TEST BANK
, Test Bank for Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing 6th
BYPotter
Chapter 01: Health and Wellness
Potter et al: Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing, 6th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse is using the population health promotion model to develop actions for
improving health. After asking, “On what should we take action?”; “How
should we takeaction?”; and “Why should we take action?” the nurse will ask
which of the following questions?
a. “With whom should we act?”
b. “When should we take action?”
c. “Which government should take action?”
d. “Where should we first act?”
ANSWER: A
The next question to ask when using the population health model approach is “With
whom
should we act?” The other choices are not questions included in this model.
DIF: Apply REF: 13 (Figure 1-5)
OBJ: Contrast distinguishing features of health promotion and disease prevention.
TOP: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. The principle “Health promotion is multisectoral” meANSWER which of the
following?
a. Relationships between individual, social, and environmental
factors must berecognized.
b. Physical, mental, social, ecological, cultural, and spiritual aspects of
health mustbe recognized.
c. In order to change unhealthy living and working conditions, areas other
than healthmust also be involved.
d. Health promotion uses knowledge from disciplines such as social,
economic, political, environmental, medical, and nursing sciences, as well
as from first- handexperience.
ANSWER: C
The statement “Health promotion is multisectoral” is the principle
explained by the necessity to involve areas other than health in order to
change unhealthy living andworking conditions.
DIF: Understand REF: 11
OBJ: Contrast distinguishing features of health promotion and
disease prevention.TOP: Planning MSC: NCLEX: Health
Promotion and Maintenance
3. According to the World Health Organization, what is the best description of
,“health”?
a. Simply the absence of disease.
b. Involving the total person and environment.
c. Strictly personal in nature.
d. Status of pathological state.
ANSWER: B
, WHO defines health as “. . .the extent to which an individual or group is able, on the
one hand, to realize aspirations and satisfy needs; and, on the other hand, to change or
cope with the environment. Health is, therefore, seen as a resource for everyday life, not
the objective of living; it is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources,
as well as physical capacities.” Nurses' attitudes toward health and illness should
consider the total person, as well as the environment in which the person lives.
People free of disease are not equally healthy. Views of health have broadened to
include mental, social,and spiritual well-being, as well as a focus on health at
family and community levels.
Conditions of life, rather than pathological states, are what determine health.
DIF: Knowledge REF: 2
OBJ: Discuss ways that definitions of health have been
conceptualized. TOP: Evaluate MSC: NCLEX: Health
Promotion and Maintenance
4. What priority strategy for health promotion in Canada is optional but
seen as important toincorporate in nursing education curricula?
a. Knowledge of disease prevention.
b. Strategies for health promotion.
c. Policy advocacy.
d. Concepts of determinants of health.
ANSWER: C
Increasingly, policy advocacy is incorporated into nursing role statements
and nursing education curricula. Nurses should think about policies that
have contributed to health problems, policies that would help alleviate
health problems, and how nurses championpublic policies. Disease
prevention, health promotion, and concepts of determinants of health are
integral parts of nursing curricula.
DIF: Understand REF: 11| 12
OBJ: Analyze how the nature and scope of nursing practice are influenced
by differentconceptualizations of health and health determinants. TOP:
Planning MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
5. Which of the following is a prerequisite for health, as identified by the
Ottawa Charter forHealth Promotion?
a. Education.
b. Social support.
c. Self-esteem.
d. Physical environment.
ANSWER: A
Education is one of the nine prerequisites for health that were identified in the
Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. Lack of social support and low self-esteem
were identifiedas psychosocial risk factors by Labonte (1993). Dangerous physical
environments were identified as socioenvironmental risk factors by Labonte
(1993).
DIF: Understand REF: 4
OBJ: Discuss contributions of the following Canadian publications to
, Test Bank for Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing 6th
BYPotter
Chapter 01: Health and Wellness
Potter et al: Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing, 6th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse is using the population health promotion model to develop actions for
improving health. After asking, “On what should we take action?”; “How
should we takeaction?”; and “Why should we take action?” the nurse will ask
which of the following questions?
a. “With whom should we act?”
b. “When should we take action?”
c. “Which government should take action?”
d. “Where should we first act?”
ANSWER: A
The next question to ask when using the population health model approach is “With
whom
should we act?” The other choices are not questions included in this model.
DIF: Apply REF: 13 (Figure 1-5)
OBJ: Contrast distinguishing features of health promotion and disease prevention.
TOP: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. The principle “Health promotion is multisectoral” meANSWER which of the
following?
a. Relationships between individual, social, and environmental
factors must berecognized.
b. Physical, mental, social, ecological, cultural, and spiritual aspects of
health mustbe recognized.
c. In order to change unhealthy living and working conditions, areas other
than healthmust also be involved.
d. Health promotion uses knowledge from disciplines such as social,
economic, political, environmental, medical, and nursing sciences, as well
as from first- handexperience.
ANSWER: C
The statement “Health promotion is multisectoral” is the principle
explained by the necessity to involve areas other than health in order to
change unhealthy living andworking conditions.
DIF: Understand REF: 11
OBJ: Contrast distinguishing features of health promotion and
disease prevention.TOP: Planning MSC: NCLEX: Health
Promotion and Maintenance
3. According to the World Health Organization, what is the best description of
,“health”?
a. Simply the absence of disease.
b. Involving the total person and environment.
c. Strictly personal in nature.
d. Status of pathological state.
ANSWER: B
, WHO defines health as “. . .the extent to which an individual or group is able, on the
one hand, to realize aspirations and satisfy needs; and, on the other hand, to change or
cope with the environment. Health is, therefore, seen as a resource for everyday life, not
the objective of living; it is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources,
as well as physical capacities.” Nurses' attitudes toward health and illness should
consider the total person, as well as the environment in which the person lives.
People free of disease are not equally healthy. Views of health have broadened to
include mental, social,and spiritual well-being, as well as a focus on health at
family and community levels.
Conditions of life, rather than pathological states, are what determine health.
DIF: Knowledge REF: 2
OBJ: Discuss ways that definitions of health have been
conceptualized. TOP: Evaluate MSC: NCLEX: Health
Promotion and Maintenance
4. What priority strategy for health promotion in Canada is optional but
seen as important toincorporate in nursing education curricula?
a. Knowledge of disease prevention.
b. Strategies for health promotion.
c. Policy advocacy.
d. Concepts of determinants of health.
ANSWER: C
Increasingly, policy advocacy is incorporated into nursing role statements
and nursing education curricula. Nurses should think about policies that
have contributed to health problems, policies that would help alleviate
health problems, and how nurses championpublic policies. Disease
prevention, health promotion, and concepts of determinants of health are
integral parts of nursing curricula.
DIF: Understand REF: 11| 12
OBJ: Analyze how the nature and scope of nursing practice are influenced
by differentconceptualizations of health and health determinants. TOP:
Planning MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
5. Which of the following is a prerequisite for health, as identified by the
Ottawa Charter forHealth Promotion?
a. Education.
b. Social support.
c. Self-esteem.
d. Physical environment.
ANSWER: A
Education is one of the nine prerequisites for health that were identified in the
Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. Lack of social support and low self-esteem
were identifiedas psychosocial risk factors by Labonte (1993). Dangerous physical
environments were identified as socioenvironmental risk factors by Labonte
(1993).
DIF: Understand REF: 4
OBJ: Discuss contributions of the following Canadian publications to
