COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING PNLE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
1) Which of the following is the mission of the Department of Health?
A. Health for all Filipinos
B. Ensure the accessibility and quality of health care
C. Improve the general health status of the population
D. Health in the hands of the Filipino people by the year 2020 -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ (B) Ensure the accessibility and quality of health care
(none)
2) Region IV Hospital is classified as what level of facility?
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Intermediate
D. Tertiary -- Correct Answer ✔✔ (D) Tertiary
Regional hospitals are tertiary facilities because they serve as training hospitals for
the region.
3) Which is true of primary facilities?
A. They are usually government-run.
B. Their services are provided on an out-patient basis.
C. They are training facilities for health professionals.
, D. A community hospital is an example of this level of health facilities. --
Correct Answer ✔✔ (B) Their services are provided on an out-
patient basis.
Primary facilities government and non-government facilities that provide basic
out-patient services.
4) Which is an example of the school nurse's health care provider functions?
A. Requesting for BCG from the RHU for school entrant immunization
B. Conducting random classroom inspection during a measles epidemic
C. Taking remedial action on an accident hazard in the school
playground
D. Observing places in the school where pupils spend their free time --
Correct Answer ✔✔ (B) Conducting random classroom inspection
during a measles epidemic
Random classroom inspection is assessment of pupils/students and teachers for
signs of a health problem prevalent in the community.
5) When the nurse determines whether resources were maximized in implementing
Ligtas Tigdas, she is evaluating
A. Effectiveness
B. Efficiency
C. Adequacy
D. Appropriateness -- Correct Answer ✔✔ (B) Efficiency
Efficiency is determining whether the goals were attained at the least possible
cost.
6) You are a new B.S.N. graduate. You want to become a Public Health Nurse. Where
will you apply?
A. Department of Health
B. Provincial Health Office
C. Regional Health Office
D. Rural Health Unit -- Correct Answer ✔✔ (D) Rural Health Unit
, R.A. 7160 devolved basic health services to local government units (LGU's ). The
public health nurse is an employee of the LGU.
7) R.A. 7160 mandates devolution of basic services from the national government to
local government units. Which of the following is the major goal of devolution?
A. To strengthen local government units
B. To allow greater autonomy to local government units
C. To empower the people and promote their self-reliance
D. To make basic services more accessible to the people -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ (C) To empower the people and promote their self-
reliance
People empowerment is the basic motivation behind devolution of basic services
to LGU's.
8) Who is the Chairman of the Municipal Health Board?
A. Mayor
B. Municipal Health Officer
C. Public Health Nurse
D. Any qualified physician -- Correct Answer ✔✔ (A) Mayor
The local executive serves as the chairman of the Municipal Health Board.
9) Which level of health facility is the usual point of entry of a client into the health care
delivery system?
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Intermediate
D. Tertiary -- Correct Answer ✔✔ (A) Primary
The entry of a person into the health care delivery system is usually through a
consultation in out- patient services.
10) The public health nurse is the supervisor of rural health midwives. Which of the
following is a supervisory function of the public health nurse?
, A. Referring cases or patients to the midwife
B. Providing technical guidance to the midwife
C. Providing nursing care to cases referred by the midwife
D. Formulating and implementing training programs for midwives --
Correct Answer ✔✔ (B) Providing technical guidance to the midwife
The nurse provides technical guidance to the midwife in the care of clients,
particularly in the implementation of management guidelines, as in Integrated
Management of Childhood Illness.
11) One of the participants in a hilot training class asked you to whom she should refer a
patient in labor who develops a complication. You will answer, to the
A. Public Health Nurse
B. Rural Health Midwife
C. Municipal Health Officer
D. Any of these health professionals -- Correct Answer ✔✔ (C)
Municipal Health Officer
A public health nurse and rural health midwife can provide care during normal
childbirth. A physician should attend to a woman with a complication during
labor.
12) If the RHU needs additional midwife items, you will submit the request for additional
midwife items for approval to the
A. Rural Health Unit
B. District Health Office
C. Provincial Health Office
D. Municipal Health Board -- Correct Answer ✔✔ (D) Municipal Health
Board
As mandated by R.A. 7160, basic health services have been devolved from the
national government to local government units.
13) As an epidemiologist, the nurse is responsible for reporting cases of notifiable
diseases. What law mandates reporting of cases of notifiable diseases?
A. Act 3573
WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
1) Which of the following is the mission of the Department of Health?
A. Health for all Filipinos
B. Ensure the accessibility and quality of health care
C. Improve the general health status of the population
D. Health in the hands of the Filipino people by the year 2020 -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ (B) Ensure the accessibility and quality of health care
(none)
2) Region IV Hospital is classified as what level of facility?
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Intermediate
D. Tertiary -- Correct Answer ✔✔ (D) Tertiary
Regional hospitals are tertiary facilities because they serve as training hospitals for
the region.
3) Which is true of primary facilities?
A. They are usually government-run.
B. Their services are provided on an out-patient basis.
C. They are training facilities for health professionals.
, D. A community hospital is an example of this level of health facilities. --
Correct Answer ✔✔ (B) Their services are provided on an out-
patient basis.
Primary facilities government and non-government facilities that provide basic
out-patient services.
4) Which is an example of the school nurse's health care provider functions?
A. Requesting for BCG from the RHU for school entrant immunization
B. Conducting random classroom inspection during a measles epidemic
C. Taking remedial action on an accident hazard in the school
playground
D. Observing places in the school where pupils spend their free time --
Correct Answer ✔✔ (B) Conducting random classroom inspection
during a measles epidemic
Random classroom inspection is assessment of pupils/students and teachers for
signs of a health problem prevalent in the community.
5) When the nurse determines whether resources were maximized in implementing
Ligtas Tigdas, she is evaluating
A. Effectiveness
B. Efficiency
C. Adequacy
D. Appropriateness -- Correct Answer ✔✔ (B) Efficiency
Efficiency is determining whether the goals were attained at the least possible
cost.
6) You are a new B.S.N. graduate. You want to become a Public Health Nurse. Where
will you apply?
A. Department of Health
B. Provincial Health Office
C. Regional Health Office
D. Rural Health Unit -- Correct Answer ✔✔ (D) Rural Health Unit
, R.A. 7160 devolved basic health services to local government units (LGU's ). The
public health nurse is an employee of the LGU.
7) R.A. 7160 mandates devolution of basic services from the national government to
local government units. Which of the following is the major goal of devolution?
A. To strengthen local government units
B. To allow greater autonomy to local government units
C. To empower the people and promote their self-reliance
D. To make basic services more accessible to the people -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ (C) To empower the people and promote their self-
reliance
People empowerment is the basic motivation behind devolution of basic services
to LGU's.
8) Who is the Chairman of the Municipal Health Board?
A. Mayor
B. Municipal Health Officer
C. Public Health Nurse
D. Any qualified physician -- Correct Answer ✔✔ (A) Mayor
The local executive serves as the chairman of the Municipal Health Board.
9) Which level of health facility is the usual point of entry of a client into the health care
delivery system?
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Intermediate
D. Tertiary -- Correct Answer ✔✔ (A) Primary
The entry of a person into the health care delivery system is usually through a
consultation in out- patient services.
10) The public health nurse is the supervisor of rural health midwives. Which of the
following is a supervisory function of the public health nurse?
, A. Referring cases or patients to the midwife
B. Providing technical guidance to the midwife
C. Providing nursing care to cases referred by the midwife
D. Formulating and implementing training programs for midwives --
Correct Answer ✔✔ (B) Providing technical guidance to the midwife
The nurse provides technical guidance to the midwife in the care of clients,
particularly in the implementation of management guidelines, as in Integrated
Management of Childhood Illness.
11) One of the participants in a hilot training class asked you to whom she should refer a
patient in labor who develops a complication. You will answer, to the
A. Public Health Nurse
B. Rural Health Midwife
C. Municipal Health Officer
D. Any of these health professionals -- Correct Answer ✔✔ (C)
Municipal Health Officer
A public health nurse and rural health midwife can provide care during normal
childbirth. A physician should attend to a woman with a complication during
labor.
12) If the RHU needs additional midwife items, you will submit the request for additional
midwife items for approval to the
A. Rural Health Unit
B. District Health Office
C. Provincial Health Office
D. Municipal Health Board -- Correct Answer ✔✔ (D) Municipal Health
Board
As mandated by R.A. 7160, basic health services have been devolved from the
national government to local government units.
13) As an epidemiologist, the nurse is responsible for reporting cases of notifiable
diseases. What law mandates reporting of cases of notifiable diseases?
A. Act 3573
