ATI RN
Community Health Assessment Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which best describes how the U.S. Census Bureau surveys are helpful to a community health nurse?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Although they may offer temporary employment to some community residents and ideally all residents are counted, the value of the Census Bureau data is in clarifying the distribution of age, sex, race, and ethnicity of the community, which may also suggest health needs. The Census Bureau does not collect data on mortality and morbidity.
Question 2 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 3 of 5
A community health nurse found a very small number of families in the community who were desperately in need of basic preventive health services. Which ethical approach supports expending agency resources on these few, but needy, families?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Each response is an accurate portrayal of a branch of ethics. Beneficence and social justice would give moral advantage to the most vulnerable. By caring for these families, the demands of utilitarianism (the most good for the largest number) would also be met as caring for the weakest supports the whole community.
Question 4 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 5 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.