Community NCLEX Final Exam 2025–2026
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Nurses should consider opportunities for population-focused practice that result from
the rapid transformation of health care delivery from a medical model to a health
promotion/disease prevention model. An example of such opportunity is:
A. Operator of a nurse practitioner-run urgent care center in a major retail location.
B. Director of clinical services spanning inpatient and community-based settings that
provide a wide range of services to the populations seen by the system.
C. Clinical director of a home health agency.
D. School nurse position in the local high school. - answer>>>B
A community-oriented nurse conducts home visits to new parents to assess the health
status of the infant, the parent-child relationship, the parents' knowledge regarding the
care of the infant, and the need for health department and social services referrals to
support the needs of the new parents and the infant. This can best be described as an
example of:
A. Clinical community health practice.
B. Community-based practice.
C. Population-focused practice.
D. Public health nursing. - answer>>>A
A nurse planning a smoking cessation clinic for adolescents in the local middle schools
and high schools is providing:
A. Community-oriented care.
B. Community-based care.
C. Secondary care.
,D. Tertiary care. - answer>>>A
The state public health agency has received multiple complaints regarding the availability
of elder transportation services to a specific county senior center. The state agency
assigns a public health nurse to work with the community to evaluate its program for
elder transportation services to publicly sponsored eldercare programs. The public health
core function applied is:
A. Assurance.
B. Policy development.
C. Primary prevention.
D. Public transportation. - answer>>>A
A community-oriented nurse has identified obesity as a problem in the middle school.
The next step in a population-focused practice is to make information available about the
health of the middle school students. This describes the core public health function of:
A. Assessment.
B. Assurance.
C. Policy development.
D. Research. - answer>>>A
The role and goals of the community health nursing practice can best be described as:
A. Community-based interventions aimed at promoting, preserving, and maintaining the
health of populations residing in institutional facilities such as nursing homes.
B. Education of nurses and other staff working in community-based and community-
oriented settings to improve the overall effectiveness of their programs to meet client
needs.
C. Population-level strategies aimed at promoting, preserving, and maintaining the health
of populations through the delivery of personal health care services to individuals,
families, and groups in an effort to improve the health of the community as a whole.
,D. Activities targeted at improving the health status of clients served by community-
based health service agencies such as hospice and home health agencies. - answer>>>C
A public health nurse leader is encountering barriers when trying to shift the public
health agency's efforts to a population-focused practice. The reasons peers are not
supportive of the proposed shift to a population focus are most likely related to:
A. Agency colleagues' push for nurses to focus on population initiatives.
B. Costs associated with staff training and revision of documents.
C. Lack of support from the agency's funding sources.
D. Opinions that nursing should focus on the provision of direct client care and services. -
answer>>>D
A registered nurse is seeking a position as a public health nurse. In reviewing the job
description the nurse would expect to find a description of a position that focused on
functions such as:
A. Monitoring pregnant teenagers for symptoms of complications of pregnancy.
B. Offering free hypertension screening and treatment referral at local health fairs to low-
income, uninsured, community members.
C. Partnering with local seasonal farmworkers to design a program aimed at preventing
illness and injury, and advocating for this population with local political and community
leaders.
D. Preventing injury among a population of elderly residents in an assisted living facility
and treating residents' chronic illnesses. - answer>>>c
In 1988 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published a report on the future of public health
and its mission that defined public health as:
A. What public-private partnerships do to treat vulnerable populations.
B. What the government does to ensure that vital programs are in place.
C. What the U.S. Public Health Service does to prevent disease, promote health, and
deliver services.
, D. What society does collectively to ensure the conditions in which people can be
healthy. - answer>>>D
The public health nurse applies knowledge in working with a local school board coalition
to develop a helmet safety campaign in the middle and high schools. This best
exemplifies which aspect of public health?
A) Core competency.
B) Core function.
C) Nursing role.
D) Standard of practice. - answer>>>A
The federal-state-local partnership teams with other organizations to develop and
implement responses to identified public health concerns because:
A) Community health is a shared responsibility.
B) Health objectives are defined nationally.
C) Population health is the responsibility of the government.
D) Public health trends focus on bioterrorism. - answer>>>A
The public health nurse ensures that a local community coalition for improving school
lunches takes the time to listen to each stakeholder's view, develops a common validated
language for discussing the initiative, and shares the credit for the success of the
initiative. The public health nurse is adhering to the principles of:
A) Collaboration.
B) Partnership.
C) Public health care.
D) Public health nursing. - answer>>>B
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Nurses should consider opportunities for population-focused practice that result from
the rapid transformation of health care delivery from a medical model to a health
promotion/disease prevention model. An example of such opportunity is:
A. Operator of a nurse practitioner-run urgent care center in a major retail location.
B. Director of clinical services spanning inpatient and community-based settings that
provide a wide range of services to the populations seen by the system.
C. Clinical director of a home health agency.
D. School nurse position in the local high school. - answer>>>B
A community-oriented nurse conducts home visits to new parents to assess the health
status of the infant, the parent-child relationship, the parents' knowledge regarding the
care of the infant, and the need for health department and social services referrals to
support the needs of the new parents and the infant. This can best be described as an
example of:
A. Clinical community health practice.
B. Community-based practice.
C. Population-focused practice.
D. Public health nursing. - answer>>>A
A nurse planning a smoking cessation clinic for adolescents in the local middle schools
and high schools is providing:
A. Community-oriented care.
B. Community-based care.
C. Secondary care.
,D. Tertiary care. - answer>>>A
The state public health agency has received multiple complaints regarding the availability
of elder transportation services to a specific county senior center. The state agency
assigns a public health nurse to work with the community to evaluate its program for
elder transportation services to publicly sponsored eldercare programs. The public health
core function applied is:
A. Assurance.
B. Policy development.
C. Primary prevention.
D. Public transportation. - answer>>>A
A community-oriented nurse has identified obesity as a problem in the middle school.
The next step in a population-focused practice is to make information available about the
health of the middle school students. This describes the core public health function of:
A. Assessment.
B. Assurance.
C. Policy development.
D. Research. - answer>>>A
The role and goals of the community health nursing practice can best be described as:
A. Community-based interventions aimed at promoting, preserving, and maintaining the
health of populations residing in institutional facilities such as nursing homes.
B. Education of nurses and other staff working in community-based and community-
oriented settings to improve the overall effectiveness of their programs to meet client
needs.
C. Population-level strategies aimed at promoting, preserving, and maintaining the health
of populations through the delivery of personal health care services to individuals,
families, and groups in an effort to improve the health of the community as a whole.
,D. Activities targeted at improving the health status of clients served by community-
based health service agencies such as hospice and home health agencies. - answer>>>C
A public health nurse leader is encountering barriers when trying to shift the public
health agency's efforts to a population-focused practice. The reasons peers are not
supportive of the proposed shift to a population focus are most likely related to:
A. Agency colleagues' push for nurses to focus on population initiatives.
B. Costs associated with staff training and revision of documents.
C. Lack of support from the agency's funding sources.
D. Opinions that nursing should focus on the provision of direct client care and services. -
answer>>>D
A registered nurse is seeking a position as a public health nurse. In reviewing the job
description the nurse would expect to find a description of a position that focused on
functions such as:
A. Monitoring pregnant teenagers for symptoms of complications of pregnancy.
B. Offering free hypertension screening and treatment referral at local health fairs to low-
income, uninsured, community members.
C. Partnering with local seasonal farmworkers to design a program aimed at preventing
illness and injury, and advocating for this population with local political and community
leaders.
D. Preventing injury among a population of elderly residents in an assisted living facility
and treating residents' chronic illnesses. - answer>>>c
In 1988 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published a report on the future of public health
and its mission that defined public health as:
A. What public-private partnerships do to treat vulnerable populations.
B. What the government does to ensure that vital programs are in place.
C. What the U.S. Public Health Service does to prevent disease, promote health, and
deliver services.
, D. What society does collectively to ensure the conditions in which people can be
healthy. - answer>>>D
The public health nurse applies knowledge in working with a local school board coalition
to develop a helmet safety campaign in the middle and high schools. This best
exemplifies which aspect of public health?
A) Core competency.
B) Core function.
C) Nursing role.
D) Standard of practice. - answer>>>A
The federal-state-local partnership teams with other organizations to develop and
implement responses to identified public health concerns because:
A) Community health is a shared responsibility.
B) Health objectives are defined nationally.
C) Population health is the responsibility of the government.
D) Public health trends focus on bioterrorism. - answer>>>A
The public health nurse ensures that a local community coalition for improving school
lunches takes the time to listen to each stakeholder's view, develops a common validated
language for discussing the initiative, and shares the credit for the success of the
initiative. The public health nurse is adhering to the principles of:
A) Collaboration.
B) Partnership.
C) Public health care.
D) Public health nursing. - answer>>>B
