442 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS PASSED
UPDATED VERSION
The public health nurse analyzes data related to the number and type of United States
Environmental Protection agency air quality standards that a community failed to meet.
This data is an example of using which community health profile indicator?
a. Sociodemographic characteristics
b. Health status
c. Health risk factor
d. Functional status - CORRECT ANSWER ANS: C
Breathing air of poor quality is a risk to health.
Which is an example of the primary goal of public health?
a. Ensuring that a newly diagnosed 40-year-old hypertensive man takes his medication
b. Finding home care for a 70-year-old client recuperating from a hip replacement
c. Conducting an infant car seat safety check
d. Contacting a local hospice to admit a terminally ill 60-year-old woman - CORRECT
ANSWER ANS: C
The correct answer is concerned with the health of many people, while the other
answers address individual interventions.
Public health nursing is a specialty because:
a. It has a distinct focus and scope of practice.
b. It must be done by a registered nurse with a master's degree.
c. It is focused on disadvantaged citizens.
d. It performs interventions at the acute care level. - CORRECT ANSWER ANS: A
Public health nursing has a distinct focus and requires a special knowledge base. The
other answers are not characteristics of a specialty.
The necessary basic preparation for public health nursing is a(n) _____ in nursing.
a. Associate's degree
b. Baccalaureate degree
c. Master's degree
d. PhD - CORRECT ANSWER ANS: B
A BSN is the necessary basic preparation to function as a beginning staff public health
nurse.
A public health nurse provides a clinic for HIV-positive citizens in the community. This is
an example of:
a. Primary prevention
, b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. Policy making - CORRECT ANSWER ANS: C
This clinic is for clients who already have a disease process; therefore, it is tertiary
prevention.
An example of a community health nursing practice is:
a. Administrating a flu shot to a client in a physician's office
b. Conducting a flu shot clinic at a community center
c. Performing a client assessment in a hospital
d. Providing supervision of staff in a rehabilitation center - CORRECT ANSWER ANS:
A
Community health nursing practice focuses on providing individual interventions in the
community. Administrating a flu shot to an individual is the only example that meets this
criterion.
Which statement about community health nursing practice is correct?
a. It focuses on the delivery of personal health services to individuals and families.
b. It provides care to protect the health of the community as a whole.
c. It emphasizes the setting where care is provided for clients and families.
d. It requires a baccalaureate preparation for practice. - CORRECT ANSWER ANS: A
By definition, the first option is correct. Public health nursing provides care to protect the
health of the community as a whole. Community-based nursing practice emphasizes the
setting where care is provided for clients and families. It is generally assumed that a
graduate of any baccalaureate program has the necessary basic preparation to function
as a beginning staff public health nurse; however, this is not a requirement for public
health nursing or community health nursing practices.
The term community-based nursing care is applied when implementing which nursing
intervention?
a. Assessing the health needs of a defined community
b. Providing care to families in a community
c. Promoting the health of an entire community
d. Investigating environmental health problems in a community - CORRECT ANSWER
ANS: B
Community-based nursing practice is a setting-specific practice whereby care is
provided for families where they live, work, and attend school. The focus is on acute
and chronic care and the provision of services. Providing care to families is the only
intervention that accurately describes this definition.
The nurse who conducts vision screenings on children in the school setting is practicing
_____ nursing practice.
a. Community-oriented
b. Public health
c. Community health
d. Community-based - CORRECT ANSWER ANS: D
CORRECT ANSWERS PASSED
UPDATED VERSION
The public health nurse analyzes data related to the number and type of United States
Environmental Protection agency air quality standards that a community failed to meet.
This data is an example of using which community health profile indicator?
a. Sociodemographic characteristics
b. Health status
c. Health risk factor
d. Functional status - CORRECT ANSWER ANS: C
Breathing air of poor quality is a risk to health.
Which is an example of the primary goal of public health?
a. Ensuring that a newly diagnosed 40-year-old hypertensive man takes his medication
b. Finding home care for a 70-year-old client recuperating from a hip replacement
c. Conducting an infant car seat safety check
d. Contacting a local hospice to admit a terminally ill 60-year-old woman - CORRECT
ANSWER ANS: C
The correct answer is concerned with the health of many people, while the other
answers address individual interventions.
Public health nursing is a specialty because:
a. It has a distinct focus and scope of practice.
b. It must be done by a registered nurse with a master's degree.
c. It is focused on disadvantaged citizens.
d. It performs interventions at the acute care level. - CORRECT ANSWER ANS: A
Public health nursing has a distinct focus and requires a special knowledge base. The
other answers are not characteristics of a specialty.
The necessary basic preparation for public health nursing is a(n) _____ in nursing.
a. Associate's degree
b. Baccalaureate degree
c. Master's degree
d. PhD - CORRECT ANSWER ANS: B
A BSN is the necessary basic preparation to function as a beginning staff public health
nurse.
A public health nurse provides a clinic for HIV-positive citizens in the community. This is
an example of:
a. Primary prevention
, b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. Policy making - CORRECT ANSWER ANS: C
This clinic is for clients who already have a disease process; therefore, it is tertiary
prevention.
An example of a community health nursing practice is:
a. Administrating a flu shot to a client in a physician's office
b. Conducting a flu shot clinic at a community center
c. Performing a client assessment in a hospital
d. Providing supervision of staff in a rehabilitation center - CORRECT ANSWER ANS:
A
Community health nursing practice focuses on providing individual interventions in the
community. Administrating a flu shot to an individual is the only example that meets this
criterion.
Which statement about community health nursing practice is correct?
a. It focuses on the delivery of personal health services to individuals and families.
b. It provides care to protect the health of the community as a whole.
c. It emphasizes the setting where care is provided for clients and families.
d. It requires a baccalaureate preparation for practice. - CORRECT ANSWER ANS: A
By definition, the first option is correct. Public health nursing provides care to protect the
health of the community as a whole. Community-based nursing practice emphasizes the
setting where care is provided for clients and families. It is generally assumed that a
graduate of any baccalaureate program has the necessary basic preparation to function
as a beginning staff public health nurse; however, this is not a requirement for public
health nursing or community health nursing practices.
The term community-based nursing care is applied when implementing which nursing
intervention?
a. Assessing the health needs of a defined community
b. Providing care to families in a community
c. Promoting the health of an entire community
d. Investigating environmental health problems in a community - CORRECT ANSWER
ANS: B
Community-based nursing practice is a setting-specific practice whereby care is
provided for families where they live, work, and attend school. The focus is on acute
and chronic care and the provision of services. Providing care to families is the only
intervention that accurately describes this definition.
The nurse who conducts vision screenings on children in the school setting is practicing
_____ nursing practice.
a. Community-oriented
b. Public health
c. Community health
d. Community-based - CORRECT ANSWER ANS: D
