TEST BANK for Growth and Development
Across the Lifespan: A Health Promotion
Focus, 2nd Edition by Gloria Leifer
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EXPERT VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
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, Chapter 1: Healthy People 2020
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.
ACCURATE 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.
ACCURATE 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
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,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.
ACCURATE 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
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.
ACCURATE 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.
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d. Department of Health and Human Services.
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, ACCURATE 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.
ACCURATE 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.
ACCURATE ANSWER: D
The maintenance of independent lifestyles is an ongoing problem for the older adult.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 9 OBJ: 4 TOP: Older adults KEY: Nursing
Process Step: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
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Across the Lifespan: A Health Promotion
Focus, 2nd Edition by Gloria Leifer
ALL CHAPTERS INCLUDED 1-16|
EXPERT VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
TB
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1|Page
er
, Chapter 1: Healthy People 2020
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.
ACCURATE 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.
ACCURATE 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
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,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.
ACCURATE 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
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.
ACCURATE 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.
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d. Department of Health and Human Services.
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, ACCURATE 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.
ACCURATE 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.
ACCURATE ANSWER: D
The maintenance of independent lifestyles is an ongoing problem for the older adult.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 9 OBJ: 4 TOP: Older adults KEY: Nursing
Process Step: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
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