Community Public Health Nursing HESI
Prep Final Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
A nurse in a clinic that provides direct care services to clients with tuberculosis
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would be classified as practicing:
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a. community-based nursing.
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b. community-oriented nursing.
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c. institutional nursing.
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d. public health nursing. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. community-based nursing.
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The nurse practicing as a community-based nurse is more likely to give direct care
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to people than are nurses who practice from a community-oriented framework.
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Jennifer is a nurse in a family medicine clinic. Today she is assessing Jose, a 4-
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year-old who is being seen for an earache. The type of nursing Jennifer practices
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is:
a. community-oriented nursing.
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b. community-based nursing.
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c. public health nursing.
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,d. tertiary health nursing. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. community-based nursing.
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In community-based nursing, the nurse focuses on "illness care" of individuals
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and families across the life span.
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A school nurse teaches three middle school students with asthma conditions
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techniques to minimize their incidence of bronchial spasms. This is an application
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of:
a. community-based nursing.
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b. community-oriented nursing.
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c. institutional nursing.
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d. public health nursing. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. community-based nursing.
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The goal of community-based nursing (CBN) is to manage acute or chronic
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conditions while promoting self-care among individuals and families.
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The public health nurse deals with the examination of a community setting to
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determine the community's health status. Which of the following activities should
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be considered in the assessment phase?
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Select all that apply.
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a. Assisting communities to implement and evaluate plans and projects.
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b. Building constituencies to work with the community.
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c. Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information.
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,d. Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics of the
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population.
e. Questioning the availability of health services to the community - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-c. Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information.
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d. Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics of the
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population.
e. Questioning the availability of health services to the community
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In a federally funded preschool program such as Head Start, nursing services that
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include conducting developmental-level screening for cognitive and psychomotor
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development of individual children would most likely be considered community-
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oriented nursing care when:
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a. individual results are compared with established standards for children of the
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same age group.
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b. program characteristics are assessed for their effectiveness in making the
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school population healthier.
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c. referral is provided for a child identified with delayed psychomotor
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development.
d. treatment is initiated for a child with an identified learning disability. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. individual results are compared with established
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standards for children of the same age group.
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Within federally funded programs for preschool children, from a community-
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oriented nursing care perspective, nursing services could be provided to
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individual children by conducting developmental-level screening tests to evaluate
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each child's level of cognitive and psychomotor development in comparison with
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, established standards for children of the same age. This is population-focused
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service.
Public health nursing is a specialty with a distinct focus and scope of practice and
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requires a special knowledge base different from other specialty areas of nursing.
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A public health nurse would first be interested in:
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a. drug treatments for diabetes.
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b. populations with the highest rate of diabetes.
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c. educational materials for individuals with diabetes.
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d. new technology for diabetic care. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. populations with
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the highest rate of diabetes.
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The primary focus that has differentiated public health nursing from other
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specialties has been the emphasis on the population rather than on individuals or
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families.
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A state agency has received multiple complaints regarding the availability of elder
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transportation services to a specific county senior center. The state agency
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assigns a public health nurse to work with the community to evaluate its program
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for elder transportation services to publicly sponsored elder care programs. The
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public health core function applied is:
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a. assurance.
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b. policy development.
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c. primary prevention.
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Prep Final Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
A nurse in a clinic that provides direct care services to clients with tuberculosis
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
would be classified as practicing:
| | | |
a. community-based nursing.
| |
b. community-oriented nursing.
| |
c. institutional nursing.
| |
d. public health nursing. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. community-based nursing.
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The nurse practicing as a community-based nurse is more likely to give direct care
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
to people than are nurses who practice from a community-oriented framework.
| | | | | | | | | | |
Jennifer is a nurse in a family medicine clinic. Today she is assessing Jose, a 4-
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
year-old who is being seen for an earache. The type of nursing Jennifer practices
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
is:
a. community-oriented nursing.
| |
b. community-based nursing.
| |
c. public health nursing.
| | |
,d. tertiary health nursing. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. community-based nursing.
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In community-based nursing, the nurse focuses on "illness care" of individuals
| | | | | | | | | | |
and families across the life span.
| | | | |
A school nurse teaches three middle school students with asthma conditions
| | | | | | | | | | |
techniques to minimize their incidence of bronchial spasms. This is an application
| | | | | | | | | | | |
of:
a. community-based nursing.
| |
b. community-oriented nursing.
| |
c. institutional nursing.
| |
d. public health nursing. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. community-based nursing.
| | | | | | | |
The goal of community-based nursing (CBN) is to manage acute or chronic
| | | | | | | | | | | |
conditions while promoting self-care among individuals and families.
| | | | | | |
The public health nurse deals with the examination of a community setting to
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
determine the community's health status. Which of the following activities should
| | | | | | | | | |
be considered in the assessment phase?
| | | | | |
Select all that apply.
| | |
a. Assisting communities to implement and evaluate plans and projects.
| | | | | | | | |
b. Building constituencies to work with the community.
| | | | | | |
c. Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information.
| | | | |
,d. Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics of the
| | | | | | | | | |
population.
e. Questioning the availability of health services to the community - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-c. Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information.
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d. Evaluating the social, economic, and environmental characteristics of the
| | | | | | | | | |
population.
e. Questioning the availability of health services to the community
| | | | | | | | |
In a federally funded preschool program such as Head Start, nursing services that
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
include conducting developmental-level screening for cognitive and psychomotor
| | | | | | | |
development of individual children would most likely be considered community-
| | | | | | | | |
oriented nursing care when:
| | |
a. individual results are compared with established standards for children of the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
same age group.
| |
b. program characteristics are assessed for their effectiveness in making the
| | | | | | | | | | |
school population healthier.
| |
c. referral is provided for a child identified with delayed psychomotor
| | | | | | | | | | |
development.
d. treatment is initiated for a child with an identified learning disability. -
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. individual results are compared with established
| | | | | | | |
standards for children of the same age group.
| | | | | | |
Within federally funded programs for preschool children, from a community-
| | | | | | | | |
oriented nursing care perspective, nursing services could be provided to
| | | | | | | | | |
individual children by conducting developmental-level screening tests to evaluate
| | | | | | | | |
each child's level of cognitive and psychomotor development in comparison with
| | | | | | | | | | |
, established standards for children of the same age. This is population-focused
| | | | | | | | | | |
service.
Public health nursing is a specialty with a distinct focus and scope of practice and
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
requires a special knowledge base different from other specialty areas of nursing.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
A public health nurse would first be interested in:
| | | | | | | |
a. drug treatments for diabetes.
| | | |
b. populations with the highest rate of diabetes.
| | | | | | |
c. educational materials for individuals with diabetes.
| | | | | |
d. new technology for diabetic care. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. populations with
| | | | | | | | | | |
the highest rate of diabetes.
| | | |
The primary focus that has differentiated public health nursing from other
| | | | | | | | | | |
specialties has been the emphasis on the population rather than on individuals or
| | | | | | | | | | | |
families.
|
A state agency has received multiple complaints regarding the availability of elder
| | | | | | | | | | |
transportation services to a specific county senior center. The state agency
| | | | | | | | | | | |
assigns a public health nurse to work with the community to evaluate its program
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
for elder transportation services to publicly sponsored elder care programs. The
| | | | | | | | | | | |
public health core function applied is:
| | | | |
a. assurance.
|
b. policy development.
| |
c. primary prevention.
| |
