Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. In early civilization, the cause of illness was attributed to:
a. Infectious disease
b. Microorganisms
c. Contaminated food and water
d. Natural and supernatural forces
____ 2. The first understanding of disease processes occurred in:
a. Early civilization
b. 21st century
c. 19th century
d. Middle ages
____ 3. Despite all of the improvements and advancements in health care, several infectious diseases have recently
resurfaced, including:
a. Strep throat
b. Tuberculosis
c. Chicken pox
d. Mononucleosis
____ 4. Healthy People 2010 identifies two major goals, including eliminating health disparities and:
a. Peace and prosperity
b. Eliminating all diseases
c. Increasing the quality and years of healthy living
d. Limiting the population growth
____ 5. An external force that can affect one’s health is:
a. Mind
b. Culture
c. Heredity
d. Hormones
____ 6. Health promotion is:
a. Goal oriented
b. Natural
c. Unplanned
d. Special
____ 7. Mrs. Jackson brings her 6-month-old infant to the clinic for immunization. This action demonstrates which
level of disease prevention?
, a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Tertiary
d. Rehabilitative
____ 8. A future national goal for health care is the:
a. Reduction of services
b. Decrease in managed care
c. Increase in Medicaid contribution
d. Elimination of disparities in health care
____ 9. Inadequate nutrition contributes to diseases such as:
a. Arthritis
b. Lupus
c. Cancer
d. Hearing loss
____ 10. In health promotion, the most important nursing role is:
a. Teaching safe health practices
b. Assessing the individual’s health needs
c. Reducing potential health risk factors
d. Changing established lifestyle
____ 11. A healthy person generally:
a. Lacks stability
b. Lacks energy
c. Is in denial
d. Is in harmony
____ 12. In a health model, the nurse as a collaborator is responsible for:
a. Teaching the patients about their disease process
b. Sharing and exchanging information with other health professionals
c. Demonstrating desired health behavior
d. Performing daily care needs
____ 13. Jennifer Joseph, a 60-year-old, has been instructed to begin a program of exercise by the public health nurse.
You can further explain to Mrs. Joseph that the benefits of exercise are:
a. An increase in blood supply to muscles and nerves
b. An increase in heart rate and rhythm
c. A decrease in the size of the heart muscle
d. A decrease in blood volume and oxygen demands
____ 14. Holistic health:
a. Excludes one’s physical well-being
b. Limits consideration of one’s social standing
c. Excludes environmental impact
, d. Considers one’s mental well-being
____ 15. Which of the following is an example of health restoration?
a. Rehabilitation after surgery to replace the knee joint
b. Immunization against hepatitis B virus
c. Surgical excision of a breast cyst
d. Closure of an abdominal stoma
____ 16. A major objective of health promotion is to:
a. Decrease one’s stress level
b. Challenge health practices
c. Attain one’s level of optimal health
d. Provide self-actualization
____ 17. The most important goal in health restoration is to:
a. Regain losses
b. Compensate for losses
c. Attain acceptance
d. Provide sympathy
____ 18. Which of the following forces has no impact on changing one’s health behavior?
a. Family
b. Social pressures
c. Role models
d. Inherited traits
____ 19. The stressor most commonly associated with adolescence is:
a. A search for self-worth
b. A search for identity
c. Separation anxiety
d. Birth of a new sibling
____ 20. Based on the social readjustment rating scale, the most stressful event for an adult is:
a. Changing career
b. Changing residence
c. Divorce
d. Childbirth
____ 21. Virgil Grant, a patient recently diagnosed with AIDS, is having a healthy response to the stress in his life if he
demonstrates which of the following behaviors?
a. Denial
b. Withdrawal
c. Acceptance
d. Aggression
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