,Chapter 01: Health Defined: Objectives for Promotion and Preve
ntion Edelman: Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span, 1
0th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which model of health is most likely used by a person who does not believe in preventive health
care?
a. Clinical model
b. Role performance model
c. Adaptive model
d. Eudaimonistic model
ANS: A
The clinical model of health views the absence of signs and symptoms of disease as indicative
of health. People who use this model wait until they are very sick to seek care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) REF: p. 3
2. A person with chronic back pain is cared for by her primary care provider as
well as receives acupuncture. Which model of health does this person likely
favor?
a. Clinical model
b. Role performance model
c. Adaptive model
d. Eudaimonistic model
ANS: D
The eudaimonistic model embodies the interaction and interrelationships among physical, social, p
sychological, and spiritual aspects of life and the environment in goal attainment and creating
meaning in life. Practitioners who practice the clinical model may not be enough for someone
who believes in the eudaimonistic model. Those who believe in the eudaimonistic model often l
ook for alternative providers of care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 3
3. A state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person‘s
potential and is experienced within a developmental context is known as:
a. growth and development.
b. health.
c. functioning.
d. high-level wellness.
ANS: B
Health is defined as a state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a
person‘s potential and is experienced within a developmental context.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) REF: p. 5
4. Which of the following best describes a client who has an illness?
a. Someone who has well-controlled diabetes
b. Someone with hypercholesterolemia
c. Someone with a headache
d. Someone with coronary artery disease wi
thout angina ANS: C
, Someone with a headache represents a person with an illness. An illness is made up of the s
ubjective experience of the individual and the physical manifestation of disease. It can be descr
ibed as a response characterized by a mismatch between a person‘s needs and the resources av
ailable to meet those needs. A person can have a disease without feeling ill. The other choices
represent disease.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze (Analysis) REF: p. 6
5. Which US report is considered a landmark document in creating a global approach to health?
a. The 1990 Health Objectives for the Nation: A Midcourse Review
b. Healthy People 2020
c. Healthy People 2000
d. The U.S. Surgeon General Report
ANS: C
Healthy People 2000 and its Midcourse Review and 1995 Revisions were landmark documents in
which a consortium of people representing national organizations worked with US Public Health
Service officials to create a more global approach to health.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) REF: p. 6
6. Which of the following represents a method of primary prevention?
a. Informational session about healthy lifestyles
b. Blood pressure screening
c. Interventional cardiac catheterization
d. Diagnostic cardiac catheterization
ANS: A
Primary prevention precedes disease or dysfunction. It includes health promotion and specific prote
ction and encourages increased awareness; thus, education about healthy lifestyles fits this definit
ion. Blood pressure screening does not prevent disease, but instead identifies it.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 11
7. Which of the following represents a method of secondary prevention?
a. Self–breast examination education
b. Yearly mammograms
c. Chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer
d. Complete mastectomy for breast cancer
ANS: B
Screening is secondary prevention because the principal goal of screenings is to identify individua
ls in an early, detectable stage of the disease process. A mammogram is a screening tool for
breast cancer and thus is considered a method of secondary prevention.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 15
8. Which of the following represents a method of tertiary prevention?
a. Drunk driving campaign
b. Road blocks for drunk driving
c. Emergency surgery for head trauma after a motor vehicle accident
d. Physical and occupational therapy after a motor vehicle accident
with head trauma ANS: D
, Physical therapy and occupational therapy are considered tertiary prevention. Tertiary prevention o
ccurs when a defect or disability is permanent and irreversible. It involves minimizing the effect
of disease and disability. The objective of tertiary prevention is to maximize remaining capacit
ies.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 15
9. In reviewing a person‘s medical claims, a nurse realizes that the individual with moderate persis
tent asthma has had several emergency department visits and is not on inhaled steroids as rec
ommended by the NHLBI asthma management guidelines. The nurse discusses this with the pe
rson‘s primary care provider. In this scenario, the nurse is acting as a(n):
a. advocate.
b. care manager.
c. consultant.
d. educator.
ANS: B
Care managers act to prevent duplication of service and reduce cost. Care managers base re
commendation on reliable data sources such as evidence-based practices and protocols.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 15
10. During a home visit, a nurse assists an individual to complete an application for disability se
rvices. The nurse is acting as a(n):
a. advocate.
b. care manager.
c. consultant.
d. educator.
ANS: A
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om the health care system, tries to make the system more responsive to individuals‘ commun
ity needs, and assists indivi duals in developing skills to advocate for themselves. d , d , d , d , d , d , d ,
DIF: Cognitive d , Level: d , Apply d , (Application) REF: p. d , 15
11. During a home visit, a nurse discusses the dangers
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ANS: D
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ntion Edelman: Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span, 1
0th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which model of health is most likely used by a person who does not believe in preventive health
care?
a. Clinical model
b. Role performance model
c. Adaptive model
d. Eudaimonistic model
ANS: A
The clinical model of health views the absence of signs and symptoms of disease as indicative
of health. People who use this model wait until they are very sick to seek care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) REF: p. 3
2. A person with chronic back pain is cared for by her primary care provider as
well as receives acupuncture. Which model of health does this person likely
favor?
a. Clinical model
b. Role performance model
c. Adaptive model
d. Eudaimonistic model
ANS: D
The eudaimonistic model embodies the interaction and interrelationships among physical, social, p
sychological, and spiritual aspects of life and the environment in goal attainment and creating
meaning in life. Practitioners who practice the clinical model may not be enough for someone
who believes in the eudaimonistic model. Those who believe in the eudaimonistic model often l
ook for alternative providers of care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 3
3. A state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person‘s
potential and is experienced within a developmental context is known as:
a. growth and development.
b. health.
c. functioning.
d. high-level wellness.
ANS: B
Health is defined as a state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a
person‘s potential and is experienced within a developmental context.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) REF: p. 5
4. Which of the following best describes a client who has an illness?
a. Someone who has well-controlled diabetes
b. Someone with hypercholesterolemia
c. Someone with a headache
d. Someone with coronary artery disease wi
thout angina ANS: C
, Someone with a headache represents a person with an illness. An illness is made up of the s
ubjective experience of the individual and the physical manifestation of disease. It can be descr
ibed as a response characterized by a mismatch between a person‘s needs and the resources av
ailable to meet those needs. A person can have a disease without feeling ill. The other choices
represent disease.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze (Analysis) REF: p. 6
5. Which US report is considered a landmark document in creating a global approach to health?
a. The 1990 Health Objectives for the Nation: A Midcourse Review
b. Healthy People 2020
c. Healthy People 2000
d. The U.S. Surgeon General Report
ANS: C
Healthy People 2000 and its Midcourse Review and 1995 Revisions were landmark documents in
which a consortium of people representing national organizations worked with US Public Health
Service officials to create a more global approach to health.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) REF: p. 6
6. Which of the following represents a method of primary prevention?
a. Informational session about healthy lifestyles
b. Blood pressure screening
c. Interventional cardiac catheterization
d. Diagnostic cardiac catheterization
ANS: A
Primary prevention precedes disease or dysfunction. It includes health promotion and specific prote
ction and encourages increased awareness; thus, education about healthy lifestyles fits this definit
ion. Blood pressure screening does not prevent disease, but instead identifies it.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 11
7. Which of the following represents a method of secondary prevention?
a. Self–breast examination education
b. Yearly mammograms
c. Chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer
d. Complete mastectomy for breast cancer
ANS: B
Screening is secondary prevention because the principal goal of screenings is to identify individua
ls in an early, detectable stage of the disease process. A mammogram is a screening tool for
breast cancer and thus is considered a method of secondary prevention.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 15
8. Which of the following represents a method of tertiary prevention?
a. Drunk driving campaign
b. Road blocks for drunk driving
c. Emergency surgery for head trauma after a motor vehicle accident
d. Physical and occupational therapy after a motor vehicle accident
with head trauma ANS: D
, Physical therapy and occupational therapy are considered tertiary prevention. Tertiary prevention o
ccurs when a defect or disability is permanent and irreversible. It involves minimizing the effect
of disease and disability. The objective of tertiary prevention is to maximize remaining capacit
ies.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 15
9. In reviewing a person‘s medical claims, a nurse realizes that the individual with moderate persis
tent asthma has had several emergency department visits and is not on inhaled steroids as rec
ommended by the NHLBI asthma management guidelines. The nurse discusses this with the pe
rson‘s primary care provider. In this scenario, the nurse is acting as a(n):
a. advocate.
b. care manager.
c. consultant.
d. educator.
ANS: B
Care managers act to prevent duplication of service and reduce cost. Care managers base re
commendation on reliable data sources such as evidence-based practices and protocols.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 15
10. During a home visit, a nurse assists an individual to complete an application for disability se
rvices. The nurse is acting as a(n):
a. advocate.
b. care manager.
c. consultant.
d. educator.
ANS: A
The advocacy role of the nurse helps individuals obtain what they are entitled to receive fr
om the health care system, tries to make the system more responsive to individuals‘ commun
ity needs, and assists indivi duals in developing skills to advocate for themselves. d , d , d , d , d , d , d ,
DIF: Cognitive d , Level: d , Apply d , (Application) REF: p. d , 15
11. During a home visit, a nurse discusses the dangers
d , d , d , d , d , d , d , d , d , of d , smoking d , with d , an d , indivi
dual. In this scenario the nurse is acting as a(n):
d , d , d, d , d , d , d , d , d ,
a. advocate.
b. care manager. d ,
c. consultant.
d. educator.
ANS: D
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ase
. Teaching can
d , d , d , range d , from d , a d , chance d , remark d , to d , a d , planned d
, lesson. DIF: d ,
Cognitive d , Level: d , Apply d , (Application) REF:
p. 16d ,
12. A nurse is asked to provide an expert opinion about the development of
d , d , d , d , d , d , d , d , d , d , d , d ,
d an educat ion program for newly diagnosed diabetics. In this scenario, t
, d , d, d , d , d , d , d , d , d , d , d ,
he nurse is acting as
d , d , d , d ,
a(n):
a. advocate.
b. care manager. d ,
c. consultant.
d. educator.
