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COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING EXAM (145 QUESTIONS)
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COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING EXAM (145QUESTIONS)
1. 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
B. To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to cope with their
health needs
C. To increase the productivity of the people by providing them with services that will
increase their level of health
D. To contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare, focusing
particularly on mothers and children - Answers -Answer: (B) To enhance the capacity of
individuals, families and communities to cope with their health needs.
FB: To contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare, focusing
particularly on mothers and children.
2. CHN is a community-based practice. Which best explains this statement?
A. The service is provided in the natural environment of people
B. The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing needs and
problems
C. The service are based on the available resources within the community
D. Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health problems identified - Answers
-Answer: (B) The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing
needs and problems.
Community-based practice means providing care to people in their own natural
environments: the home, school and workplace, for example.
9. According to C.E. Winslow, which of the following is the goal of Public Health?
A. For people to attain their birthrights and longevity
B. For promotion of health and prevention and diseases
C. For people to have access to basic health services
,D. For people to be organized in their health efforts - Answers -A. For people to attain
their birthrights and longevity
10. We say that a Filipino has attained longevity when he is able to reach the average
life span of Filipinos. What other statistic may be used to determine attainment of
longevity?
A. Age-specific mortality rate
B. Proportionate mortality rate
C. Swaroop's index
D. Case fatality rate - Answers -C. Swaroop's index
Swaroop's index is the percentage of the deaths aged 50 years or older. Its inverse
represents the percentage of untimely deaths (those who died younger than 50 years).
11. Which of the following is the most prominent feature of public health nursing?
A. It involves providing home care to sick people who are not confined in the hospital
B. Services are provided free of charge to people within the catchment area
C. The public health nurse functions as part of a team providing a public health nursing
service
D. Public health nursing focuses on preventive, not curative services - Answers -D.
Public health nursing focuses on preventive, not curative services
The catchment area in PHN consists of a residential community, many of whom are well
individuals who have greater need for preventive rather than curative services.
12. According to Margaret Shetland, the philosophy of public health nursing is based on
which of the following?
A. Health and longevity as birthrights
B. The mandate of the state to protect the birthrights of its citizens
C. Public health nursing as a specialized field of nursing
D. The worth and dignity of man - Answers -D. The worth and dignity of man
,13. Which of the following is the mission of the Department of Health?
A. Health for all Filipinos
B. Ensure the accessibility and quality of health
C. Improve the general health status of the population
D. Health in the hands of the Filipino people by the year 2020 - Answers -B. Ensure the
accessibility and quality of health care
14. Region IV Hospital is classified as what level of facility?
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Intermediate
D. Tertiary - Answers -D. Tertiary
Regional hospitals are tertiary facilities because they serve as training hospitals for the
region.
15. What is true of primary facilities?
A. They are usually government-run
B. Their services are provided on an out-patient basis
C. They are training facilities for health professionals
D. A community hospital is an example of this level of health facilities - Answers -B.
Their services are provided on an out-patient basis
Primary facilities government and non-government facilities that provide basic out-
patient services.
16. Which is an example of the school nurse's health care provider function?
A. Requesting for BCG from the RHU for school entrance immunization
B. Conducting random classroom inspection during measles epidemic
C. Taking remedial action on an accident hazard in the school playground
, D. Observing places in the school where pupils spend their free times - Answers -B.
Conducting random classroom inspection during measles epidemic
Random classroom inspection is assessment of pupils/students and teachers for signs
of a health problem prevalent in the community.
3. Population- focused nursing practice requires which of the following processes?
A. Community organizing
B. Nursing, process
C. Community diagnosis
D. Epidemiologic process - Answers -3. Answer: (C)
Community diagnosis
FB:Population-focused nursing care means providing care based on the greater need of
the majority of the population. The greater need is identified through community
diagnosis.
4. RA 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside from the number of
employees, what other factor must be considered in determining the occupational health
privileges to which the workers will be entitled?
A. Type of occupation,: agriculture, commercial, industrial
B. Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities
C. Classification of the business enterprise based on net profit
D. Sex and age composition of employees - Answers -B. Location of the workplace in
relation to health facilities
FB: Based on R.A. 1054, an occupational nurse must be employed when there are 30
to 100 employees and the workplace is more than 1 km. away from the nearest health
center.
5. A business firm must employ an occupational health nurse when it has at least how
many employees.
A. 21
B. 101
C. 201
D. 301 - Answers -B. 101
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