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Nursing Healthy Aging, Canadian Edition 5th
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Edition by Theris a Touhy and Kathleen fjet
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Chapterv01:v Introductionv tov HealthyvAging
MULTIPLEvCHOICE
1. Avmanvisvterminallyvillvwithvend-
stagevprostatevcancer.vWhichvisvthevbestvstatementvaboutvthisvman‘svwellness?
a. Wellnessvcanvonlyvbevachievedvwithvaggr
essivevmedical
interventions.
b. Wellnessvisvnotvavrealvoptionvforvthisvclien
tvbecausevhe
isvterminallyvill.
c. Wellnessvisvdefinedvasvthevabsencevof
disease.
d. Nursingvinterventionsvcanvhelpvempowerv
avclientvto
achievevavhighervlevelvofvwellness.
ANS:vD
Nursingvinterventionsvcanvhelpvempowervavclientvtovachievevavhighervlevelvofvwellne
ss;vavnursevcanvfostervwellnessvinvhisvorvhervclients.vWellnessvisvdefinedvbyvthevindivi
dualvandvisvmultidimensional.vItvisvnotvjustvthevabsencevofvdisease.vAvwellnessvperspe
ctivevisvbasedvonvthevbeliefvthatveveryvpersonvhasvanvoptimalvlevelv ofvhealthvindepen
dentvofvhisvorvhervsituationvorvfunctionalvlevel.vEvenvinvthevpresencevofvchronicvillnes
svorvwhilevdying,vavmovementvtowardvwellnessisvpossiblevifvemphasisvofvcarevisvplac
edvonvthevpromotionvofvwell-beingvinvavsupportivevenvironment.
PTS:v 1 DIF:v Apply REF:v p.v7
TOP:vNursingvProcess:vDiagnosisvMSC:
HealthvPromotionvandvMaintenance
2.
Invdifferentiatingvbetweenvhealthvandvwellnessvinvhealthvcare,vwhichvofvthe
followingvstatements
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isvtrue?
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a. Healthvisvavbroadvtermvencompassing
attitudesvand
behaviors.
b. Thevconceptvofvillnessvpreventionvwasvne
vervconsidered
byvpreviousv generations.
c. Wellnessvandvself-
actualizationvdevelopvthroughvlearn-
ingvandv growth.
d. Wellnessvisvimpossiblevwhenvone‘svheal
thvisvcompro-
mised.
ANS:vA
Healthvisvavbroadvtermvthatvencompassesvattitudesvandvbehaviors;vholistically,v health
vincludesvwellness,vwhichvin-
vvolvesvone‘svwholevbeing.vThevconceptvofvillnessvpreventionvwasvnevervconsideredvb
yvpreviousvgenerations;vthrough-voutvhistory,vbasicvself-
carevrequirementsvhavevbeenvrecognized.vWellnessvandvself-
vactualizationvdevelopvthroughvlearningvandvgrowth—
asvbasicvneedsvarevmet,vhighervlevelvneedsvcanvbevsatisfiedvinvturn,vwithvever-
deepeningvrich-
vnessvtovlife.vWellnessvisvpossiblevwhenvone‘svhealthvisvcompromised—
evenvwithvchronicvillness,vwithvmultiplevdis-
vabilities,vorvinvdying,vmovementvtowardvavhighervlevelvofvwellnessvisvpossible.
PTS:v 1 DIF:v Understandv REF:vp.v7
TOP:vNursingvProcess:vEvaluationvMSC:v HealthvPromotionva
ndvMaintenance
3.
WhichvracialvorvethnicvgroupvhasvthevhighestvlifevexpectancyvinvthevUnite
dvStates?
a. NativevAmericans
b. AfricanvAmericans
c. HispanicvAmericans
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d. AsianvandvPacificv IslandvAmericans
ANS:vC
AsvshownvinvFigurev1.4,vHispanicvmenvandvwomenvhavevthevhighestvlifevexpectancyvo
fvall.v Inv2011,v forvthosev ofvHis-
panicvoriginv ofvanyvrace,v thevoverallvlifev expectancyvatv65vyearsvofvagevwasv20.7vmor
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evyearsvinv2011v(19.1vyearsvforvmenvandv21.8vyearsvforvwomen).
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