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Development and Health Promotion 6th Edition
Elaine U. Polan
Notes
1- The file is chapter after chapter.
2- We have shown you few pages sample.
3- The file contains all Appendix and Excel sheet
if it exists.
4- We have all what you need, we make update
at every time. There are many new editions
waiting you.
5- If you think you purchased the wrong file You
can contact us at every time, we can replace it
with true one.
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Chapter 1. Healthy Lifestyles – Test Questions
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:
2. The first understanding of disease processes occurred in (the):
a. Early civilization
b. 21st century
c. 19th century
d. Middle Ages
Answer:
3. Despite all of the improvements and advancements in health care, several infectious dis-
eases have recently resurfaced, including:
a. Strep throat
b. Tuberculosis
c. Polio
d. Mononucleosis
Answer:
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:
5. An external force that can affect one’s health is (the):
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a. Mind
b. Culture
c. Heredity
d. Hormones
Answer:
6. Health promotion is:
a. Goal oriented
b. Natural
c. Unplanned
d. Special
Answer:
7. Mrs. Jackson brings her 6-month-old infant to the clinic for immunization. This action
demonstrates which of the following levels of disease prevention?
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Tertiary
d. Rehabilitative
Answer:
8. A future national goal for health care is the:
a. Reduction of services
b. Decrease in managed care
c. Increase in Medicaid contribution
d. Elimination of disparities in health care
Answer:
9. Inadequate nutrition contributes to diseases such as:
a. Arthritis
b. Lupus
c. Cancer
d. Hearing loss
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Answer:
10. In health promotion, the most important nursing role is:
a. Teaching safe health practices
b. Assessing the individual’s health needs
c. Reducing potential health risk factors
d. Changing established lifestyle
Answer:
11. A healthy person generally:
a. Lacks stability
b. Lacks energy
c. Is in denial
d. Is in harmony
Answer:
12. In a health model, the nurse, as a collaborator, is responsible for:
a. Teaching patients about their disease process
b. Sharing and exchanging information with other health professionals
c. Demonstrating desired health behavior
d. Performing daily care needs
Answer:
13. Jennifer Joseph, a 60-year-old client, has been instructed by the public health nurse to be-
gin a program of exercise. You can further explain to Mrs. Joseph that the benefits of exercise
are:
a. An increase in blood supply to muscles and nerves
b. An increase in heart rate and rhythm
c. A decrease in the size of the heart muscle
d. A decrease in blood volume and oxygen demands
Answer:
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14. Holistic health:
a. Excludes one’s physical well-being
b. Limits consideration of one’s social standing
c. Excludes environmental impact
d. Considers one’s mental well-being
Answer:
15. Which of the following is an example of health restoration?
a. Rehabilitation after surgery to replace a knee joint
b. Immunization against the hepatitis B virus
c. Surgical excision of a breast cyst
d. Closure of an abdominal stoma
Answer:
16. A major objective of health promotion is:
a. Decreasing one’s stress level
b. Challenging health practices
c. Attaining one’s level of optimal health
d. Providing self-actualization
Answer:
17. The most important goal in health restoration is:
a. Regaining losses
b. Compensating for losses
c. Attaining acceptance
d. Providing sympathy
Answer:
18. Which of the following forces has no impact on changing one’s health behavior?
a. Family
b. Social pressures
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c. Role models
d. Inherited traits
Answer:
19. The stressor most commonly associated with adolescence is:
a. The search for self-worth
b. The search for identity
c. Separation anxiety
d. Birth of a new sibling
Answer:
20. Based on the Social Readjustment Rating Scale, the most stressful event for an adult is:
a. Changing careers
b. Changing residence
c. Divorce
d. Childbirth
Answer:
21. Virgil Grant, a patient recently diagnosed with AIDS, is having a healthy response to the
stress in his life if he demonstrates which of the following behaviors?
a. Denial
b. Withdrawal
c. Acceptance
d. Aggression
Answer:
22. Gary Byrd, a 24-year-old college student, tells the nurse that he sometimes uses various
illegal drugs. The nurse can characterize Gary as a substance abuser if he:
a. Continues to be active in college affairs
b. Maintains his self-esteem
c. Begins to lose interest in his relationships
d. Has heightened interest in the opposite sex
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Answer:
23. The highest percentage of accidents resulting from alcohol use involve:
a. Homicides
b. Drowning
c. Fires
d. Motor vehicles
Answer:
24. Sandra Gooden has just been told by the doctor that she is pregnant with her first baby.
Which of the following factors will have a negative impact on Sandra’s ability to maintain
good health during her pregnancy?
a. Poor relationship with her in-laws
b. Community recognition
c. Effective stress management
d. Economic well-being
Answer:
25. The level of health prevention that concentrates on retraining and educating to maximize
the use of remaining capacities is:
a. Primary prevention
b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. Disability prevention
Answer:
26. Preventive care, including immunizations and yearly physical examinations, is classified
as what type of health care service?
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Tertiary
d. Collaborative
Answer:
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27. National health insurance for persons 65 years and older is known as:
a. Medicaid
b. Medicare
c. Socialized medicine
d. Palliative care
Answer:
28. The nurse recognizes that physiological responses to emotional stress are the result of:
a. Mental illness
b. Autonomic nervous stimulation
c. Powerlessness
d. Shame
Answer:
29. The nurse is teaching a community group about disease prevention. She is giving instruc-
tions regarding secondary prevention and correctly includes:
a. Risk factors for heart disease
b. Limiting disability after injury
c. The importance of colorectal screening
d. The use of vitamins and a balanced diet
Answer:
30. One of the goals of the Affordable Care Act is:
a. Placing an emphasis on illness
b. Improving the quality of care
c. Focusing on curing rare diseases
d. Holding the client responsible for tending to his or her own health care needs
Answer:
31. The organization that coordinates global health care issues, such as outbreaks of infec-
tion, is:
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a. Healthy People 2020
b. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
c. World Health Organization
d. AARP
Answer:
32. The most important goal the nurse must meet today in the delivery of health care is:
a. Fostering the client’s recovery from illness
b. Providing the individual rehabilitation from illness
c. Promoting self-care
d. Assisting the individual in attaining the highest level of health
Answer:
33. The student nurse is providing follow-up teaching to a group of clients on how to maintain
a healthy diet. The student nurse must first understand that which of the following factors can
affect the selection of a healthy diet? (Select all that apply.)
a. Cultural preferences
b. Client’s knowledge level
c. Economic status
d. Access to foods
Answer:
34. The plan of care states that an increase in food intake is needed to rebuild and repair cells.
The nurse would increase the client’s intake of:
a. Fish
b. Fruits
c. Cereals
d. Olive oil
Answer:
35. The MyPlate guidelines help the individual:
a. Understand that food intake must match energy output
Development and Health Promotion 6th Edition
Elaine U. Polan
Notes
1- The file is chapter after chapter.
2- We have shown you few pages sample.
3- The file contains all Appendix and Excel sheet
if it exists.
4- We have all what you need, we make update
at every time. There are many new editions
waiting you.
5- If you think you purchased the wrong file You
can contact us at every time, we can replace it
with true one.
Our email:
,Polan, Journey Across the Life Span, 6e
Chapter 1. Healthy Lifestyles – Test Questions
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:
2. The first understanding of disease processes occurred in (the):
a. Early civilization
b. 21st century
c. 19th century
d. Middle Ages
Answer:
3. Despite all of the improvements and advancements in health care, several infectious dis-
eases have recently resurfaced, including:
a. Strep throat
b. Tuberculosis
c. Polio
d. Mononucleosis
Answer:
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:
5. An external force that can affect one’s health is (the):
,Polan, Journey Across the Life Span, 6e
a. Mind
b. Culture
c. Heredity
d. Hormones
Answer:
6. Health promotion is:
a. Goal oriented
b. Natural
c. Unplanned
d. Special
Answer:
7. Mrs. Jackson brings her 6-month-old infant to the clinic for immunization. This action
demonstrates which of the following levels of disease prevention?
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Tertiary
d. Rehabilitative
Answer:
8. A future national goal for health care is the:
a. Reduction of services
b. Decrease in managed care
c. Increase in Medicaid contribution
d. Elimination of disparities in health care
Answer:
9. Inadequate nutrition contributes to diseases such as:
a. Arthritis
b. Lupus
c. Cancer
d. Hearing loss
,Polan, Journey Across the Life Span, 6e
Answer:
10. In health promotion, the most important nursing role is:
a. Teaching safe health practices
b. Assessing the individual’s health needs
c. Reducing potential health risk factors
d. Changing established lifestyle
Answer:
11. A healthy person generally:
a. Lacks stability
b. Lacks energy
c. Is in denial
d. Is in harmony
Answer:
12. In a health model, the nurse, as a collaborator, is responsible for:
a. Teaching patients about their disease process
b. Sharing and exchanging information with other health professionals
c. Demonstrating desired health behavior
d. Performing daily care needs
Answer:
13. Jennifer Joseph, a 60-year-old client, has been instructed by the public health nurse to be-
gin a program of exercise. You can further explain to Mrs. Joseph that the benefits of exercise
are:
a. An increase in blood supply to muscles and nerves
b. An increase in heart rate and rhythm
c. A decrease in the size of the heart muscle
d. A decrease in blood volume and oxygen demands
Answer:
,Polan, Journey Across the Life Span, 6e
14. Holistic health:
a. Excludes one’s physical well-being
b. Limits consideration of one’s social standing
c. Excludes environmental impact
d. Considers one’s mental well-being
Answer:
15. Which of the following is an example of health restoration?
a. Rehabilitation after surgery to replace a knee joint
b. Immunization against the hepatitis B virus
c. Surgical excision of a breast cyst
d. Closure of an abdominal stoma
Answer:
16. A major objective of health promotion is:
a. Decreasing one’s stress level
b. Challenging health practices
c. Attaining one’s level of optimal health
d. Providing self-actualization
Answer:
17. The most important goal in health restoration is:
a. Regaining losses
b. Compensating for losses
c. Attaining acceptance
d. Providing sympathy
Answer:
18. Which of the following forces has no impact on changing one’s health behavior?
a. Family
b. Social pressures
,Polan, Journey Across the Life Span, 6e
c. Role models
d. Inherited traits
Answer:
19. The stressor most commonly associated with adolescence is:
a. The search for self-worth
b. The search for identity
c. Separation anxiety
d. Birth of a new sibling
Answer:
20. Based on the Social Readjustment Rating Scale, the most stressful event for an adult is:
a. Changing careers
b. Changing residence
c. Divorce
d. Childbirth
Answer:
21. Virgil Grant, a patient recently diagnosed with AIDS, is having a healthy response to the
stress in his life if he demonstrates which of the following behaviors?
a. Denial
b. Withdrawal
c. Acceptance
d. Aggression
Answer:
22. Gary Byrd, a 24-year-old college student, tells the nurse that he sometimes uses various
illegal drugs. The nurse can characterize Gary as a substance abuser if he:
a. Continues to be active in college affairs
b. Maintains his self-esteem
c. Begins to lose interest in his relationships
d. Has heightened interest in the opposite sex
,Polan, Journey Across the Life Span, 6e
Answer:
23. The highest percentage of accidents resulting from alcohol use involve:
a. Homicides
b. Drowning
c. Fires
d. Motor vehicles
Answer:
24. Sandra Gooden has just been told by the doctor that she is pregnant with her first baby.
Which of the following factors will have a negative impact on Sandra’s ability to maintain
good health during her pregnancy?
a. Poor relationship with her in-laws
b. Community recognition
c. Effective stress management
d. Economic well-being
Answer:
25. The level of health prevention that concentrates on retraining and educating to maximize
the use of remaining capacities is:
a. Primary prevention
b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. Disability prevention
Answer:
26. Preventive care, including immunizations and yearly physical examinations, is classified
as what type of health care service?
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Tertiary
d. Collaborative
Answer:
,Polan, Journey Across the Life Span, 6e
27. National health insurance for persons 65 years and older is known as:
a. Medicaid
b. Medicare
c. Socialized medicine
d. Palliative care
Answer:
28. The nurse recognizes that physiological responses to emotional stress are the result of:
a. Mental illness
b. Autonomic nervous stimulation
c. Powerlessness
d. Shame
Answer:
29. The nurse is teaching a community group about disease prevention. She is giving instruc-
tions regarding secondary prevention and correctly includes:
a. Risk factors for heart disease
b. Limiting disability after injury
c. The importance of colorectal screening
d. The use of vitamins and a balanced diet
Answer:
30. One of the goals of the Affordable Care Act is:
a. Placing an emphasis on illness
b. Improving the quality of care
c. Focusing on curing rare diseases
d. Holding the client responsible for tending to his or her own health care needs
Answer:
31. The organization that coordinates global health care issues, such as outbreaks of infec-
tion, is:
, Polan, Journey Across the Life Span, 6e
a. Healthy People 2020
b. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
c. World Health Organization
d. AARP
Answer:
32. The most important goal the nurse must meet today in the delivery of health care is:
a. Fostering the client’s recovery from illness
b. Providing the individual rehabilitation from illness
c. Promoting self-care
d. Assisting the individual in attaining the highest level of health
Answer:
33. The student nurse is providing follow-up teaching to a group of clients on how to maintain
a healthy diet. The student nurse must first understand that which of the following factors can
affect the selection of a healthy diet? (Select all that apply.)
a. Cultural preferences
b. Client’s knowledge level
c. Economic status
d. Access to foods
Answer:
34. The plan of care states that an increase in food intake is needed to rebuild and repair cells.
The nurse would increase the client’s intake of:
a. Fish
b. Fruits
c. Cereals
d. Olive oil
Answer:
35. The MyPlate guidelines help the individual:
a. Understand that food intake must match energy output
