SNHU COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING EXAM
2025 |170 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1. A community-based hospice nurse has an Asian client with terminal-stage
cancer. The client complains of continuous pain and receives no relief
from the prescribed opioid medication. The nurse contacts the client's
provider to discuss replacing this medication with another pain-reducing
drug. What is this action an example of?
Cultural repatterning
Cultural assessment
Cultural accommodation
Cultural brokering
2. What type of nursing is characterized by providing direct care services to
clients in a community setting?
community-oriented nursing
institutional nursing
community-based nursing
public health nursing
3. Why is self-care and management emphasized in community health
nursing within a primary health care strategy?
Self-care is only relevant in hospital settings.
Self-care is less important than following physician orders.
Self-care focuses solely on the pathophysiology of diseases.
,Self-care and management empower patients to take control of
their health and improve health outcomes.
,4. What is the primary purpose of an environmental health assessment
conducted by a community health nurse?
To ensure compliance with health regulations.
To advocate for environmental policy changes.
To evaluate exposure to environmental hazards.
To communicate risks associated with environmental factors.
5. Michigan public health laws require children to receive immunizations
before entering school in order to:
help reduce chronic childhood infections that can lead to
neurological impairments.
prevent the transmission of acute, infectious diseases.
help children build immunity to non-communicable diseases.
prevent communicable diseases from exacerbating existing
childhood illnesses.
6. Why is it important for community nurses to recognize the role of
extended family members, such as 'auntie', in the care of patients from
diverse cultures?
Recognizing the role of extended family members helps in
understanding the patient's support system and cultural values.
It simplifies the care process by eliminating family involvement.
It is not important as nurses should focus solely on the patient.
It allows nurses to ignore cultural differences and treat everyone
the same.
7. A nursing student is performing a cultural assessment of their patient.
When the student asks, "Who makes the decisions for you or your family?"
what is the nurse assessing?
, Socioeconomic status.
Caring beliefs and practices.
Language and communication.
Social organization.
8. What action should a nurse take to have a clear understanding of the
overall health status of a community and to identify populations at risk?
Complete a community assessment.
Develop program resources for the community.
Evaluate past programs in the community.
Perform a population needs assessment.
9. If a nurse encounters a client who prefers nontraditional healing
methods, what should the nurse do to ensure comprehensive care?
Only provide care based on Western medicine without
considering the client's preferences.
Advise the client to abandon their nontraditional practices
immediately.
Refer the client to a folk healer without further discussion.
Incorporate the client's preferred nontraditional methods with
their Western treatment plan.
10. Early public health nurse Lillian Wald and her associates were successful
in addressing health and disease in the immigrant community by
supporting political activities to improve social and
environmental conditions of immigrant families.
teaching the immigrant family members to provide health care in
the home.
2025 |170 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1. A community-based hospice nurse has an Asian client with terminal-stage
cancer. The client complains of continuous pain and receives no relief
from the prescribed opioid medication. The nurse contacts the client's
provider to discuss replacing this medication with another pain-reducing
drug. What is this action an example of?
Cultural repatterning
Cultural assessment
Cultural accommodation
Cultural brokering
2. What type of nursing is characterized by providing direct care services to
clients in a community setting?
community-oriented nursing
institutional nursing
community-based nursing
public health nursing
3. Why is self-care and management emphasized in community health
nursing within a primary health care strategy?
Self-care is only relevant in hospital settings.
Self-care is less important than following physician orders.
Self-care focuses solely on the pathophysiology of diseases.
,Self-care and management empower patients to take control of
their health and improve health outcomes.
,4. What is the primary purpose of an environmental health assessment
conducted by a community health nurse?
To ensure compliance with health regulations.
To advocate for environmental policy changes.
To evaluate exposure to environmental hazards.
To communicate risks associated with environmental factors.
5. Michigan public health laws require children to receive immunizations
before entering school in order to:
help reduce chronic childhood infections that can lead to
neurological impairments.
prevent the transmission of acute, infectious diseases.
help children build immunity to non-communicable diseases.
prevent communicable diseases from exacerbating existing
childhood illnesses.
6. Why is it important for community nurses to recognize the role of
extended family members, such as 'auntie', in the care of patients from
diverse cultures?
Recognizing the role of extended family members helps in
understanding the patient's support system and cultural values.
It simplifies the care process by eliminating family involvement.
It is not important as nurses should focus solely on the patient.
It allows nurses to ignore cultural differences and treat everyone
the same.
7. A nursing student is performing a cultural assessment of their patient.
When the student asks, "Who makes the decisions for you or your family?"
what is the nurse assessing?
, Socioeconomic status.
Caring beliefs and practices.
Language and communication.
Social organization.
8. What action should a nurse take to have a clear understanding of the
overall health status of a community and to identify populations at risk?
Complete a community assessment.
Develop program resources for the community.
Evaluate past programs in the community.
Perform a population needs assessment.
9. If a nurse encounters a client who prefers nontraditional healing
methods, what should the nurse do to ensure comprehensive care?
Only provide care based on Western medicine without
considering the client's preferences.
Advise the client to abandon their nontraditional practices
immediately.
Refer the client to a folk healer without further discussion.
Incorporate the client's preferred nontraditional methods with
their Western treatment plan.
10. Early public health nurse Lillian Wald and her associates were successful
in addressing health and disease in the immigrant community by
supporting political activities to improve social and
environmental conditions of immigrant families.
teaching the immigrant family members to provide health care in
the home.
