Community Health Nursing Exam 1
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
1. Which is the primary goal of community health nursing? government to provide basic services.
A. To support and supplement the efforts of the medical B. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for
profession in the promotion of health and prevention public health services.
of illness C. The statement may be true or false, depending on the
B. To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and specific service required.
communities to cope with their health needs D. The statement may be true or false, depending on
C. To increase the productivity of the people by policies of the government concerned.
providing them with services that will increase their
level of health 9. According to C.E.Winslow, which of the following is the goal of
D. To contribute to national development through Public Health?
promotion of family welfare, focusing particularly on A. For people to attain their birthrights of health and
mothers and children. longevity
B. For promotion of health and prevention of disease
2. CHN is a community-based practice. Which best explains this C. For people to have access to basic health services
statement? D. For people to be organized in their health efforts
A. The service is provided in the natural environment of
people. 10. We say that a Filipino has attained longevity when he is able to
B. The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to reach the average lifespan of Filipinos. What other statistic may be
determine nursing needs and problems. used to determine attainment of longevity?
C. The services are based on the available resources A. Age-specific mortality rate
within the community. B. Proportionate mortality rate
D. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the C. Swaroop’s index
health problems identified. D. Case fatality rate
3. Population-focused nursing practice requires which of the 11. Which of the following is the most prominent feature of public
following processes? health nursing?
A. Community organizing A. It involves providing home care to sick people who
B. Nursing process are not confined in the hospital.
C. Community diagnosis B. Services are provided free of charge to people within
D. Epidemiologic process the catchment area.
C. The public health nurse functions as part of a team
4. R.A. 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside providing a public health nursing services.
from number of employees, what other factor must be considered in D. Public health nursing focuses on preventive, not
determining the occupational health privileges to which the workers curative, services.
will be entitled?
A. Type of occupation: agricultural, commercial, 12. According to Margaret Shetland, the philosophy of public health
industrial nursing is based on which of the following?
B. Location of the workplace in relation to health A. Health and longevity as birthrights
facilities B. The mandate of the state to protect the birthrights of
C. Classification of the business enterprise based on net its citizens
profit C. Public health nursing as a specialized field of nursing
D. Sex and age composition of employees D. The worth and dignity of man
5. A business firm must employ an occupational health nurse when it 13. Which of the following is the mission of the Department of Health?
has at least how many employees? A. Health for all Filipinos
A. 21 B. Ensure the accessibility and quality of health care
B. 101 C. Improve the general health status of the population
C. 201 D. Health in the hands of the Filipino people by the year
D. 301 2020
6. When the occupational health nurse employs ergonomic principles, 14. Region IV Hospital is classified as what level of facility?
she is performing which of her roles? A. Primary
A. Health care provider B. Secondary
B. Health educator C. Intermediate
C. Health care coordinator D. Tertiary
D. Environmental manager
15. Which is true of primary facilities?
7. A garment factory does not have an occupational nurse. Who shall A. They are usually government-run.
provide the occupational health needs of the factory workers? B. Their services are provided on an out-patient basis.
A. Occupational health nurse at the Provincial Health C. They are training facilities for health professionals.
Office D. A community hospital is an example of this level of
B. Physician employed by the factory health facilities.
C. Public health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
D. Rural sanitary inspector of the RHU of their
municipality
, 16. Which is an example of the school nurse’s health care provider A. 1
functions? B. 2
A. Requesting for BCG from the RHU for school C. 3
entrant immunization D. The RHU does not need any more midwife item.
B. Conducting random classroom inspection during a
measles epidemic 25. If the RHU needs additional midwife items, you will submit the
C. Taking remedial action on an accident hazard in the request for additional midwife items for approval to the
school playground A. Rural Health Unit
D. Observing places in the school where pupils spend B. District Health Office
their free time C. Provincial Health Office
D. Municipal Health Board
17. When the nurse determines whether resources were maximized in
implementing Ligtas Tigdas, she is evaluating 26. As an epidemiologist, the nurse is responsible for reporting cases
A. Effectiveness of notifiable diseases. What law mandates reporting of cases of
B. Efficiency notifiable diseases?
C. Adequacy A. Act 3573
D. Appropriateness B. R.A. 3753
C. R.A. 1054
18. You are a new B.S.N. graduate. You want to become a Public D. R.A. 1082
Health Nurse. Where will you apply?
A. Department of Health 27. According to Freeman and Heinrich, community health nursing is
B. Provincial Health Office a developmental service. Which of the following best illustrates this
C. Regional Health Office statement?
D. Rural Health Unit A. The community health nurse continuously develops
himself personally and professionally.
19. R.A. 7160 mandates devolution of basic services from the B. Health education and community organizing are
national government to local government units. Which of the necessary in providing community health services.
following is the major goal of devolution? C. Community health nursing is intended primarily for
A. To strengthen local government units health promotion and prevention and treatment of
B. To allow greater autonomy to local government units disease.
C. To empower the people and promote their self- D. The goal of community health nursing is to provide
reliance nursing services to people in their own places of
D. To make basic services more accessible to the people residence.
20. Who is the Chairman of the Municipal Health Board? 28. Which disease was declared through Presidential Proclamation No.
A. Mayor 4 as a target for eradication in the Philippines?
B. Municipal Health Officer A. Poliomyelitis
C. Public Health Nurse B. Measles
D. Any qualified physician C. Rabies
D. Neonatal tetanus
21. Which level of health facility is the usual point of entry of a client
into the health care delivery system? 29. The public health nurse is responsible for presenting the
A. Primary municipal health statistics using graphs and tables. To compare the
B. Secondary frequency of the leading causes of mortality in the municipality,
C. Intermediate which graph will you prepare?
D. Tertiary A. Line
B. Bar
22. The public health nurse is the supervisor of rural health C. Pie
midwives. Which of the following is a supervisory function of the D. Scatter diagram
public health nurse?
A. Referring cases or patients to the midwife 30. Which step in community organizing involves training of
B. Providing technical guidance to the midwife potential leaders in the community?
C. Providing nursing care to cases referred by the A. Integration
midwife B. Community organization
D. Formulating and implementing training programs for C. Community study
midwives D. Core group formation
23. One of the participants in a hilot training class asked you to Answers and Rationales
whom she should refer a patient in labor who develops a 1. Answer: (B) To enhance the capacity of individuals,
complication. You will answer, to the families and communities to cope with their health
A. Public Health Nurse needs
B. Rural Health Midwife 2. Answer: (B) The nurse has to conduct community
C. Municipal Health Officer diagnosis to determine nursing needs and
D. Any of these health professionals problems.
3. Answer: (C) Community diagnosis. Population-
24. You are the public health nurse in a municipality with a total focused nursing care means providing care based on
population of about 20,000. There are 3 rural health midwives among the greater need of the majority of the population.
the RHU personnel. How many more midwife items will the RHU The greater need is identified through community
need? diagnosis.
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
1. Which is the primary goal of community health nursing? government to provide basic services.
A. To support and supplement the efforts of the medical B. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for
profession in the promotion of health and prevention public health services.
of illness C. The statement may be true or false, depending on the
B. To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and specific service required.
communities to cope with their health needs D. The statement may be true or false, depending on
C. To increase the productivity of the people by policies of the government concerned.
providing them with services that will increase their
level of health 9. According to C.E.Winslow, which of the following is the goal of
D. To contribute to national development through Public Health?
promotion of family welfare, focusing particularly on A. For people to attain their birthrights of health and
mothers and children. longevity
B. For promotion of health and prevention of disease
2. CHN is a community-based practice. Which best explains this C. For people to have access to basic health services
statement? D. For people to be organized in their health efforts
A. The service is provided in the natural environment of
people. 10. We say that a Filipino has attained longevity when he is able to
B. The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to reach the average lifespan of Filipinos. What other statistic may be
determine nursing needs and problems. used to determine attainment of longevity?
C. The services are based on the available resources A. Age-specific mortality rate
within the community. B. Proportionate mortality rate
D. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the C. Swaroop’s index
health problems identified. D. Case fatality rate
3. Population-focused nursing practice requires which of the 11. Which of the following is the most prominent feature of public
following processes? health nursing?
A. Community organizing A. It involves providing home care to sick people who
B. Nursing process are not confined in the hospital.
C. Community diagnosis B. Services are provided free of charge to people within
D. Epidemiologic process the catchment area.
C. The public health nurse functions as part of a team
4. R.A. 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside providing a public health nursing services.
from number of employees, what other factor must be considered in D. Public health nursing focuses on preventive, not
determining the occupational health privileges to which the workers curative, services.
will be entitled?
A. Type of occupation: agricultural, commercial, 12. According to Margaret Shetland, the philosophy of public health
industrial nursing is based on which of the following?
B. Location of the workplace in relation to health A. Health and longevity as birthrights
facilities B. The mandate of the state to protect the birthrights of
C. Classification of the business enterprise based on net its citizens
profit C. Public health nursing as a specialized field of nursing
D. Sex and age composition of employees D. The worth and dignity of man
5. A business firm must employ an occupational health nurse when it 13. Which of the following is the mission of the Department of Health?
has at least how many employees? A. Health for all Filipinos
A. 21 B. Ensure the accessibility and quality of health care
B. 101 C. Improve the general health status of the population
C. 201 D. Health in the hands of the Filipino people by the year
D. 301 2020
6. When the occupational health nurse employs ergonomic principles, 14. Region IV Hospital is classified as what level of facility?
she is performing which of her roles? A. Primary
A. Health care provider B. Secondary
B. Health educator C. Intermediate
C. Health care coordinator D. Tertiary
D. Environmental manager
15. Which is true of primary facilities?
7. A garment factory does not have an occupational nurse. Who shall A. They are usually government-run.
provide the occupational health needs of the factory workers? B. Their services are provided on an out-patient basis.
A. Occupational health nurse at the Provincial Health C. They are training facilities for health professionals.
Office D. A community hospital is an example of this level of
B. Physician employed by the factory health facilities.
C. Public health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
D. Rural sanitary inspector of the RHU of their
municipality
, 16. Which is an example of the school nurse’s health care provider A. 1
functions? B. 2
A. Requesting for BCG from the RHU for school C. 3
entrant immunization D. The RHU does not need any more midwife item.
B. Conducting random classroom inspection during a
measles epidemic 25. If the RHU needs additional midwife items, you will submit the
C. Taking remedial action on an accident hazard in the request for additional midwife items for approval to the
school playground A. Rural Health Unit
D. Observing places in the school where pupils spend B. District Health Office
their free time C. Provincial Health Office
D. Municipal Health Board
17. When the nurse determines whether resources were maximized in
implementing Ligtas Tigdas, she is evaluating 26. As an epidemiologist, the nurse is responsible for reporting cases
A. Effectiveness of notifiable diseases. What law mandates reporting of cases of
B. Efficiency notifiable diseases?
C. Adequacy A. Act 3573
D. Appropriateness B. R.A. 3753
C. R.A. 1054
18. You are a new B.S.N. graduate. You want to become a Public D. R.A. 1082
Health Nurse. Where will you apply?
A. Department of Health 27. According to Freeman and Heinrich, community health nursing is
B. Provincial Health Office a developmental service. Which of the following best illustrates this
C. Regional Health Office statement?
D. Rural Health Unit A. The community health nurse continuously develops
himself personally and professionally.
19. R.A. 7160 mandates devolution of basic services from the B. Health education and community organizing are
national government to local government units. Which of the necessary in providing community health services.
following is the major goal of devolution? C. Community health nursing is intended primarily for
A. To strengthen local government units health promotion and prevention and treatment of
B. To allow greater autonomy to local government units disease.
C. To empower the people and promote their self- D. The goal of community health nursing is to provide
reliance nursing services to people in their own places of
D. To make basic services more accessible to the people residence.
20. Who is the Chairman of the Municipal Health Board? 28. Which disease was declared through Presidential Proclamation No.
A. Mayor 4 as a target for eradication in the Philippines?
B. Municipal Health Officer A. Poliomyelitis
C. Public Health Nurse B. Measles
D. Any qualified physician C. Rabies
D. Neonatal tetanus
21. Which level of health facility is the usual point of entry of a client
into the health care delivery system? 29. The public health nurse is responsible for presenting the
A. Primary municipal health statistics using graphs and tables. To compare the
B. Secondary frequency of the leading causes of mortality in the municipality,
C. Intermediate which graph will you prepare?
D. Tertiary A. Line
B. Bar
22. The public health nurse is the supervisor of rural health C. Pie
midwives. Which of the following is a supervisory function of the D. Scatter diagram
public health nurse?
A. Referring cases or patients to the midwife 30. Which step in community organizing involves training of
B. Providing technical guidance to the midwife potential leaders in the community?
C. Providing nursing care to cases referred by the A. Integration
midwife B. Community organization
D. Formulating and implementing training programs for C. Community study
midwives D. Core group formation
23. One of the participants in a hilot training class asked you to Answers and Rationales
whom she should refer a patient in labor who develops a 1. Answer: (B) To enhance the capacity of individuals,
complication. You will answer, to the families and communities to cope with their health
A. Public Health Nurse needs
B. Rural Health Midwife 2. Answer: (B) The nurse has to conduct community
C. Municipal Health Officer diagnosis to determine nursing needs and
D. Any of these health professionals problems.
3. Answer: (C) Community diagnosis. Population-
24. You are the public health nurse in a municipality with a total focused nursing care means providing care based on
population of about 20,000. There are 3 rural health midwives among the greater need of the majority of the population.
the RHU personnel. How many more midwife items will the RHU The greater need is identified through community
need? diagnosis.
