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Community Health Nursing Exam 145 Questions And
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1. Which is the primary goal of community health nursing?
A. To support and supplement the efforts of the medical profession in the
promotion of health and prevention of
B. To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to cope
with their health needs
C. To increase the productivity of the people by providing them with services
that will increase their level of health
D. To contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare,
focusing particularly on mothers and children
Answer: (B) To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to
cope with their health needs.
FB: To contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare,
focusing particularly on mothers and children.
2. CHN is a community-based practice. Which best explains this statement?
A. The service is provided in the natural environment of people
B. The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing needs
and problems
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C. The service are based on the available resources within the community
D. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health problems identified
Answer: (B) The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing
needs and problems.
Community-based practice means providing care to people in their own natural
environments: the home, school and workplace, for example.
3. Population- focused nursing practice requires which of the following
processes?
A. Community organizing
B. Nursing, process
C. Community diagnosis
D. Epidemiologic process
3. Answer: (C)
Community diagnosis
FB:Population-focused nursing care means providing care based on the greater
need of the majority of the population. The greater need is identified through
community diagnosis.
4. RA 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside from the
number of employees, what other factor must be considered in determining
the occupational health privileges to which the workers will be entitled?
A. Type of occupation,: agriculture, commercial, industrial
B. Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities
C. Classification of the business enterprise based on net profit
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D. Sex and age composition of employees
B. Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities
FB: Based on R.A. 1054, an occupational nurse must be employed when there are
30 to 100 employees and the workplace is more than 1 km. away from the nearest
health center.
5. A business firm must employ an occupational health nurse when it has at
least how many employees.
A. 21
B. 101
C. 201
D. 301
B. 101
6. . When the occupational health nurse employs ergonomic principles, she is
performing which of her roles?
A. Health care provider
B. Health educator
C. Health care coordinator
D. Environment manager
D. Environment manager
Ergonomics is improving efficiency of workers by improving the worker's environment
through appropriately designed furniture, for example.
7. A garment factory does not have an occupational nurse. Who shall provide
the occupational health needs of the factory workers?
A. Occupational health nurse at the Provincial Health Office
B. Physician employed by the factory
C. Public Health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
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D. Rural Sanitary inspector of the RHU in their municipality
C. Public Health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
8. "Public health services are given free of charge". Is this statement true or
false?
A. The statement is true; it is the responsibility of government to provide haste
services
B. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services
C. The statement may be true or false; depending on the Specific service
required
D. The statement may be true or false; depending on policies of the
government concerned.
B. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services
Community health services, including public health services, are prepaid paid
services, through taxation, for example.
9. According to C.E. Winslow, which of the following is the goal of Public
Health?
A. For people to attain their birthrights and longevity
B. For promotion of health and prevention and diseases
C. For people to have access to basic health services
D. For people to be organized in their health efforts
A. For people to attain their birthrights and longevity
10. We say that a Filipino has attained longevity when he is able to reach the
average life span of Filipinos. What other statistic may be used to determine
attainment of longevity?
Community Health Nursing Exam 145 Questions And
Rationale Comprehensive 2026 Questions Exam Latest
Version Solved Questions & Answers Verified 100 %
(145 Questions)
1. Which is the primary goal of community health nursing?
A. To support and supplement the efforts of the medical profession in the
promotion of health and prevention of
B. To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to cope
with their health needs
C. To increase the productivity of the people by providing them with services
that will increase their level of health
D. To contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare,
focusing particularly on mothers and children
Answer: (B) To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to
cope with their health needs.
FB: To contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare,
focusing particularly on mothers and children.
2. CHN is a community-based practice. Which best explains this statement?
A. The service is provided in the natural environment of people
B. The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing needs
and problems
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C. The service are based on the available resources within the community
D. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health problems identified
Answer: (B) The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing
needs and problems.
Community-based practice means providing care to people in their own natural
environments: the home, school and workplace, for example.
3. Population- focused nursing practice requires which of the following
processes?
A. Community organizing
B. Nursing, process
C. Community diagnosis
D. Epidemiologic process
3. Answer: (C)
Community diagnosis
FB:Population-focused nursing care means providing care based on the greater
need of the majority of the population. The greater need is identified through
community diagnosis.
4. RA 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside from the
number of employees, what other factor must be considered in determining
the occupational health privileges to which the workers will be entitled?
A. Type of occupation,: agriculture, commercial, industrial
B. Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities
C. Classification of the business enterprise based on net profit
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D. Sex and age composition of employees
B. Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities
FB: Based on R.A. 1054, an occupational nurse must be employed when there are
30 to 100 employees and the workplace is more than 1 km. away from the nearest
health center.
5. A business firm must employ an occupational health nurse when it has at
least how many employees.
A. 21
B. 101
C. 201
D. 301
B. 101
6. . When the occupational health nurse employs ergonomic principles, she is
performing which of her roles?
A. Health care provider
B. Health educator
C. Health care coordinator
D. Environment manager
D. Environment manager
Ergonomics is improving efficiency of workers by improving the worker's environment
through appropriately designed furniture, for example.
7. A garment factory does not have an occupational nurse. Who shall provide
the occupational health needs of the factory workers?
A. Occupational health nurse at the Provincial Health Office
B. Physician employed by the factory
C. Public Health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
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D. Rural Sanitary inspector of the RHU in their municipality
C. Public Health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
8. "Public health services are given free of charge". Is this statement true or
false?
A. The statement is true; it is the responsibility of government to provide haste
services
B. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services
C. The statement may be true or false; depending on the Specific service
required
D. The statement may be true or false; depending on policies of the
government concerned.
B. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services
Community health services, including public health services, are prepaid paid
services, through taxation, for example.
9. According to C.E. Winslow, which of the following is the goal of Public
Health?
A. For people to attain their birthrights and longevity
B. For promotion of health and prevention and diseases
C. For people to have access to basic health services
D. For people to be organized in their health efforts
A. For people to attain their birthrights and longevity
10. We say that a Filipino has attained longevity when he is able to reach the
average life span of Filipinos. What other statistic may be used to determine
attainment of longevity?
