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Growth and Development Across the Lifespan: A Health Promotion Focus
Gloria Leifer
3rd Edition
Chapters 1-16 (Questions with Rationalized Answers)
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,Table of Contents
1. Healthy People 2030
2. Government Influences on Health Care
3. Cultural Considerations Across the Lifespan and in Health and Illness
4. The Influence of Family on Developing a Lifestyle
5. Theories of Development
6. Prenatal Influences on Healthy Development
7. The Infant
8. Early Childhood
9. Middle Childhood
10. Adolescence
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11. Young Adulthood
12. Middle Adulthood
13. Late Adulthood
14. Advanced Old Age and Geriatrics
15. Planning for the End of Life
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16. Loss, Grief, and Bereavement
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,Chapter 1: Healthy People 2020
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The purpose of Healthy People 2020 is to:
a. examine world health needs.
b. evaluate accomplishments for years 2010–2020.
c. focus primarily on infant health and mortality.
d. examine funding issues for health care.
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Healthy People 2020 is an evidence-based 10-year report card describing health-care accomplishments in
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the United States between the years of 2010 and 2020.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 1 OBJ: 1
TOP: Healthy People 2020 KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention
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MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
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2. A health-care worker planning a research project related to teenage pregnancy in his community would
include in the initial assessment the health status of the target population. Health status could be best
evaluated by the examination of the:
a. birth rate, disease morbidity, and life expectancy.
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b. birth rate, access to health care, and death rate.
c. disease morbidity, life expectancy, and health insurance coverage.
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d. health insurance coverage, death rate, and access to health care.
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Birth rate statistics identify age of mother; death rates include infant mortality and age of mother; access
to health care may affect a teenager‟s ability to obtain adequate prenatal care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 6 OBJ: 3
TOP: Health status KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
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, 3. The health-care worker teaches a group of new parents about the “back to sleep” program, which is
directed toward the reduction of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) by:
a. positioning the baby on a small flat pillow.
b. placing the baby on its back in the crib.
c. gently rocking the baby before returning it to bed.
d. tucking infant snuggly in the crib with a light blanket.
CORRECT ANSWER: B
The back to sleep program helps reduce the incidence of SIDS by placing the infant on its back rather
than on its stomach.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 8 OBJ: 5
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TOP: Back to sleep program KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
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4. Healthy People 2020 endorses the completion of a high school education primarily to enable a person
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a. secure a better job.
b. increase the quality of life.
c. make healthy lifestyle choices.
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d. maintain the family unit.
CORRECT ANSWER: C
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One of the goals of Healthy People 2020 is to increase the number of persons graduating from high school
so that they have a better education basis on which to make healthy lifestyle choices.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 8 OBJ: 4 TOP: Health indicators KEY: Nursing
Process Step: NA MSC: NCLEX: NA
5. Healthy People 2020 is published by the:
a. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
b. Department of the Interior.
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Growth and Development Across the Lifespan: A Health Promotion Focus
Gloria Leifer
3rd Edition
Chapters 1-16 (Questions with Rationalized Answers)
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,Table of Contents
1. Healthy People 2030
2. Government Influences on Health Care
3. Cultural Considerations Across the Lifespan and in Health and Illness
4. The Influence of Family on Developing a Lifestyle
5. Theories of Development
6. Prenatal Influences on Healthy Development
7. The Infant
8. Early Childhood
9. Middle Childhood
10. Adolescence
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11. Young Adulthood
12. Middle Adulthood
13. Late Adulthood
14. Advanced Old Age and Geriatrics
15. Planning for the End of Life
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16. Loss, Grief, and Bereavement
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,Chapter 1: Healthy People 2020
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The purpose of Healthy People 2020 is to:
a. examine world health needs.
b. evaluate accomplishments for years 2010–2020.
c. focus primarily on infant health and mortality.
d. examine funding issues for health care.
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Healthy People 2020 is an evidence-based 10-year report card describing health-care accomplishments in
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the United States between the years of 2010 and 2020.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 1 OBJ: 1
TOP: Healthy People 2020 KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention
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MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
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2. A health-care worker planning a research project related to teenage pregnancy in his community would
include in the initial assessment the health status of the target population. Health status could be best
evaluated by the examination of the:
a. birth rate, disease morbidity, and life expectancy.
O
b. birth rate, access to health care, and death rate.
c. disease morbidity, life expectancy, and health insurance coverage.
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d. health insurance coverage, death rate, and access to health care.
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Birth rate statistics identify age of mother; death rates include infant mortality and age of mother; access
to health care may affect a teenager‟s ability to obtain adequate prenatal care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 6 OBJ: 3
TOP: Health status KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
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, 3. The health-care worker teaches a group of new parents about the “back to sleep” program, which is
directed toward the reduction of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) by:
a. positioning the baby on a small flat pillow.
b. placing the baby on its back in the crib.
c. gently rocking the baby before returning it to bed.
d. tucking infant snuggly in the crib with a light blanket.
CORRECT ANSWER: B
The back to sleep program helps reduce the incidence of SIDS by placing the infant on its back rather
than on its stomach.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 8 OBJ: 5
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TOP: Back to sleep program KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
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4. Healthy People 2020 endorses the completion of a high school education primarily to enable a person
to:
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a. secure a better job.
b. increase the quality of life.
c. make healthy lifestyle choices.
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d. maintain the family unit.
CORRECT ANSWER: C
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One of the goals of Healthy People 2020 is to increase the number of persons graduating from high school
so that they have a better education basis on which to make healthy lifestyle choices.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 8 OBJ: 4 TOP: Health indicators KEY: Nursing
Process Step: NA MSC: NCLEX: NA
5. Healthy People 2020 is published by the:
a. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
b. Department of the Interior.
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