NURSING 101 Intro to Nursing

NURSING 101 Intro to Nursing 1. ? a. Eliminating health disparities b. Creating environments that promote good health c. Lengthening the average lifespan by a decade d. Attaining longer lives free of preventable diseases and injury ANS: C Feedback A Eliminating health disparities is part of the overarching goals of Healthy People 2020. B Creating social and physical environments that promote good health is part of the overarching goals of Healthy People 2020. C Lengthening the average lifespan by itself is not one of the overarching goals of Healthy People 2020. D Attaining longer lives free of preventable disease and injury is part of the overarching goals of Healthy People 2020. DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: Page 280 2. Which of the following is an example of health promotion and maintenance? a. Talking to a women’s church group about having an annual mammogram b. Establishing an exercise program for postmenopausal women to reduce bone loss c. Providing colonoscopy examinations for high-risk individuals d. Talking to a state legislator about supporting a motorcycle helmet law ANS: A Feedback A Health promotion and maintenance involves activities to assist individuals to remain healthy, prevent diseases and injuries, detect diseases early, and promote healthier lifestyles. Mammograms can detect disease early. B Establishing an exercise group to reduce bone loss is illness prevention based on the presence of risk factors. C Having a colonoscopy examination is illness prevention based on risk factors. D Speaking to a state legislator about supporting a helmet law may or may not lead to changes in the law. DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: Page 280 3. Which of the following is an example of illness prevention? a. Viewing a program on television about the increased incidence of heart disease b. Speaking to a high school group about the value of exercise c. Encouraging women at a health fair to have an annual mammogram d. Counseling people recently experiencing death of a spouse about signs and symptoms of depression ANS: D Feedback A At best this is an example of health promotion, although health promotion requires active participation. Watching a program on television is passive but could provide health-promoting education. B Speaking to high school groups about exercise is an example of health promotion. C Health promotion includes early detection, and the goal of screening for breast cancer is early detection, not prevention. D Illness prevention is used when a person is already at risk for development of a health problem because of behavior or circumstance. DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: Page 281 4. Health