NUR 208 Exam 3 – Study Guide, Practice Questions & Nursing Exam
Review
The school nurse plans a class in men's health needs in order to:
a. balance the amount of information about female health needs.
b. encourage the organization of gender-specific health-care providers.
c. interest insurance carriers in supporting preventative health measures for men.
d. sensitize males to health concerns. - ANS ✔✔sensitize males to health concerns.
High schools and junior high schools are now offering classes in money management and
parenting for the purpose of:
a. keeping adolescents interested in school.
b. giving minority populations increased insight to finances.
c. helping adolescents transition more easily to adulthood.
d. discouraging teen pregnancy. - ANS ✔✔helping adolescents transition more easily to
adulthood.
Women's health care should include safe-sex practices. The purpose of this is to:
a. make sure no unwanted pregnancies occur.
b. identify persons who are not using safe-sex practices.
c. encourage healthy lifestyles to prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
d. reduce teen pregnancies. - ANS ✔✔encourage healthy lifestyles to prevent sexually
transmitted diseases (STDs).
The health-care worker suspecting a woman who comes to the clinic is in an abusive
relationship teaches the woman about partner abuse because the health-care worker knows
that all women should be informed:
a. about the health-care worker's ethical responsibility to protect women.
,b. that women's legal rights cannot be controlled by men.
c. about the submissive nature of women who stay in abusive relationships.
d. about the cycle of violence that indicates once violence begins, it continues and escalates
over time. - ANS ✔✔about the cycle of violence that indicates once violence begins, it continues
and escalates over time.
The college health-care worker planning a health promotion class plans to support the goals of
Health People 2020 and focus on:
a. nutrition, family planning, and physical fitness.
b. vaccine-preventable disease and osteoporosis prevention.
c. periodontal disease and chronic lung disease.
d. breastfeeding and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) prevention. - ANS ✔✔nutrition,
family planning, and physical fitness.
6. The health-care worker planning a men's health clinic at a local college plans to give a priority
focus on a booth that will provide information about:
a. career counseling.
b. family planning.
c. immunizations.
d. testicular self-examination. - ANS ✔✔testicular self-examination.
Using Erikson's developmental stages as a guide, the home health-care worker identifies the
person at risk for delayed development as the:
a. 22-year-old man finishing his degree at night school so he can work in the daytime to support
his wife and child.
b. 23-year-old divorced woman in a committed lesbian relationship who works as a medical
assistant in a busy physician's office.
c. 24-year-old woman who is still living at home and spends most of her time involved in
computer social media.
, d. 25-year-old man living in the garage apartment behind his parent's house as he and his wife
work and go to school to finish their advanced degrees. - ANS ✔✔24-year-old woman who is
still living at home and spends most of her time involved in computer social media.
At a routine yearly physical, an 18-year-old woman states, "I never check my breasts. I think I am
too young to worry about that." The most helpful response would be:
a. "There is no need to check your breasts at your age."
b. "Most women would be interested in their own health."
c. "You should practice checking your breasts the first day of your monthly period."
d. "All women should check their breasts every month." - ANS ✔✔"All women should check
their breasts every month."
An occupational health-care worker is teaching a class of health-promoting behaviors to a group
of young adults when a member of the group asks why this class is necessary, since they are all
healthy young adults. The health-care worker's best response is:
a. "Major health changes occur from young adulthood to middle age, so it is necessary to learn
health behaviors to cope with these changes."
b. "Because you all will face chronic illness as older adults, you need to learn coping strategies
now."
c. "Good health habits formed as young adults show striking effects on the prevention of illness
and disease as you grow older."
d. "In order to maintain your company health insurance, it is necessary for you to attend this
class." - ANS ✔✔"Good health habits formed as young adults show striking effects on the
prevention of illness and disease as you grow older."
The college health-care worker cautions the 20-year-old male about an adverse effect of
overtraining, which is:
a. excessive secretion of testosterone.
b. loss of strength.
c. uncontrolled rise in blood glucose.
Review
The school nurse plans a class in men's health needs in order to:
a. balance the amount of information about female health needs.
b. encourage the organization of gender-specific health-care providers.
c. interest insurance carriers in supporting preventative health measures for men.
d. sensitize males to health concerns. - ANS ✔✔sensitize males to health concerns.
High schools and junior high schools are now offering classes in money management and
parenting for the purpose of:
a. keeping adolescents interested in school.
b. giving minority populations increased insight to finances.
c. helping adolescents transition more easily to adulthood.
d. discouraging teen pregnancy. - ANS ✔✔helping adolescents transition more easily to
adulthood.
Women's health care should include safe-sex practices. The purpose of this is to:
a. make sure no unwanted pregnancies occur.
b. identify persons who are not using safe-sex practices.
c. encourage healthy lifestyles to prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
d. reduce teen pregnancies. - ANS ✔✔encourage healthy lifestyles to prevent sexually
transmitted diseases (STDs).
The health-care worker suspecting a woman who comes to the clinic is in an abusive
relationship teaches the woman about partner abuse because the health-care worker knows
that all women should be informed:
a. about the health-care worker's ethical responsibility to protect women.
,b. that women's legal rights cannot be controlled by men.
c. about the submissive nature of women who stay in abusive relationships.
d. about the cycle of violence that indicates once violence begins, it continues and escalates
over time. - ANS ✔✔about the cycle of violence that indicates once violence begins, it continues
and escalates over time.
The college health-care worker planning a health promotion class plans to support the goals of
Health People 2020 and focus on:
a. nutrition, family planning, and physical fitness.
b. vaccine-preventable disease and osteoporosis prevention.
c. periodontal disease and chronic lung disease.
d. breastfeeding and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) prevention. - ANS ✔✔nutrition,
family planning, and physical fitness.
6. The health-care worker planning a men's health clinic at a local college plans to give a priority
focus on a booth that will provide information about:
a. career counseling.
b. family planning.
c. immunizations.
d. testicular self-examination. - ANS ✔✔testicular self-examination.
Using Erikson's developmental stages as a guide, the home health-care worker identifies the
person at risk for delayed development as the:
a. 22-year-old man finishing his degree at night school so he can work in the daytime to support
his wife and child.
b. 23-year-old divorced woman in a committed lesbian relationship who works as a medical
assistant in a busy physician's office.
c. 24-year-old woman who is still living at home and spends most of her time involved in
computer social media.
, d. 25-year-old man living in the garage apartment behind his parent's house as he and his wife
work and go to school to finish their advanced degrees. - ANS ✔✔24-year-old woman who is
still living at home and spends most of her time involved in computer social media.
At a routine yearly physical, an 18-year-old woman states, "I never check my breasts. I think I am
too young to worry about that." The most helpful response would be:
a. "There is no need to check your breasts at your age."
b. "Most women would be interested in their own health."
c. "You should practice checking your breasts the first day of your monthly period."
d. "All women should check their breasts every month." - ANS ✔✔"All women should check
their breasts every month."
An occupational health-care worker is teaching a class of health-promoting behaviors to a group
of young adults when a member of the group asks why this class is necessary, since they are all
healthy young adults. The health-care worker's best response is:
a. "Major health changes occur from young adulthood to middle age, so it is necessary to learn
health behaviors to cope with these changes."
b. "Because you all will face chronic illness as older adults, you need to learn coping strategies
now."
c. "Good health habits formed as young adults show striking effects on the prevention of illness
and disease as you grow older."
d. "In order to maintain your company health insurance, it is necessary for you to attend this
class." - ANS ✔✔"Good health habits formed as young adults show striking effects on the
prevention of illness and disease as you grow older."
The college health-care worker cautions the 20-year-old male about an adverse effect of
overtraining, which is:
a. excessive secretion of testosterone.
b. loss of strength.
c. uncontrolled rise in blood glucose.
