COMMUNITY AND MANAGEMENT HESI PREPARATION NEWEST 2025/2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
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The nurse identifies which of the following characteristics BEST indicates a
community's social index?
A. Suicide rate
B. Ratio of firefighters to residents
C. Local mental health services
D. Prematurity birth rate - ANSWER-B. Ratio of firefighters to residents; protective
services which are available is an example of social index
Which of the following activities best represents population-focused practice by the
community nurse?
A. Assessing a family of victims involved in an apartment fire
B. Examining 6th-graders for scoliosis
C. Counseling a young couple on parenting skills
D. Addressing a town council about flu vaccination programs - ANSWER-D.
Addressing a town council about flu vaccination programs; primary mission of
population-focused practice is working with groups in the community
In effort to develop an education program to lower incidence of Lyme disease in a
New England town, the nurse begins by studying the prevalence. Which of the
following refers to this concept?
, A. Percentage of persons who died from Lyme disease
B. How the disease spread from person to person
C. Number of reported cases over the past 3 years
D. Factors contributing to contracting Lyme disease - ANSWER-C. Number of
reported cases over the past 3 years; prevalence is the number of cases of a given
disease at a given point in time in a specific population
Which of the following scenarios best portrays enabling behavior?
A. A mother who drives 150 miles per week to visit her son in prison for stealing
drugs.
B. A father who buys his son a leather jacket similar to what local gang members
wear.
C. A wife who calls in sick for her husband who was binge drinking all weekend.
D. A husband who does the majority of the cooking since his wife has been on
antidepressants. - ANSWER-C. A wife who calls in sick for her husband who was
binge drinking all weekend; an enabler is a person who shields or prevents an addict
from experiencing the consequences of the addiction.
To best assess the goals of a community, the nurse asks the community's residents
which of the following questions?
A. What are the most important features of your community?
B. What is the purpose of this community?
C. Tell me about the activities in your community.
D. How well does your community meet needs of its members? - ANSWER-B. What is
the purpose of this community?
The primary goal of the community health nurse as client advocate is which of the
following?
A. Efficient referral system
B. Coordination of team members