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Community Health Nursing

Provide treatment to patients, community health nurses offer about maintaining their health so that they can decrease the occurrence of diseases and deaths.

nurses

doctor

standards

science

laboratory

nursing

geriatric nursing

diagnosis statement

diagnosis for smoking

famorca

family planning

Objectives of Primary Health Care are:

  • None of the above
  • To enable LGUs to seek better health at home, in schools, in fields and in factories
  • All of the above
  • To enable LGUs to prevent injury and diseases, instead of relying on doctors to repair damages that could have been avoided

Coordination/dialogue/consultation with other community organizations & Self-awareness and Leadership Training (SALT) action planning are under:

  • Entry Phase
  • Pre-entry Phase
  • Diagnostic Phase
  • Building Phase

This aims to awaken the sensitivity of the student nurses to the actual political, socio-economic, moral and spiritual realities and to enable them to respond to the health needs of the people, especially the poor.

  • Student Immersion Program
  • Community Research
  • Primary Health Care
  • COPAR

What are the two major fields in Philippine nursing?

  • Community Health Nursing and Hospital Nursing

Common Cause of and Water Bone – Diseases A. Unsafe sources of drinking water B. Improper disposal of human waste C. Unhygienic practices like spitting anywhere, blowing or picking the nose D. Unsafe food handling and preparation practices i.e. street vended foods

  • All the statements are wrong
  • All the statements are correct
  • Statements A &B are correct
  • Statements C &D are correct

The public health nurse conducts a study on the factors contributing to the high mortality rate due to heart disease in the municipality where she works. Which branch of epidemiology does the nurse practice in this situation?

  • Descriptive
  • Therapeutic
  • Analytical
  • Evaluation

The first symptoms – fever, headache, and chills – may be mild and difficult to recognize as malaria. If not treated within 24 hours, P. falciparum can progress to severe illness, often leading to death

  • Plasmodium parasites
  • Malaria
  • Hemorrhagic fever
  • Whooping cough

Refers to a collection of people who interact with one another and whose common interests or characteristics form the basis for a sense of unity or belonging.

  • Community

When attending to patient who is about to deliver a baby, always remember to follow 3 CLEANs:

  • Clean hands, clean gloves, clean cord
  • Clean hands, clean instruments, clean bed sheets
  • Clean hands, clean gloves, clean instruments
  • Clean hands, clean surface, clean cord

Population-focused nursing practice requires which of the following processes?

  • Community organizing
  • Community diagnosis
  • Epidemiologic process

Permanent Family Planning method:

  • Cervical Germicidal/spermicidal
  • Intra Uterine Device (IUD)
  • Hormonal Contraception ; injectibles
  • Bilateral Tubal Ligation (BTL)

Provision of regular and quality maternal care service Regular and quality pre-natal care, except:

  • Anti-tetanus Immunization
  • History taking; Utilization of Home-Based Mother’s Record (HBMR) as a guide in identifying risk factors
  • Physical examination – weight, height, Blood Pressure
  • Cephalo-caudal assessment; abdominal examination

Statements for Level IV Student Immersion Program, except: a. Leaders in managing the activities in the community. b. Monitor and evaluate activities in the community. c. Invites speakers for the general assembly for referrals and linking or networking. d. Conduct health education and seminars for health workersThis aims to awaken the sensitivity of the student nurses to the actual political, socio-economic, moral and spiritual realities and to enable them to respond to the health needs of the people, especially the poor.

  • Primary Health Care
  • COPAR
  • Student Immersion Program
  • Community Research

Basic Compulsory Immunization of All Children below 8 Years Old

  • RA 7846
  • R. A. 7164
  • PD 965
  • PD 996

The public health nurse takes an active role in community participation. What is the primary goal of community organizing?

  • To mobilize the people to resolve community health problems
  • To maximize the community’s resources in dealing with health problems
  • To educate the people regarding community health problems

Private Duty Nursing is a type of:

  • Company Nursing
  • Hospital Nursing
  • Industrial Nursing
  • Community Health Nursing

Holistic state of well-being which includes soundness of mind, body and spirit.

  • Health

A group of people sharing common geographic boundaries with common values and interest

  • Population group
  • Ethnics
  • Community
  • Tribe

When will the expectant mother visit health center for pre-natal check-up?

  • During the 3rd trimester
  • After 8 months of pregnancy
  • During the 2nd trimester
  • As early in pregnancy as possible before four months or during the 1st trimester

All of the following are characteristics of Community Health Nursing, except: 1. Greater control for both the nurse and the client in decision making related to health care 2. Collaboration between the nurse and the client is heavier for nurses. 3. Recognition of the impact of different factors on health 4. Nurse’s awareness of their client’s lives and situations.

  • Statement 3
  • Statement 4
  • Statement 1
  • Statement 2

Which of the following is an advantage of a home visit?

  • It provides an opportunity to do first hand appraisal of the home situation
  • It allows sharing of experiences among people with similar health problems
  • It allows the nurse to provide nursing care to a greater number of people
  • It develops the family’s initiative in providing for health needs of its members

Hepatitis A is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). The virus is primarily spread when an uninfected person ingests food or water that is contaminated with the faeces of an infected person.

  • Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
  • Anopheles mosquitoes
  • Hepatitis A
  • Plasmodium parasites

They are trained in the process of research and are made aware to the needs of the people. They are link between the community and outside resources

  • Community Consultants
  • Local Researchers
  • Participants in PAR
  • Core Group

We say that a Filipino has attained longevity when he is able to reach the average lifespan of Filipinos. What other statistic may be used to determine attainment of longevity?

  • Swaroop’s index
  • Age-specific mortality rate
  • Proportionate mortality rate
  • Case fatality rate

Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes.

  • Anopheles mosquitoes
  • Aedes Aegypti
  • Mycobacterium Schistosoma
  • Plasmodium parasites

Just like a cistern flush toilet, the pour flush toilet has a water seal that prevents odors and flies from coming back up the pipe. Water is poured into the bowl to flush the toilet of excreta; approximately 2 to 3 L is usually sufficient.

  • Open Pit System
  • Pail Pit System
  • Water Sealed
  • Closed Pit System

In community health, the broad range of interacting needs that affect the collective health of the “client” as a larger system. It care encompasses the comprehensive and total care of the client in all areas, such as physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and economic

  • Expanded Skills
  • Clinician Role
  • Holistic Practice
  • Focus on wellness

Low-grade afternoon fever; Night sweats; cough with mucopurulent sputum; dyspnea, chest tightness and chest pain with blood streak and Irritability; are signs and symptoms of:

  • Pertusis
  • Diphtheria
  • Coryza
  • Tuberculosis

R.A. 7160 mandates devolution of basic services from the national government to local government units. Which of the following is the major goal of devolution?

  • To allow greater autonomy to local government units
  • To empower the people and promote their self-reliance
  • To make basic services more accessible to the people
  • To strengthen local government units

A group of people sharing common geographic boundaries and common values and interests. It functions within a particular sociocultural context which means no two communities are alike.

  • Community
  • Tribes
  • Society
  • Population

A garment factory does not have an occupational nurse. Who shall provide the occupational health needs of the factory workers?

  • Occupational health nurse at the Provincial Health Office
  • Public health nurse of the RHU of their municipality
  • Rural sanitary inspector of the RHU of their municipality

The following are Bacterial infection, except:

  • Amoeba
  • Cholera
  • Typhoid fever
  • Salmonella infections

Dengue virus rarely causes death. However, the infection can progress into a more serious condition known as severe dengue

  • Hemorrhagic fever
  • Whooping cough
  • Malaria
  • Plasmodium parasites

The following are the clientele of a Community Health Nurse except:

  • Community
  • Family
  • Nursing
  • Individual

They are allowed to attend to home deliveries only if there is no available licensed health personnel

  • Trained nursing assistant
  • Trained hilot
  • Trained albularyo
  • Trained barangay health worker

Name 4 types of CHN.

  • School Nursing

R.A. 1054 is also known as the Occupational Health Act. Aside from number of employees, what other factor must be considered in determining the occupational health privileges to which the workers will be entitled?

  • Type of occupation: agricultural, commercial, industrial
  • Sex and age composition of employees
  • Classification of the business enterprise based on net profit
  • Location of the workplace in relation to health facilities

Major field of Nursing. 2pts

  • Community Health Nursing

Basic components of CHN. 2pts

  • [No Answer]

These are Training and delineation of functions of the COPAR staff and faculty members, except:

  • Project Director
  • Community organizer
  • Health services coordinator
  • Training coordinator

In Health care Delivery System, surgery, medical services by specialist are under what health care:

  • Specialist
  • Primary
  • Secondary
  • Tertiaty

Related Learning Experience in Level II Nursing students are the following, except:

  • Provide health services
  • Draining of community residents
  • Leaders in managing the activities in the community.
  • Conduct health education and seminars for health workers

In the investigation of an epidemic, you compare the present frequency of the disease with the usual frequency at this time of the year in this community. This is done during which stage of the investigation?

  • Establishing the epidemic
  • Testing the hypothesis
  • Formulation of the hypothesis
  • Appraisal of facts

What are the CHN level of prevention? 3pts

  • Primary Prevention

This assumes the following roles: 4pts

  • [No Answer]

It also called whooping cough, produces an irritating cough that becomes paroxysmal and often ends in high pitched, inspiratory whoop.

  • Hepatitis A Virus
  • Diphtheria
  • Plasmodium parasites
  • Pertusis

This is the totality of all policies, equipment, products, human resources and services which address the health needs, problems, and concerns of the people. It is large, complex, multi-level, and multi-disciplinary

  • Health care delivery system
  • Health Services Strategies
  • Primary health care
  • Essential Health Services

(House Bill 4110)

  • Maternal Health Bill
  • Reproductive Health Bill
  • Maternal and Child Health Bill
  • Family Planning Bill

You are the public health nurse in a municipality with a total population of about 20,000. There are 3 rural health midwives among the RHU personnel. How many more midwife items will the RHU need?

  • 3
  • 1
  • 2
  • The RHU does not need any more midwife item

Type of CHN. 7pts

  • [No Answer]

The primary purpose of conducting an epidemiologic investigation is to

  • Encourage cooperation and support of the community
  • Identify geographical location of cases of the disease in the community
  • Identify groups who are at risk of contracting the disease
  • Delineate the etiology of the epidemic

Attempts to reduce the extent and severity of a health problem to its lowest possible level, as to minimize disability and restore or preserve function.

  • Tertiary

Reproductive Health Bill

  • [No Answer]

Constitutes a major part of community health practice. Prevention means anticipating and averting problems or discovering them as early as possible in order to minimize potential disability and impairment.

  • Prevention of Health problems

A system with a source, a reservoir, a piped distributor network and household taps. It is generally suited for densely populated urban areas.

  • LEVEL II (Communal Faucet System or Stand-Post)
  • LEVEL IV (Non-water carriage toilet facility)
  • LEVEL I (Point Source)
  • LEVEL III (Waterwork Systems)

Tertiary prevention is needed in which stage of the natural history of disease?

  • Pre-pathogenesis
  • Pathogenesis
  • Terminal
  • Prodromal

Provision of Safe-Delivery Care A. Ensure clean and safe deliveries at home or at the facilities B. High risk and at-risk pregnancy must be referred to a nearest health institution. C. “Trained Hilot” is allowed to attend to home deliveries only if there is no available licensed health personnel D. Attendants must observe for early signs and symptoms of complications

  • A. B, C only
  • A, B, D only
  • All of the above
  • B, C, D only

As an epidemiologist, the nurse is responsible for reporting cases of notifiable diseases. What law mandates reporting of cases of notifiable diseases?

  • R.A. 3753
  • Act 3573
  • R.A. 1054
  • R.A. 1082

This remains to be biggest health care provider. Today, only regional hospitals, medical centers and specialty hospital care are under this.

  • Local Government Units
  • Rural Health Units
  • Local Health Board
  • Department of Health

Health Care Delivery System. 3pts

  • [No Answer]

Programs to promote health of the vulnerable sectors of the population. 4pts

  • [No Answer]

Natural Family Planning (NFP)

  • Bilateral Tubal Ligation (BTL)
  • Cervical Mucous/Billing’s Method
  • Vasectomy
  • Intra Uterine Device (IUD)

Isolation of a child with measles belongs to what level of prevention?

  • Intermediate
  • Secondary
  • Primary
  • Tertiary

According to Margaret Shetland, the philosophy of public health nursing is based on which of the following?

  • Public health nursing as a specialized field of nursing
  • The worth and dignity of man
  • Sex and age composition of employees
  • Health and longevity as birthrights

An indicator of success in community organizing is when people are able to

  • Participate in community activities for the solution of a community problem
  • Community health nursing is intended primarily for health promotion and prevention and treatment of disease
  • Implement activities for the solution of the community problem
  • Plan activities for the solution of the community problem
  • Identify the health problem as a common concern

The specialty practice that provides for and delivers health care services to workers and worker population.

  • School Nursing
  • Company Nursing
  • Occupational Nursing
  • Private Practice Nursing

This is a system of composed of a source a reservoir, piped distribution network and communal faucet. Generally suited for rural areas where houses are clustered

  • LEVEL II (Communal Faucet System or Stand-Post)
  • LEVEL I (Point Source)
  • LEVEL IV (Non-water carriage toilet facility)
  • LEVEL III (Waterwork Systems)

Emergency care was provided. In 1244, a group of monks in Florence, Italy, Misericordia provided first-aid care for accident victims on a 24-hour basis

  • Order of St. Frances de Sales
  • Knights Hospitalers
  • Misecordia
  • Friendly Visitor Volunteer

According to C.E.Winslow, which of the following is the goal of Public Health?

  • For promotion of health and prevention of disease
  • For people to be organized in their health efforts
  • For people to attain their birthrights of health and longevity
  • For people to have access to basic health services

Who are the clientele in Community Health Nursing (CHN)?

  • [No Answer]

What are the levels of prevention CHN? PRIMARY PREVENTION

  • [No Answer]

National Health Situation. 3pts

  • [No Answer]

Write 3 settings in CHN

  • [No Answer]

A health care provider, taking care of the sick people at home or at RHU

  • Health educator
  • Facilitator
  • Clinician
  • Supervisor

Which is an example of the school nurse’s health care provider functions?

  • Conducting random classroom inspection during a measles epidemic
  • Taking remedial action on an accident hazard in the school playground
  • Requesting for BCG from the RHU for school entrant immunization
  • Observing places in the school where pupils spend their free time

Which is true of primary facilities?

  • They are training facilities for health professionals
  • Their services are provided on an out-patient basis
  • They are usually government-run.
  • A community hospital is an example of this level of health facilities

This system is a basic form of a dry toilet whereby a bucket (pail) is used to collect excreta. Usually, feces and urine are collected together in the same bucket, leading to odor issues.

  • Pail Pit System
  • Water Sealed
  • Closed Pit System
  • Open Pit System

Among these Excreta – Transmitted Disease, which one is not infectious?

  • Typhoid Fever
  • Parathyroid Fever
  • Cholera
  • Amoebic and Bacillary Dysentery

Malaria is caused by:

  • Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
  • Anopheles mosquitoes
  • Plasmodium parasites
  • Hepatitis A

Group of people who share common characteristics, developmental stage and common exposure which result to common health problems

  • Tribe
  • Ethnics
  • Population group
  • Community

In the Pre-entry Phase of the COPAR Process, which of the following statement is incorrect.

  • Coordination/dialogue/consultation with other community organizations
  • Community consultations/dialogues
  • Development of criteria for site selection
  • Preliminary social investigation (PSI)

Who is the Chairman of the Municipal Health Board?

  • Municipal Health Officer
  • Public Health Nurse
  • Any qualified physician
  • Mayor

The PHN bag is an important tool in providing nursing care during a home visit. The most important principle of bag technique states that it

  • Should not overshadow concern for the patient and his family.
  • Should save time and effort.
  • Should minimize if not totally prevent the spread of infection.
  • May be done in a variety of ways depending on the home situation, etc.

This in community health means that the nurse ensures health services are provided not just to individuals and families, but also to groups and populations. Nursing service is still designed for the special needs of clients.

  • Clinician Role
  • Focus on wellness
  • Expanded Skills
  • Holistic Practice

To maintain the cleanliness of the bag and its contents, which of the following must the nurse do?

  • At the end of the visit, fold the lining on which the bag was placed, ensuring that the contaminated side is on the outside.
  • Wash his/her hands before and after providing nursing care to the family members.
  • Put on an apron to protect her uniform and fold it with the right side out before putting it back into the bag.
  • In the care of family members, as much as possible, use only articles taken from the bag

Which of the following is the most prominent feature of public health nursing?

  • Services are provided free of charge to people within the catchment area
  • The public health nurse functions as part of a team providing a public health nursing services
  • Public health nursing focuses on preventive, not curative, services.
  • It involves providing home care to sick people who are not confined in the hospital.

Food illness caused by any infectious

  • Animal
  • Plant toxins
  • Chemical
  • Bacterial

The following are the Essential Elements of Primary Health Care, except:

  • Appropriate access to tobacco and alcohol
  • Adequate supply of good food
  • Supportive economic and social conditions
  • Safe physical environment

The community health nurse provides service along the entire range of the health continuum, but especially emphasizes promotion of health and prevention of illness. The community health nurse identifies people, programs, and agencies interested in achieving a higher level of health, and works with them to accomplish that goal and to sustain the expected changed behaviour.

  • Focus on wellness
  • Expanded Skills
  • Clinician Role
  • Holistic Practice

This is protected well or a developed spring with an outlet but without a distribution system, generally adaptable for rural areas where the house are thinly scattered.

  • LEVEL II (Communal Faucet System or Stand-Post)
  • LEVEL I (Point Source)
  • LEVEL III (Waterwork Systems)
  • LEVEL IV (Non-water carriage toilet facility)

It involves efforts to detect and treat existing health problems at the earliest possible stage, when disease or impairment is already present. Hypertension and cholesterol screening programs in many communities help to identify high-risk individuals and encourage early treatment to prevent heart attacks or stroke.

  • Primary prevention
  • Primordial prevention
  • Tertiary prevention
  • Secondary Prevention

Low-grade afternoon fever; Night sweats; cough with mucopurulent sputum; yspnea, chest tightness and chest pain with blood streak and Irritability; are signs and symptoms of:

  • Diphtheria
  • Pertusis
  • Coryza
  • Tuberculosis

Obviates the occurrence of a health problem; it includes measures taken to keep illness or injuries from occurring

  • Tertiary prevention
  • Secondary prevention
  • Primary prevention
  • Promedial prevention

To identify the political, socio-economic. Moral, and spiritual factors affecting the health conditions of the people.

  • Entry Phase
  • Community Study
  • Pre-entry Phase
  • Student Immersion Program

The goal of professional practice that is the promotion and preservation of health Populations:

  • Company Nursing
  • Industrial Nursing
  • Hospital Nursing
  • Community Health Nursing

Region IV Hospital is classified as what level of facility?

  • Primary
  • Secondary
  • Intermediate
  • Tertiary

Water that is contaminated with the faeces of an infected person. The disease is closely associated with unsafe water or food, inadequate sanitation, poor personal hygiene and oral-anal sex.

  • Corynebacterium
  • Plasmodium parasites
  • Hepatitis A Virus
  • Diphtheria

The following are mode of transmission of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. A. TB is an airborne infection transmitted by droplet nuclei. B. Bacillus multiplies in bronchi or alveoli which results to pneumonitis C. May remain dormant but reactivates immediately.

  • A only
  • None of the above
  • A and B
  • All of the above

Which of the following is an epidemiologic function of the nurse during an epidemic?

  • Monitoring the condition of the cases affected by the communicable disease
  • Participating in the investigation to determine the source of the epidemic
  • Conducting assessment of suspected cases to detect the communicable disease

The following are concepts of Primary Health Care, except:

  • People must only be concerned with disease prevention and control but also with health promotion and care; and that the health workers must all act as facilitators of actions of individuals, families and communities
  • Full participation and active involvement of a self-reliant community capable of achieving an acceptable level of health and well-being.
  • Health will improve only if the people themselves become involved in the planning and implementing their own health and health care
  • Practical approach to the effective provision of health services that are community based, accessible, acceptable, and sustainable at a cost that the community and the government can afford

"Public health services are given free of charge.” Is this statement true or false?

  • The statement may be true or false, depending on policies of the government concerned
  • The statement may be true or false, depending on the specific service required
  • The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services
  • The statement is true; it is the responsibility of government to provide basic services.

The virus is primarily spread when an uninfected (and unvaccinated) person ingests food or water that is contaminated with the faeces of an infected person. The disease is closely associated with unsafe water or food, inadequate sanitation, poor personal hygiene and oral-anal sex.

  • Plasmodium parasites
  • Hepatitis A Virus
  • Diphtheria
  • Corynebacterium

According to Freeman and Heinrich, community health nursing is a developmental service. Which of the following best illustrates this statement?

  • The community health nurse continuously develops himself personally and professionally.
  • The goal of community health nursing is to provide nursing services to people in their own places of residence.
  • Community health nursing is intended primarily for health promotion and prevention and treatment of disease
  • Health education and community organizing are necessary in providing community health services

This is infection with blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma, which are acquired transcutaneously by swimming or wading in contaminated freshwater. The organisms infect the vasculature of the gastrointestinal or genitourinary system.

  • Mycobacterium Schistosoma
  • Plasmodium parasites
  • Schistosomiasis
  • Anopheles mosquitoes

Which step in community organizing involves training of potential leaders in the community?

  • Core group formation
  • Community organization
  • Community study
  • Integration

Statements for Level IV Student Immersion Program, except:

  • Invites speakers for the general assembly for referrals and linking or networking.
  • Monitor and evaluate activities in the community.
  • Leaders in managing the activities in the community.
  • Conduct health education and seminars for health workers

Practical approach to the effective provision of health services that are community based, accessible, acceptable, and sustainable at a cost that the community and the government can afford

  • Essential Health Services
  • Health Services Strategies
  • Primary health care
  • Health care delivery system

Which of the following is a function of epidemiology?

  • Determining the efficacy of the antibiotic used in the treatment of the 3-year-old client with pneumonia
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of the implementation of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
  • Identifying the disease condition based on manifestations presented by a client
  • Determining factors that contributed to the occurrence of pneumonia in a 3-year-old

This is used to dispose of human excreta, dirty water, and general household waste such as kitchen refuse and sweepings.

  • Pail Pit System
  • Open Pit System
  • Closed Pit System
  • Water Sealed

The practice focuses on promotion, protection and restoration of worker’s health within the context of a safe and healthy work environment.

  • School Nursing
  • Private Practice Nursing
  • Occupational Nursing
  • Company Nursing

Community Health Nursing is one of the two major fields of nursing in the Philippines. The other one is:

  • Occupational Nursing
  • Hospital Nursing
  • Industrial Nursing
  • School Nursing

A group of people who shares common characteristics, developmental stage or common exposure to particular environmental factors resulting to health problems.

  • Society
  • Community
  • Population
  • Tribes

The following are the major fields of Nursing in the Philippines.

  • Military and School Nursing
  • Hospital and Clinician Nursing
  • Company and School Nursing
  • Hospital and Community Health nursing

Miscarriage, abortion, age, financial, resources, emotional readiness

  • [No Answer]

Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected female mosquitoes

  • Aedes Aegypti
  • Plasmodium parasites
  • helminthiases
  • Anopheles

Emphasis on importance of empowerment to promote and sustain healthy environment and healthy lifestyles.

  • Stress management; control of tobacco and alcohol use
  • Healthy diet and weight control; regular and appropriate exercises and activities; Food safety
  • Healthy diet and weight control; regular and appropriate exercises and activities; Food safety and Stress management; control of tobacco and alcohol use
  • Healthy diet and weight control; regular and appropriate exercises and activities; Food safety ONLY

Improper Sewage are as follow, except:

  • Unsightly condition and foul odor
  • Brought sickness and death to many people
  • Cause gastrointestinal infections
  • Controlled Parasitism

Involves efforts to detect and treat existing health problems at the earliest possible stage, when disease or impairment is already present. Hypertension and cholesterol screening programs in many communities help to identify high-risk individuals and encourage early treatment to prevent heart attacks or stroke.

  • Primordial prevention
  • Primary prevention
  • Tertiary prevention
  • Secondary prevention

The number of cases of Dengue fever usually increases towards the end of the rainy season. This pattern of occurrence of Dengue fever is best described as

  • Secular variation
  • Sporadic occurrence
  • Cyclical variation
  • Epidemic occurrence

You are a new B.S.N. graduate. You want to become a Public Health Nurse. Where will you apply?

  • Provincial Health Office
  • Department of Health
  • Rural Health Unit
  • Regional Health Office

Which level of health facility is the usual point of entry of a client into the health care delivery system?

  • Primary
  • Tertiary
  • Secondary
  • Intermediate

These are symptoms of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. A. Progressive fatigue, nausea, anorexia, weight loss, low-grade afternoon fever. B. Cough with mucopurulent sputum, sometimes with blood streak, night sweats, Irritability

  • A only
  • B only
  • A and B
  • None of the above

COPAR stands for:

  • Community of Organized Plan Action Research
  • Community Order of Planned Action Research
  • Community Organized Party Action Research
  • Community Organizing and Participatory Action Research

One of the participants in a hilot training class asked you to whom she should refer a patient in labor who develops a complication. You will answer, to the

  • Municipal Health Officer
  • Rural Health Midwife
  • Public Health Nurse

Provision of Safe-Delivery Care includes 3 CLEANs: 3pts

  • [No Answer]

The following are indicators of community is in poor health status, except:

  • High usage of sanitary toilets
  • High malnutrition rate
  • High infant mortality rate
  • High incidence of communicable diseases

These are Improper sewage, except:

  • Brought sickness and death to many people
  • Intestinal parasitism
  • Sightly condition and odorless
  • Cause gastrointestinal infections

Give 4 roles of Community Health nurse.

  • Focus on Wellness

Which type of family-nurse contact will provide you with the best opportunity to observe family dynamics?

  • Written communication
  • Clinic consultation
  • Home visit
  • Group conference

Health Indices, Health Care Delivery system, and Health Sector are:

  • National Health Situation
  • None of the above
  • All of the above
  • The Essential Elements of Primary Health Care

Not an activity of Level III Nursing Students:

  • Conduct health education and seminars for health workers
  • Training of community residents
  • Conduct community surveys and diagnosis
  • Provide health services

Every patient or client has the right to receive just, equal, and humane treatment. The role of the nurse includes client advocacy. The health care system is often characterized by fragmented and depersonalized services, and many clients

  • Nurse advocate

It is the totality of all policies, infrastructures, facilities, equipment, products, human resources, and services that all address the health needs, problems, and concerns of all people.

  • Devolution Of health Services
  • Department of Health
  • Community Health Nursing
  • Health Care Delivery System

The characteristics of their clientele – their age, development stage and their common health problems and concerns. Other health problems are the result of economic and environmental factors.

  • Occupational Nursing
  • School Nursing
  • Company Nursing
  • Private Practice Nursing

It is defined as the identification of needs and the protection and improvement of collective health within a geographically defined area.

  • Community Health Nursing

Organization and training of community health workers (CHWs), except:

  • Team-building of CHWs
  • Training of CHWs
  • Selection of CHWs
  • Development of criteria for the selection of CHWs

The typology of family nursing problems is used in the statement of nursing diagnosis in the care of families. The youngest child of the Delos Reyes family has been diagnosed as mentally retarded. This is classified as a:

  • Stress point
  • Health deficit
  • Health threat
  • Foreseeable crisis

Information dissemination on the primary health care programs and its activities and eliciting participation from community residents is an activity of the:

  • Student
  • Leader
  • Staff
  • Participant

Immunization as to Hepatitis B in all Infants & Children below 8 years old

  • PD 996
  • RA 7846
  • R. A. 7164
  • PD 965

This is a parasitic disease caused by an infection with roundworms of the Filarioidea type. These are spread by blood-feeding insects such as black flies and mosquitoes. They belong to the group of diseases called helminthiases.

  • Filiriasis
  • Dengue
  • Depththeria
  • Coryza

A. High malnutrition rate A. High infant mortality rate B. Lack of sanitary toilet C. High incidence of communicable diseases These statements are indicators of:

  • The site must be socio-economically depressed
  • Conduct of ocular surveys of listed communities or barangay.
  • There must be acceptance of the program by the community
  • The community is in poor health status.

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”.

  • Fitness
  • Wellness
  • Soundness
  • Health

This is a system with a source, a reservoir, a piped distributor network and household taps. It is generally suited for densely populated urban areas.

  • LEVEL III (Waterwork Systems)
  • LEVEL IV (Non-water carriage toilet facility)
  • LEVEL I (Point Source)
  • LEVEL II (Communal Faucet System or Stand-Post)

Dengue virus rarely causes death. However, the infection can progress into a more serious condition known as severe dengue .

  • Plasmodium parasites
  • Malaria
  • Whooping cough
  • Hemorrhagic fever

Attempts to reduce the extent and severity of a health problem to its lowest possible level, so as to minimize disability and restore or preserve function.

  • Primary prevention
  • Secondary prevention
  • Tertiary prevention
  • Primordial prevention

Which is the primary goal of community health nursing?

  • To contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare, focusing particularly on mothers and children.
  • To support and supplement the efforts of the medical profession in the promotion of health and prevention of illness
  • To enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to cope with their health needs
  • To increase the productivity of the people by providing them with services that will increase their level of health

CHN is a community-based practice. Which best explains this statement?

  • The service is provided in the natural environment of people.
  • The nurse has to conduct community diagnosis to determine nursing needs and problems
  • The services are based on the available resources within the community
  • Priority setting is based on the magnitude of the health problems identified.

PD 965 – requires all couple to undergo FP seminar on responsible parenthood

  • PD 966
  • PD 964
  • PD 965
  • PD 967

Which of the following is the mission of the Department of Health?

  • Health in the hands of the Filipino people by the year 2020
  • Health for all Filipinos
  • Ensure the accessibility and quality of health care
  • Improve the general health status of the population

Is a group of illness caused by any non-infectious agents.

  • Viruses
  • Plant toxins
  • Parasites
  • Bacteria

This attempts to reduce the extent and severity of a health problem to its lowest possible level, so as to minimize disability and restore or preserve function.

  • Primary prevention
  • Primordial prevention
  • Secondary Prevention
  • Tertiary prevention

The public health nurse is responsible for presenting the municipal health statistics using graphs and tables. To compare the frequency of the leading causes of mortality in the municipality, which graph will you prepare?

  • Bar
  • Scatter Diagram
  • Line
  • Pie

Assessing the Health Status of the Community

  • Statement A is incorrect
  • All the statements are correct
  • All the statements are incorrect
  • Statement D is incorrect

A business firm must employ an occupational health nurse when it has at least how many employees?

  • 301
  • 101
  • 21
  • 201

Emphasis on importance of empowerment to promote and sustain healthy environment and healthy lifestyles. A. Healthy diet and weight control; regular and appropriate exercises and activities; Food safety B. Stress management; control of tobacco and alcohol use

  • - B only
  • - A and B
  • - A only
  • - None of the above

Which disease was declared through Presidential Proclamation No. 4 as a target for eradication in the Philippines?

  • Poliomyelitis
  • Rabies
  • Neonatal tetanus
  • Measles

Roles of CHN. 5pts

  • [No Answer]

They shall comply with the requirements as to the issuance of health certificate which include monitoring the presence of intestinal parasite and bacterial infection

  • Ambulant Food Vendors
  • Street Food Vendors
  • Household Helps
  • Food Hygiene Educators

This pit is dug to a depth of four to six feet and large enough to take care of waste for several years about 50 cubic feet for family. Bamboo, wood, bricks, hollow blocks, and empty drums may be used to case the pit.

  • Closed Pit System
  • Open Pit Type
  • Water Sealed
  • Pail Pit System

Different expertise are used in the role of the community health clinician. In the early years of community health nursing, emphasis was placed on physical care skills. With time, competence in observation, listening, communication, and counseling became integral to the clinician role as it grew to encompass psychological and socio-cultural factors.

  • Holistic Practice
  • Focus on wellness
  • Expanded Skills
  • Clinician Role

COMMON CAUSE OF AND WATER BORNE- DISEASES

  • Destruction or banning of food unfit for human consumption
  • Training food handlers and operators on food sanitation
  • Unhygienic practices like spitting anywhere, blowing or picking the nose
  • Food Establishment shall be appraised as to the following sanitary conditions.

When the occupational health nurse employs ergonomic principles, she is performing which of her roles?

  • Health care provider
  • Health care coordinator
  • Environmental manager
  • Health educator

It assumes the following roles: A. Policy and Legislative Advocates C. Organizers, Human Rights Advocates B. Research and Documentation D. Relief and Disaster Management

  • Private Sector
  • Rural Health Unit
  • Local Government Units (LGU)
  • Non-Government Organization

Most cases of these virus are caused when a mosquito bites someone, but you can get the virus if you are exposed to infected blood.

  • Diphtheria
  • Corynebacterium
  • Plasmodium parasites
  • Dengue Virus

On the other hand, Operation Timbang is _____ prevention

  • Primary
  • Tertiary
  • Intermediate
  • Secondary

The following are symptoms of Dengue, except: A. Bleeding from your gums or nose B. Blood in your urine, stools or vomit C. Bleeding under the skin, which might look like bruising

  • B only
  • A and B
  • None of the above
  • A only

Intervention schemes and community development projects & Initial identification and implementation of resource mobilization schemes

  • Sustenance and Strengthening Phase
  • Research Phase
  • Diagnosis Phase
  • Community Action Phase

Which is CONTRARY to the principles in planning a home visit?

  • Identify the health problem as a common concern
  • A home visit should be conducted in the manner prescribed by the RHU
  • The plan should revolve around family health needs.
  • Planning of continuing care should involve a responsible family member.
  • A home visit should have a purpose or objective

In which step are plans formulated for solving community problems?

  • Community organization
  • Follow-up/extension
  • Core group formation
  • Mobilization

This identifies the objectives of community organizing:

  • Student Immersion Program
  • Community Research
  • Primary Health Care
  • COPAR

Which is a characteristic of person-to-person propagated epidemics?

  • There is a gradual buildup of cases before the epidemic becomes easily noticeable.
  • There are more cases of the disease than expected
  • The spread of the disease can be attributed to a common vehicle
  • The disease must necessarily be transmitted through a vector.

This causative agent discovered by Koch in 1882

  • S. Mansoni
  • Plasmodium parasites
  • Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
  • S. Japonicum

If the RHU needs additional midwife items, you will submit the request for additional midwife items for approval to the

  • District Health Office
  • Municipal Health Board
  • Rural Health Unit
  • Provincial Health Office

The public health nurse is the supervisor of rural health midwives. Which of the following is a supervisory function of the public health nurse?

  • Providing nursing care to cases referred by the midwife
  • Formulating and implementing training programs for midwives
  • Referring cases or patients to the midwife
  • Providing technical guidance to the midwife

This is chronic, sub-acute, or acute disease that most commonly affects the respiratory system, especially the lungs,

  • Tuberculosis
  • Pertusis
  • Coryza
  • Diphtheria

Obviates the occurrence of a health problem; it includes measures taken to keep illness or injuries from occurring. It is applied to a generally healthy population and precedes disease or dysfunction.

  • Primary prevention

It has a platform with a hole in it and a lid to cover the hole when it is not in use. The platform can be made of wood, concrete, or logs covered with earth. Concrete platforms keep water out and last many years.

  • Closed Pit System
  • Open Pit System
  • Pail Pit System
  • Water Sealed

Health teaching, a widely recognized part of nursing practice, is legislated through nurse practice acts in a number of states and is one of the major functions of the community health nurse. The educator role has the potential for finding greater receptivity and providing higher-yield results.

  • Nurse educator

Organization and training of community health workers (CHWs)

  • Development of criteria for the selection of CHWs
  • Training of CHWs
  • Selection of CHWs
  • Health conditions and problems of CHWs

Factors Contributing to Pregnancy Related Illness and Death among Mothers and Infants A. Early pregnancy B. Twin pregnancy C. Pregnancy after age 35 years D. Pregnancy after 4th baby

  • B, C, D only
  • A, B, C only
  • All of the above
  • A, C, D only

Effective health services

  • Appropriateness of health services
  • Adequacy of preventive services & Appropriateness of health services
  • Adequacy of preventive services
  • Appropriateness of health services ONLY

Clientele of CHN. 4pts

  • [No Answer]

Integration with community residents. Integration is the process of establishing rapport with the people in a continuing effort for a staff to be involved in community life, in building trust and cooperation.

  • Participants Activities
  • Student Activities
  • Leaders Activitites
  • Staff Activities

Includes all efforts that seek to move people closer to optimal well-being or higher levels of wellness. Nursing, in particular, has a social mandate for engaging in this. Health promotion

  • Health promotion

The first symptoms – fever, headache, and chills – may be mild and difficult to recognize as malaria. If not treated within 24 hours, P. falciparum malaria can progress to severe illness, often leading to death

  • Plasmodium parasites
  • Hemorrhagic fever
  • Malaria
  • Whooping cough

This is given 5th month of pregnancy to 2nd months postpartum

  • [No Answer]

Cooks and cook helpers which include monitoring as to presence of intestinal parasites:

  • Salmonella infection
  • Cholera
  • Amoeba
  • Dysentery

When the nurse determines whether resources were maximized in implementing Ligtas Tigdas, she is evaluating

  • Adequacy
  • Appropriateness
  • Efficiency
  • Effectiveness

Community Health Nursing is best described as: 1. For the promotion and preservation of health of the population. 2. A response to the health needs of the people. 3. Advocates for the improvement in the conditions that adversely impact on people’s health. 4. Based on nursing theories and important concepts from science of health.

  • All of the statements are correct
  • Only statements 1 & 2 are correct
  • Only statements 1 & 4 are correct
  • All of the statements are wrong

Involves efforts to detect and treat existing health problems at the earliest possible stage, when disease or impairment is already present. Hypertension and cholesterol screening programs in many communities help to identify high-risk individuals and encourage early treatment to prevent heart attacks.

  • Secondary prevention

The de los Reyes couple have a 6-year old child entering school for the first time. The de los Reyes family has a:

  • Foreseeable crisis
  • Stress point
  • Health deficit
  • Health threat

It obviates the occurrence of a health problem; it includes measures taken to keep illness or in-juries from occurring. It is applied to a generally healthy population and precedes disease or dysfunction.

  • Tertiary prevention
  • Primordial prevention
  • Primary prevention
  • Secondary Prevention
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