NR 565 Week II The Essential Exam
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Final Preparation Assessment
1. A nursing student is reviewing behavioral change theories before planning
a patient education program. Which model is best known for describing
behavior change as a stepwise progression through distinct stages?
A. Health Belief Model
B. Transtheoretical Model
C. Ecological Model
D. Holistic Health Model
Correct Answer: B. Transtheoretical Model
Rationale: The Transtheoretical Model explains behavior change as a process that
occurs over time through stages such as precontemplation, contemplation, preparation,
action, maintenance, and termination or relapse.
2. A nurse is planning a community health program that considers individual,
interpersonal, organizational, community, and policy influences. Which model
is being applied?
A. Health Belief Model
B. Ecological Model
C. Adaptive Model
D. Clinical Model
Correct Answer: B. Ecological Model
Rationale: The Ecological Model emphasizes multiple levels of influence on health
behavior, including individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and policy levels.
3. Which concept is the central focus of Pender’s Health Promotion Model?
A. Disease treatment outcomes
B. Behavioral change through punishment
C. Health-promoting behaviors and individual experiences
D. Biological disease progression
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Correct Answer: C. Health-promoting behaviors and individual experiences
Rationale: Pender’s Health Promotion Model focuses on individual experiences,
behavior-specific cognitions and affect, and behavioral outcomes that influence health-
promoting actions.
4. Which statement best describes the Clinical Model of health?
A. Health is achieved through adaptation to stress
B. Health is the absence of disease
C. Health is spiritual harmony
D. Health depends on environmental balance
Correct Answer: B. Health is the absence of disease
Rationale: The Clinical Model defines health strictly as the absence of disease or illness,
focusing on diagnosis and treatment rather than wellness promotion.
5. A patient is unable to perform expected social and occupational roles due
to illness. Which model of health is being violated?
A. Role Performance Model
B. Adaptive Model
C. Clinical Model
D. Eudaimonistic Model
Correct Answer: A. Role Performance Model
Rationale: The Role Performance Model defines health as the ability to fulfill social roles
such as work, family, and societal expectations.
6. Which model of health emphasizes achieving meaning and self-
actualization through interaction of physical, social, psychological, and
spiritual dimensions?
A. Adaptive Model
B. Clinical Model
C. Eudaimonistic Model
D. Role Performance Model
Correct Answer: C. Eudaimonistic Model
Rationale: The Eudaimonistic Model emphasizes holistic well-being and personal
meaning derived from the interaction of physical, social, psychological, and spiritual
factors.
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7. Which nursing theorist developed the Hierarchy of Needs?
A. Florence Nightingale
B. Abraham Maslow
C. Patricia Benner
D. Dorothea Orem
Correct Answer: B. Abraham Maslow
Rationale: Maslow developed the Hierarchy of Needs, which includes physiological
needs, safety, love/belonging, esteem, and self-actualization.
8. Which level of Maslow’s hierarchy must be addressed first in patient care?
A. Self-esteem
B. Physiological needs
C. Love and belonging
D. Self-actualization
Correct Answer: B. Physiological needs
Rationale: Physiological needs such as oxygen, hydration, and nutrition are the most
basic and must be met before higher-level needs.
9. Which nurse is known as the founder of modern nursing?
A. Clara Barton
B. Mary Mahoney
C. Florence Nightingale
D. Lavinia Dock
Correct Answer: C. Florence Nightingale
Rationale: Florence Nightingale is recognized as the founder of modern nursing because
of her work in sanitation, hygiene, and nursing education.
10. A nurse educator is teaching about the primary level of prevention. Which
intervention is included?
A. Rehabilitation after stroke
B. Early disease screening
C. Immunizations
D. Physical therapy after injury
Correct Answer: C. Immunizations
Rationale: Primary prevention focuses on preventing disease before it occurs, including
immunizations, health education, and lifestyle modification.
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11. Which intervention is an example of secondary prevention?
A. Vaccination
B. Early cancer screening
C. Rehabilitation therapy
D. Health education
Correct Answer: B. Early cancer screening
Rationale: Secondary prevention focuses on early detection and prompt treatment, such
as screening tests like mammograms or Pap smears.
12. Which phase of prevention focuses on restoring function after illness?
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Tertiary
D. Quaternary
Correct Answer: C. Tertiary
Rationale: Tertiary prevention focuses on rehabilitation, restoration, and reducing
disability after disease has occurred.
13. Which stage comes immediately after “precontemplation” in the
Transtheoretical Model?
A. Action
B. Maintenance
C. Contemplation
D. Termination
Correct Answer: C. Contemplation
Rationale: In the Transtheoretical Model, the stage after precontemplation is
contemplation, where the individual begins considering change.
14. A nurse is applying Social Learning Theory in patient education. What is
the key concept?
A. Behavior is influenced only by genetics
B. Learning occurs through observation and reinforcement
C. Health depends on spiritual alignment
D. Disease is caused by environmental imbalance
Correct Answer: B. Learning occurs through observation and reinforcement
Rationale: Social Learning Theory explains that behavior is learned through observation,
imitation, and reinforcement.