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This comprehensive Test Bank for Growth and Development Across the Lifespan: A Health Promotion Focus, 3rd Edition (ISBN 978-0323809405) by Gloria Leifer is an essential academic and exam-preparation resource for nursing, healthcare, and allied health students preparing for lifespan development coursework in 2026. This complete test bank includes chapter-by-chapter questions and answers aligned with the textbook content, helping students reinforce understanding and improve exam performance. The resource covers major developmental theories, physical growth milestones, cognitive and psychosocial development, family and cultural influences, health promotion strategies, disease prevention, risk reduction, aging processes, and end-of-life care considerations. It emphasizes evidence-based nursing interventions and age-specific care across infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and older adulthood. Ideal for nursing programs, pediatric and geriatric nursing courses, health science programs, and NCLEX preparation, this test bank strengthens critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and understanding of developmental variations across the lifespan. It supports both independent study and instructor-led assessments while improving knowledge retention and exam confidence. A valuable academic tool for mastering lifespan growth and development concepts and promoting holistic, patient-centered healthcare across all stages of life for 2026 success.

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Test Bank For Growth and Development
Across the Lifespan
3rd Edition By Gloria Leifer; Eve Fleck
Chapters 1 - 16 Complete




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Table of Content
Chapter 1 Healthy People 2020

Chapter 2 Government Influences on Health Care

Chapter 3 Cultural Considerations in Health Care

Chapter 4 The Influence of Family on Developing a Lifestyle

Chapter 5 Theories of Development

Chapter 6 Prenatal Influences on Healthy Development

Chapter 7 The Infant

Chapter 8 Early Childhood

Chapter 9 Middle Childhood

Chapter 10 Adolescence

Chapter 11 Young Adulthood

Chapter 12 Middle Adulthood

Chapter 13 Late Adulthood

Chapter 14 Advanced Old-Age and Geriatrics

Chapter 15 Planning for the End of Life

Chapter 16 Loss, Grief, and Bereavement




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Chapter 1: Healthy People 2020
Test Bank

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The purpose of Healthy People 2020 is to:
a. examine world health needs.
b. evaluate accomplishments for years 2010–2020.
c. focus primarily on infant health and mortality.
d. examine funding issues for health care.
ANSWER: B
Healthy People 2020 is an evidence-based 10-year report card describing health-care
accomplishments in the United States between the years of 2010 and 2020.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 1 OBJ: 1
TOP: Healthy People 2020 KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease

2. A health-care worker planning a research project related to teenage pregnancy in his
community would include in the initial assessment the health status of the target
population. Health status could be best evaluated by the examination of the: a. birth rate,
disease morbidity, and life expectancy.
b. birth rate, access to health care, and death rate.
c. disease morbidity, life expectancy, and health insurance coverage.
d. health insurance coverage, death rate, and access to health care.
ANSWER: B
Birth rate statistics identify age of mother; death rates include infant mortality and age of
mother; access to health care may affect a teenager’s ability to obtain adequate prenatal
care.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 6 OBJ: 3
TOP: Health status KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease

3. The health-care worker teaches a group of new parents about the “back to sleep”
program, which is directed toward the reduction of sudden infant death syndrome
(SIDS) by: a.
positioning the baby on a small flat pillow.
b. placing the baby on its back in the crib.
c. gently rocking the baby before returning it to bed.
d. tucking infant snuggly in the crib with a light blanket.
ANSWER: B
The back to sleep program helps reduce the incidence of SIDS by placing the infant on its
back rather than on its stomach.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 8 OBJ: 5




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TOP: Back to sleep program KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
4. Healthy People 2020 endorses the completion of a high school education primarily to enable
a person to:
a. secure a better job.
b. increase the quality of life.
c. make healthy lifestyle choices.
d. maintain the family unit.
ANSWER: C
One of the goals of Healthy People 2020 is to increase the number of persons graduating
from high school so that they have a better education basis on which to make healthy
lifestyle choices.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 8 OBJ: 4
TOP: Health indicators KEY: Nursing Process Step: NA MSC: NCLEX:
NA

5. Healthy People 2020 is published by the:
a. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
b. Department of the Interior.
c. World Health Organization.
d. Department of Health and Human Services.
ANSWER: D
Healthy People 2020 is published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 1 OBJ: 1
TOP: Healthy People 2020 KEY: Nursing Process Step: NA MSC: NCLEX: NA

6. Infant mortality rates are based on infant deaths that occur:
a. at birth, per 1000 deliveries.
b. before 1 year of age, per 1000 live births.
c. from infection and congenital disorders, per 1000 live births.
d. from unexplained causes, per 1000 live births.
ANSWER: B
Infant mortality is reported on deaths occurring before the age of 1 year per 1000 live
births.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 6 OBJ: 4
TOP: Infant mortality KEY: Nursing Process Step:
Planning MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: growth and
development
7. Although the life expectancy has increased, Healthy People 2020 will focus on the older
adult’s need for:
a. better pharmacy insurance coverage.
b. improved extended care facilities.
c. increased compliance to medical protocols.
d. maintenance of independent lifestyles.
ANSWER: D



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