FNP 590 MIDTERM AND FINALS EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS NEW MODIFIED
2025/2026 LATEST UPDATE
A community is considering banning smoking in all schools. Based on the community's
current stage of change, which action should the nurse take next?
A. Provide the community with statistics regarding childhood smoking rates.
B. Point out positive outcomes associated with banning smoking such as maintenance of lung
function.
C. Help the community develop a plan to implement the ban.
D. Praise the members of the community for their actions. --CORRECT ANSWER--B. Point
out positive outcomes associated with banning smoking such as maintenance of lung
function.
Partnering with school-based clinics and local pediatric dentists so that children can have
access to preventive dental care is an example of a(n):
A. codependent function.
B. independent function.
C. interdependent function.
D. dependent function. --CORRECT ANSWER--C. interdependent function.
A nurse is assessing a community's exposure to pollutants by examining contaminated soil,
air, water, and food. Which functional health pattern is being assessed by the nurse?
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,A. Nutritional-metabolic pattern
B. Elimination pattern
C. Health-perception-health management pattern
D. Values-beliefs pattern --CORRECT ANSWER--B. Elimination pattern
The elimination pattern identifies factors including exposure to pollutants in the community
through contaminated soil, water, air, and food.
A parish nurse is concerned about the number of parishioners who smoke. How would the
parish nurse best address this issue?
A. Ban smoking on parish property.
B. Invite local experts to participate in a health fair at the parish.
C. Find literature about smoking cessation.
D. Hand out free nicotine-replacement systems. --CORRECT ANSWER--B. Invite local
experts to participate in a health fair at the parish.
The process of dynamic change with adaptation in the system's parts, and how community
systems and subsystems interact is known as:
A. structure of a community.
B. community health promotion.
C. community diagnosis.
D. function of a community. --CORRECT ANSWER--D. function of a community.
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,A nurse is employed by a local health department. Which of the following would be one of
her primary responsibilities?
A. Providing appropriate treatment for the flu to an elderly man
B. Providing education to the community about prevention of the flu
C. Ensuring that the family members of the man with the flu get tested for the flu
D. Ensuring that the family members of the man with the flu receive the flu vaccine --
CORRECT ANSWER--B. Providing education to the community about prevention of the flu
The role of the community health nurse is to promote the health of the population. It is not
limited to any particular individual or group of individuals. It is important that the nurse view
the community structure as a population and consider existing health services. Therefore, the
primary responsibility of this nurse is to the community she serves by providing education
about flu prevention.
A nurse is assessing a community from both a developmental and risk perspective. Which of
the following characteristics would be of most interest to the nurse?
A. Gender
B. Age
C. Race
D. Socioeconomic level --CORRECT ANSWER--B. Age
Community nurses use a developmental-age-correlated approach to identify health promotion
and health protection activities. Age is an indication of development. Additionally,
community nurses assess those risk factors in a community that can cause adverse health
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, outcomes. Risk factors can vary from person to person but include age, gender, race,
geographical location, and lack of health services. Age can thus be used to assess a
community from both a developmental and a risk perspective.
A nurse is using the technique of mapping while implementing the nursing process in the
community setting. The nurse is engaging in which aspect of the nursing process?
A. Collection
B. Planning
C. Analysis
D. Implementation --CORRECT ANSWER--C. Analysis
Analysis refers to data categorization and pattern determination. The organization of data is
used to determine patterns. Mapping is an organizational technique used in data analysis.
Which of the following demonstrates the nurse using subjective data to indicate a health
concern in the health-perception-health-management pattern?
A. Examining high sexually transmitted disease rates recorded by the health department
B. Listening to community members discuss the high smoking rate among teenagers
C. Analyzing the high infant mortality rate reported by state hospitals
D. Discussing the high rate of teenage motor vehicle crashes recorded by the local police
department --CORRECT ANSWER--B. Listening to community members discuss the high
smoking rate among teenagers
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WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS NEW MODIFIED
2025/2026 LATEST UPDATE
A community is considering banning smoking in all schools. Based on the community's
current stage of change, which action should the nurse take next?
A. Provide the community with statistics regarding childhood smoking rates.
B. Point out positive outcomes associated with banning smoking such as maintenance of lung
function.
C. Help the community develop a plan to implement the ban.
D. Praise the members of the community for their actions. --CORRECT ANSWER--B. Point
out positive outcomes associated with banning smoking such as maintenance of lung
function.
Partnering with school-based clinics and local pediatric dentists so that children can have
access to preventive dental care is an example of a(n):
A. codependent function.
B. independent function.
C. interdependent function.
D. dependent function. --CORRECT ANSWER--C. interdependent function.
A nurse is assessing a community's exposure to pollutants by examining contaminated soil,
air, water, and food. Which functional health pattern is being assessed by the nurse?
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,A. Nutritional-metabolic pattern
B. Elimination pattern
C. Health-perception-health management pattern
D. Values-beliefs pattern --CORRECT ANSWER--B. Elimination pattern
The elimination pattern identifies factors including exposure to pollutants in the community
through contaminated soil, water, air, and food.
A parish nurse is concerned about the number of parishioners who smoke. How would the
parish nurse best address this issue?
A. Ban smoking on parish property.
B. Invite local experts to participate in a health fair at the parish.
C. Find literature about smoking cessation.
D. Hand out free nicotine-replacement systems. --CORRECT ANSWER--B. Invite local
experts to participate in a health fair at the parish.
The process of dynamic change with adaptation in the system's parts, and how community
systems and subsystems interact is known as:
A. structure of a community.
B. community health promotion.
C. community diagnosis.
D. function of a community. --CORRECT ANSWER--D. function of a community.
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,A nurse is employed by a local health department. Which of the following would be one of
her primary responsibilities?
A. Providing appropriate treatment for the flu to an elderly man
B. Providing education to the community about prevention of the flu
C. Ensuring that the family members of the man with the flu get tested for the flu
D. Ensuring that the family members of the man with the flu receive the flu vaccine --
CORRECT ANSWER--B. Providing education to the community about prevention of the flu
The role of the community health nurse is to promote the health of the population. It is not
limited to any particular individual or group of individuals. It is important that the nurse view
the community structure as a population and consider existing health services. Therefore, the
primary responsibility of this nurse is to the community she serves by providing education
about flu prevention.
A nurse is assessing a community from both a developmental and risk perspective. Which of
the following characteristics would be of most interest to the nurse?
A. Gender
B. Age
C. Race
D. Socioeconomic level --CORRECT ANSWER--B. Age
Community nurses use a developmental-age-correlated approach to identify health promotion
and health protection activities. Age is an indication of development. Additionally,
community nurses assess those risk factors in a community that can cause adverse health
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, outcomes. Risk factors can vary from person to person but include age, gender, race,
geographical location, and lack of health services. Age can thus be used to assess a
community from both a developmental and a risk perspective.
A nurse is using the technique of mapping while implementing the nursing process in the
community setting. The nurse is engaging in which aspect of the nursing process?
A. Collection
B. Planning
C. Analysis
D. Implementation --CORRECT ANSWER--C. Analysis
Analysis refers to data categorization and pattern determination. The organization of data is
used to determine patterns. Mapping is an organizational technique used in data analysis.
Which of the following demonstrates the nurse using subjective data to indicate a health
concern in the health-perception-health-management pattern?
A. Examining high sexually transmitted disease rates recorded by the health department
B. Listening to community members discuss the high smoking rate among teenagers
C. Analyzing the high infant mortality rate reported by state hospitals
D. Discussing the high rate of teenage motor vehicle crashes recorded by the local police
department --CORRECT ANSWER--B. Listening to community members discuss the high
smoking rate among teenagers
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