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Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing 7th Edition PotterTest Bank
Chapter 01: Health and Wellness
Potter et al: Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing, 7th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse is using the population health promotion model to develop actions
for improving health. After asking, “On what should we take action?”; “How should
we take action?”; and “Why should we take action?” the nurse will ask which of the
following questions?
a. “With whom should we act?”
b. “When should we take action?”
c. “Which government should take action?”
d. “Where should we first act?”
ANS: A
The next question to ask when using the population health model approach is “With
whom should we act?” The other choices are not questions included in this model.
DIF: Apply REF: 13, Figure 1-5
OBJ: Contrast distinguishing features of health promotion and disease prevention.
TOP: Implementation MSC: CPNRE: Foundations of Practice
2. The principle “Health promotion is multisectoral” means which of the
following?
pg. 1
,a. Relationships between individual, social, and environmental factors must be
recognized.
b. Physical, mental, social, ecological, cultural, and spiritual aspects of health
must be recognized. N R I G B.C M
c. In order to change unhealthUy liSvingNanTd workiOng conditions, areas
other than health must also be involved.
d. Health promotion involves the use of knowledge from disciplines such as
social, economic, political, environmental, medical, and nursing sciences, as well as
from first-hand experience.
ANS: C
The statement “Health promotion is multisectoral” is the principle explained by the
necessity to involve areas other than health in order to change unhealthy living and
working conditions.
DIF: Understand REF: 11
OBJ: Contrast distinguishing features of health promotion and disease prevention.
TOP: Planning MSC: CPNRE: Foundations of Practice
3. According to the World Health Organization, what is the best description of
“health”?
a. Simply the absence of disease.
b. Involving the total person and environment.
c. Strictly personal in nature.
d. Status of pathological state.
ANS: B
The WHO defines health as “…the extent to which an individual or group is able, on
the one hand, to realize aspirations and satisfy needs; and, on the other hand, to
change or cope with the environment. Health is, therefore, seen as a resource for
everyday life, not the objective of living; it is a positive concept emphasizing social
and personal resources, as well as physical capacities.” Nurses’ attitudes toward
pg. 2
,health and illness should account for the total person, as well as the environment in
which the person lives. People free of disease are not equally healthy. Views of
health have broadened to include mental, social, and spiritual well-being, as well as a
focus on health at family and community levels. Conditions of life, rather than
pathological states, are what determine health.
DIF: Knowledge REF: 2
OBJ: Discuss ways that definitions of health have been conceptualized. TOP:
Evaluate MSC: CPNRE: Foundations of Practice
4. What priority strategy for health promotion in Canada is optional but seen as
important to incorporate in nursing education curricula?
a. Knowledge of disease prevention.
b. Strategies for health promotion.
c. Policy advocacy.
d. Concepts of determinants of health.
ANS: C
Increasingly, policy advocacy is incorporated into nursing role statements and
nursing education curricula. Nurses should think about policies that have
contributed to health
problems, policies that would help to alleviate health problems, and how nursing
champions public policies. Disease prevention is an integral part of nursing
curricula. Health promotion is
a fundamental part of nursingNcuRrricuIla.G B.C M
USNT O
DIF: Understand REF: 11 | 12
OBJ: Analyze how the nature and scope of nursing practice are influenced by
different conceptualizations of health and health determinants. TOP: Planning
MSC: CPNRE: Foundations of Practice
5. Which of the following is a prerequisite for health, as identified by the Ottawa
Charter for Health Promotion?
pg. 3
, a. Education.
b. Social support.
c. Self-esteem.
d. Physical environment.
ANS: A
Education is one of the nine prerequisites for health that were identified in the
Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. Lack of social support and low self-esteem
were identified as a psychosocial risk factors by Labonte (1993). Dangerous physical
environments were identified as socioenvironmental risk factors by Labonte (1993).
DIF: Understand REF: 4
OBJ: Discuss contributions of the following Canadian publications to
conceptualizations of health and health determinants: Lalonde Report, Ottawa
Charter, Epp Report, Strategies for Population Health, Jakarta Declaration, Bangkok
Charter, Toronto Charter. TOP: Planning
MSC: CPNRE: Foundations of Practice
6. The determinant of health with the greatest effect on the health of Canadians
is which of the following?
a. Education.
b. Health services.
c. Social support networks.
d. Income and social status.
ANS: D
Income, income distribution, and social status are the determinants of health that
influence most other determinants. Some investigators suggest that literacy and
education are important influences on health status because they affect many other
health determinants.
pg. 4
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