ATI RN
Community Assessment Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which best describes how care can be appropriately given in a community?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: As it is clearly impossible and impractical to give service to each person in a community, the best approach considers the community itself to be the unit of service. The nurse partners with community members to identify community problems and develop solutions to ultimately improve the community's health. The community health nurse does not administer care according to the priorities of the health department or care for the sickest populations first.
Question 2 of 5
An individual lives in a healthy community. Which characteristic would this community most likely display?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The community's ability to respond effectively to changing dynamics and meet the needs of its members indicates productive functioning. A community may or may not be able to control environmental pollution because the pollution is often from outside the community itself. Similarly, employment, or lack thereof, may be due to factors outside the community's control. In many communities, growth is not expected; simply not losing more population is a great achievement.
Question 3 of 5
A community health nurse wants to obtain an overview of the community, but has limited time and resources. Which method would the nurse most likely use to obtain this information?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The easiest way to obtain an overview of the community is through a windshield survey by driving or walking throughout the area and making organized observations. A group that is willing to respond to surveys and review public health records and that lives in the community would be very helpful but not easy or fast.
Question 4 of 5
Which best describes when a community health nurse would try to collect data on a health issue?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Formal data collection does not exist for all health data. Therefore, many nurses must perform additional data collection, compilation, and analysis. It is not necessary for the nurse to try to collect data on a health issue if there is available existing data, the ability to purchase data, and the nurse is able to use previously collected data that is available for public information.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse is interviewing community members as part of a community assessment. Which group of people would the community health nurse most likely want to interview?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The nurse needs to interview key informants in the community to gather data about the health of the community. Although each group could share some information, the long-time informal leaders would be most knowledgeable about the overall strengths and concerns of the community.