NMNC 1220 ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ PREMIUM
RESOURCE
●● What is the primary difference between community and public health
nursing?
a. Public health nurses work with at-risk populations to prevent disease
and protect health, whereas community health nurses' focus is on health
promotion.
b. Community health nursing focuses on care provided at the primary
prevention level, whereas public health focuses on care provided at the
tertiary prevention level.
c. Public Health nurses work for a recognized public unit and are legally
responsible for ensuring the public's health, whereas community health
nurses work for community or faith-based agencies that are not affiliated
with any government or political unit.
d. Public health nursing focuses on assessment of population health
needs and policy development to reduce health risks to populations,
whereas community health nursing focuses on assuring that the
population's health needs are met.
Answer: c
●● Which nursing intervention best illustrates a population health
activity at the community level of practice?
a. Revises the training requirements for school health aides
,b. Presents a petition to Congress for healthcare coverage for migrant
workers
c. Counsels an older adult about treatment of sexually transmitted
infections
d. Works with a coalition to develop a teen crisis hotline
Answer: d
●● Which factors are considered social determinants of health? (Select
all that apply.)
a. Age
b. Income
c. Discrimination
d. Education
e. Sex
f. Family history of heart disease
Answer: b,c,d
●● Using Healthy People 2020 as a guide, which of the following would
improve delivery of care to a community? (Select all that apply.)
1. Community assessment
2. Implementation of public health policies
3. Home safety assessment
4. Increased access to care
,5. Determining rates of specific illnesses
Answer: 1,2,4,5
●● A community health nurse is working in a clinic with a focus on
asthma and allergies. What is the primary focus of the community health
nurse in this clinic setting? (Select all that apply.)
1. Decrease the incidence of asthma attacks in the community
2. Increase patients' ability to self-manage their asthma
3. Treat acute asthma in the hospital
4. Provide asthma education programs for the teachers in the local
schools
5. Provide scheduled immunizations to people who come to the clinic
Answer: 1,2,4
●● The nurse caring for a refugee community identifies that the children
are undervaccinated and the community is unaware of resources. The
nurse assesses the community and determines that there is a health clinic
within a 5-mile radius. The nurse meets with the community leaders and
explains the need for immunizations, the location of the clinic, and the
process of accessing health care resources. Which of the following
practices is the nurse providing? (Select all that apply.)
1. Raising awareness about community resources for the children
, 2. Teaching the community about health promotion and illness
prevention
3. Promoting autonomy in decision making about health practices
4. Improving the health care of the community's children
5. Participating in professional development activities to maintain
nursing competency
Answer: 1,2,4
●● What factor results in vulnerable populations being more likely to
develop health problems?
1. The ability to use available resources to find housing
2. Adequate transportation to the grocery store and community clinics
3. Availability of others to help provide care
4. Limited access to health care services
Answer: 4
●● Many older homes in a neighborhood are undergoing a lot of
restoration. Lead paint was used to paint the homes when they were
built. The community clinic in the neighborhood is initiating a lead
screening program. This activity is based on which social determinant of
health?
Answer: Physical environment
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ PREMIUM
RESOURCE
●● What is the primary difference between community and public health
nursing?
a. Public health nurses work with at-risk populations to prevent disease
and protect health, whereas community health nurses' focus is on health
promotion.
b. Community health nursing focuses on care provided at the primary
prevention level, whereas public health focuses on care provided at the
tertiary prevention level.
c. Public Health nurses work for a recognized public unit and are legally
responsible for ensuring the public's health, whereas community health
nurses work for community or faith-based agencies that are not affiliated
with any government or political unit.
d. Public health nursing focuses on assessment of population health
needs and policy development to reduce health risks to populations,
whereas community health nursing focuses on assuring that the
population's health needs are met.
Answer: c
●● Which nursing intervention best illustrates a population health
activity at the community level of practice?
a. Revises the training requirements for school health aides
,b. Presents a petition to Congress for healthcare coverage for migrant
workers
c. Counsels an older adult about treatment of sexually transmitted
infections
d. Works with a coalition to develop a teen crisis hotline
Answer: d
●● Which factors are considered social determinants of health? (Select
all that apply.)
a. Age
b. Income
c. Discrimination
d. Education
e. Sex
f. Family history of heart disease
Answer: b,c,d
●● Using Healthy People 2020 as a guide, which of the following would
improve delivery of care to a community? (Select all that apply.)
1. Community assessment
2. Implementation of public health policies
3. Home safety assessment
4. Increased access to care
,5. Determining rates of specific illnesses
Answer: 1,2,4,5
●● A community health nurse is working in a clinic with a focus on
asthma and allergies. What is the primary focus of the community health
nurse in this clinic setting? (Select all that apply.)
1. Decrease the incidence of asthma attacks in the community
2. Increase patients' ability to self-manage their asthma
3. Treat acute asthma in the hospital
4. Provide asthma education programs for the teachers in the local
schools
5. Provide scheduled immunizations to people who come to the clinic
Answer: 1,2,4
●● The nurse caring for a refugee community identifies that the children
are undervaccinated and the community is unaware of resources. The
nurse assesses the community and determines that there is a health clinic
within a 5-mile radius. The nurse meets with the community leaders and
explains the need for immunizations, the location of the clinic, and the
process of accessing health care resources. Which of the following
practices is the nurse providing? (Select all that apply.)
1. Raising awareness about community resources for the children
, 2. Teaching the community about health promotion and illness
prevention
3. Promoting autonomy in decision making about health practices
4. Improving the health care of the community's children
5. Participating in professional development activities to maintain
nursing competency
Answer: 1,2,4
●● What factor results in vulnerable populations being more likely to
develop health problems?
1. The ability to use available resources to find housing
2. Adequate transportation to the grocery store and community clinics
3. Availability of others to help provide care
4. Limited access to health care services
Answer: 4
●● Many older homes in a neighborhood are undergoing a lot of
restoration. Lead paint was used to paint the homes when they were
built. The community clinic in the neighborhood is initiating a lead
screening program. This activity is based on which social determinant of
health?
Answer: Physical environment
