ATI RN
Community Health Assessment Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
A nurse was debating about which approach to use to both obtain data about community needs and encourage community participation in their resolution. Which approach would be most effective in meeting both goals?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: All of the responses would be helpful in obtaining information about the community. However, only focus groups promote group interaction and encourage further participation in planning solutions to identified problems.
Question 2 of 5
Which are considered the most important determinants of a healthy community?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The public is more concerned with quality-of-life issues, with the most important determinants of a healthy community being low crime rates and a child-friendly neighborhood environment. Although employment opportunities are important, many are low-paying, no-benefit service positions that are inadequate to support family life. Although the food may be expensive, most cities have safe food and water supplies. Choices of worship and housing variety, while valuable, are not consistently identified as top determinants.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse has begun to lobby with politicians for changes to the health care system. Why is this involvement important?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: As the largest segment of health care providers, nurses are informed about the current health care system and all the problems that result from people not seeking care until they are desperately ill. Nurses, as the American Nurses Association (ANA) emphasize, usually believe that health care is a right, not a privilege. Therefore, nurses, whose work is central to our current health care delivery system, can also be instrumental in working politically to create a health care delivery system that will meet health needs.
Question 4 of 5
What is the primary problem seen in Healthy People 2020's emphasis on choosing healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as daily exercise or healthy food choices?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Although all responses are accurate, the primary problem is the emphasis on personal choices in the Healthy People 2020 objectives. Emphasis on personal choices ignores the need for community responsibility and action that addresses environmental or cultural restraints to health.
Question 5 of 5
How does community health nursing define community?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Community health nurses work with both geopolitical and phenomenological groups. A group of persons who share a common identity and environment is the broadest and most complete definition, encompassing culture, history, and shared settings.