Chapter 06 - Fundamentals of Nursing 9th edition - test bank
Nursing I (Rowan College of South Jersey)
,Chapter 06: Health and Wellness
Chapter 06: Health and Wellness
Potter et al.: Fundamentals of Nursing, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A nurse is teaching about the goals of Healthy People 2020. Which information should the nurse
include in the teaching session?
a. Eliminate health disparities in America.
b. Eliminate health behaviors in America.
c. Eliminate quality of life in America.
d. Eliminate healthy life in America.
ANS: A
The nurse should include eliminating health disparities in America. Healthy People 2020 promotes a
society in which all people live long, healthy lives. There are four overarching goals: (1) attain high
quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death; (2) achieve
health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups; (3) create social and
physical environments that promote good health for all; and (4) promote quality of life, healthy
development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages.
DIF:Understand (comprehension)REF:66
OBJ: List the four general Healthy People 2020 public health goals for Americans.
TOP: Teaching/Learning MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. A nurse is following the goals of Healthy People 2020 to provide care. Which action should the
nurse take?
a. Allow people to continue current behaviors to reduce the stress of change.
, b. Focus only on health changes that will lead to better local communities.
c. Create social and physical environments that promote good health.
d. Focus on illness treatment to provide fast recuperation.
ANS: C
Healthy People 2020 includes four goals, one of which is to create social and physical environments
that promote good health for all. The goals do not include continuing current behaviors to reduce
stress, focusing only on health changes for communities, or focusing on fast recuperation.
DIF:Apply (application)REF:66
OBJ: List the four general Healthy People 2020 public health goals for Americans.
TOP: Implementation MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. A nurse is using the World Health Organization definition of health to provide care. Which area will
the nurse focus on while providing care?
a. Making sure the patients are disease free
b. Making sure to involve the whole person
c. Making sure care is strictly personal in nature
d. Making sure to focus only on the pathological state
ANS: B
Nursing I (Rowan College of South Jersey)
,Chapter 06: Health and Wellness
Chapter 06: Health and Wellness
Potter et al.: Fundamentals of Nursing, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A nurse is teaching about the goals of Healthy People 2020. Which information should the nurse
include in the teaching session?
a. Eliminate health disparities in America.
b. Eliminate health behaviors in America.
c. Eliminate quality of life in America.
d. Eliminate healthy life in America.
ANS: A
The nurse should include eliminating health disparities in America. Healthy People 2020 promotes a
society in which all people live long, healthy lives. There are four overarching goals: (1) attain high
quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death; (2) achieve
health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups; (3) create social and
physical environments that promote good health for all; and (4) promote quality of life, healthy
development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages.
DIF:Understand (comprehension)REF:66
OBJ: List the four general Healthy People 2020 public health goals for Americans.
TOP: Teaching/Learning MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. A nurse is following the goals of Healthy People 2020 to provide care. Which action should the
nurse take?
a. Allow people to continue current behaviors to reduce the stress of change.
, b. Focus only on health changes that will lead to better local communities.
c. Create social and physical environments that promote good health.
d. Focus on illness treatment to provide fast recuperation.
ANS: C
Healthy People 2020 includes four goals, one of which is to create social and physical environments
that promote good health for all. The goals do not include continuing current behaviors to reduce
stress, focusing only on health changes for communities, or focusing on fast recuperation.
DIF:Apply (application)REF:66
OBJ: List the four general Healthy People 2020 public health goals for Americans.
TOP: Implementation MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. A nurse is using the World Health Organization definition of health to provide care. Which area will
the nurse focus on while providing care?
a. Making sure the patients are disease free
b. Making sure to involve the whole person
c. Making sure care is strictly personal in nature
d. Making sure to focus only on the pathological state
ANS: B
