Community Health Nursing Exam 1
Questions With Complete Solutions
/.What are the four core functions of public health? - Answer-✅Assessment
Policy development
Assurance
/.Define Assessment - Answer-✅Activities that involve collecting, analyzing, and
disseminating information on bother the health status and health-related aspects of a
community or specific population
Ongoing monitoring the health status and the health services population
/.Define policy development - Answer-✅Seeks to build organizations or relationships
that will help bring about change in public policy
/.Define assurance - Answer-✅The responsibility of health agencies to make sure
activities has been carried out to meet public health goals and plans
Make sure the needed services are available
Assessing the quality of the care services
/.Define public health - Answer-✅Protecting and promoting health
Preventing disease and disability
/.How did the IOM define public health in their 1988 report? - Answer-✅It is what we do
as a society, collectively, to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy
/.Name three of the core competencies of the public health workforce - Answer-
✅Analytic/assessment
Policy development/program planning
Communication
Cultural competency
Community dimensions of practice
Basic public health sciences
Financial planning and management
Leadership and system thinking
/.What are the three tiers of each core competency? - Answer-✅Tier 1, tier 2 and tier 3
/.Describe a tier 1 employee - Answer-✅Entry level public health professional
No management responsibilities
, /.A nurse has just entered the public health workforce
She does not manage anything
What tier would this nurse fall into? - Answer-✅Tier 1
/.Describe a tier 2 employee - Answer-✅This public health professional holds a
management or supervisor position/responsibilities
/.Describe a tier 3 employee - Answer-✅This public health professional is a senior
manager or leader in public health organizations
/.A nurse has been a leader at a public health organization
This nurse is also a senior manager
What tier would this nurse fall into? - Answer-✅Tier 3
/.Within the health services pyramid, which level is most important to public health? -
Answer-✅Primary Health Care; level three
/.What is the mission of public health? - Answer-✅Promote physical and mental health
and prevent disease, injury and disability
/.The three core function of public health are also known as? - Answer-✅The essential
public health services
/.Is public health nursing a specialty? - Answer-✅YUP!!!! it is a specialty
/.Why is public health nursing a specialty? - Answer-✅Because it has a distinct focus,
scope of practice and special knowledge base
/.What is the focus of public health nursing? - Answer-✅Public health nursing is
population-focused & community-oriented
Focus is on prevention on those members that are FREE-LIVING
/.What are some reasons public health nursing is a specialty? - Answer-✅1. it is
population focused
2. it is community oriented
3. it is focused on health and prevention
4. interventions are carried out at a community or population level
5. there is concern for the health of the community, especially vulnerable populations
/.What does community-oriented mean? - Answer-✅There is a connection between the
health status of the population and the environment in which the population lives
Focus on the community and populations
Questions With Complete Solutions
/.What are the four core functions of public health? - Answer-✅Assessment
Policy development
Assurance
/.Define Assessment - Answer-✅Activities that involve collecting, analyzing, and
disseminating information on bother the health status and health-related aspects of a
community or specific population
Ongoing monitoring the health status and the health services population
/.Define policy development - Answer-✅Seeks to build organizations or relationships
that will help bring about change in public policy
/.Define assurance - Answer-✅The responsibility of health agencies to make sure
activities has been carried out to meet public health goals and plans
Make sure the needed services are available
Assessing the quality of the care services
/.Define public health - Answer-✅Protecting and promoting health
Preventing disease and disability
/.How did the IOM define public health in their 1988 report? - Answer-✅It is what we do
as a society, collectively, to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy
/.Name three of the core competencies of the public health workforce - Answer-
✅Analytic/assessment
Policy development/program planning
Communication
Cultural competency
Community dimensions of practice
Basic public health sciences
Financial planning and management
Leadership and system thinking
/.What are the three tiers of each core competency? - Answer-✅Tier 1, tier 2 and tier 3
/.Describe a tier 1 employee - Answer-✅Entry level public health professional
No management responsibilities
, /.A nurse has just entered the public health workforce
She does not manage anything
What tier would this nurse fall into? - Answer-✅Tier 1
/.Describe a tier 2 employee - Answer-✅This public health professional holds a
management or supervisor position/responsibilities
/.Describe a tier 3 employee - Answer-✅This public health professional is a senior
manager or leader in public health organizations
/.A nurse has been a leader at a public health organization
This nurse is also a senior manager
What tier would this nurse fall into? - Answer-✅Tier 3
/.Within the health services pyramid, which level is most important to public health? -
Answer-✅Primary Health Care; level three
/.What is the mission of public health? - Answer-✅Promote physical and mental health
and prevent disease, injury and disability
/.The three core function of public health are also known as? - Answer-✅The essential
public health services
/.Is public health nursing a specialty? - Answer-✅YUP!!!! it is a specialty
/.Why is public health nursing a specialty? - Answer-✅Because it has a distinct focus,
scope of practice and special knowledge base
/.What is the focus of public health nursing? - Answer-✅Public health nursing is
population-focused & community-oriented
Focus is on prevention on those members that are FREE-LIVING
/.What are some reasons public health nursing is a specialty? - Answer-✅1. it is
population focused
2. it is community oriented
3. it is focused on health and prevention
4. interventions are carried out at a community or population level
5. there is concern for the health of the community, especially vulnerable populations
/.What does community-oriented mean? - Answer-✅There is a connection between the
health status of the population and the environment in which the population lives
Focus on the community and populations
