NUR 452 Exam 1 Final Test Questions
and All Correct Answers 2025-2026
Edition.
What is the difference between private and public health systems? - Answer public systems
are tax-supported
private are not
public systems are interested in those vulnerable at risk
Private health systems care is focused on - Answer early detection and treatment of disease
for individual patient
You are a nurse is teaching about medicare, what would you include? - Answer Part B - has a
premium but not part A
Part D - prescriptions are coverd
Part A - is hospital insurance in
Eligibility: persons over 65 years, persons with end stage renal
What core function of state public health services, is the regulations and licensing of health care
facilities and professionals? - Answer Assurance
Determine which are federal, state and local:
CDC
Food and Drug Administration
Maine State Health and Human
Bangor Public
Indian Health Service
Maine CDC - Answer CDC - federal
Food and Drug Administration - federal
Maine State Health and Human - state
Bangor Public - local
Indian Health Service - federal
Maine CDC - state
Surgeon general is the head of what? - Answer US public health commissioned corps
,US health care system ranks poorly compared to other nations in terms of what? - Answer
cost, efficiency, primary care, disparities, investment in social support systems
What is true about retrospective (fee for service) payment? - Answer No restriction on
services, encourages sickness instead of wellness
Secondary prevention examples: - Answer Pap smear
Cholesterol screenings
mammogram
colonsoscopy
Define Community Health - Answer Individualized care of the community:
Home health and hospice nurses
Work for a private health care organization that is either for profit or non-profit
Define Public Health - Answer Focus of populations
Work for the state or public schools
Public health nurses
School nurses
What is public health nursing? - Answer the synthesis of public health and nursing practice
What is community health nursing? - Answer The synthesis of nursing practice and public
health practice applied to promoting and preserving the health of populations
Community and Public Health Nursing Goal - Answer to preserve health of community and
populations
Health promotion and health maintenance
Primary and secondary
prevention
Prevent disease, injury, disability
Identify populations at risk
,3 P's of Community Health - Answer Promote, protect, prevent
What is the mission of public health? - Answer "Social justice, which entitles all people to
basic necessities such as adequate income and health protection and accepts collective burdens
to make this possible"
Social Justices include - Answer our rights as citizens:
health, safety, food, shelter, voting
we all come from different advantages and disadvantages
Concept of Health - Answer The extent to which an individual or group is able to realize
aspirations and satisfy needs; and change or cope with the environment.
Health is seen as a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living; it is a positive concept
emphasizing social, and personal resources, and physical capacities.
Holistic state of well-being including soundness of mind, body and spirit.
Subjective and objective
Subjective - Answer how people feel
Objective - Answer observed, how people can function in their environment
Concept of wellness - Answer Health plus the capacity to develop and person's potential
leading to a fulfilling and productive life.
Occupational, social, intellectual, physical, emotional, spiritual wellness.
Community - Answer A group or collection of individuals interacting in social units and
sharing common interests characteristics, values, and goals
Geopolitical Communities - Answer Defined or formed by natural and/or man-made
boundaries and include cities, counties, states, and nations. (Others are school districts, census
tracts, zip codes, and neighborhoods).
Phenomenological Communities - Answer Relational, interactive groups. Place or setting is
more abstract and people share a group perspective or identity based on culture, values,
history, interests, and goals. (Schools, colleges, universities, churches, synagogues, mosques,
social networks).
Geographic is - Answer city, town, neighborhood
, Common interest of a community includes - Answer church, professional organization,
people with mastectomies
Community of solution - Answer group of people who come together to solve a problem that
affects all of them
What is a population - Answer Typically used to denote a group of people having common
personal or environmental characteristics, can also refer to all people in a defined community
All people occupying an area or all of those who share one or more characteristic
Do not necessarily interact with one another
May or may not share a sense of belonging
Aggregates - Answer are subgroups or subpopulations that have some common
characteristics or concerns.
Examples of populations - Answer Citizens of Orono, Maine
United States adults over age 65
Veterans across the US
Hispanics in the US
Human Genome Project - Answer An international scientific research project with the goal of
determining the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up human DNA, and of identifying
and mapping all of the genes of the human genome from both a physical and a functional
standpoint.
What is genomics - Answer The identification and plotting of human genes and the study of
the interaction of genes with each other and the environment.
What is Pharmacogenomics - Answer Permits the design of drugs tailored to a person's
genetic makeup or to a targeted disease
What is health promotion? - Answer 1. Increase span of healthy life for americans
2. Reduce health disparities among americans
3. Achieve access to preventive services for all americans
National agenda that communicates a vision for improving health and achieving health equity.
and All Correct Answers 2025-2026
Edition.
What is the difference between private and public health systems? - Answer public systems
are tax-supported
private are not
public systems are interested in those vulnerable at risk
Private health systems care is focused on - Answer early detection and treatment of disease
for individual patient
You are a nurse is teaching about medicare, what would you include? - Answer Part B - has a
premium but not part A
Part D - prescriptions are coverd
Part A - is hospital insurance in
Eligibility: persons over 65 years, persons with end stage renal
What core function of state public health services, is the regulations and licensing of health care
facilities and professionals? - Answer Assurance
Determine which are federal, state and local:
CDC
Food and Drug Administration
Maine State Health and Human
Bangor Public
Indian Health Service
Maine CDC - Answer CDC - federal
Food and Drug Administration - federal
Maine State Health and Human - state
Bangor Public - local
Indian Health Service - federal
Maine CDC - state
Surgeon general is the head of what? - Answer US public health commissioned corps
,US health care system ranks poorly compared to other nations in terms of what? - Answer
cost, efficiency, primary care, disparities, investment in social support systems
What is true about retrospective (fee for service) payment? - Answer No restriction on
services, encourages sickness instead of wellness
Secondary prevention examples: - Answer Pap smear
Cholesterol screenings
mammogram
colonsoscopy
Define Community Health - Answer Individualized care of the community:
Home health and hospice nurses
Work for a private health care organization that is either for profit or non-profit
Define Public Health - Answer Focus of populations
Work for the state or public schools
Public health nurses
School nurses
What is public health nursing? - Answer the synthesis of public health and nursing practice
What is community health nursing? - Answer The synthesis of nursing practice and public
health practice applied to promoting and preserving the health of populations
Community and Public Health Nursing Goal - Answer to preserve health of community and
populations
Health promotion and health maintenance
Primary and secondary
prevention
Prevent disease, injury, disability
Identify populations at risk
,3 P's of Community Health - Answer Promote, protect, prevent
What is the mission of public health? - Answer "Social justice, which entitles all people to
basic necessities such as adequate income and health protection and accepts collective burdens
to make this possible"
Social Justices include - Answer our rights as citizens:
health, safety, food, shelter, voting
we all come from different advantages and disadvantages
Concept of Health - Answer The extent to which an individual or group is able to realize
aspirations and satisfy needs; and change or cope with the environment.
Health is seen as a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living; it is a positive concept
emphasizing social, and personal resources, and physical capacities.
Holistic state of well-being including soundness of mind, body and spirit.
Subjective and objective
Subjective - Answer how people feel
Objective - Answer observed, how people can function in their environment
Concept of wellness - Answer Health plus the capacity to develop and person's potential
leading to a fulfilling and productive life.
Occupational, social, intellectual, physical, emotional, spiritual wellness.
Community - Answer A group or collection of individuals interacting in social units and
sharing common interests characteristics, values, and goals
Geopolitical Communities - Answer Defined or formed by natural and/or man-made
boundaries and include cities, counties, states, and nations. (Others are school districts, census
tracts, zip codes, and neighborhoods).
Phenomenological Communities - Answer Relational, interactive groups. Place or setting is
more abstract and people share a group perspective or identity based on culture, values,
history, interests, and goals. (Schools, colleges, universities, churches, synagogues, mosques,
social networks).
Geographic is - Answer city, town, neighborhood
, Common interest of a community includes - Answer church, professional organization,
people with mastectomies
Community of solution - Answer group of people who come together to solve a problem that
affects all of them
What is a population - Answer Typically used to denote a group of people having common
personal or environmental characteristics, can also refer to all people in a defined community
All people occupying an area or all of those who share one or more characteristic
Do not necessarily interact with one another
May or may not share a sense of belonging
Aggregates - Answer are subgroups or subpopulations that have some common
characteristics or concerns.
Examples of populations - Answer Citizens of Orono, Maine
United States adults over age 65
Veterans across the US
Hispanics in the US
Human Genome Project - Answer An international scientific research project with the goal of
determining the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up human DNA, and of identifying
and mapping all of the genes of the human genome from both a physical and a functional
standpoint.
What is genomics - Answer The identification and plotting of human genes and the study of
the interaction of genes with each other and the environment.
What is Pharmacogenomics - Answer Permits the design of drugs tailored to a person's
genetic makeup or to a targeted disease
What is health promotion? - Answer 1. Increase span of healthy life for americans
2. Reduce health disparities among americans
3. Achieve access to preventive services for all americans
National agenda that communicates a vision for improving health and achieving health equity.
