Test Bank Brunner & Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 15th

Test Bank Brunner & Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 15th Test Bank Brunner & Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 15th Chapter 03: Health Education and Promotion 1. Anurse has been working with Mrs. Griffin,a 71-year-old patient whose poorly controlled type 1 diabetes has led to numerous health problems. Over the past several years Mrs. Griffin has had several admissions to the hospital medical unit, and the nurse has often carried out health promotion interventions. Who is ultimately responsible for maintaining and promoting Mrs. Griffins health? A) The medical nurse B) The community health nurse who has also worked with Mrs. Griffin C) Mrs. Griffins primary care provider D) Mrs. Griffin Ans: D Feedback: American society places a great importance on health and the responsibility that each of us has to maintain and promote our own health. Therefore, the other options are incorrect. 2. An elderly female patient has come to the clinic for ascheduled follow-up appointment. The nurse learns from the patients daughter that the patient is not following the instructions she received upon discharge from the hospital last month. What is the most likely factor causing the patient not to adhere to her therapeutic regimen? Test Bank - Brunner Suddarth Medical Surgical Nursing (15th by Hinkle) A) Ethnic background of health care provider B) Costs of the prescribed regimen C) Presence of alearning disability D) Personality of the physician Ans: B Feedback: Variables that appear to influence the degree of adherence to a prescribed therapeutic regimen include gender, race,education, illness,complexity of the regimen,and the cost of treatments. The ethnic background of the health care provider and the personality of the physician are not considered variables that appear to influence the degree of adherence to a prescribed therapeutic regimen. Alearning disability could greatly affect adherence, but cost is a more likely barrier.