NR 222 CORE 2026 MAIN EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔For each variable affecting Jonathan's health, identify if the variable is internal or
external.
Internal
a) Career choice
b) Childhood experiences
c) Degree of stress
d) Feelings about health
e) Financial struggles - ✔✔a, c, d
✔✔Based on your understanding of the Illness-Wellness Continuum, Jonathan is facing
towards------------- - ✔✔High-level wellness
✔✔What are the benefits of health education? Select all that apply.
Promote lifestyle changes
Inform understanding of healthy behaviors
Solve health-related problems
Develop health-oriented habits
Improve wellness management - ✔✔Promote lifestyle changes
Inform understanding of healthy behaviors
Develop health-oriented habits
Improve wellness management
✔✔Immunizations are an example of illness prevention
T or F - ✔✔T
✔✔Which are the dimensions of wellness? Select all that apply.
a) Social
b) Familial
c) Emotional
d) Financial
e) Environmental
f) Occupational
g) Intellectual
h) Spiritual
I) Physical - ✔✔a, c, d, e, f, g, h, i
,✔✔Models of health provide various ways of understanding-------- and ------- concepts. -
✔✔health and wellness
✔✔After a class on the health promotion model, students make the following
statements. Which statement does the faculty member need to clarify?
a) "The desired outcome for the model is health-promoting behavior."
b) "Clients need to commit to a plan of action before they adopt a health-promoting
behavior."
c) "Perceived self-efficacy is not related to the model."
d) "The individual has unique characteristics and experiences that affect their actions." -
✔✔c
✔✔The Transtheoretical Model of Change assesses one's readiness for new behaviors
and it consists of five stages. Place the five stages below in the correct order.
Action
maintenance
precontemplation
contemplation
preparation - ✔✔Precontemplation
contemplation
preparation
action
maintenance
✔✔What stage of the transtheoretical model of change?
Coach: Provides training, prompting, leadership, and instruction.
Caregiver: Implements a specific process to assist with antismoking medications,
patches, and other support materials and aids as appropriate.
Teacher: Provides practical strategies to deal with urges, withdrawal, and emotions. -
✔✔Action stage
✔✔What stage of the transtheoretical model of change?
Communicator: Establishes therapeutic relationships upon which to build trust and
honest, factual communication.
Educator: Available to provide accurate information so that an individual can weigh the
pros and cons of behavior.
Supportive Advocate: Reaches out to encourage and offer help while protecting the
individual's right to self-determination. - ✔✔preparation stage
✔✔What stage of the transtheoretical model of change?
, Guide: Helps the smoker through unfamiliar circumstances and guides plan
development with evidence-based science.
Motivator/Change Agent: Creates motivation through honest involvement, active
listening, and encouragement.
Coordinator: Links available resources and creates a supportive network for success. -
✔✔precontemplation stage
✔✔What stage of the transtheoretical model of change?
Mentor: Provides follow-up support, consultation, and referrals as needed.
Researcher: Measures outcomes over time to build effective interventions.
Innovator: Creates new solutions for unseen problems particular to each client's
smoking recovery. - ✔✔maintenance
✔✔What stage of the transtheoretical model of change?
Counselor: Guides in problem solving, supports self-determination, and shows that
change is possible and necessary.
Educator: Reinforces education about the evidence of smoking effects, success with
abstinence, and available options to support smoking cessation.
Critical Thinker: Uses a specific process to support change with the client. -
✔✔contemplation stage
✔✔Which model of health is best used to assist a client who needs to stop smoking but
may be resistant? - ✔✔transtheoretical model of change
✔✔The healthcare professional is planning a follow-up phone call with Jamal after the
health fair. Based on Jamal's reported sleep habits, the professional will recommend
relaxation and music therapy in the evening before bedtime. Which model of health is
being used to assist Jamal? - ✔✔Holistic health model
✔✔At the health fair, Jamal stated that he could never quit smoking. Considering the
transtheoretical model of change, which response by the healthcare professional is
most appropriate?
a) "Please attend a smoking cessation program and use a nicotine replacement patch."
b) "What do you think is the greatest challenge to stopping smoking?"
c) "You must immediately decrease the number of cigarettes you smoke each day to
avoid lung cancer."
d) "Do you understand your risk for lung cance - ✔✔b
✔✔Based on client actions as a result of participating in the community health fair,
which findings indicate the health promotion activities were effective? Select all that
apply.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔For each variable affecting Jonathan's health, identify if the variable is internal or
external.
Internal
a) Career choice
b) Childhood experiences
c) Degree of stress
d) Feelings about health
e) Financial struggles - ✔✔a, c, d
✔✔Based on your understanding of the Illness-Wellness Continuum, Jonathan is facing
towards------------- - ✔✔High-level wellness
✔✔What are the benefits of health education? Select all that apply.
Promote lifestyle changes
Inform understanding of healthy behaviors
Solve health-related problems
Develop health-oriented habits
Improve wellness management - ✔✔Promote lifestyle changes
Inform understanding of healthy behaviors
Develop health-oriented habits
Improve wellness management
✔✔Immunizations are an example of illness prevention
T or F - ✔✔T
✔✔Which are the dimensions of wellness? Select all that apply.
a) Social
b) Familial
c) Emotional
d) Financial
e) Environmental
f) Occupational
g) Intellectual
h) Spiritual
I) Physical - ✔✔a, c, d, e, f, g, h, i
,✔✔Models of health provide various ways of understanding-------- and ------- concepts. -
✔✔health and wellness
✔✔After a class on the health promotion model, students make the following
statements. Which statement does the faculty member need to clarify?
a) "The desired outcome for the model is health-promoting behavior."
b) "Clients need to commit to a plan of action before they adopt a health-promoting
behavior."
c) "Perceived self-efficacy is not related to the model."
d) "The individual has unique characteristics and experiences that affect their actions." -
✔✔c
✔✔The Transtheoretical Model of Change assesses one's readiness for new behaviors
and it consists of five stages. Place the five stages below in the correct order.
Action
maintenance
precontemplation
contemplation
preparation - ✔✔Precontemplation
contemplation
preparation
action
maintenance
✔✔What stage of the transtheoretical model of change?
Coach: Provides training, prompting, leadership, and instruction.
Caregiver: Implements a specific process to assist with antismoking medications,
patches, and other support materials and aids as appropriate.
Teacher: Provides practical strategies to deal with urges, withdrawal, and emotions. -
✔✔Action stage
✔✔What stage of the transtheoretical model of change?
Communicator: Establishes therapeutic relationships upon which to build trust and
honest, factual communication.
Educator: Available to provide accurate information so that an individual can weigh the
pros and cons of behavior.
Supportive Advocate: Reaches out to encourage and offer help while protecting the
individual's right to self-determination. - ✔✔preparation stage
✔✔What stage of the transtheoretical model of change?
, Guide: Helps the smoker through unfamiliar circumstances and guides plan
development with evidence-based science.
Motivator/Change Agent: Creates motivation through honest involvement, active
listening, and encouragement.
Coordinator: Links available resources and creates a supportive network for success. -
✔✔precontemplation stage
✔✔What stage of the transtheoretical model of change?
Mentor: Provides follow-up support, consultation, and referrals as needed.
Researcher: Measures outcomes over time to build effective interventions.
Innovator: Creates new solutions for unseen problems particular to each client's
smoking recovery. - ✔✔maintenance
✔✔What stage of the transtheoretical model of change?
Counselor: Guides in problem solving, supports self-determination, and shows that
change is possible and necessary.
Educator: Reinforces education about the evidence of smoking effects, success with
abstinence, and available options to support smoking cessation.
Critical Thinker: Uses a specific process to support change with the client. -
✔✔contemplation stage
✔✔Which model of health is best used to assist a client who needs to stop smoking but
may be resistant? - ✔✔transtheoretical model of change
✔✔The healthcare professional is planning a follow-up phone call with Jamal after the
health fair. Based on Jamal's reported sleep habits, the professional will recommend
relaxation and music therapy in the evening before bedtime. Which model of health is
being used to assist Jamal? - ✔✔Holistic health model
✔✔At the health fair, Jamal stated that he could never quit smoking. Considering the
transtheoretical model of change, which response by the healthcare professional is
most appropriate?
a) "Please attend a smoking cessation program and use a nicotine replacement patch."
b) "What do you think is the greatest challenge to stopping smoking?"
c) "You must immediately decrease the number of cigarettes you smoke each day to
avoid lung cancer."
d) "Do you understand your risk for lung cance - ✔✔b
✔✔Based on client actions as a result of participating in the community health fair,
which findings indicate the health promotion activities were effective? Select all that
apply.
