Chapter 4 Health Promotion and Risk Reduction

1 of 23 A nurse reviewed information before meeting with the community residents who were attending a program on healthful living. Which of the following best describes the action by the nurse? a. Disease prevention b. Health promotion c. Health improvement d. Specific protection - b. Health promotion Health promotion is any combination of health education and related support for health behaviors. It is not specific protection or disease prevention because no specific disease is being avoided. Although healthful living may indeed improve health, there is nothing to suggest the attendees were not currently healthy. 2 of 23 A 50-year-old woman comes to the clinic for her first mammogram. Which of the following best describes the action of this client? a. Disease prevention b. Health improvement c. Health protection d. Primary health promotion - c. Health protection Health protection is used to detect disease in its early state or maximize health within the constraints of disease. Unfortunately, screening will not prevent disease. Screenings are a secondary health promotion—not a primary health promotion. 4 of 23 A nurse was becoming frustrated. She had given her client extensive information on his health problem, but the client continued to be noncompliant in making needed changes. Which of the following principles had the nurse forgotten? a. A person may have a higher priority than improving his or her health. b. Information, while necessary, will not motivate people to change. c. People need repetition over time to be able to absorb information. d. Physicians, not nurses, are perceived as experts in health. - b. Information, while necessary, will not motivate people to change.