The role performance model of health defines health in terms of individuals' ability to
perform social roles.
The clinical model is the basis for occupational health evaluations.
Nurses in the school setting can participate in health-promotion activities through
creating nut-free schools. This would protect hypersensitive children from life-
threatening allergic reactions to peanuts and other nut products. This type of program is
an example of which of the following interventions?
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Emergent - CORRECT ANSWER-Primary
In addition to changes in ethnic and racial distribution within the population, it is
expected that changes in __ distribution will affect health-promotion practice.
geographical
environmental
age
social - CORRECT ANSWER-Age
Which of the following statements accurately reflects the concept of primordial
prevention?
It concerns interventions directed at the fetus while in utero to assure lifelong health.
It is a more modern term used interchangeably with primary prevention.
It is a health-promotion strategy which reflects policy-level interventions.
It refers administering vaccines to prevent individuals from ever developing the disease.
- CORRECT ANSWER-It is a health-promotion strategy which reflects policy-level
interventions.
The client who would be least likely to participate in health teaching activities would
choose which model?
Clinical model
Adaptive model
Role performance model
Eudaimonistic model - CORRECT ANSWER-Clinical model
,Health is considered to be a metaparadigm for nursing and includes which of the
following components?
Select all that apply.
Person
Health
Environment
Nursing
Psychosocial wellness - CORRECT ANSWER-Person
Health
Environment
Nursing
The nurse is teaching about primary prevention and includes which educational
statement in the instructions?
Everyone should participate in colorectal cancer screening.
Health teaching about the risk factors of heart disease should be performed.
Limiting disability is a vital role of nursing since preventive measures are therapeutic.
The nurse is involved in minimizing the effects of disease and disability by surveillance
and maintenance. - CORRECT ANSWER-Health teaching about the risk factors of heart
disease should be performed.
Which of the following agencies or initiatives have been driving forces in health care
reform and the prevention of disease in society?
Select all that apply.
Healthy People
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
US Department of Health and Human Services - CORRECT ANSWER-Healthy People
US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
US Department of Health and Human Services
Four distinct models have been used to describe concepts of health. Which of the
following statements accurately describe some of the models used?
Select all that apply.
In the clinical health model, health and illness are defined by achieving age-related
activity standards.
The role performance model of health defines health in terms of individuals' ability to
perform social roles.
The clinical model is the basis for occupational health evaluations.
In the adaptive model of health, people's ability to adjust positively to social, mental, and
physiological change is the measure of their health.
In the eudaimonistic model, exuberant well-being indicates optimal health. - CORRECT
ANSWER-In the eudaimonistic model, exuberant well-being indicates optimal health.
, Public health nurses are involved in supporting active health-promotion strategies such
as:
supporting clean water.
advocating for vitamin D in all milk.
supporting sanitary sewage systems.
participating in an individual daily exercise program. - CORRECT ANSWER-
participating in an individual daily exercise program.
Which of the following is one of the four overarching goals for Healthy People 2020?
Decrease tobacco use in youth throughout the nation.
Achieve health equity and eliminate disparity for all groups.
Increase funding for universal health insurance especially for the indigent.
Decrease hospital readmission for medical and surgical patients. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Achieve health equity and eliminate disparity for all groups.
What two groups comprise emerging populations in the United States? (Select two that
apply.)
Select all that apply.
Older Americans
Ethnic minorities
Homeless
Baby boomers - CORRECT ANSWER-Ethnic minorities
Homeless
The nurse recognizes that a minority group is perceived as:
capturing biological variations within human populations.
people who receive less than their share of wealth, power, or social status.
people set apart on the basis of cultural or national origin characteristics.
socially organized groups with salient differences with respect to other groups in
society. - CORRECT ANSWER-people who receive less than their share of wealth,
power, or social status.
Which of the following statements are true about cultural competency in health care?*
Select all that apply.
Recognizing and accepting cultural diversity achieves cultural competency.
Cultural competency is a major element in eliminating health disparities.
There is no association between the care recipient's cultural background and the health
care providers' cultural beliefs.
Health care services are to be provided that are respectful of and responsive to the
diverse health beliefs of the care recipient.
Health care providers must be aware of how people interpret their health issues or
illnesses. - CORRECT ANSWER-Cultural competency is a major element in eliminating
health disparities.
Health care services are to be provided that are respectful of and responsive to the
diverse health beliefs of the care recipient.