COMMUNITY: COMMUNITY/PUBLIC
HEALTH NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Community/Public Health Nursing - ANS ___ is the synthesis of nursing practice and public
health practice
populations - ANS Community/Public Health Nursing has the major goal to preserve the
health of the community and surrounding ___
maintence - ANS Community/Public Health Nursing focuses on health promotion, prevention,
and health ___
risk - ANS Community/Public Health Nursing is associated with health and identification of
populations at ___ rather than an episodic response to patient demand
-preventing disease
-prolonging life
-promoting health through organized community efforts to benefit each citizen - ANS public
health is described as the art and science of what 3 things
Health Care Reform - ANS ___ is defined as the costs of caring for the sick which account for
the majority of escalating health care dollars, which increased from 5.7% of the gross domestic
product in 1965 to 17.8% in 2015
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,health-oriented - ANS Community/public health nurses are in a position to assist the U.S.
health care system to transition from being disease-oriented to a ___ system
public health - ANS the mission of ___ is social justice, which entitles all people to basic
necessities such as adequate income and health protection and accepts collective burdens to
make this possible.
Health Expenditures - ANS ___ is the total amount spent on healthcare by a country.
below - ANS despite high hospital and physician expenditures, U.S. health indicators such as
life expectancy and infant mortality rate remain considerably ___ the health indicators of many
other countries
poorer - ANS the health status of the population within the US varies markedly across the
areas of the country and among groups. For example, the economically disadvantaged and
many cultural and ethnic groups have ___ overall health status compared with middle-class
caucasians
-health promotion
-preventive - ANS the decline in the percentage of nurses employed in hospitals and the
subsequent increase in nurses employed community setting suggest a shift in focus from illness
and institutional based care to ____ and ____ care
Individual, families, and groups - ANS the major goal of community/public health nursing is
to preserve the health of the community and surrounding populations by focusing on health
promotion and health maintenance of ___, ___, and ___ within a community
social justic - ANS the mission of public health is ___, which entitles all people the basic
necessities such as adequate income and health protection and accepts collective burdens to
make it possible
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, Societies - ANS public health assumes that it is ___ responsibility to meet the basic need of
the people. thus there is a greater need for public funding of prevention efforts to enhance the
health of our population
health - ANS ___ is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely
the absence of disease or infirmity
Social Health - ANS ___ is positive interaction among groups within the community, with an
emphasis on health promotion and illness prevention
social health - ANS -food banks
-violence prevention programs
these are examples of ___
community - ANS ___ is a collection of people who interact with one another and whose
common interests or characteristics form the basis for a sense of unity and belonging. more
local
public health - ANS ___ is a community-wide effort to monitor and promote the welfare of
the population. much broader
Healthy People 2020 - ANS ___ is a set of disease prevention and health promotion
objectives for Americans to meet during the second decade of the new millennium.
-physical environment
-social environment
-individual behavior
-health services
-biology and genetics - ANS what are 5 determinants for the health outcomes of Healthy
People 2020
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HEALTH NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Community/Public Health Nursing - ANS ___ is the synthesis of nursing practice and public
health practice
populations - ANS Community/Public Health Nursing has the major goal to preserve the
health of the community and surrounding ___
maintence - ANS Community/Public Health Nursing focuses on health promotion, prevention,
and health ___
risk - ANS Community/Public Health Nursing is associated with health and identification of
populations at ___ rather than an episodic response to patient demand
-preventing disease
-prolonging life
-promoting health through organized community efforts to benefit each citizen - ANS public
health is described as the art and science of what 3 things
Health Care Reform - ANS ___ is defined as the costs of caring for the sick which account for
the majority of escalating health care dollars, which increased from 5.7% of the gross domestic
product in 1965 to 17.8% in 2015
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,health-oriented - ANS Community/public health nurses are in a position to assist the U.S.
health care system to transition from being disease-oriented to a ___ system
public health - ANS the mission of ___ is social justice, which entitles all people to basic
necessities such as adequate income and health protection and accepts collective burdens to
make this possible.
Health Expenditures - ANS ___ is the total amount spent on healthcare by a country.
below - ANS despite high hospital and physician expenditures, U.S. health indicators such as
life expectancy and infant mortality rate remain considerably ___ the health indicators of many
other countries
poorer - ANS the health status of the population within the US varies markedly across the
areas of the country and among groups. For example, the economically disadvantaged and
many cultural and ethnic groups have ___ overall health status compared with middle-class
caucasians
-health promotion
-preventive - ANS the decline in the percentage of nurses employed in hospitals and the
subsequent increase in nurses employed community setting suggest a shift in focus from illness
and institutional based care to ____ and ____ care
Individual, families, and groups - ANS the major goal of community/public health nursing is
to preserve the health of the community and surrounding populations by focusing on health
promotion and health maintenance of ___, ___, and ___ within a community
social justic - ANS the mission of public health is ___, which entitles all people the basic
necessities such as adequate income and health protection and accepts collective burdens to
make it possible
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Societies - ANS public health assumes that it is ___ responsibility to meet the basic need of
the people. thus there is a greater need for public funding of prevention efforts to enhance the
health of our population
health - ANS ___ is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely
the absence of disease or infirmity
Social Health - ANS ___ is positive interaction among groups within the community, with an
emphasis on health promotion and illness prevention
social health - ANS -food banks
-violence prevention programs
these are examples of ___
community - ANS ___ is a collection of people who interact with one another and whose
common interests or characteristics form the basis for a sense of unity and belonging. more
local
public health - ANS ___ is a community-wide effort to monitor and promote the welfare of
the population. much broader
Healthy People 2020 - ANS ___ is a set of disease prevention and health promotion
objectives for Americans to meet during the second decade of the new millennium.
-physical environment
-social environment
-individual behavior
-health services
-biology and genetics - ANS what are 5 determinants for the health outcomes of Healthy
People 2020
3 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
