Chapterl01:lIntroductionltolHealthylAging
Touhyl&lJett:lEbersolel andlHess’lGerontologicallNursingl&lHealthylAging,l5thlEdition
MULTIPLElCHOICE
1. Almanlislterminallylilllwithlend-
stagelprostatelcancer.lWhichlislthelbestlstatementlaboutlthislman’slwellness?
a.
Wellnesslcanlonlylbelachievedlwithlaggressi
velmedicallinterventions.
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b Wellnesslislnotlalrealloptionlforlthislclientlbecauselhe
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Chapterl01:lIntroductionltolHealthylAging
Touhyl&lJett:lEbersolel andlHess’lGerontologicallNursingl&lHealthylAging,l5thlEdition
MULTIPLElCHOICE
1. Almanlislterminallylilllwithlend-
stagelprostatelcancer.lWhichlislthelbestlstatementlaboutlthislman’slwellness?
a. Wellnesslcanlonlylbelachievedlwithlaggressivelmedical
linterventions.
b. Wellnesslislnotlalrealloptionlforlthislclientlbecauselhe
islterminallylill.
c. Wellnesslisldefinedlaslthelabsencelofldisease.
d. Nursinglinterventionslcanlhelplempowerlalclientlto
achievelalhigherllevelloflwellness.
ANS:llllll D
Nursinglinterventionslcanlhelplempowerlalclientltolachievelalhigherllevelloflwellness;lalnurselcanlfosterlwellnessli
nlhislorlherlclients.lWellnesslisldefinedlbylthelindividuallandlislmultidimensional.lItlislnotljustlthelabsencelofldisea
se.lAlwellnesslperspectivelislbasedlonlthelbelieflthatleverylpersonlhaslanloptimalllevelloflhealthlindependentloflhisl
orlherlsituationlorlfunctionalllevel.lEvenlinlthelpresenceloflchroniclillnesslorlwhileldying,lalmovementltowardlwell
nesslislpossibleliflemphasisloflcarelislplacedlonlthelpromotionloflwell-beinglinlalsupportivelenvironment.
PTS:lllllll 1 DIF:llllllll Apply REF:lllllll p.l7
TOP:lllllllNursinglProcess:l DiagnosislMSC:lllll Healthl PromotionlandlMaintenance
2. Inldifferentiatinglbetweenlhealthlandlwellnesslinlhealthlcare,lwhichloflthelfollowinglstatements
isltrue?
a. Healthlislalbroadltermlencompassinglattitudesland
behaviors.
b. Thelconceptloflillnesslpreventionlwaslneverlconsidered
lbylpreviouslgenerations.
c. Wellnesslandlself-actualizationldeveloplthroughllearn-
inglandlgrowth.
d. Wellnesslislimpossiblelwhenlone’slhealthlislcompro-
mised.
ANS:llllll A
Healthlislalbroadltermlthatlencompasseslattitudeslandlbehaviors;lholistically,lhealthlincludeslwellness,lwhichlin-
lvolveslone’slwholelbeing.lThelconceptloflillnesslpreventionlwaslneverlconsideredlbylpreviouslgenerations;lthroug
h-loutlhistory,lbasiclself-carelrequirementslhavelbeenlrecognized.lWellnesslandlself-
actualizationldeveloplthroughllearninglandlgrowth—
aslbasiclneedslarelmet,lhigherllevellneedslcanlbelsatisfiedlinlturn,lwithlever-deepeninglrich-
lnessltollife.lWellnesslislpossiblelwhenlone’slhealthlislcompromised—evenlwithlchroniclillness,lwithlmultipleldis-
labilities,lorlinldying,lmovementltowardlalhigherllevelloflwellnesslislpossible.
PTS:lllllll 1 DIF:llllllllUnderstand REF:lllllll p.l7
TOP:lllllllNursinglProcess:l Evaluation lMSC:lllll Healthl Promotionl andlMaintenance
3. WhichlraciallorlethniclgrouplhaslthelhighestllifelexpectancylinlthelUnitedlStates?
a. NativelAmericans
b. AfricanlAmericans
c. HispaniclAmericans
d. AsianlandlPacificlIslandlAmericans
ANS: C
AslshownlinlFigurel1.4,lHispaniclmenlandlwomenlhavelthelhighestllifelexpectancyloflall.lInl2011,lforlthoseloflHi
s-
lpanicloriginloflanylrace,ltheloverallllifelexpectancylatl65lyearsloflagelwasl20.7lmorelyearslinl2011l(19.1lyearslfor
lmenlandl21.8lyearslforlwomen).
PTS:lllllll 1 DIF:llllllllUnderstand REF:lllllll p.l6
TOP:llllll NursinglProcess:lAssessment MSC:llllllSafe,lEffectivelCare lEnvironment
4. Historicallinfluenceslthatlhavelshapedlthellivesloflthelmajorityloflthelin-
betweenlcohortlinlthelUnitedlStatesltodaylincludelwhichloflthelfollowing?
a. Influenzalepidemiclofl1918
b. WorldlWarlI
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c. ChildlrearinglinlthelDepression
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