Community NUR 206 (2026) Exam 1
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• Which of the following statements would best describe the difference
between public health nursing and community health nursing?
A) Public health nursing is focused on the private aspects of health, and
community health nursing is focused on the public aspects of health.
B) In our textbook, the term community health practice refers to a focus
on specific, designated communities and is a part of the larger public
health effort.
C) Public health nursing and community health nursing relate to the very
same types of services and perspectives.
D) Both public health nursing and community health nursing are
practiced exclusively within institutions. -✓✓B) In our textbook, the
term community health practice refers to a focus on specific, designated
communities and is a part of the larger public health effort.
• Which of the following is most accurate about the concept of
community?
A) A community is a collection of people who share some important
features of their lives.
B) Community members live in the same
geographic location.
C) Community members are biologically related.
D) A community is made up of people who do not necessarily interact
with one another and do not necessarily share a sense of belonging
to that group. -✓✓A.) A community is a collection of people who share
some important features of their lives.
• A group of students are reviewing material for a test on populations,
communities, and
,aggregates. Which of the following indicates that the students
understand these concepts?
A) Members of a population share a sense of belonging.
B) Communities and populations are types of aggregates.
C) Individuals of a community are loosely
connected.
D) Members of an aggregate share a strong bond. -✓✓B.) Communities
and populations are types of aggregates
• Which of the following would a community health nurse identify as a
community of
common interest?
A) The global community
B) Small rural town in a northern state
C) National professional organization
D) Counties addressing water pollution -✓✓C.) National professional
organization
• The nurse is working with a community of solution. Which of the
following would the
nurse expect to find?
A) A health problem affecting the group
B) Common goal binding members together
C) Sharing of a similar goal
D) Locational boundaries -✓✓A.) A health problem affecting the group
• Which one of the following statements made by a student would the
nurse educator recognize as evidence that a student understands the
health continuum?
A) The distinction between health and illness is well demarcated.
B) Illness refers to a state of being relatively unhealthy.
,C) The term health is limited to reflect an
individual's state.
D) Treatment of acute conditions reflects the current focus of health care
-✓✓B. Illness refers to a state of being relatively unhealthy.
• When discussing the concept of the health continuum with a class, the
nurse educator
would be certain to include which statement in the description?
A) Wellness is a relative concept, not an absolute, and illness is a state
of being
relatively unhealthy.
B) A client's placement on the health continuum
is static throughout time.
C) Health is best described as cyclic.
D) The health continuum can only be applied to individuals. -✓✓A.)
Wellness is a relative concept, not an absolute, and illness is a state of
being relatively unhealthy.
• After discussing the leading health indicators with a class, which
condition if stated by the class as one of these indicators suggests that
the class has understood the information?
A) Cardiac disease
B) Mental health
C) Sedentary lifestyle
D) Maternal health care -✓✓B.) Mental health
• Which of the following statements about
health promotion and disease prevention is the most accurate?
A) Health promotion and disease prevention include all efforts that seek
to move people closer to optimal well-being or higher levels of wellness.
B) Disease prevention differs from health promotion in that disease
prevention is
, targeted toward a specific disease or diseases.
C) Health promotion can be described in terms of primary, secondary,
and tertiary prevention.
D) The goal of disease prevention is to raise levels of wellness for
individuals, families, populations, and communities. -✓✓B. Disease
prevention differs from health promotion in that disease prevention is
targeted toward a specific disease or diseases.
• A group of community health nursing students design a health
education program for a group of pregnant teens that includes teaching
nutrition during pregnancy, demonstrating helpful
exercises, and discussing their concerns. This is an example of which of
the following?
A) Health promotion
B) Treatment of disorders
C) Rehabilitation
D) Evaluation -✓✓A. Health promotion
• Plan of primary prevention activities. Which of the following might the
nurse include? (SATA)
A.) Teaching about safe-sex practices to high school students.
B.) Encourage older adults to install safety devices in the bathroom
C.) Providing regular immunization programs for communicable disease
D.) Participating in cholesterol screening
E.) Providing skin testing for tuberculosis for children over 1 year of age
F. Working with a group testing water samples for contamination. -
✓✓A.) Teaching about safe-sex practices to high school students.
B.) Encourage older adults to install safety devices in the bathroom
C.) Providing regular immunization programs for communicable disease
• A community health nurse is preparing a presentation for a group of
nursing students about community health nursing. Which of the
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• Which of the following statements would best describe the difference
between public health nursing and community health nursing?
A) Public health nursing is focused on the private aspects of health, and
community health nursing is focused on the public aspects of health.
B) In our textbook, the term community health practice refers to a focus
on specific, designated communities and is a part of the larger public
health effort.
C) Public health nursing and community health nursing relate to the very
same types of services and perspectives.
D) Both public health nursing and community health nursing are
practiced exclusively within institutions. -✓✓B) In our textbook, the
term community health practice refers to a focus on specific, designated
communities and is a part of the larger public health effort.
• Which of the following is most accurate about the concept of
community?
A) A community is a collection of people who share some important
features of their lives.
B) Community members live in the same
geographic location.
C) Community members are biologically related.
D) A community is made up of people who do not necessarily interact
with one another and do not necessarily share a sense of belonging
to that group. -✓✓A.) A community is a collection of people who share
some important features of their lives.
• A group of students are reviewing material for a test on populations,
communities, and
,aggregates. Which of the following indicates that the students
understand these concepts?
A) Members of a population share a sense of belonging.
B) Communities and populations are types of aggregates.
C) Individuals of a community are loosely
connected.
D) Members of an aggregate share a strong bond. -✓✓B.) Communities
and populations are types of aggregates
• Which of the following would a community health nurse identify as a
community of
common interest?
A) The global community
B) Small rural town in a northern state
C) National professional organization
D) Counties addressing water pollution -✓✓C.) National professional
organization
• The nurse is working with a community of solution. Which of the
following would the
nurse expect to find?
A) A health problem affecting the group
B) Common goal binding members together
C) Sharing of a similar goal
D) Locational boundaries -✓✓A.) A health problem affecting the group
• Which one of the following statements made by a student would the
nurse educator recognize as evidence that a student understands the
health continuum?
A) The distinction between health and illness is well demarcated.
B) Illness refers to a state of being relatively unhealthy.
,C) The term health is limited to reflect an
individual's state.
D) Treatment of acute conditions reflects the current focus of health care
-✓✓B. Illness refers to a state of being relatively unhealthy.
• When discussing the concept of the health continuum with a class, the
nurse educator
would be certain to include which statement in the description?
A) Wellness is a relative concept, not an absolute, and illness is a state
of being
relatively unhealthy.
B) A client's placement on the health continuum
is static throughout time.
C) Health is best described as cyclic.
D) The health continuum can only be applied to individuals. -✓✓A.)
Wellness is a relative concept, not an absolute, and illness is a state of
being relatively unhealthy.
• After discussing the leading health indicators with a class, which
condition if stated by the class as one of these indicators suggests that
the class has understood the information?
A) Cardiac disease
B) Mental health
C) Sedentary lifestyle
D) Maternal health care -✓✓B.) Mental health
• Which of the following statements about
health promotion and disease prevention is the most accurate?
A) Health promotion and disease prevention include all efforts that seek
to move people closer to optimal well-being or higher levels of wellness.
B) Disease prevention differs from health promotion in that disease
prevention is
, targeted toward a specific disease or diseases.
C) Health promotion can be described in terms of primary, secondary,
and tertiary prevention.
D) The goal of disease prevention is to raise levels of wellness for
individuals, families, populations, and communities. -✓✓B. Disease
prevention differs from health promotion in that disease prevention is
targeted toward a specific disease or diseases.
• A group of community health nursing students design a health
education program for a group of pregnant teens that includes teaching
nutrition during pregnancy, demonstrating helpful
exercises, and discussing their concerns. This is an example of which of
the following?
A) Health promotion
B) Treatment of disorders
C) Rehabilitation
D) Evaluation -✓✓A. Health promotion
• Plan of primary prevention activities. Which of the following might the
nurse include? (SATA)
A.) Teaching about safe-sex practices to high school students.
B.) Encourage older adults to install safety devices in the bathroom
C.) Providing regular immunization programs for communicable disease
D.) Participating in cholesterol screening
E.) Providing skin testing for tuberculosis for children over 1 year of age
F. Working with a group testing water samples for contamination. -
✓✓A.) Teaching about safe-sex practices to high school students.
B.) Encourage older adults to install safety devices in the bathroom
C.) Providing regular immunization programs for communicable disease
• A community health nurse is preparing a presentation for a group of
nursing students about community health nursing. Which of the
