NR442 / NR-442 Exam 1 (Latest Update ):
Community Health Nursing | Complete Guide with
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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 - 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 - 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. - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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. - 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
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