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1. A nurse working in primary care facility assesses patients who are
experiencing various levels of health and illness. Which statements define
these two concepts? Select all that apply:
a. Health and illness are the same for all people
b. Health and illness are individually defined by each person
c. People with acute illnesses are actually healthy
d. People with chronic illnesses have poor health beliefs
e. Health is more than the absence of illness
f. Illness is the response of a person to a disease - -b, e, f
-2. A nurse working in a hospital setting cares for patients with acute and
chronic conditions. which diseases states are chronic illnesses? Select all that
apply:
a. Diabetes mellitus
b. Bronchial pneumonia
c. Rheumatoid arthritis
d. Cystic fibrosis
e. Fracture hip
f. Otitis media - -a, c, d
-3. Despite a national focus on health promotion, nurses working with
patients in inner-city continue to see disparities in health care for vulnerable
populations. Which patients are considered vulnerable populations? Select all
that apply:
a. A white male diagnosed with HIV
b. An African American teenagers who is 6 months pregnant
c. A Hispanic male who has type II diabetes
d. A low-income family living in rural America
e. A middle-class teacher living in a large city
f. A white baby who was born with cerebral palsy - -b, c, d
-4. A nurse has volunteered to give influenza immunizations at a local clinic.
What level of care is the nurse demonstrating?
a. Tertiary
b. Secondary
c. Primary
d. Promotive - -c
-5. A patient in a community health clinic tells the nurse, "I have a high
temperature, feel awful, and I am not going to work." What stage of illness
behavior is the patient exhibiting?
,a. Stage 1: Experiencing symptoms
b. Stage 2: Assuming the sick role
c. Stage 3: Assuming the depending role
d. Stage 4: Achieving recovery and rehabilitation - -b
-6. Based on the components of the physical human dimension, the nurse
would expect which clinic patient to be most likely to have annual breast
examinations and mammograms?
a. Jane, whose best friend had a benign breast lump removed
b. Sarah, who lives in a low income neighborhood
c. Tricia, who has a family history of breast cancer
d. Nancy, whose family encourages regular physical examination - -c
-7. Nurses perform health promotion activities at a primary, secondary, or
tertiary level. Which nursing actions are considered tertiary health
promotion? Select all that apply:
a. A nurse runs an immunization clinic in the inner city
b. A nurse teaches a patient with an amputation how to care for the residual
limb
c. A nurse provides range-of-motion exercises for a paralyzed patient
d. A nurse reaches parents of toddlers how to childproof their homes
e. A school nurse provides screening for scoliosis for the students
f. A nurse teaches new parents how to choose and use an infant car seat - -
b, c
-8. The nurse uses the agent-host-environment model of health and illness
to assess diseases in patients. This model is based on what concept?
a. Risk factors
b. Demographic variables
c. Behaviors to promote health
d. Stages of illness - -a
-9. A nurse incorporates concepts from current models of health when
providing health promotion classes for patients. What is a key concept or
both the health-illness continuum and the high-level wellness models?
a. Illness as a fixed point in time
b. The importance of family
c. Wellness as a passive stage
d. Health as a constantly changing state - -d
-10. A nurse working in a long-term care facility personally follows accepted
guidelines for a healthy lifestyle. How does this nurse promote health in the
residents of this facility?
a. By being a role model for healthy behaviors
b. By not requiring sick days from work
c. By never exposing others to any type of illness
, d. By budgeting time and resources efficiently - -a
-11. A nurse uses Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs to direct care for
patients on an intensive care unit. For which nursing actives is this approach
most useful?
a. Making accurate nursing diagnoses
b. Establishing priorities of care
c. Communicating concerns more concisely
d. Integrating science into nursing care - -b
-12. The nurse is prioritizing nursing care for a patient in a long-term care
facility. Which examples off nursing interventions help meet physiologic
needs? Select al that apply.
a. Preventing falls in the facility
b. Changing a patient's oxygen tank
c. Providing materials for a patient who likes to draw
d. Helping a patient eat his dinner
e. Facilitating a visit from a spouse
f. Referring a patient to a cancer support group - -b, d
-13. The nurse caring for patients postoperatively uses careful hand hygiene
and sterile techniques when handling patients. Which of Maslow's basic
human needs is being met by this nurse?
a. Physiologic
b. Safety and security
c. Self-esteem
d. love and belonging - -b
-14. The nurse caring for patients in long-term care facility uses available
resources to help patient achieve Maslow's highest level of needs: self-
acutalization needs. Which statements accurately describe these needs?
Select all that apply.
a. Humans are born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization
b. Self actualization needs are met by depending on others for help
c. The self-actualization process continues throughout life
d. Loneliness and isolation occurs when she-actualixation needs are unmet
e. A person achieves self-actualization by focusing on problems outside self
f. Self-actualization needs may be met by creatively solving problems - -c, e,
f
-15. A nurse works with families in crisis at a community mental health care
facility. What is the BEST broad definition of a family?
a. A father, a mother, and children
b. A group whose members are biologically related
c. A unit that includes aunts, uncles, and cousins
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