HESI Prep Community Health Correct and Verified Answers Graded A

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HESI Prep Community Health Correct and Verified Answers Graded A

• Public health efforts focus on prevention and promotion of population health. The

local level of the health care system provides direct services to community members through community and personal health services. An example of a health service that targets the larger community, rather than individuals, is: (Select all that apply.)

• providing well-infant care.
• a mobile immunization clinic.
• condemning or repairing unsafe housing.
• encouraging family planning.
• airing a weekly public service announcement to remind women to do breast self-

examination.Correct Answer: a mobile immunization clinic, condemning or repairing unsafe housing, & airing a weekly public service announcement to remind women to do breast self- examination

• A variety of health indicators are used by health providers, policy makers, and

community health nurses to measure the health of the community. Indicators that illustrate the health status of a community and may be useful in analyzing health

patterns over time include: (Select all that apply.)

• morbidity.
• mortality.
• birth rates.
• life expectancy.
• cancer incidence rates.

Correct Answer: morbidity, mortality, life expectancy, & cancer incidence rates

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• Which of the following entities strives to improve the health of all the public by

promoting healthy lifestyles, preventing disease and injury, and protecting the health of communities?

a) Managed care organizations (MCOs)

b) Medicare

c) Public health system

d) Affordable Care Act

Correct Answer: Public health system

• Which of the following is an example of "community health nursing" rather than

"community-based nursing"?

a) An RN assisting a doctor in a pediatrician's office

b) An RN visiting a home-bound patient to monitor for congestive heart failure

c) An RN reviewing school clinic records to determine which children are not up to date on

their immunizations

d) An RN dispensing medications in a nursing home

Correct Answer: An RN reviewing school clinic records to determine which children are not up to date on their immunizations

• Every 10 years, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services publishes a

national prevention initiative titled Healthy People. One of the new objectives for

Healthy People 2020 is to:

• achieve access to preventive services of all Americans.
• improve the nation's ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from a major

health incident.

• reduce health disparities among Americans.
• increase independence of older Americans.

Correct Answer: improve the nation's ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from a major health incident

• Disease prevention activities protect people from disease and the effects of

disease. An example of primary disease prevention is:

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• teaching people with diabetes how to prevent complications.
• administering vaccines to children before kindergarten.
• checking the skin of farm workers for signs of skin cancer.
• identifying and testing individuals exposed to someone with tuberculosis.

Correct Answer: administering vaccines to children before kindergarten

• Early public health nurse Lillian Wald and her associates were successful in

addressing health and disease in the immigrant community by:

• supporting political activities to improve social and environmental conditions of

immigrant families.

• administering bedside nursing care to immigrants and their families.
• teaching the immigrant family members to provide health care in the home.
• obtaining and administering medications to the immigrants and their family members.

Correct Answer: supporting political activities to improve social and environmental conditions of immigrant families

• It has been estimated that individual behaviors and environmental factors are

responsible for what percentage of all premature deaths in the United States?

• 20%
• 40%
• 50%
• 70%

Correct Answer: 50%

• Mary is a nursing student doing her senior project in community health. Part of her

assignment is to conduct an activity that illustrates "social health" within a group in

her community. The most appropriate activity for Mary to organize would be a:

• neighborhood block party.
• food bank in a local church.
• community yard sale.
• school fundraiser for the school band.

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Correct Answer: food bank in a local church

• Jennifer is a community health nurse in a large metropolitan area. According to the

American Nurses Association's Code of Ethics (2001), community health nurses must align themselves with public health programs that promote and preserve the health of

populations by influencing:

• socioeconomic issues.
• psychosocial issues.
• sociocultural issues.
• developmental issues.

Correct Answer: sociocultural issues

• In which of the following historical ages would people have had an increased risk

for contracting salmonella, anthrax, Q fever, or tuberculosis from the proximity of domesticated animals and herds?

a) Hunting and gathering stage

b) Settled village stage

c) Preindustrial cities stage

d) Industrial cities stage

Correct Answer: Settled village stage

• During the Renaissance period, much was learned about health and disease. The

Elizabethan Poor Law was enacted during this time to:

• govern personal and community hygiene such as contagion, disinfection, and sanitation.
• make local parishes responsible for caring for the poor in the community.
• enforce hygienic codes from Leviticus and establish leper houses.
• legislate social reform, addressing issues such as child welfare and factory

management.Correct Answer: make local parishes responsible for caring for the poor in the community

• Edwin Chadwick's Report on an Inquiry into the Sanitary Conditions of the Laboring

Population of Great Britain greatly contributed to the development of the: