NSG 325 EXAM 90 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWER 2026
ANS: A
The clinical model of health views the absence of signs and symptoms of disease
as indicative of health. People who use this model wait until they are very sick to
seek care. - CORRECT ANSWER Which model of health is most likely used by a
person who does not believe in preventive health care?
a. Clinical model
b. Role performance model
c. Adaptive model
d. Eudemonistic model
ANS: D
The eudemonistic model embodies the interaction and interrelationships among
physical, social, psychological, and spiritual aspects of life and the environment in
goal attainment and creating meaning in life. Practitioners who practice the
clinical model may not be enough for someone who believes in the eudemonistic
model. Those who believe in the eudemonistic model often look for alternative
providers of care. - CORRECT ANSWER A person with chronic back pain is cared for
by her primary care provider as well as receives acupuncture. Which model of
health does this person likely favor?
a. Clinical model
b. Role performance model
c. Adaptive model
d. Eudemonistic model
,ANS: B
Health is defined as a state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning
that realizes a person’s potential and is experienced within a developmental
context. - CORRECT ANSWER A state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social
functioning that realizes a person’s potential and is experienced within a
developmental context is known as:
a. growth and development.
b. health.
c. functioning.
d. high-level wellness.
ANS: C
Someone with a headache represents a person with an illness. An illness is made
up of the subjective experience of the individual and the physical manifestation of
disease. It can be described as a response characterized by a mismatch between a
person’s needs and the resources available to meet those needs. A person can
have a disease without feeling ill. The other choices represent disease. - CORRECT
ANSWER Which of the following best describes a client who has an illness?
a. Someone who has well-controlled diabetes
b. Someone with hypercholesterolemia
c. Someone with a headache
d. Someone with coronary artery disease without angina
ANS: C
,Healthy People 2000 and its Midcourse Review and 1995 Revisions were landmark
documents in which a consortium of people representing national organizations
worked with US Public Health Service officials to create a more global approach to
health. - CORRECT ANSWER Which US report is considered a landmark document
in creating a global approach to health?
a. The 1990 Health Objectives for the Nation: A Midcourse Review
b. Healthy People 2020
c. Healthy People 2000
d. The U.S. Surgeon General Report
ANS: A
Primary prevention precedes disease or dysfunction. It includes health promotion
and specific protection and encourages increased awareness; thus, education
about healthy lifestyles fits this definition. Blood pressure screening does not
prevent disease, but instead identifies it. - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the
following represents a method of primary prevention?
a. Informational session about healthy lifestyles
b. Blood pressure screening
c. Interventional cardiac catheterization
d. Diagnostic cardiac catheterization
ANS: B
Screening is secondary prevention because the principal goal of screenings is to
identify individuals in an early, detectable stage of the disease process. A
mammogram is a screening tool for breast cancer and thus is considered a
method of secondary prevention. - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following
represents a method of secondary prevention?
, a. Self-breast examination education
b. Yearly mammograms
c. Chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer
d. Complete mastectomy for breast cancer
ANS: B
It is estimated that the number of ethnic minorities will increase to one in two by
2050. In 2010, it was estimated that 33% of the population was from an ethnic
minority. The increasing population of immigrants has been a significant
contributor to the increasing populations of major ethnic groups. The increasing
populations of ethnic groups is one factor that is producing disparities in health
status and access of the health care system. - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Which of the
following statements about ethnic minorities in the United States is accurate?
a. It is estimated that the percentage of ethnic minorities will decrease during the
next 30 years.
b. It is estimated that ethnic minorities will increase to one in two by 2050.
c. The increasing population of refugees has been a significant contributor to the
increase in ethnic minorities.
d. The increasing population of ethnic minorities has helped decrease the health
disparities faced by this population.
ANS: A
Culture, as an element of ethnicity, refers to integrated patterns of human
behavior that include the language, thoughts, communications, actions, customs,
beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups. The
term ethnicity encompasses more than a cultural practice, which is what is being
described by the person; it focuses on differences in meanings, values, and ways
ANSWER 2026
ANS: A
The clinical model of health views the absence of signs and symptoms of disease
as indicative of health. People who use this model wait until they are very sick to
seek care. - CORRECT ANSWER Which model of health is most likely used by a
person who does not believe in preventive health care?
a. Clinical model
b. Role performance model
c. Adaptive model
d. Eudemonistic model
ANS: D
The eudemonistic model embodies the interaction and interrelationships among
physical, social, psychological, and spiritual aspects of life and the environment in
goal attainment and creating meaning in life. Practitioners who practice the
clinical model may not be enough for someone who believes in the eudemonistic
model. Those who believe in the eudemonistic model often look for alternative
providers of care. - CORRECT ANSWER A person with chronic back pain is cared for
by her primary care provider as well as receives acupuncture. Which model of
health does this person likely favor?
a. Clinical model
b. Role performance model
c. Adaptive model
d. Eudemonistic model
,ANS: B
Health is defined as a state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning
that realizes a person’s potential and is experienced within a developmental
context. - CORRECT ANSWER A state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social
functioning that realizes a person’s potential and is experienced within a
developmental context is known as:
a. growth and development.
b. health.
c. functioning.
d. high-level wellness.
ANS: C
Someone with a headache represents a person with an illness. An illness is made
up of the subjective experience of the individual and the physical manifestation of
disease. It can be described as a response characterized by a mismatch between a
person’s needs and the resources available to meet those needs. A person can
have a disease without feeling ill. The other choices represent disease. - CORRECT
ANSWER Which of the following best describes a client who has an illness?
a. Someone who has well-controlled diabetes
b. Someone with hypercholesterolemia
c. Someone with a headache
d. Someone with coronary artery disease without angina
ANS: C
,Healthy People 2000 and its Midcourse Review and 1995 Revisions were landmark
documents in which a consortium of people representing national organizations
worked with US Public Health Service officials to create a more global approach to
health. - CORRECT ANSWER Which US report is considered a landmark document
in creating a global approach to health?
a. The 1990 Health Objectives for the Nation: A Midcourse Review
b. Healthy People 2020
c. Healthy People 2000
d. The U.S. Surgeon General Report
ANS: A
Primary prevention precedes disease or dysfunction. It includes health promotion
and specific protection and encourages increased awareness; thus, education
about healthy lifestyles fits this definition. Blood pressure screening does not
prevent disease, but instead identifies it. - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the
following represents a method of primary prevention?
a. Informational session about healthy lifestyles
b. Blood pressure screening
c. Interventional cardiac catheterization
d. Diagnostic cardiac catheterization
ANS: B
Screening is secondary prevention because the principal goal of screenings is to
identify individuals in an early, detectable stage of the disease process. A
mammogram is a screening tool for breast cancer and thus is considered a
method of secondary prevention. - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following
represents a method of secondary prevention?
, a. Self-breast examination education
b. Yearly mammograms
c. Chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer
d. Complete mastectomy for breast cancer
ANS: B
It is estimated that the number of ethnic minorities will increase to one in two by
2050. In 2010, it was estimated that 33% of the population was from an ethnic
minority. The increasing population of immigrants has been a significant
contributor to the increasing populations of major ethnic groups. The increasing
populations of ethnic groups is one factor that is producing disparities in health
status and access of the health care system. - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Which of the
following statements about ethnic minorities in the United States is accurate?
a. It is estimated that the percentage of ethnic minorities will decrease during the
next 30 years.
b. It is estimated that ethnic minorities will increase to one in two by 2050.
c. The increasing population of refugees has been a significant contributor to the
increase in ethnic minorities.
d. The increasing population of ethnic minorities has helped decrease the health
disparities faced by this population.
ANS: A
Culture, as an element of ethnicity, refers to integrated patterns of human
behavior that include the language, thoughts, communications, actions, customs,
beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups. The
term ethnicity encompasses more than a cultural practice, which is what is being
described by the person; it focuses on differences in meanings, values, and ways
