Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention
A nurse is giving a presentation about health promotion and disease prevention to a
group of young adults at a community college. Which of the following instructions should
the nurse include? - Answer Get a tetanus and diphtheria immunization every 10 years
A nurse can communicate well, manage time effectively, weigh options and
consequences, and learn from mistakes. This nurse is demonstrating wellness in which
of the following dimensions of health? - Answer Intellectual
A nurse is giving a presentation to a group of nursing students about distinguishing
health promotion and disease prevention activities. Which of the following actions
should the nurse include as a specific disease prevention activity? - Answer Wearing
sunscreen outdoors; Receiving an influenza immunization; Protecting ears from loud
noises
A nurse is caring for a client in an ambulatory clinic who attended a blood pressure
screening event and a stress management lecture at a community fair. His blood
pressure was 150/94 mm Hg at the event, so he saw a provider at the clinic and began
therapy with a beta blocker. Soon after, the client had a mild myocardial infarction and,
after discharge from the hospital, enrolled in a program of cardiac rehabilitation. Which
of the following activities of this client is an example of primary prevention? - Answer
Stress management lecture
The World Health Organization's (WHO's) definition of health promotion focuses on the
concept of - Answer Improving control over health
A nurse is caring for a client who has a long history of abuse of alcohol and opioid
analgesics. When counseling this client about the adverse effects of substance abuse,
the nurse should explain that these patterns reduce the oxygenation of his tissues and
organ because they cause - Answer Respiratory depression
A nurse is caring for a client who is immobile. Which of the following actions should she
perform when repositioning the client to avoid injuring her own musculoskeletal system?
- Answer Align her feet vertically with her shoulders
A nurse is giving a series of workshops about health and wellness to a group of older
adults at a community center. Which of the following statements from the attendees
demonstrate that they understood what the nurse explained about the concept of
health? - Answer "I have my health when I am physically, mentally, and socially well;
Health means wholeness, so every aspect of me combines to make a healthy whole
self; Health means I do the things that keep me at my best, like exercising and eating
right."