COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS 2024 UPDATE
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each item by
making the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided.
1. Community Health Nursing is a service that is provided to an environment that is constantly changing. This implies that the
community health nurse to be able to provide relevant service must:
A. involve other disciplines in carrying out health services in various settings
B. provide a service that is community based
C. provide a service that is integrated and comprehensive
D. update her knowledge on the current and evolving characteristics of the health care system
2. The concept of community health nursing as a population-based service means that it should be provided to be:
A. home only
B. nursing community
C. individuals only
D. individual and families
3. The goal of community health nursing is to:
A. lessen caseload of public health nurse
B. provide clinic-nursing services to the populace
C. assist families to be self-reliant and be able to identify and solve own problem
D. spread information about facilities of rural health units or centers
4. A phase of the nursing process where the needs of the patient or family are being observed
A. nursing diagnosis
B. assessment
C. evaluation
D. intervention
5. Health services were devolved to local government units (LGU’s) for the following reasons EXCEPT
A. to transform LGU’s into self-reliant communities
B. to involve people in the development and progress of their communities
C. to empower local officials
D. to provide people better access to decision-making
6. Which of the following public health program are devolved and are made more accessible to the people?
A. Environmental health and communicable disease control
B. Maternal and Child Health Program
C. Control of non-communicable diseases
D. All these programs
7. The Department of Health adopts measures to augment basic health services and facilities provided by LGU’s. Which of the
following is NOT a priority area for the provision of assistance by the DOH?
A. Areas where studies/research on health are conducted
B. Selected areas in the city
C. Areas recommended by governors and other local officials
D. Deserving but less developed local government units
8. Which law mandates devolution of health services to LGU’s?
A. R.A. 7610
B. R.A. 7160
C. R.A. 6170
D. R.A. 6710
9. According to C.E. Winslow, public health is directed towards assisting every citizen to
A. Be free from illness
B. Realize his birth rights of health and longevity
C. Get social services and welfare support
D. Have medicine at an affordable
10. Which best demonstrate the concept that community health nursing is population-focused?
A. The performance of community diagnosis
B. The provision of services at an affordable cost
C. The provision of nursing care in the natural environment of people
D. The coordination of services by different members of the health team
11. Which is the primary goal of community health nursing?
A. To support and supplement the efforts of the medical profession in the promotion of health and prevention of illness
, 12. Which DOES NOT describe primary health care?
A. It emphasizes partnership between health care providers and the people
B. It is a total approach to community development
C. It aims to provide free health services to the people.
D. It stresses the use of appropriate technology
13. When we determines whether the objectives of a program were attained or not, we are determining
A. Effectiveness
B. Efficiency
C. Adequacy
D. Appropriateness
14. Which is a mark of success in Primary Health Care?
A. The people utilize health services according to their needs
B. Health workers are able to provide efficient and acceptable services
C. The people are able to attain the highest level of health through their own efforts
D. Barangay officials participate actively in health related activities
15. Accessibility of health services means all of the following EXCEPT
A. Health service providers are within 5 kilometers from most of their catchment population
B. Health services and the manner of delivery of these services are acceptable to the people.
C. The people and the government can afford the health services provided
D. Government and non-government agencies participate in providing
16. In the present health care delivery system, the public health nurse is a
A. Manager of the Rural Health Unit
B. Primary health worker
C. Grassroots health worker
D. Secondary health worker
17. In a conference with midwives and the rural sanitary inspector, you reviewed the functions of the Rural Health Unit. You agreed
that the RHU should function as a
A. Health are of the LGU
B. Resource of the community
C. All of these
D. Municipal Clinic
18. Which herbal preparation may be recommended for fever, cough and abdominal pain?
A. Sambong
B. Tsaang Gubat
C. Yerba Buena
D. Bayabas
19. Which herbal preparation may be used to relieve pain due to arthritis?
A. Lagundi
B. Herba Buena
C. Both of these
D. None of these
20. The Public Health Nurse in the Rural Health Unit is expected to participate in the planning of the total public health program for
the municipality. Her main contribution is to
A. Collect and collate community data
B. Prepare the nursing component of the plan
C. Implement the community health plan
D. Assess the total health needs of the community
21. Epidemiology is used for
A. Determining the factors that brought about occurrence of an epidemic
B. Evaluating the effectiveness of the Under Five Clinic Program
C. Determining the efficacy of garlic in preventing hypertension
D. All of these programs
22. Immunity by antibody formation during the course of a disease is
A. Active natural
B. Active artificial
C. Passive natural
D. Passive artificial
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each item by
making the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided.
1. Community Health Nursing is a service that is provided to an environment that is constantly changing. This implies that the
community health nurse to be able to provide relevant service must:
A. involve other disciplines in carrying out health services in various settings
B. provide a service that is community based
C. provide a service that is integrated and comprehensive
D. update her knowledge on the current and evolving characteristics of the health care system
2. The concept of community health nursing as a population-based service means that it should be provided to be:
A. home only
B. nursing community
C. individuals only
D. individual and families
3. The goal of community health nursing is to:
A. lessen caseload of public health nurse
B. provide clinic-nursing services to the populace
C. assist families to be self-reliant and be able to identify and solve own problem
D. spread information about facilities of rural health units or centers
4. A phase of the nursing process where the needs of the patient or family are being observed
A. nursing diagnosis
B. assessment
C. evaluation
D. intervention
5. Health services were devolved to local government units (LGU’s) for the following reasons EXCEPT
A. to transform LGU’s into self-reliant communities
B. to involve people in the development and progress of their communities
C. to empower local officials
D. to provide people better access to decision-making
6. Which of the following public health program are devolved and are made more accessible to the people?
A. Environmental health and communicable disease control
B. Maternal and Child Health Program
C. Control of non-communicable diseases
D. All these programs
7. The Department of Health adopts measures to augment basic health services and facilities provided by LGU’s. Which of the
following is NOT a priority area for the provision of assistance by the DOH?
A. Areas where studies/research on health are conducted
B. Selected areas in the city
C. Areas recommended by governors and other local officials
D. Deserving but less developed local government units
8. Which law mandates devolution of health services to LGU’s?
A. R.A. 7610
B. R.A. 7160
C. R.A. 6170
D. R.A. 6710
9. According to C.E. Winslow, public health is directed towards assisting every citizen to
A. Be free from illness
B. Realize his birth rights of health and longevity
C. Get social services and welfare support
D. Have medicine at an affordable
10. Which best demonstrate the concept that community health nursing is population-focused?
A. The performance of community diagnosis
B. The provision of services at an affordable cost
C. The provision of nursing care in the natural environment of people
D. The coordination of services by different members of the health team
11. Which is the primary goal of community health nursing?
A. To support and supplement the efforts of the medical profession in the promotion of health and prevention of illness
, 12. Which DOES NOT describe primary health care?
A. It emphasizes partnership between health care providers and the people
B. It is a total approach to community development
C. It aims to provide free health services to the people.
D. It stresses the use of appropriate technology
13. When we determines whether the objectives of a program were attained or not, we are determining
A. Effectiveness
B. Efficiency
C. Adequacy
D. Appropriateness
14. Which is a mark of success in Primary Health Care?
A. The people utilize health services according to their needs
B. Health workers are able to provide efficient and acceptable services
C. The people are able to attain the highest level of health through their own efforts
D. Barangay officials participate actively in health related activities
15. Accessibility of health services means all of the following EXCEPT
A. Health service providers are within 5 kilometers from most of their catchment population
B. Health services and the manner of delivery of these services are acceptable to the people.
C. The people and the government can afford the health services provided
D. Government and non-government agencies participate in providing
16. In the present health care delivery system, the public health nurse is a
A. Manager of the Rural Health Unit
B. Primary health worker
C. Grassroots health worker
D. Secondary health worker
17. In a conference with midwives and the rural sanitary inspector, you reviewed the functions of the Rural Health Unit. You agreed
that the RHU should function as a
A. Health are of the LGU
B. Resource of the community
C. All of these
D. Municipal Clinic
18. Which herbal preparation may be recommended for fever, cough and abdominal pain?
A. Sambong
B. Tsaang Gubat
C. Yerba Buena
D. Bayabas
19. Which herbal preparation may be used to relieve pain due to arthritis?
A. Lagundi
B. Herba Buena
C. Both of these
D. None of these
20. The Public Health Nurse in the Rural Health Unit is expected to participate in the planning of the total public health program for
the municipality. Her main contribution is to
A. Collect and collate community data
B. Prepare the nursing component of the plan
C. Implement the community health plan
D. Assess the total health needs of the community
21. Epidemiology is used for
A. Determining the factors that brought about occurrence of an epidemic
B. Evaluating the effectiveness of the Under Five Clinic Program
C. Determining the efficacy of garlic in preventing hypertension
D. All of these programs
22. Immunity by antibody formation during the course of a disease is
A. Active natural
B. Active artificial
C. Passive natural
D. Passive artificial
