COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING EXAMS 2025-2026
Situation - Carol is 15 months old, weighs 8.5 kgs, is not
eating well and is unable to breast feed. She is not
vomiting, has no convulsion and not abnormally sleepy or
difficult to awaken. Her temperature is 38.5 C. Use the
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness or IMCI
strategy.
1. If you were the nurse in charge of Carol, how will you
classify her illness?
A. febrile with a general danger sign
B. very severe febrile disease
C. severe pneumonia
D. very severe disease
ANSWER
D. very severe disease
2. Which of the following signs is considered to be a
general danger sign in Carol's case?
,A. no vomiting
B. has no convulsion
C. temperature of 38.5 C
D. unable to breastfeed
ANSWER
D. unable to breastfeed
3. Which of the following signs is NOT included in the
general danger sign?
A. vomits everything
B. unable to drink or breast fed
C. has had convulsion
D. not eating well
ANSWER
D. not eating well
4. Which of the following steps is NOT included in the
IMCI strategy?
A. identify treatment
B. counsel and follow up
,C. referral
D. assess and classify
ANSWER
C. referral
5. Which of the following signs should NOT be included in
deciding that "the child vomits everything"?
A. child experience occasional vomiting
B. when offered fluids, may not be able to drink
C. maybe too weak to drink and eat at all
D. child is not able to keep anything down at all (what
goes down comes back)
ANSWER
A. child experience occasional vomiting
6. A 3 year old child (14 kg.) has anemia with some
palmar pallor and needs iron and mebendazole. The card
shows he was not given mebendazole previously. As the
nurse you should give the child Iron Folate and
Mebendazole in what dosage?
A. 7.5 ml or tsp daily for 14 days and mebendazole 500
, mgs single dose
B. 10 cc or 2 tsp daily for 30 days and mebendazole 500
mg single dose
C. 10 cc or 2 tsp daily 30 days and mebendazole 250 mg
single dose
D. 5 ml or 1 tsp daily for 14 days and mebendazole 500
mgs single dose
ANSWER
D. 5 ml or 1 tsp daily for 14 days and mebendazole 500
mgs single dose
7. Vitamin A is given to a child with measles because it:
A. resists the viral infection in the eyes, cell layers in the
lungs gastrointestinal tract, mouth and throat
B. reinforces the body's immune response
C. is needed for supplementation
D. helps the immune system prevent other infections
ANSWER
Situation - Carol is 15 months old, weighs 8.5 kgs, is not
eating well and is unable to breast feed. She is not
vomiting, has no convulsion and not abnormally sleepy or
difficult to awaken. Her temperature is 38.5 C. Use the
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness or IMCI
strategy.
1. If you were the nurse in charge of Carol, how will you
classify her illness?
A. febrile with a general danger sign
B. very severe febrile disease
C. severe pneumonia
D. very severe disease
ANSWER
D. very severe disease
2. Which of the following signs is considered to be a
general danger sign in Carol's case?
,A. no vomiting
B. has no convulsion
C. temperature of 38.5 C
D. unable to breastfeed
ANSWER
D. unable to breastfeed
3. Which of the following signs is NOT included in the
general danger sign?
A. vomits everything
B. unable to drink or breast fed
C. has had convulsion
D. not eating well
ANSWER
D. not eating well
4. Which of the following steps is NOT included in the
IMCI strategy?
A. identify treatment
B. counsel and follow up
,C. referral
D. assess and classify
ANSWER
C. referral
5. Which of the following signs should NOT be included in
deciding that "the child vomits everything"?
A. child experience occasional vomiting
B. when offered fluids, may not be able to drink
C. maybe too weak to drink and eat at all
D. child is not able to keep anything down at all (what
goes down comes back)
ANSWER
A. child experience occasional vomiting
6. A 3 year old child (14 kg.) has anemia with some
palmar pallor and needs iron and mebendazole. The card
shows he was not given mebendazole previously. As the
nurse you should give the child Iron Folate and
Mebendazole in what dosage?
A. 7.5 ml or tsp daily for 14 days and mebendazole 500
, mgs single dose
B. 10 cc or 2 tsp daily for 30 days and mebendazole 500
mg single dose
C. 10 cc or 2 tsp daily 30 days and mebendazole 250 mg
single dose
D. 5 ml or 1 tsp daily for 14 days and mebendazole 500
mgs single dose
ANSWER
D. 5 ml or 1 tsp daily for 14 days and mebendazole 500
mgs single dose
7. Vitamin A is given to a child with measles because it:
A. resists the viral infection in the eyes, cell layers in the
lungs gastrointestinal tract, mouth and throat
B. reinforces the body's immune response
C. is needed for supplementation
D. helps the immune system prevent other infections
ANSWER
