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NR222/ NR 222 EXAM 2: HEALTH AND
WELLNESS REVIEW| QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS| (VERIFIED SOLUTIONS) –
CHAMBERLAIN (NEW 2026/ 2027
UPDATE)
A hospital creates a Facebook page for the bariatric surgery program. The owner
of the site posts healthy recipes, lifestyle information, and information about
upcoming workshops. This is an example of:
a) health literacy.
b) coercive advertising.
c) a teaching plan.
d) social marketing. CORRECT ANSWER: d) social marketing.
Working families with an income too low to purchase health insurance and too
high to qualify for Medicaid would be an example of which of the following
issues?
a) Low health literacy
b) Health disparity
c) Federally subsidized health care
d) Poor quality health care CORRECT ANSWER: b) Health disparity
The nurse incorporates cultural considerations into the health teaching plan by:
a) assessing a person's beliefs.
b) using medical terminology.
c) presenting evidence-based information.
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d) explaining that universal health practices are the best. CORRECT
ANSWER: a) assessing a person's beliefs.
Nurses provide health education to people to assist them in achieving a goal of:
Select all that apply.
a) enhanced wellness.
b) physician-directed care.
c) lifestyle behaviors to prevent chronic illness.
d) admission to tertiary-care facilities.
e) Improved health literacy.
f) patient empowerment. CORRECT ANSWER: a) enhanced wellness.
c) lifestyle behaviors to prevent chronic illness.
e) Improved health literacy.
f) patient empowerment.
In demonstrating the method for deep breathing exercises, the nurse places his
or her hands on the patient's abdomen to explain diaphragmatic movements.
This technique involves the use of which communication element?
a) referent
b) message
c) feedback
d) tactile channel CORRECT ANSWER: d) tactile channel
means of conveying and receiving messages through visual, auditory, and tactile
senses
Which statement about nonverbal communication is correct?
a) the nurse's verbal messages should be reinforced by nonverbal cues
b) it is easy for a nurse to judge the meaning of a patient's facial expression
c) the physical appearance of the nurse rarely influences nurse-patient
interaction
d) words convey meanings that are usually more significant than nonverbal
communication CORRECT ANSWER: a) the nurse's verbal messages
should be reinforced by nonverbal cues
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awareness of the tone of verbal response and the nonverbal behavior results in
further exploration
the term referring to the sender's attitude toward the self, the message, and the
listener is:
a) denotative meaning
b) metacommunication
c) connotative meaning
d) nonverbal communication CORRECT ANSWER: c) connotative meaning
the connotative meaning of a word is influenced by the thoughts, feelings, or
ideas people have about the word
the referent in the communication process is:
a) information shared by the sender
b) the means of conveying messages
c) that which motivates the communication
d) the person who initiates the communicaiton CORRECT ANSWER: c) that
which motivates the communication
motivates one person to communicate with the other
a nurse is conducting an admission interview with a patient. to maintain the
patient's territoriality and maximize communication, the nurse should sit:
a) 4 to 12 feet from the patient
b) 0 to 18 inches from the patient
c) 12 feet or more from the patient
d) 18 inches to 4 feet form the patient CORRECT ANSWER: d) 18 inches to 4 feet
from the patient
personal zone when taking a patient's history
An internal impulse that causes a person to take action is:
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1. Anxiety
2. Motivation
3. Adaptation
4. Compliance CORRECT ANSWER: 2. Motivation
demonstration of the principles of body mechanics used when transferring
patients from bed to chair would be classified under which domain of learning?
a) social
b) affective
c) cognitive
d) psychomotor CORRECT ANSWER: d) psychomotor
which of the following patients is most ready to begin a patient-teaching session?
a) ms. hernandez, who is unwilling to accept that her back injury may result in
permanent paralysis
b) mr. frank, who is newly diagnosed with diabetes, who is complaining that he
was awake all night because of his noisy roommate
c) mrs. brown, a patient with irritable bowel syndrome, who has just returned
from a morning of testing in the gastrointestinal laboratory
d) mr. jones a patient who had a heart attack 4 days ago and now seems
somewhat anxious about how this will affect his future CORRECT ANSWER:
d) mr. jones a patient who had a heart attack 4 days ago and now seems
somewhat anxious about how this will affect his future
the nurse works with pediatric patients who have diabetes. which is the youngest
age group to which the nurse can effectively teach psychomotor skills such as
insulin administration?
a) toddler
b) preschool
c) school age
d) adolescent CORRECT ANSWER: c) school age
NR222/ NR 222 EXAM 2: HEALTH AND
WELLNESS REVIEW| QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS| (VERIFIED SOLUTIONS) –
CHAMBERLAIN (NEW 2026/ 2027
UPDATE)
A hospital creates a Facebook page for the bariatric surgery program. The owner
of the site posts healthy recipes, lifestyle information, and information about
upcoming workshops. This is an example of:
a) health literacy.
b) coercive advertising.
c) a teaching plan.
d) social marketing. CORRECT ANSWER: d) social marketing.
Working families with an income too low to purchase health insurance and too
high to qualify for Medicaid would be an example of which of the following
issues?
a) Low health literacy
b) Health disparity
c) Federally subsidized health care
d) Poor quality health care CORRECT ANSWER: b) Health disparity
The nurse incorporates cultural considerations into the health teaching plan by:
a) assessing a person's beliefs.
b) using medical terminology.
c) presenting evidence-based information.
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d) explaining that universal health practices are the best. CORRECT
ANSWER: a) assessing a person's beliefs.
Nurses provide health education to people to assist them in achieving a goal of:
Select all that apply.
a) enhanced wellness.
b) physician-directed care.
c) lifestyle behaviors to prevent chronic illness.
d) admission to tertiary-care facilities.
e) Improved health literacy.
f) patient empowerment. CORRECT ANSWER: a) enhanced wellness.
c) lifestyle behaviors to prevent chronic illness.
e) Improved health literacy.
f) patient empowerment.
In demonstrating the method for deep breathing exercises, the nurse places his
or her hands on the patient's abdomen to explain diaphragmatic movements.
This technique involves the use of which communication element?
a) referent
b) message
c) feedback
d) tactile channel CORRECT ANSWER: d) tactile channel
means of conveying and receiving messages through visual, auditory, and tactile
senses
Which statement about nonverbal communication is correct?
a) the nurse's verbal messages should be reinforced by nonverbal cues
b) it is easy for a nurse to judge the meaning of a patient's facial expression
c) the physical appearance of the nurse rarely influences nurse-patient
interaction
d) words convey meanings that are usually more significant than nonverbal
communication CORRECT ANSWER: a) the nurse's verbal messages
should be reinforced by nonverbal cues
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awareness of the tone of verbal response and the nonverbal behavior results in
further exploration
the term referring to the sender's attitude toward the self, the message, and the
listener is:
a) denotative meaning
b) metacommunication
c) connotative meaning
d) nonverbal communication CORRECT ANSWER: c) connotative meaning
the connotative meaning of a word is influenced by the thoughts, feelings, or
ideas people have about the word
the referent in the communication process is:
a) information shared by the sender
b) the means of conveying messages
c) that which motivates the communication
d) the person who initiates the communicaiton CORRECT ANSWER: c) that
which motivates the communication
motivates one person to communicate with the other
a nurse is conducting an admission interview with a patient. to maintain the
patient's territoriality and maximize communication, the nurse should sit:
a) 4 to 12 feet from the patient
b) 0 to 18 inches from the patient
c) 12 feet or more from the patient
d) 18 inches to 4 feet form the patient CORRECT ANSWER: d) 18 inches to 4 feet
from the patient
personal zone when taking a patient's history
An internal impulse that causes a person to take action is:
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1. Anxiety
2. Motivation
3. Adaptation
4. Compliance CORRECT ANSWER: 2. Motivation
demonstration of the principles of body mechanics used when transferring
patients from bed to chair would be classified under which domain of learning?
a) social
b) affective
c) cognitive
d) psychomotor CORRECT ANSWER: d) psychomotor
which of the following patients is most ready to begin a patient-teaching session?
a) ms. hernandez, who is unwilling to accept that her back injury may result in
permanent paralysis
b) mr. frank, who is newly diagnosed with diabetes, who is complaining that he
was awake all night because of his noisy roommate
c) mrs. brown, a patient with irritable bowel syndrome, who has just returned
from a morning of testing in the gastrointestinal laboratory
d) mr. jones a patient who had a heart attack 4 days ago and now seems
somewhat anxious about how this will affect his future CORRECT ANSWER:
d) mr. jones a patient who had a heart attack 4 days ago and now seems
somewhat anxious about how this will affect his future
the nurse works with pediatric patients who have diabetes. which is the youngest
age group to which the nurse can effectively teach psychomotor skills such as
insulin administration?
a) toddler
b) preschool
c) school age
d) adolescent CORRECT ANSWER: c) school age
