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JOURNEY ACROSS THE LIFE
SPAN:
Human Development and Health Promotion
6TH EDITION
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By: Polan Taylor, 2024- 2025
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,Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Healthy Lifestyles
Chapter 2. Communication
Chapter 3. Culture
Chapter 4. The Family
Chapter 5. Theories of Growth and Development
Chapter 6. Prenatal Period to 1 Year
Chapter 7. Toddlerhood
Chapter 8. Preschool
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Chapter 9. School Age
Chapter 10. Puberty and Adolescence
Chapter 11. Early Adulthood
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Chapter 12. Middle Adulthood
Chapter 13. Late Adulthood
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Chapter 14. Death and Dying
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Chapter 1: Healthy Lifestyles – Questions with Answers and Rationales
1. In early civilization, the cause of illness was attributed to:
a. Infectious disease
b. Microorganisms
c. Contaminated food and water
d. Natural and supernatural forces
Answer: d
Rationale: In early civilization, illness was attributed to natural and supernatural forces.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Physiological Integrity
2. The first understanding of disease processes occurred in (the):
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a. Early civilization
b. 21st century
c. 19th century
d. Middle Ages
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Answer: c
Rationale: In the 19th century, the development of bacteriology helped in the understanding of
disease processes.
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Nursing Process: Assessment
3. Despite all of the improvements and advancements in health care, several infectious
diseases have recently resurfaced, including:
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a. Strep throat
b. Tuberculosis
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c. Polio
d. Mononucleosis
Answer: b
Rationale: Tuberculosis is one of several diseases that have recently resurfaced.
Nursing Process: Planning
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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4. Healthy People 2020 identifies two major goals—eliminating health disparities and:
a. Increasing peace and prosperity
b. Eliminating all diseases
c. Increasing the quality and years of healthy living
d. Limiting population growth
Answer: c
Rationale: Increasing the quality and years of healthy living is one major goal set by Healthy
People 2020.
Nursing Process: Planning
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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5. An external force that can affect one’s health is (the):
a. Mind
b. Culture
c. Heredity
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d. Hormones
Answer: b
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Rationale: Culture is an external force that can have many influences on an individual,
including effects on health.
Nursing Process: Planning
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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6. Health promotion is:
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a. Goal oriented
b. Natural
c. Unplanned
d. Special
Answer: a
Rationale: Health promotion sets goals leading toward optimal wellness.
Nursing Process: Planning
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
JOURNEY ACROSS THE LIFE
SPAN:
Human Development and Health Promotion
6TH EDITION
PR
By: Polan Taylor, 2024- 2025
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FD
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C
,Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Healthy Lifestyles
Chapter 2. Communication
Chapter 3. Culture
Chapter 4. The Family
Chapter 5. Theories of Growth and Development
Chapter 6. Prenatal Period to 1 Year
Chapter 7. Toddlerhood
Chapter 8. Preschool
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Chapter 9. School Age
Chapter 10. Puberty and Adolescence
Chapter 11. Early Adulthood
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Chapter 12. Middle Adulthood
Chapter 13. Late Adulthood
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Chapter 14. Death and Dying
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,Elaine U. Polan: Journey Across the Life Span, 6th Edition
Chapter 1: Healthy Lifestyles – Questions with Answers and Rationales
1. In early civilization, the cause of illness was attributed to:
a. Infectious disease
b. Microorganisms
c. Contaminated food and water
d. Natural and supernatural forces
Answer: d
Rationale: In early civilization, illness was attributed to natural and supernatural forces.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Physiological Integrity
2. The first understanding of disease processes occurred in (the):
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a. Early civilization
b. 21st century
c. 19th century
d. Middle Ages
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Answer: c
Rationale: In the 19th century, the development of bacteriology helped in the understanding of
disease processes.
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Nursing Process: Assessment
3. Despite all of the improvements and advancements in health care, several infectious
diseases have recently resurfaced, including:
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a. Strep throat
b. Tuberculosis
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c. Polio
d. Mononucleosis
Answer: b
Rationale: Tuberculosis is one of several diseases that have recently resurfaced.
Nursing Process: Planning
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
, Polan, Journey Across the Life Span, 6e
4. Healthy People 2020 identifies two major goals—eliminating health disparities and:
a. Increasing peace and prosperity
b. Eliminating all diseases
c. Increasing the quality and years of healthy living
d. Limiting population growth
Answer: c
Rationale: Increasing the quality and years of healthy living is one major goal set by Healthy
People 2020.
Nursing Process: Planning
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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5. An external force that can affect one’s health is (the):
a. Mind
b. Culture
c. Heredity
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d. Hormones
Answer: b
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Rationale: Culture is an external force that can have many influences on an individual,
including effects on health.
Nursing Process: Planning
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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6. Health promotion is:
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a. Goal oriented
b. Natural
c. Unplanned
d. Special
Answer: a
Rationale: Health promotion sets goals leading toward optimal wellness.
Nursing Process: Planning
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
