Exam 1: NR442 / NR 442 (2026–2027 Update) Community Health Nursing | Comprehensive Questions & Answers | Grade A Verified – Chamberlain

…..DLDD Exam 1: NR442 / NR 442 (2026–2027 Update) Community Health Nursing | Comprehensive Questions & Answers | Grade A Verified – Chamberlain Q. A community health nurse is reviewing the levels of disease prevention. Which of the following activities is an example of tertiary prevention? A. Immunization pamphlets B.Providing treatment for clients who have COPD C. Screening for diabetes ANSWERS B Q. 1. A nurse is holding a well child clinic in the community center in a predominantly Spanish speaking area. A number of infants and toddlers at the center have remarkably low birth rates for their ages. What action should the nurse take first? A. health care policies are private B. Involving the community will ensure they have a voice in identifying the problems in the community and work to resolve their problems C. the nurse does not need the community ANSWERS B Q. A community health nurse is designing a health fair for clients with diabetes in the community. Based on the healthy people 2020 initiatives. What information would the nurse want to include for clients with diabetes? SATA A.Monitoring blood glucose level B. Monitoring of carbohydrate intake C. Monitoring of body rashes D. Monitoring of bowel habits E. Monitoring of susceptibility to cold temperature F. Monitoring skin assessment ANSWERS A.Monitoring blood glucose level B. Monitoring of carbohydrate intake F. Monitoring skin assessment Q. A nurse is caring for clients who need tertiary care and are outside the medical and economic main street. The client asks the nurse about health care policy and how it may benefit them. What would be the best response from the nurse? A.Healthcare policy exists to meet the needs of the population B. The Health care policy does not benefit them C. It violating HIPAA ANSWERS A Q. What will be considered as 1 of the 10 greatest public health achievements in the US to provide safer nutrition A. Healthier food options in schools B. Eliminating junk food in cities C.Reduction of microbial contamination in foods ANSWERS C Q. The community health nurse is using an analytical assessment skill. What should the assessment include? SATA A. Identifies health risk B. identifies health needs C. Identifies Values D. Identifies beliefs E. Identifies resources F. Identifies environmental factors of the community to plan care G. Identifies home care ANSWERS A,B,C,D,E, F Q. How would the community health nurse use summative evaluation data when evaluating the education plan for a group of homeless IV drug users? A. Determine if the education will advance the knowledge of the population, so they will make healthier choices B. They have no hope C. They never want to change ANSWERS A. Determine if the education will advance the knowledge of the population, so they will make healthier choices Q. An older adult who lives alone tells the clinic nurse that he's unable to drive himself to the store. And is afraid to cook on the stove. Which of the following community resources should the nurse recommend for this client? A. He must be placed in a psychiatric hospital B. Meals on Wheels C. Give him take out menus ANSWERS B Q. An occupational health nurse in a clinic of an industrial plant is developing a guidebook for clinic workers. Which of the following actions should the nurse include as a secondary prevention strategy? A. Setting up a immunization center B. Providing treatment for their COPD C. Help plant workers identify signs of carpal tunnel syndrome ANSWERS C Q. During 2001 2 new cases of polio were reported in the city of Georgia with a population of 50,000. This brought the total number of polio cases to 12 in the city. The 2 new cases of polio represent which rate? A. Incidence B. Break out C. Pandemic ANSWERS A Q. A nurse is teaching an older adult about yearly vaccination. What yearly vaccination will decrease the risk of death from which of the following illness in the older adult population A. Measles B. Flu C. DtaP ANSWERS B Q. A community nurse is conducting an educational program on various environmental pollutants. The nurse should emphasize the clients who have which of the following disorders that are especially vulnerable in the ozone effects. A. Chicken pox B. Asthma C. Scarlet fever ANSWERS B Q. A community health nurse wants to obtain an overview of the community, but it has limited time and resources. Which of the following methods would the nurse most likely use to obtain this information? A. Windshield survey B. Ask a co worker for help C. Skip that community ANSWERS A Q. A nurse is preparing education about communicable diseases. During which of the following status is the period in which a disease is contagious? A. incubation period B. Communicability period C. Vector ANSWERS B Q. How would the community health nurse demonstrate the public health nursing practice standard, the practice standard is obligation for the greater good of the people. How would they do that? A.Ensure that care being provided is based on the needs of a community assessment, and includes the needs of the population as a whole B. That is not a thing in community nursing C. Deciding on their own what the community needs ANSWERS A Q. Which action by the community health nurse working at a Kaiser Permanente clinic would best represent secondary prevention A. Vision screening for school age children B. Hearing test for adults C. Blood pressure reading for children ANSWERS A A nurse in a community clinic is assessing an older client for manifestations of dehydration. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? A. Edema B. Furrows in the tongue C. Bounding pulses B Which nurse most likely kept records on sanitation techniques and the effects on health? A. Florence Nightingale B. Lillian Wald C. Mary Brewster A A nurse caring for 2 clients with communicable diseases. Following the diagnosis and treatment of these clients. Which action should the nurse take? A. Keep it a secret B. Only tell the family members C.Notify the state health department C A community health nurse has completed a community assessment and is now writing a community nursing diagnosis for the problem. Which component of the diagnosis will be used to summarize the assessment data of the problem? A. Identify Needs B. Identification of the health risk C. Identify community B A community health nurse is assessing the health of students in a local college town. What assessment data should the nurse analyze. SATA a) Vital statistics related to the common causes of death and injury for that age group b) Number of sandboxes in the playground through the community c) Health resources available in the community for the age group d) Community survey results regarding residents' health condition e) Accessibility and safety of playground equipment at local fast-food restaurants f) Availability of all-terrain vehicles at the local car dealership A,C,D A community health nurse is educating a group of nursing students about the level of prevention. What would be included in the instruction as an example of primary level prevention? A. Treating COPD B. Screening for cancer C. Developing a pamphlet about immunization safety for a local health fair C A nurse is developing a program about strategies to prevent foodborne illness for a community group. The nurse should plan to include which of the following recommendations? SATA a) Keep cooked food at 120 degrees Fahrenheit (should be 60 C/40 F) b) Wash raw veggies thoroughly in clean water c) Reheat leftovers before eating d) Keep cold food at 4.4C or 40-degree Fahrenheit e) Avoid unpasteurized dairy products B,C,D,E A nurse is preparing a community health program on communicable diseases. When discussing modes of transmission. The nurse should understand that which illness is airborne? SATA a) Cholera b) TB c) Salmonella d) West Nile virus e) Measles B,E A nurse is presenting information to the community about preventive measures to reduce the risk of contracting the West Nile virus. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? A. Reduce time spent outside B. Encourage the use of insect repellent C. Stay in the house B Which activity with the community health nurse include when planning secondary prevention activities for a community A.Arrange a health fair where blood pressure hearing and cholesterol screening are carried out B. Give out ways to prevent diabetes brochures C. Teach correct ways to take BP meds A A community health nurse is performing a needs assessment in a community. Which action is important for the nurse to include in this phase? A. Assess food options B. Assess availability of community resources C. Assess parks in community B A public health nurse notices an extremely high incidents of childhood asthma in families living within a 10-block radius of a particular manufacturing plant. Which action should the nurse take first? A. Close down the plant B. Vacay all the buildings in the 10 mile radius C. Request an air quality study from the environmental protection agency (EPA) C The nurse is preparing for a day at the local health fair for free HIV screening. The nurse is preparing for a day at the local health fair to offer free HIV screening to the public. Which type of prevention is being offered to the community? A. Primary B. Secondary C. Tertiary B A nurse is developing an education plan with a community group that expressed the need for diabetic medication and nutrition management. Which type of prevention is this for the community? A. Tertiary B. Primary C. Secondary A Which type of assessment should a public health nurse do to understand if there are communication barriers in a community? A. Understanding needs B. Cultural assessment consisting of understanding the values and beliefs C. Not including culture in the assessment B A nurse is conducting a study regarding children with soft tissue sarcoma and is collecting data on past exposure to certain variables. For which type of study is the data being collected? A. Culture study B. Needs study C. Retrospective study C The community health nurse often works with the community members that are active in programs such as mother against drunk drivers. The nurse identifies this group as what type of community? A. Community of solution B. Police department program C. Culture study A A community health nurse is aware that healthy people 2020 supports health and human services efforts to create a healthier nation. What goal is this A. Improving food choices B.Improving access to health care for high-risk groups C. Opening new clinics B When a nurse is conducting a community assessment of a particular community. Which approach would provide the most accurate assessment data for the nurse? A.Perform a windshield survey B. Ask for help from community members C. Assume what the community needs A The community health nurse wants to educate parents about the impact of child abuse and neglect. What is the best primary prevention approach that the nurse should take A.Parenting classes to improve patient child relations B. Screening for child abuse C. Therapy for abused children A The community health nurse is to determine the needs of a selected aggregate. 80% of the aggregate has diabetes. What is the best way for the nurse to determine if diabetes should be the priority in the community? A. Correct the problem B. Give free blood sugar readings C. Review the literature to determine the national and state diabetic rate C A community health nurse is presenting a class on the benefits of physical exercise. What is the best way for the nurse to determine if the information provided will create change? A. The community members agree to participate B. Amount of input and participation by learners C. The community members promise to attend B A community health nurse understands the screening for disease can save lives. Which screening would be the best for the nurse to provide? A. Screening for a disease which can be controlled if caught early in the disease process B. Screening all diseases is important C.No screening for diseases will be effective A Which statement defines the community health nurse's main focus as compared to the acute health care nurse? A. Focuses on one person B. Focuses on a family C. Community health nurse concerns the community itself as the client C How is the community health nurse defined? SATA a) Group of persons who interact collectively to solve a problem b) A group of children living with their unemployed parent c) A group of persons who share a common bond or concern d) A group of people who live in the same home e) A group of persons who work together to meet common goals A,C,E A school health nurse scheduled all the students in the elementary school to receive the H1N1 immunizations. Which form of preventive method is this? A. Secondary B. Primary C. Tertiary B Florence nightingale developed many nursing practices. Which are still used today. Which statements reflects nightingale work on the discipline of nursing? SATA a) Gathered evidence to support hygiene practices b) Prescribed antibiotics to avoid infection (RN can't prescribe abx) c) Identify the effectiveness of hand washing d) Facilitated the presence of nurses in surgery (she wasn't a circulating RN) e) Establish documentation standards A,C,E The district nursing service created in the US by Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster was called the House of Henry Street. What was the most important service provided by the nurses from the House of Henry Street? A. Created the red cross B. Made sanitation mandatory C. Provided care to indigent and homeless women and children C The community health nurse is preparing for visits in the community. Which factor has the greatest influence on a community's health? A. Behavior choices made by persons in the community B. Number of clinics and hospitals in the community C. Number of people in the community A Community health nurse is working with a town that has a large mosquito infestation. What collaborative nursing action is most important for the nurse to implement? A. Create a vaccine for mosquitos B. Incorporate the removal of stagnant standing water C. There is no way to get rid of mosquitoes B If public health nurse is teaching a new nurse about STDs and how to break the chain of transmission. Which statement by the new nurse demonstrates understanding about breaking the chain of transmission? A. Stress the importance of safe sex B. There is no way to break the chain C. will make certain that all person that are infected will receive treatment C Based on the understanding of ethical values in a current health care crisis, where should the community health nurse place the most emphasis on? A. Emphasis should be on social justice and collective responsibility B. Correcting the communities needs C. Doing an assessment in the community A Which nursing action is considered the secondary level of prevention? SATA a) The nurse prepares the client for a colonoscopy b) The nurse provides reading material about the flu vaccine c) The nurses discuss with the client about age dietary requirement d) The nurse administers pain medication for a post op client e) Yearly mammogram f) The nurse post online immunization schedule g) The nurse is swabbing a throat and sending a throat culture A,D,E,G When assessing for a new health planning project in a community. The age, sex, race or ethnic group, religion educational background and level of occupation income and marital status is all part of what? A. Sociodemographic characteristics B. Direct characteristics C. Windshield assessment A An infected client was on an airplane traveling home and it was shedding a virus that can directly infect others on the plane. Which form of transmission is being described A. Agent b. Direct C. Environment D. Antibiotic B A female client develops a vaginal yeast infection after a course of antibiotics for strep throat. Which component of the epidemiological triangle is primary responsible? A. Agent B. Host C. Environment D. Antibiotic B One day care child had a slight fever and did not eat lunch but finished the school day. Three days later several other students in the same home care room were absent. Which best describes what happened? A. Infectious diseases can be contagious before any diagnostic symptoms occurred B. The kid was never sick C. The child contaminated all the other kids A Which best describes why clinical areas are so careful to insure sanitation of surfaces and equipment between each client? A. Clinical areas do not sanitize areas B. To decrease transmission by fomites (utensils, countertops, etc.) C. Disinfectant B A patient at a community clinic complains of severe intestinal cramping and diarrhea. Which is the best action to protect the staff at the clinic? A. Airborne precautions B. Droplet Precautions C.Use universal precautions with all patients regardless of the situation C During an outbreak in a community, all hospital staff members were given immunoglobulin if they were not already immune to the disease. Which type of immunity will the staff receiving the immunoglobulin have? A. Passive Immunity B. Acquired Immunity C. Passive Acquired immunity A Which statement by a caregiver of a child shows the nurse an understanding of vaccine safety? A. The mom doesn't get her child vaccinated B. The mom disagrees with vaccines C. The chance of severe reaction in my child is 1 in 10million C Which of the following nursing interventions would have most likely been used by Florence nightingale when treating wounded soldiers? A. Improve food clothing and cleanliness B. Blood transfusions C. IV drips A Which of the following public health change would lead to a longer life span? A. Smoking cessation B. Limiting physical activity C. Eat only one vegetable a day A When demanding the needs of a community which of the following are the most important indicators? SATA a) Demand for services in the community b) Expert's determination of what is needed in the community c) Obvious health disparities between the advantage and disadvantage populations d) Verbalize expression of need from community informants e) Nurse's own expertise skills and preferences f) Review of literature to determine typical needs of a typical needs of a typical community A,B,C,D Which of the following describes by epidemiological studies are used throughout the nursing process SATA A. Compare data B. identify objectives C. Document effectiveness D. Check the environment A,B,C,D Which of the following situations demonstrates primary prevention? A. Screening for cancer B. COPD medication regimen C. Providing influenza immunizations to employees at a day care program C A community health nurse determines exactly how many cases of a particular disease were occurring in the community. Which action should be taken by the nurse before determining which intervention should be planned? A. Compare the current rate with the previous rate of diseases B. Nothing can be done C. Report to the state health department A A nurse is holding a well child clinic in the community center in a predominantly Spanish speaking area. A number of infants and toddlers at the center have remarkably low birth rates for their ages. What action should the nurse take first? a) Do a quick environment assessment for standing water, mosquitoes, sewage in the streets and availability of referral services for the poor b. Hospitlize the children C. Call CPS A 1. A community health nurse is reviewing the levels of disease prevention. Which of the following activities is an example of tertiary prevention? A. Immunizations B. Screening for cancer C.Providing treatment for clients who have COPD C The public health nurse analyzes data related to the number and type of United States Environmental Protection agency air quality standards that a community failed to meet. This data is an example of using which community health profile indicator? a. Sociodemographic characteristics b. Health status c. Health risk factor d. Functional status ANS: C Breathing air of poor quality is a risk to health. Which is an example of the primary goal of public health? a. Ensuring that a newly diagnosed 40-year-old hypertensive man takes his medication b. Finding home care for a 70-year-old client recuperating from a hip replacement c. Conducting an infant car seat safety check d. Contacting a local hospice to admit a terminally ill 60-year-old woman ANS: C The correct answer is concerned with the health of many people, while the other answers address individual interventions. Public health nursing is a specialty because: a. It has a distinct focus and scope of practice. b. It must be done by a registered nurse with a master's degree. c. It is focused on disadvantaged citizens. d. It performs interventions at the acute care level. ANS: A Public health nursing has a distinct focus and requires a special knowledge base. The other answers are not characteristics of a specialty. The necessary basic preparation for public health nursing is a(n) _____ in nursing. a. Associate's degree b. Baccalaureate degree c. Master's degree d. PhD ANS: B A BSN is the necessary basic preparation to function as a beginning staff public health nurse. A public health nurse provides a clinic for HIV-positive citizens in the community. This is an example of: a. Primary prevention b. Secondary prevention c. Tertiary prevention d. Policy making ANS: C This clinic is for clients who already have a disease process; therefore, it is tertiary prevention. An example of a community health nursing practice is: a. Administrating a flu shot to a client in a physician's office b. Conducting a flu shot clinic at a community center c. Performing a client assessment in a hospital d. Providing supervision of staff in a rehabilitation center ANS: A Community health nursing practice focuses on providing individual interventions in the community. Administrating a flu shot to an individual is the only example that meets this criterion. Which statement about community health nursing practice is correct? a. It focuses on the delivery of personal health services to individuals and families. b. It provides care to protect the health of the community as a whole. c. It emphasizes the setting where care is provided for clients and families. d. It requires a baccalaureate preparation for practice. ANS: A By definition, the first option is correct. Public health nursing provides care to protect the health of the community as a whole. Community-based nursing practice emphasizes the setting where care is provided for clients and families. It is generally assumed that a graduate of any baccalaureate program has the necessary basic preparation to function as a beginning staff public health nurse; however, this is not a requirement for public health nursing or community health nursing practices. The term community-based nursing care is applied when implementing which nursing intervention? a. Assessing the health needs of a defined community b. Providing care to families in a community c. Promoting the health of an entire community d. Investigating environmental health problems in a community ANS: B Community-based nursing practice is a setting-specific practice whereby care is provided for families where they live, work, and attend school. The focus is on acute and chronic care and the provision of services. Providing care to families is the only intervention that accurately describes this definition. The nurse who conducts vision screenings on children in the school setting is practicing _____ nursing practice. a. Community-oriented b. Public health c. Community health d. Community-based ANS: D This type of nursing is a setting-specific practice. Which is an example of an aggregate or population? a. Students in a county school system b. Christians around the world c. A patient in the intensive care unit at the local hospital d. People who play cards together once a week at private homes ANS: A A population or aggregate is a collection of individuals who have one or more personal or environmental characteristics in common. They can be defined in terms of geography or a special interest. The clients in the first option share a geographical characteristic. A population is best defined as a: a. High-risk group b. School or institutional setting c. Collection of individuals who share at least one common characteristic d. Geographical location within a community ANS: C The wrong answers are types of populations; they do not define a population. Which statement about Florence Nightingale's ideas about ethics is correct? a. Nursing is a call to service, and the moral character of persons entering nursing is important. b. Ethical principles are based on the values of the individual nurse. c. Society will dictate the ethical principles to which nurses must adhere. d. Ethics are very important in times of war, such as in the Crimean War, when she set up public health centers. ANS: A Florence Nightingale saw nursing as a call to service and viewed the moral character of persons entering nursing as important. When nurses apply the knowledge and processes of ethics to the examination of ethical problems in health care, they are using: a. Values b. Morality c. Ethics d. Bioethics ANS: D Bioethics applies the knowledge and processes of ethics to the examination of ethical problems in health care. Which ethical principle requires "doing no harm"? a. Respect for autonomy b. Non-maleficence c. Beneficence d. Distributive justice ANS: B Non-maleficence refers to doing no harm. The steps of the ethical decision making process are similar to the steps of: a. Healthy People 2010 b. Deontology c. The nursing process d. Advocacy ANS: C The nursing process involves the same basic steps: assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Examples of the benefits of distributive justice are: a. Basic needs, material and social goods, liberties, rights, and entitlements b. Taxes, military service, location of incinerators or power plants c. Entitlement to equal rights and equal treatment d. The right to private property and personal assets ANS: A Justice requires that the distribution of benefits and burdens on a society be fair or equal. the third option refers to egalitarianism, and the last option refers to libertarianism. Taxes, military service, and location of incinerators or power plants are not benefits associated with justice. A nurse applies the ethical principle of non-maleficence when: a. Administering medications using the "five rights" b. Allowing clients to be active participants in their care c. Providing patient privacy when delivering care d. Referring a client to a physical therapist ANS: A Non-maleficence requires that one do no harm. It requires that health care professionals act according to the standards of due care, always seeking to produce the least amount of harm possible. Public health administrators in a community provide a health department to serve an indigent population of immigrants providing translators on certain days of the week. This is an example of: a. Policy b. Quality c. Assurance d. Libertarian philosophy ANS: C Assurance refers to the role of public health in making sure that essential community-oriented health services are available, which may include providing essential personal health services for those who would otherwise not receive them. Which core function supports the belief that all Americans should receive basic health care services? a. Assessment b. Assurance c. Policy development d. Advocacy ANS: B Assurance purports that all persons should receive essential personal health services. Which nursing action demonstrates advocacy? a. Offering a smoking cessation program b. Screening for hypertension c. Lobbying for health care reform d. Conducting home visits ANS: C Nurses should participate in implementing new directions for health care and help envision these new directions. Nurses can be an important voice in advocating for access to consistent, effective, efficient health care for all. The community leaders in a lesser-developed country decide not to tell the citizens of a small village about a chemical spill at a major industrial facility that could produce harmful effects. Which principle are they violating? a. Policy b. Advocacy c. Caring d. Virtue ANS: B Advocacy requires that the community be properly informed, and this was violated in the above scenario. Environmental health is important to nurses because chemical, biological, and radiological materials are: a. A major cause of global warming b. Often found in the air, water, and products we use c. Frequently linked to the development of chronic illnesses d. Products that nurses work with on a daily basis ANS: B Chemical, biological, and radiological pollutants are often found in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the products we use. How have nurses historically learned to identify a possible relationship between environmental chemical exposures and their potential harm? a. Extrapolation by toxicologists b. Biomonitoring c. Completing chemistry courses d. Observing signs and symptoms in clients ANS: D Nurses have historically made discoveries related to chemical exposure when people presented with signs and symptoms related to known chemical toxicity. The first two options are modern methods. Epidemiology: a. Is a science that studies the poisonous effects of chemicals b. Explains the association between learning disabilities and exposure to lead-based paint at the cellular level c. Helps nurses understand the strength of the association between exposure and health effects d. Is a method for tracking the prevalence of a disease ANS: C Epidemiology studies the incidence and prevalence of disease, helping nurses understand the strength of the association between exposure and health effects. A public health nurse is working with a migrant farm worker who has experienced an exposure to a pesticide. When researching pesticides, the nurse looks at the "family" of the chemical. What similarities are found among chemicals that have been placed in the same family? a. Route of entry into the body b. Actions and associated risks c. Effects that they have on the body d. Potency and toxicity ANS: B Chemicals are grouped so it's possible to understand the actions and risks associated with each group. An example of a point source of air pollution is: a. A smoke stack b. The number of cars and trucks c. How much fossil fuel is consumed in a community d. Ground ozone levels ANS: A Point sources of pollution are identifiable sources of air pollution, such as a smoke stack. A nurse is completing an exposure history using the mnemonic I PREPARE. What data would a nurse collect when asking questions about the first "P"? a. Present work b. Potential exposures c. Personal protective equipment use d. Problems with health ANS: A Present work is the first "P". A nurse fulfills the environmental health competency of "assessment and referral" when: a. Advocating for public policy changes b. Understanding policy framework and major pieces of legislation c. Completing an environmental health history d. Describing the scientific principles about environmental health ANS: C Assessment is always an important element of the nursing process. The third option is an example of the assessment phase of the nursing process. The greatest single source of air pollution in the United States is from: a. Waste incineration b. Power plants c. Motor vehicles d. Molds ANS: C Waste incineration and power plants are major contributors after motor vehicles. Molds contribute to poor indoor air quality. Making sure that essential community-oriented health services are available defines which of the core public health functions? a. Policy development b. Assessment c. Assurance d. Scientific knowledge-based care ANS: C Public health is based on scientific knowledge, but is not a core function. The definition does not fit the terms assessment or policy development. Collecting data and monitoring the health status of the population defines which of the core public health functions? a. Assessment b. Prevention c. Assurance d. Policy development ANS: A Prevention is not a core function, assurance is making sure essential services are available, and policy development is needed to provide leadership in developing policies. Assessment consists of systematic data collection and monitoring health status. The nurse who compares the rate of teenage pregnancy in various areas of the city is practicing the public health core function of: a. Assurance b. Assessment c. Prevention d. Policy development ANS: B Assessment refers to systematic data collection, which this nurse is doing for teenage pregnancy. Public health nurses who develop and implement local public health policies through partnerships with agencies, organizations, and consumers within the community are using which core public health function? a. Assessment b. Prevention c. Assurance d. Policy development ANS: D Prevention is not a core function, assurance is making sure essential services are available, and assessment refers to systematic data collection. Policy development deals with developing and implementing health policies. Providing for the availability of essential personal health services for people who would otherwise not receive health care defines which public health core function? a. Assessment b. Prevention c. Assurance d. Policy development ANS: C Assurance deals with the availability of health services. Prevention is not a core function, assessment refers to systematic data collection, and policy development refers to the need to provide leadership in developing health policies. The nurse manager who makes sure that the staff members who work in a local clinic are competent is demonstrating the public health core function of: a. Assurance b. Assessment c. Prevention d. Policy development ANS: A Assurance refers to making sure a competent health care workforce is available.