COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING EXAM 1 TEST QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1) The community health nurse is developing a plan of primary prevention activities.
Which of the following might the nurse include? Select all that apply.
A) Teaching about safe-sex practices to high school students
B) Encouraging older adults to install safety devices in the bathroom
C) Providing regular immunization programs for communicable diseases
D) Participating in cholesterol screening programs at health fairs
E) Providing skin testing for tuberculosis for children over 1 year of age
F) Working with a group testing water samples for contamination -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ A, B, C
Feedback:
Primary prevention activities are those taken to keep illness or injuries from
occurring. These include teaching about safe-sex practices, encouraging older adults
to use safety devices in the bathroom, and providing regular immunization programs
for communicable diseases. Cholesterol screening programs, skin tests for
tuberculosis, and working with a group testing water samples for contamination are
examples of secondary prevention activities.
2) A community health nurse is preparing a presentation for a group of nursing
students about community health nursing. Which of the following descriptions about
community health nursing would the nurse most likely include in the presentation?
, A) Focusing on addressing continuous needs
B) Working with the client as an equal partner
C) Engaging in tertiary prevention as the priority
D) Encouraging clients to reach out to the nurse -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B
Feedback:
The community health nurse works with the client as an equal partner, encouraging
autonomy. At any time, the nurse deals with continuous and episodic needs
simultaneously. Primary prevention is the priority for community health nurses. The
community health nurse engages in primary prevention as the priority, having the
obligation to actively reach out to all who might benefit from a specific activity or
service.
3) A community health nurse is working with other members of a team that will be
implementing a citywide immunization program. The nurse is coordinating the
services and addressing the needs of the population groups to ensure which of the
following?
A) Involvement of the community
B) Client participation
C) Continuity of service
D) Plan for follow-up -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C
Feedback:
Working in cooperation with other team members and coordinating services and
addressing the needs of population groups are essential to interprofessional
collaboration. In doing so, the community health nurse is preventing fragmentation
and gaps thereby ensuring continuity of service. Involvement of the community and
client participation are important but these help to ensure that the clients are
viewed as equal partners of the health care team. A plan for follow-up may or may
not be appropriate. In addition, it is the only aspect that may be addressed with the
program.
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1) The community health nurse is developing a plan of primary prevention activities.
Which of the following might the nurse include? Select all that apply.
A) Teaching about safe-sex practices to high school students
B) Encouraging older adults to install safety devices in the bathroom
C) Providing regular immunization programs for communicable diseases
D) Participating in cholesterol screening programs at health fairs
E) Providing skin testing for tuberculosis for children over 1 year of age
F) Working with a group testing water samples for contamination -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ A, B, C
Feedback:
Primary prevention activities are those taken to keep illness or injuries from
occurring. These include teaching about safe-sex practices, encouraging older adults
to use safety devices in the bathroom, and providing regular immunization programs
for communicable diseases. Cholesterol screening programs, skin tests for
tuberculosis, and working with a group testing water samples for contamination are
examples of secondary prevention activities.
2) A community health nurse is preparing a presentation for a group of nursing
students about community health nursing. Which of the following descriptions about
community health nursing would the nurse most likely include in the presentation?
, A) Focusing on addressing continuous needs
B) Working with the client as an equal partner
C) Engaging in tertiary prevention as the priority
D) Encouraging clients to reach out to the nurse -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B
Feedback:
The community health nurse works with the client as an equal partner, encouraging
autonomy. At any time, the nurse deals with continuous and episodic needs
simultaneously. Primary prevention is the priority for community health nurses. The
community health nurse engages in primary prevention as the priority, having the
obligation to actively reach out to all who might benefit from a specific activity or
service.
3) A community health nurse is working with other members of a team that will be
implementing a citywide immunization program. The nurse is coordinating the
services and addressing the needs of the population groups to ensure which of the
following?
A) Involvement of the community
B) Client participation
C) Continuity of service
D) Plan for follow-up -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C
Feedback:
Working in cooperation with other team members and coordinating services and
addressing the needs of population groups are essential to interprofessional
collaboration. In doing so, the community health nurse is preventing fragmentation
and gaps thereby ensuring continuity of service. Involvement of the community and
client participation are important but these help to ensure that the clients are
viewed as equal partners of the health care team. A plan for follow-up may or may
not be appropriate. In addition, it is the only aspect that may be addressed with the
program.
