Evolve NUR 139 Final Exam Practice Questions and Correct Answers
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NUR 139
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NUR 139
Health is considered to be a metaparadigm for nursing and includes which of the following components? a)person b)health c)environment d)nursing e)psychosocial wellness a, b, c, d - not e
Which of the following statements accurately reflects the concept of primordial prevention? a)It concerns inter...
Evolve NUR 139 Final Exam Practice
Questions and Correct Answers
Health is considered to be a metaparadigm for nursing and includes which of the
following components?
a)person
b)health
c)environment
d)nursing
e)psychosocial wellness ✅a, b, c, d - not e
Which of the following statements accurately reflects the concept of primordial
prevention?
a)It concerns interventions directed at the fetus while in utero to assure lifelong health.
b)It is a more modern term used interchangeably with primary prevention.
c)It is a health-promotion strategy which reflects policy-level interventions.
d)It refers administering vaccines to prevent individuals from ever developing the
disease. ✅c)It is a health-promotion strategy which reflects policy-level interventions.
Primordial refers to the time frame before a risk factor develops and before disease
occurs." Primordial prevention reflects policy-level interventions which will serve to
prevent disease. Per the text, such prevention is typically implemented at the "national,
state or community levels." Examples of primordial prevention would be state
regulations which mandate healthy food for school-based lunch programs or regulations
which call for the elimination of trans-fats in commercial foods.
The client who would be least likely to participate in health teaching activities would
choose which model?
a)clinical model
b)adaptive model
c)role performance model
d)eudaemonistic model ✅a)clinical model
The clinical model of health has the absence of signs and symptoms of disease as
indicative of health. People who use this model of health to guide their use of health
care services may not seek preventative health services, or they may wait until they are
very ill to seek care. Personal responsibility for health may not be a motivating factor for
this individual because the provider is responsible for dealing with the health problem
and returning the person to a state of health.
Which of the following agencies or initiatives have been driving forces in health care
reform and the prevention of disease in society?
a)Healthy People
b)Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
,c)US Department of Health Education and Welfare
d)Patient Protection and Affordability Act
e)US Department of Health and Human Services ✅a and c
A key milestone in promoting health was the advent of Healthy People, related to the
US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Four distinct models have been used to describe concepts of health. Which of the
following statements accurately describe some of the models used?
a)In the clinical health model, health and illness are defined by achieving age-related
activity standards.
b) The role performance model of health defines health in terms of individuals' ability to
perform social roles.
c)The clinical model is the basis for occupational health evaluations.
d)In the adaptive model of health, people's ability to adjust positively to social, mental,
and physiological change is the measure of their health.
e)In the eudaemonistic model, exuberant well-being indicates optimal health. ✅b,c,d,e
- not a
In the clinical model, health is defined by the absence, and illness by the conspicuous
presence, of signs and symptoms of disease
Nurses in the school setting can participate in health-promotion activities through
creating nut-free schools. This would protect hypersensitive children from life-
threatening allergic reactions to peanuts and other nut products. This type of program is
an example of which of the following interventions?
a)primary
b)secondary
c)tertiary
d)emergent ✅a)primary
Public health nurses are involved in supporting active health-promotion strategies such
as:
a)supporting clean water.
b)advocating for vitamin D in all milk.
c)supporting sanitary sewage systems
d)participating in an individual daily exercise program ✅d)participating in an individual
daily exercise program
This is the only answer that is active health promotion, the others are passive.
hat two groups comprise emerging populations in the United States? (Select two that
apply.)
a)older americans
b)ethnic minorities
c)homeless
, d)baby boomers ✅b and c
Which of the following statements accurately describe race and ethnic categories in the
United States as defined by the Office of Management and Budget?
a)Race and ethnicity have the same definition.
b)Ethnicity is associated with power and indices the history or ongoing imposition of one
group's authority above another.
c)Ethnicity focuses on differences in meaning, values, and ways of living.
d) Ethnicity refers to commonalities in language, history, nation, or region of origin.
e)A minority group consists of people living in society that is usually disadvantaged.
✅c, d, e
Which of the following diseases are Arab Americans at the highest risk for?
a)colon cancer
b)hypertension
c)adult-onset diabetes
d)end-stage renal disease ✅c)adult-onset diabetes
Several factors put Arab Americans at high risk for developing adult-onset diabetes and
cardiovascular disease including obesity, age, sex, and low employment rates. Health
concerns on the rise for Arab Americans include mental illness and tobacco
consumption
Priority nursing assessments of Latino/Hispanic Americans should focus on what
disease process, because it accounts for highest cause of morbidity and mortality in this
population?
a)cancer
b)stroke
c)diabetes
d)cardiovascular ✅d)cardiovascular
The leading causes of illness and death among Hispanics include heart disease,
cancer, HIV/AIDS, stroke, and diabetes. Hispanic men and women have higher
incidence and mortality rates for stomach cancer.
More Cardiovascular incidence than diabetes in population.
Nurses caring for the black/African American population need to maintain an awareness
of which of the following health-related cultural aspects of care?
a)Severe high blood pressure is more common for African Americans.
b)Cancer and mortality rates for African Americans are higher than that for white
Americans.
c)African Americans are less likely to be diagnosed with diabetes.
d)African Americans have the highest percentage of women with low or no prenatal
care in the first trimester. ✅a and b.
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