evaluate each child's level of cognitive and psychomotor development in
comparison with established standards for children of the same age. This is
population-focused service.
Public health nursing is a specialty with a distinct focus and scope of practice and
requires a special knowledge base different from other specialty areas of nursing.
A public health nurse would first be interested in:
a. drug treatments for diabetes.
b. populations with the highest rate of diabetes.
c. educational materials for individuals with diabetes.
d. new technology for diabetic care.
b. populations with the highest rate of diabetes.
The primary focus that has differentiated public health nursing from other
specialties has been the emphasis on the population rather than on individuals
or families.
A state agency has received multiple complaints regarding the availability of elder
transportation services to a specific county senior center. The state agency assigns
a public health nurse to work with the community to evaluate its program for
elder transportation services to publicly sponsored elder care programs. The
public health core function applied is:
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a. assurance.
b. policy development.
c. primary prevention.
d. public transportation.
a. assurance.
The public health core function of assurance focuses on the responsibility of
public health agencies to be sure that activities are appropriately carried out to
meet public health goals and plans.
A nurse planning a smoking cessation clinic for adolescents in the local middle
schools and high schools is providing:
a. community-oriented care.
b. community-based care.
c. secondary care.
d. tertiary care.
a. community-oriented care.
Community-oriented nurses emphasize health protection, maintenance, and
promotion and disease prevention, as well as self-reliance among clients.
In a community clinic that screens and treats individuals for cardiovascular
disorders, the nurse practicing public health/population-focused nursing would
most likely ascertain:
a. a holistic treatment plan.
b. a specific clinical diagnosis.
c. individual dietary interventions for cardiovascular disorders.
d. the prevalence rate of cardiovascular disorders among various groups.
d. the prevalence rate of cardiovascular disorders among various groups.
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A community-oriented nurse has identified obesity as a problem in the middle
school. The next step in a population-focused practice is to make information
available about the health of the middle school students. This describes the public
health core function of:
a. assessment.
b. assurance.
c. policy development.
d. research.
a. assessment.
The three public health core functions are assessment, policy development, and
assurance. Assessment is systematic data collection on the population,
monitoring the population's health status, and making information available
about the health of the community.
The federal agency most responsible for improving the health status of the
American people is the:
a. Office of Health Preparedness.
b. Office of Global Affairs.
c. Food and Drug Administration.
d. US Department of Health and Human Services.
d. US Department of Health and Human Services.
The US Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) is the federal
agency most heavily involved with the health and welfare concerns of US
citizens. The department includes the Office of the Secretary, 11 agencies, and a
program support center. It is charged with regulating health care and overseeing
the health status of America.
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COMMUNITY/PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING-FINAL AND HESI PREP:
PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 150
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
WITH RATIONALES |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW!!
The public health nurse deals with the examination of a community setting to
determine the community's health status. Which of the following activities should
be considered in the assessment phase?
Select all that apply.
a. Assisting communities to implement and evaluate plans and projects.
b. Building constituencies to work with the community.
c. Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information.
d. Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics of the
population.
e. Questioning the availability of health services to the community
c. Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information.
d. Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics of the
population.
e. Questioning the availability of health services to the community
In a federally funded preschool program such as Head Start, nursing services that
include conducting developmental-level screening for cognitive and psychomotor
development of individual children would most likely be considered community-
oriented nursing care when:
a. individual results are compared with established standards for children of the
same age group.
b. program characteristics are assessed for their effectiveness in making the
school population healthier.
c. referral is provided for a child identified with delayed psychomotor
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development.
d. treatment is initiated for a child with an identified learning disability.
a. individual results are compared with established standards for children of the
same age group.
Within federally funded programs for preschool children, from a community-
oriented nursing care perspective, nursing services could be provided to
individual children by conducting developmental-level screening tests to
evaluate each child's level of cognitive and psychomotor development in
comparison with established standards for children of the same age. This is
population-focused service.
Public health nursing is a specialty with a distinct focus and scope of practice and
requires a special knowledge base different from other specialty areas of nursing.
A public health nurse would first be interested in:
a. drug treatments for diabetes.
b. populations with the highest rate of diabetes.
c. educational materials for individuals with diabetes.
d. new technology for diabetic care.
b. populations with the highest rate of diabetes.
The primary focus that has differentiated public health nursing from other
specialties has been the emphasis on the population rather than on individuals
or families.
A state agency has received multiple complaints regarding the availability of elder
transportation services to a specific county senior center. The state agency assigns
a public health nurse to work with the community to evaluate its program for
elder transportation services to publicly sponsored elder care programs. The
public health core function applied is:
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a. assurance.
b. policy development.
c. primary prevention.
d. public transportation.
a. assurance.
The public health core function of assurance focuses on the responsibility of
public health agencies to be sure that activities are appropriately carried out to
meet public health goals and plans.
A nurse planning a smoking cessation clinic for adolescents in the local middle
schools and high schools is providing:
a. community-oriented care.
b. community-based care.
c. secondary care.
d. tertiary care.
a. community-oriented care.
Community-oriented nurses emphasize health protection, maintenance, and
promotion and disease prevention, as well as self-reliance among clients.
In a community clinic that screens and treats individuals for cardiovascular
disorders, the nurse practicing public health/population-focused nursing would
most likely ascertain:
a. a holistic treatment plan.
b. a specific clinical diagnosis.
c. individual dietary interventions for cardiovascular disorders.
d. the prevalence rate of cardiovascular disorders among various groups.
d. the prevalence rate of cardiovascular disorders among various groups.
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, Community/Public Health Nursing-Final and HESI Prep: Practice EXAM
A community-oriented nurse has identified obesity as a problem in the middle
school. The next step in a population-focused practice is to make information
available about the health of the middle school students. This describes the public
health core function of:
a. assessment.
b. assurance.
c. policy development.
d. research.
a. assessment.
The three public health core functions are assessment, policy development, and
assurance. Assessment is systematic data collection on the population,
monitoring the population's health status, and making information available
about the health of the community.
The federal agency most responsible for improving the health status of the
American people is the:
a. Office of Health Preparedness.
b. Office of Global Affairs.
c. Food and Drug Administration.
d. US Department of Health and Human Services.
d. US Department of Health and Human Services.
The US Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) is the federal
agency most heavily involved with the health and welfare concerns of US
citizens. The department includes the Office of the Secretary, 11 agencies, and a
program support center. It is charged with regulating health care and overseeing
the health status of America.
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