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Community/Public Health Nursing 2026 – 200 Questions on Prevention, PHN Intervention Wheel & Core Functions

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This document contains approximately 200 comprehensive exam-style questions with verified answers covering Community/Public Health Nursing concepts for 2026. It thoroughly reviews foundational principles including the synthesis of nursing practice and public health practice, determinants of health, social justice, health promotion, disease prevention, levels of prevention (primary, secondary, tertiary), and the shift from disease-oriented to health-oriented systems. Core public health functions—assessment, policy development, and assurance—are clearly defined, along with essential services and funding mechanisms such as grants. The material also explores Healthy People 2020 objectives, health expenditures, health disparities, vulnerable and high-risk populations, and upstream versus downstream thinking in population-focused care. The document provides detailed coverage of the Public Health Nursing (PHN) Intervention Wheel, including its three levels of practice (individual/family, community, system) and seventeen public health interventions grouped by category: surveillance, disease investigation, outreach, screening, case finding, referral and follow-up, case management, delegated functions, health teaching, counseling, consultation, collaboration, coalition building, community organizing, advocacy, social marketing, and policy development and enforcement. It further differentiates public health nursing, community health nursing, and community-based nursing practice, emphasizing population-focused strategies, empowerment, quality and cost linkage, and responsibilities in health promotion and prevention across aggregates and subpopulations. The structured question-and-answer format mirrors nursing program examinations and NCLEX-style conceptual review. It is ideal for undergraduate and graduate nursing students, public health nursing courses, community health rotations, RN-to-BSN programs, and exam preparation in population-focused care and health systems content. The material reinforces conceptual clarity, application of prevention models, and understanding of community-level interventions required for academic and professional success in public health nursing. Keywords: community health nursing 2026, public health nursing exam questions, population focused nursing, core public health functions assessment policy assurance, public health intervention wheel, Healthy People 2020 determinants, levels of prevention primary secondary tertiary, health promotion strategies, disease prevention principles, upstream vs downstream thinking, social justice public health, vulnerable populations nursing, aggregates and subpopulations, health disparities United States, community based nursing practice, case management public health, surveillance and screening nursing, advocacy and policy development, coalition building community health, empowerment in nursing, quality and cost in healthcare

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Community/Public Health Nursing - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔___ is the synthesis of

nursing practice and public health practice


populations - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Community/Public Health Nursing has the

major goal to preserve the health of the community and surrounding ___


maintence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Community/Public Health Nursing focuses on

health promotion, prevention, and health ___

,risk - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Community/Public Health Nursing is associated with

health and identification of populations at ___ rather than an episodic

response to patient demand

-preventing disease

-prolonging life

-promoting health through organized community efforts to benefit each

citizen - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔public health is described as the art and science of

what 3 things


Health Care Reform - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔___ is defined as the costs of caring

for the sick which account for the majority of escalating health care dollars,

which increased from 5.7% of the gross domestic product in 1965 to 17.8%

in 2015


health-oriented - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Community/public health nurses are in a

position to assist the U.S. health care system to transition from being

disease-oriented to a ___ system


public health - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the mission of ___ is social justice, which

entitles all people to basic necessities such as adequate income and health

protection and accepts collective burdens to make this possible.

, Health Expenditures - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔___ is the total amount spent on

healthcare by a country.


below - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔despite high hospital and physician expenditures,

U.S. health indicators such as life expectancy and infant mortality rate

remain considerably ___ the health indicators of many other countries


poorer - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the health status of the population within the US

varies markedly across the areas of the country and among groups. For

example, the economically disadvantaged and many cultural and ethnic

groups have ___ overall health status compared with middle-class

caucasians

-health promotion


-preventive - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the decline in the percentage of nurses

employed in hospitals and the subsequent increase in nurses employed

community setting suggest a shift in focus from illness and institutional

based care to ____ and ____ care


Individual, families, and groups - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the major goal of

community/public health nursing is to preserve the health of the community




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