Final Community NCLEX questions and
answers
The community nurse plans to address the physical environment within a community
through assessing the
A: amount of theater performances and art shows offered during the previous year
B: number of homes in the area with in ground pools
C: annual per capita use of tobacco products
D: use and adequacy of emergency response systems - ANSWER>>B
A nurse designs a project to investigate the use of smokeless tobacco of male graduates from
a local high school and their incidence of oral cancer ten years later. This represents what
type of study
A: experiemental
B: prospective
C: cross-sectional
D: Retroscpecftive - ANSWER>>B
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 child - ANSWER>>B
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
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
3. Population- focused nursing practice requires which of the following processes?
,A. Community organizing .
B. Nursing, process
C. Community diagnosis
D. Epidemiologic process - ANSWER>>C
11. Which of the following is the most prominent feature of public health nursing?
A. It involves providing home care to sick people who are not confined in the hospital
B. Services are provided free of charge to people within the catchment area
C. The public health nurse functions as part of a team providing a public health nursing
service
D. Public health nursing focuses on preventive, not curative services - ANSWER>>D
32. The public health nurse takes an active role in community participation. What is the
primary goal of community organizing?
A. To educate the people regarding community health problems
B. To mobilize the people to resolve community health problems
C. To maximize the community's resources in dealing with health problems - ANSWER>>D
33. An indicator of success in community organizing is when people are able to:
A. Participate in community activities for the solution of a community problem
B. Implement activities for the solution of the community problem
C. Plan activities for the solution of the community problem
D. Identify the health problem as a common concern - ANSWER>>A
34. Tertiary prevention is needed in which stage of the natural history of disease?
A. Pre-pathogenesis
B. Pathogenesis
C. Predromal
D. Terminal - ANSWER>>D
35. Isolation of a child with measles belongs to what level of prevention?
A. Primary
B. Secondary
,C. Intermediate
D. Tertiary - ANSWER>>A
37. Which type of family-nurse contact will provide you with the best opportunity to observe
family dynamics?
A. Clinic consultation
B. Group conferences
C. Home visit
D. Written communication - ANSWER>>C
45. Which of the following is a function of epidemiology?
A. Identifying the disease condition based on manifestations presented by a client
B. Determining factors that contributed to the occurrence of pneumonia in a 3 year old
C. Determining the efficacy of the antibiotic used in the treatment of the 3 year old client
with pneumonia
D. Evaluating the effectiveness of the implementation of the Integrated Management of
Childhood Illness - ANSWER>>D
46. Which of the following is an epidemiologic function of the nurse during an epidemic?
A Conducting assessment of suspected cases to detect the communicable diseases
B. Monitoring the condition of the cases affected by the communicable disease
C. Participating in the investigation to determine the source of epidemic
D. Teaching the community on preventive measures against the disease - ANSWER>>C
47. The primary purpose of conducting an epidemiologic investigation is to;
A. Delineate the etiology of the epidemic
B. Encourage cooperation and support of the community
C. Identify groups who are at risk of contracting the disease
D. Identify geographical location of cases of the disease in the community - ANSWER>>A
48. Which is a characteristic of person-to-person propagated epidemic?
A. There are more cases of the disease than expected
B. The disease must necessarily be transmitted through a vector
, C. The spread of the disease can be attributed to a common vehicle
D. There is gradual build up of cases before we epidemic becomes easily noticeable -
ANSWER>>D
54. Sputum examination is the major screening tool for pulmonary tuberculosis. Clients
would sometimes get false negative results in this exam. This means that the test is not
perfect in terms of which characteristic of a diagnostic examination?
A. Effectiveness
B. Efficacy
C. Specificity
D. Sensitivity - ANSWER>>D
66. Which statistic can give the most accurate reflection of the health status of a community?
A. 1-4 year old age-specific mortality rate
B. Infant mortality rate
C. Swaroop's index
D. Crude death rate - ANSWER>>C
67. In the past year, Barangay A had an average population of 1655. 46 babies were born in
that year, 2 of whom died less than 4 weeks after they were born. They were 4 recorded
stillbirths. What is the neonatal mortality rate?
A. 27.8/1000
B. 43.5/1000
C. 86.9/1000
D. 130.4/1000 - ANSWER>>B
75. Which of the following professionals can sign the birth certificate?
A. Public health nurse
B. Rural health midwife
C. Municipal health officer
D. Any of these health professionals - ANSWER>>D
143. To determine the possible sources of sexually transmitted infections, which is the BEST
method that may be undertaken by the public health nurse?
answers
The community nurse plans to address the physical environment within a community
through assessing the
A: amount of theater performances and art shows offered during the previous year
B: number of homes in the area with in ground pools
C: annual per capita use of tobacco products
D: use and adequacy of emergency response systems - ANSWER>>B
A nurse designs a project to investigate the use of smokeless tobacco of male graduates from
a local high school and their incidence of oral cancer ten years later. This represents what
type of study
A: experiemental
B: prospective
C: cross-sectional
D: Retroscpecftive - ANSWER>>B
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 child - ANSWER>>B
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
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
3. Population- focused nursing practice requires which of the following processes?
,A. Community organizing .
B. Nursing, process
C. Community diagnosis
D. Epidemiologic process - ANSWER>>C
11. Which of the following is the most prominent feature of public health nursing?
A. It involves providing home care to sick people who are not confined in the hospital
B. Services are provided free of charge to people within the catchment area
C. The public health nurse functions as part of a team providing a public health nursing
service
D. Public health nursing focuses on preventive, not curative services - ANSWER>>D
32. The public health nurse takes an active role in community participation. What is the
primary goal of community organizing?
A. To educate the people regarding community health problems
B. To mobilize the people to resolve community health problems
C. To maximize the community's resources in dealing with health problems - ANSWER>>D
33. An indicator of success in community organizing is when people are able to:
A. Participate in community activities for the solution of a community problem
B. Implement activities for the solution of the community problem
C. Plan activities for the solution of the community problem
D. Identify the health problem as a common concern - ANSWER>>A
34. Tertiary prevention is needed in which stage of the natural history of disease?
A. Pre-pathogenesis
B. Pathogenesis
C. Predromal
D. Terminal - ANSWER>>D
35. Isolation of a child with measles belongs to what level of prevention?
A. Primary
B. Secondary
,C. Intermediate
D. Tertiary - ANSWER>>A
37. Which type of family-nurse contact will provide you with the best opportunity to observe
family dynamics?
A. Clinic consultation
B. Group conferences
C. Home visit
D. Written communication - ANSWER>>C
45. Which of the following is a function of epidemiology?
A. Identifying the disease condition based on manifestations presented by a client
B. Determining factors that contributed to the occurrence of pneumonia in a 3 year old
C. Determining the efficacy of the antibiotic used in the treatment of the 3 year old client
with pneumonia
D. Evaluating the effectiveness of the implementation of the Integrated Management of
Childhood Illness - ANSWER>>D
46. Which of the following is an epidemiologic function of the nurse during an epidemic?
A Conducting assessment of suspected cases to detect the communicable diseases
B. Monitoring the condition of the cases affected by the communicable disease
C. Participating in the investigation to determine the source of epidemic
D. Teaching the community on preventive measures against the disease - ANSWER>>C
47. The primary purpose of conducting an epidemiologic investigation is to;
A. Delineate the etiology of the epidemic
B. Encourage cooperation and support of the community
C. Identify groups who are at risk of contracting the disease
D. Identify geographical location of cases of the disease in the community - ANSWER>>A
48. Which is a characteristic of person-to-person propagated epidemic?
A. There are more cases of the disease than expected
B. The disease must necessarily be transmitted through a vector
, C. The spread of the disease can be attributed to a common vehicle
D. There is gradual build up of cases before we epidemic becomes easily noticeable -
ANSWER>>D
54. Sputum examination is the major screening tool for pulmonary tuberculosis. Clients
would sometimes get false negative results in this exam. This means that the test is not
perfect in terms of which characteristic of a diagnostic examination?
A. Effectiveness
B. Efficacy
C. Specificity
D. Sensitivity - ANSWER>>D
66. Which statistic can give the most accurate reflection of the health status of a community?
A. 1-4 year old age-specific mortality rate
B. Infant mortality rate
C. Swaroop's index
D. Crude death rate - ANSWER>>C
67. In the past year, Barangay A had an average population of 1655. 46 babies were born in
that year, 2 of whom died less than 4 weeks after they were born. They were 4 recorded
stillbirths. What is the neonatal mortality rate?
A. 27.8/1000
B. 43.5/1000
C. 86.9/1000
D. 130.4/1000 - ANSWER>>B
75. Which of the following professionals can sign the birth certificate?
A. Public health nurse
B. Rural health midwife
C. Municipal health officer
D. Any of these health professionals - ANSWER>>D
143. To determine the possible sources of sexually transmitted infections, which is the BEST
method that may be undertaken by the public health nurse?
