Community Health Quiz Banks Chapters 1-22 (2025) Actual Exam Questions and Answers A+ Graded.

.Public health nurses (PHNs) rely on public health models to understand population- level health. One model combines an understanding of social conditions and physi- cal conditions to better understand the factors that contribute to health and dis- ease. Which model is this? 1.The miasma model 2.The germ model 3.The epidemiological model 4.The ecological model ____2.A nursing student is studying public health. She learns that, according to C. E. A. Winslow's definition, some of the goals of public health include disease prevention, promoting health, control of communicable infections, and __________________. 1.Risk assessment for disease 2.Promotion of primary care 3.Organization of medical and nurs- ing services for the early diagno- sis and preventive treatment of disease 4.Governmental safety regulations ____3.During the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) had a pivotal role. This organization is _______________________________. 1.The public health arm of the United Nations 2.Working to improve health and well-being for the global popula- tion 3.Working with nurses to promote public health interventions 4.All of the above ____4.The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) in their re- port defined the community's main role in health programs as _______________________________. 1.Passive recipient 2.Beneficiary 3.Collaborators 4.Research participants ____5.Susan is planning to develop a children's health initiative in her community. Which of the following are most apt to help improve the community's acceptance of the program? a.a)Including community members in the planning process b.b)Including the cultural perspectives of each group within the community c.c)Examining the differences between racial groups related to childhood health outcomes d.d)Understanding her own cultural lens 1.a, b, d 2.a, c, d 3.b, c, d 4.All of the above ____6.A PHN would like to use the Dahlgren-Whitehead model to help herself and other local practitioners understand health in populations. She understands that the Dahlgren-Whitehead ecological model assumes that ___________________________________. 1.There are multiple determinants of health, and thus multiple strategies are needed. 2.A population and environmental approach is essential. 3.Linkages and relationships are crucial. 4.All of the above. ____7.The PHN completed a community assessment and found that the obesity rate in one of the neighborhoods was higher than in other neighborhoods in the county. She suspects that this is partially because of limited access to full-service grocery stores and a lack of dedicated safe venues for exercise. Assuming her conclusion is correct, what category or categories of determinants of health would these issues within the community fall into? 1.Upstream determinants of health 2.Downstream determinants of health 3.Behavioral determinants of health 4.Genetic determinants of health ____8.Two PHNs working in a large urban community notice that community members are rarely engaged in the process of planning interventions aimed at addressing a particular increase in a specific disease in the community. For their next project, they include community collaboration as an essential component of the develop- ment, implementation, and evaluation of the program. When questioned by others, they report that there is evidence that community collaboration increases effec- tiveness and productivity, empowers the participants, strengthens social engage- ment, and ______. 1.Decreases disease rates 2.Ensures accountability 3.Increases the availability of treat- ment for the targeted disease 4.Improves screening rates ____9.Which one of the following scenarios is not an example of community collabora- tion? 1.Local service groups working to organize disaster relief for tor- nado victims 2.A city council passing an ordi- nance to stop smoking in restau- rants 3.An advocacy group working with the local churches to improve health care for the indigent with mental health disorders 4.A school working with the local health department to start a school clinic ____ 10.Which layer of government was primarily responsible for conducting surveillance during the COVID-19 disease outbreak? 1.Federal 2.State 3.Local 4.All of the above ____ 11.As a PHN in a small local public health department, you understand that based on federal mandates your public health department routinely performs all but which of the following? 1.Surveillance of disease at the lo- cal level 2.Investigation of disease out- breaks 3.Licensing of local hospitals 4.Quarantine ____ 12.The PHN recognizes that environmental science, epidemiology, biostatistics, bio- medical sciences, and ____ form the foundational subjects of public health. 1.Economics 2.The humanities 3.Social and behavioral sciences 4.Anthropology ____ 13.Which of the following emerging threats to population health is not tied directly to globalization? 1.Increased travel 2.Diffusion of technology 3.Greater distribution of tobacco products 4.Rising sea levels ____ 14.The first step in the development of cultural humility involves __________________________. 1.Developing an understanding of a diverse environment 2.Performing a cultural self-assess- ment 3.Developing the capacity to pro- vide care in a diverse environ- ment 4.Developing knowledge related to the culture of others ____ 15.Diversity refers to all but which of the following concepts? 1.Race 2.Culture 3.Ethnicity 4.Environment Multiple Response Identify one or more choices that best complete the statement or answer the question. ____16. The main activities of public health nursing aimed at improving population health in- clude _____________________________. (Select all that apply.) 1.Disease surveillance 2.Caring for families 3.Attending to multiple determi- nants of health 4.Emphasizing prevention 5.Providing care at community clin- ics ____ 17.Several nurses who work in the emergency department of an urban hospital notice during the evening shift that numerous children in a certain ethnic population have all come in presenting with similar symptoms. The steps the nurses take to address the issue are which of the following? (Select all that apply.) 1.Increase antibiotic therapy avail- ability. 2.Identify characteristics of the dis- ease. 3.Group patients by diagnosis. 4.Notify the public health depart- ment. 5.Assess the environment of the patients. ____ 18.The six standards of practice for public health nursing include which of the follow- ing? (Select all that apply.) 1.Assessment 2.Population diagnosis and priori- ties 3.Outcomes identification 4.Planning 5.Mitigation ____ 19.Which of the following activities of PHNs reflect the PHN Core Competencies? (Se- lect all that apply.) 1.Develop policy for handling a lo- cal quarantine. 2.Understand dietary restrictions when planning a program for new immigrants. 3.Create a financial plan for imple- menting a community level health intervention. 4.Develop a treatment plan for per- sons with a specific communica- ble disease. 5.Analyze data to determine rates of disease in the community. Chapter 1: Public Health and Nursing Practice Answer Section MULTIPLE CHOICE 1.ANS: 4 Objective: 2. Describe public health in terms of current frameworks, community