NURS Theory Exam 4 Questions With Complete Solutions
10. What action by a nurse will help a client meet self-esteem
needs?
A) Verbally negate the client's negative self-perceptions
B) Freely give compliments to increase positive self-regard
C) Independently establish goals to improve self-esteem
D) Respect the client's values and belief systems Correct
Answer D
10. Which of the following statements accurately describes the
concepts of disease and illness?
A) A disease is traditionally diagnosed and treated by a nurse.
B) The focus of nurses is the person with an illness.
C) A person with an illness cannot be considered healthy.
D) Illness is a normal process that affects level of functioning.
Correct Answer B
12. Which of the following statements accurately describes how
Maslow's theory can be applied to nursing practice?
A) Nurses can apply this theory to the nursing process.
B) Nurses can identify met needs as health care needs.
C) Nurses cannot use the theory on infants or children.
D) Nurses use the theory for ill, as opposed to healthy, patients.
Correct Answer A
17. A mother teaches her son to respect his elders. This is an
example of which of the following family functions?
A) Physical
B) Economic
C) Affective and coping
,D) Socialization Correct Answer D
18. What is the purpose of the affective and coping function of
the family? A) Providing a safe environment for growth and
development
B) Ensuring financial assistance for family members
C) Providing emotional comfort and identity
D) Transmitting values, attitudes, and beliefs Correct Answer
C
21. A nurse is educating women on the need for calcium to
prevent bone loss. What level of prevention does this represent?
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Residual prevention Correct Answer A
21. What is the major effect of a health crisis on family
structure?
A) Adaptation to stress
B) Change in roles of family members
C) Respect for family values
D) Loss of individual identities Correct Answer B
25. Which of the following definitions best describes
community-based nursing?
A) A focus on populations within the community
B) A focus on older adults living in nursing homes
C) Care provided in the client's home for chronic illnesses
D) care centered on individual and family health care needs
Correct Answer D
,26. On which of the following components is Rosenstock's
health belief model based? Select all that apply.
A) Perceived susceptibility to a disease
B) Perceived consequences of treating disease
C) Perceived seriousness of a disease
D) Perceived benefits of action
E) Perceived immunity to disease Correct Answer A, C, D
4. According to Maslow's basic human needs hierarchy, which
needs are the most basic?
A) Physiologic
B) Safety and security
C) Love and belonging
D) Self-esteem Correct Answer A
5. Which of the following is a tenant of Maslow's basic human
needs hierarchy?
A) A need that is unmet prompts a person to seek a higher level
of wellness.
B) A person feels ambivalence when a need is successfully met.
C) Certain needs are more basic than others and must be met
first.
D) People have many needs and should strive to meet them
simultaneously. Correct Answer C
8. What phrase best describes health?
A) Individually defined by each person
B) Experienced by each person in exactly the same way
C) The opposite of illness
D) The absence of disease Correct Answer A
, 9. Which of the following most accurately defines "illness"?
A) The inability to carry out normal activities of living
B) A pathologic change in mind or body structure or function
C) The response of a person to a disease
D) Achieving maximum potential and quality of life Correct
Answer C
A 40-year-old nurse is taking a health history from a Hispanic
man aged 20 years. The nurse notes that he looks down at 10.
the floor when he answers questions. What should the nurse
understand about this behavior?
A) The client is embarrassed by the questions.
B) This is culturally appropriate behavior.
C) The client dislikes the nurse.
D) The client does not understand what is being asked. Correct
Answer B
A baby is born with Down syndrome, which influences his
health-illness status. This is an example of which of the 15.
following human dimensions?
A) Physical
B) Emotional
C) Environmental
D) Sociocultural Correct Answer A
A boy age 2 years arrives at the emergency department of a local
hospital with difficulty breathing from an asthmatic 7. attack.
Which of the following would be the priority nursing
intervention?
A) Giving him his favorite stuffed animal to hold
10. What action by a nurse will help a client meet self-esteem
needs?
A) Verbally negate the client's negative self-perceptions
B) Freely give compliments to increase positive self-regard
C) Independently establish goals to improve self-esteem
D) Respect the client's values and belief systems Correct
Answer D
10. Which of the following statements accurately describes the
concepts of disease and illness?
A) A disease is traditionally diagnosed and treated by a nurse.
B) The focus of nurses is the person with an illness.
C) A person with an illness cannot be considered healthy.
D) Illness is a normal process that affects level of functioning.
Correct Answer B
12. Which of the following statements accurately describes how
Maslow's theory can be applied to nursing practice?
A) Nurses can apply this theory to the nursing process.
B) Nurses can identify met needs as health care needs.
C) Nurses cannot use the theory on infants or children.
D) Nurses use the theory for ill, as opposed to healthy, patients.
Correct Answer A
17. A mother teaches her son to respect his elders. This is an
example of which of the following family functions?
A) Physical
B) Economic
C) Affective and coping
,D) Socialization Correct Answer D
18. What is the purpose of the affective and coping function of
the family? A) Providing a safe environment for growth and
development
B) Ensuring financial assistance for family members
C) Providing emotional comfort and identity
D) Transmitting values, attitudes, and beliefs Correct Answer
C
21. A nurse is educating women on the need for calcium to
prevent bone loss. What level of prevention does this represent?
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Residual prevention Correct Answer A
21. What is the major effect of a health crisis on family
structure?
A) Adaptation to stress
B) Change in roles of family members
C) Respect for family values
D) Loss of individual identities Correct Answer B
25. Which of the following definitions best describes
community-based nursing?
A) A focus on populations within the community
B) A focus on older adults living in nursing homes
C) Care provided in the client's home for chronic illnesses
D) care centered on individual and family health care needs
Correct Answer D
,26. On which of the following components is Rosenstock's
health belief model based? Select all that apply.
A) Perceived susceptibility to a disease
B) Perceived consequences of treating disease
C) Perceived seriousness of a disease
D) Perceived benefits of action
E) Perceived immunity to disease Correct Answer A, C, D
4. According to Maslow's basic human needs hierarchy, which
needs are the most basic?
A) Physiologic
B) Safety and security
C) Love and belonging
D) Self-esteem Correct Answer A
5. Which of the following is a tenant of Maslow's basic human
needs hierarchy?
A) A need that is unmet prompts a person to seek a higher level
of wellness.
B) A person feels ambivalence when a need is successfully met.
C) Certain needs are more basic than others and must be met
first.
D) People have many needs and should strive to meet them
simultaneously. Correct Answer C
8. What phrase best describes health?
A) Individually defined by each person
B) Experienced by each person in exactly the same way
C) The opposite of illness
D) The absence of disease Correct Answer A
, 9. Which of the following most accurately defines "illness"?
A) The inability to carry out normal activities of living
B) A pathologic change in mind or body structure or function
C) The response of a person to a disease
D) Achieving maximum potential and quality of life Correct
Answer C
A 40-year-old nurse is taking a health history from a Hispanic
man aged 20 years. The nurse notes that he looks down at 10.
the floor when he answers questions. What should the nurse
understand about this behavior?
A) The client is embarrassed by the questions.
B) This is culturally appropriate behavior.
C) The client dislikes the nurse.
D) The client does not understand what is being asked. Correct
Answer B
A baby is born with Down syndrome, which influences his
health-illness status. This is an example of which of the 15.
following human dimensions?
A) Physical
B) Emotional
C) Environmental
D) Sociocultural Correct Answer A
A boy age 2 years arrives at the emergency department of a local
hospital with difficulty breathing from an asthmatic 7. attack.
Which of the following would be the priority nursing
intervention?
A) Giving him his favorite stuffed animal to hold
