NUR 514 TEST 1 | COMPREHENSIVE NURSING STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
Which of the following best defines the term "gender" as used in this text?
a. A person's sex
b. A person's sex as defined by society
c. A societal response to a person's self-representation as a man or woman
d. A person's biological presentation as defined by himself or herself - ANS ✔✔c. A societal response to a
person's self-representation as a man or woman
Which factor bears most on women's health care today?
a. The complexity of women's health
b. Women's status and position in society
c. Population growth
d. The economy - ANS ✔✔b. Women's status and position in society
Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within Western societies?
a. The multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue
b. The availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult
c. The diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
d. Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression - ANS ✔✔d. Affluence and increased
opportunities mask oppression
Which of the following most accurately defines "oppression" as used in the text?
a. Not having a choice
b. Not having a voice
c. An act of tyranny
d. A feeling of being burdened - ANS ✔✔a. Not having a choice
In what way does a model of care based on a feminist perspective contrast sharply with a biomedical
model?
a. It provides a forum for the exploration of gender issues.
b. It seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
c. It emphasizes women's rights.
d. It opens new avenues for women's health care - ANS ✔✔b. It seeks equal distribution of power within
the healthcare interaction.
Gender is rooted in and shaped by
a. society, biology
b. self-representation, societal expectations
c. biology, environment and experience
d. biology, hormones - ANS ✔✔c. biology, environment and experience
Women's health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based in science and biology because
a. they are often based on outdated treatments and approaches
b. they are determined by social expectations and gender assumptions
, c. they often rely on alternative treatments and approaches
d. scientific research often fails to take women into consideration - ANS ✔✔b. they are determined by
social expectations and gender assumptions
Reproductive rights were added to the World Health Organization's human rights framework in the last ?
a. 5 years
b. 10 years
c. 20 years
d. 40 years - ANS ✔✔c. 20 years
Safe Motherhood" was added to the human rights framework in order to
a. address maternal morbidity and mortality on a global level
b. meet a legal obligation
c. correct an injustice
d. correct an oversight - ANS ✔✔a. address maternal morbidity and mortality on a global level
What is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women's health care?
a. Its reliance on studies comprised exclusively of males
b. Its consideration of women as central the model
c. Its emphasis on science and medicine
d. Its limited definition of "health" as "the absence of disease" - ANS ✔✔d. Its limited definition of
"health" as "the absence of disease"
The social model of health places the focus of health on
a. the community
b. the individual
c. environmental conditions
d. scientific research. - ANS ✔✔a. the community
Which question below supports the strategy:
"Identify women's agency in the midst of social constraint and the biomedical paradigm."? • "
a. Aren't 'all women' the same?"
b. Why do you care about the issue?"
c. Are women really victims or are they acting with agency?
d. Who has a choice within the context of health?" - ANS ✔✔c. Are women really victims or are they
acting with agency?
What had been a significant problem in medical research well into the 1990s?
a. The focus on randomized clinical trials over epidemiological investigations • b. The lack of
representation of women in research trials
c. The lack of research related to gynecology
d. The focus on randomized clinical trials over observational research - ANS ✔✔c. The lack of research
related to gynecology
Gender differences in heart disease can be found in
a. diagnosis
b. treatment
c. identification of symptoms
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
Which of the following best defines the term "gender" as used in this text?
a. A person's sex
b. A person's sex as defined by society
c. A societal response to a person's self-representation as a man or woman
d. A person's biological presentation as defined by himself or herself - ANS ✔✔c. A societal response to a
person's self-representation as a man or woman
Which factor bears most on women's health care today?
a. The complexity of women's health
b. Women's status and position in society
c. Population growth
d. The economy - ANS ✔✔b. Women's status and position in society
Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within Western societies?
a. The multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue
b. The availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult
c. The diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
d. Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression - ANS ✔✔d. Affluence and increased
opportunities mask oppression
Which of the following most accurately defines "oppression" as used in the text?
a. Not having a choice
b. Not having a voice
c. An act of tyranny
d. A feeling of being burdened - ANS ✔✔a. Not having a choice
In what way does a model of care based on a feminist perspective contrast sharply with a biomedical
model?
a. It provides a forum for the exploration of gender issues.
b. It seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
c. It emphasizes women's rights.
d. It opens new avenues for women's health care - ANS ✔✔b. It seeks equal distribution of power within
the healthcare interaction.
Gender is rooted in and shaped by
a. society, biology
b. self-representation, societal expectations
c. biology, environment and experience
d. biology, hormones - ANS ✔✔c. biology, environment and experience
Women's health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based in science and biology because
a. they are often based on outdated treatments and approaches
b. they are determined by social expectations and gender assumptions
, c. they often rely on alternative treatments and approaches
d. scientific research often fails to take women into consideration - ANS ✔✔b. they are determined by
social expectations and gender assumptions
Reproductive rights were added to the World Health Organization's human rights framework in the last ?
a. 5 years
b. 10 years
c. 20 years
d. 40 years - ANS ✔✔c. 20 years
Safe Motherhood" was added to the human rights framework in order to
a. address maternal morbidity and mortality on a global level
b. meet a legal obligation
c. correct an injustice
d. correct an oversight - ANS ✔✔a. address maternal morbidity and mortality on a global level
What is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women's health care?
a. Its reliance on studies comprised exclusively of males
b. Its consideration of women as central the model
c. Its emphasis on science and medicine
d. Its limited definition of "health" as "the absence of disease" - ANS ✔✔d. Its limited definition of
"health" as "the absence of disease"
The social model of health places the focus of health on
a. the community
b. the individual
c. environmental conditions
d. scientific research. - ANS ✔✔a. the community
Which question below supports the strategy:
"Identify women's agency in the midst of social constraint and the biomedical paradigm."? • "
a. Aren't 'all women' the same?"
b. Why do you care about the issue?"
c. Are women really victims or are they acting with agency?
d. Who has a choice within the context of health?" - ANS ✔✔c. Are women really victims or are they
acting with agency?
What had been a significant problem in medical research well into the 1990s?
a. The focus on randomized clinical trials over epidemiological investigations • b. The lack of
representation of women in research trials
c. The lack of research related to gynecology
d. The focus on randomized clinical trials over observational research - ANS ✔✔c. The lack of research
related to gynecology
Gender differences in heart disease can be found in
a. diagnosis
b. treatment
c. identification of symptoms
