Test Bank for Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook
of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 14th Edition
(Hinkle) Chapters 1
Chapter 01: Health Care Delivery and Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
, The public health nurse is presenting a health promotion class to a group of new mothers. How should the
nursebestdefinehealth?
Health is being disease free.
Health is having fulfillment in all domains of life.
Health is having psychologicaland physiologicalharmony.
Health is being connected in body, mind, and spirit. -✔✔ answer :
D
Feedback:
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health in the preamble to its constitution as a state of
complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.
Theother-✔✔ answer wers areincorrectbecausethey arenotcongruentwith the WHOdefinition ofhealth.
A nurse is speaking to a group of prospective nursing students about what it is like to be a nurse. What is
one characteristic the nurse would cite as necessary to possess to be an effective nurse?
Sensitivity to culturaldifferences
Team-focused approach to problem-solving
Strict adherence to routine
Ability to face criticism
-✔✔ answer : A
Feedback:
To promoteaneffective nurse-patientrelationship andpositiveoutcomes ofcare, nursing care mustbe
culturally competent, appropriate, and sensitive to cultural differences. Team-focused nursing and
strict adherence to routine arenotcharacteristics needed to bean effectivenurse. The ability to handle
criticism is important, but to alesserdegreethanculturalcompetence.
With increases in longevity, people have had to become more knowledgeable about their health and
the professional health care that they receive. One outcome of this phenomenon is the
development of organizedself-care educationprograms.
Whichofthefollowingdotheseprogramsprioritize?
Adequate prenatal care
of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 14th Edition
(Hinkle) Chapters 1
Chapter 01: Health Care Delivery and Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
, The public health nurse is presenting a health promotion class to a group of new mothers. How should the
nursebestdefinehealth?
Health is being disease free.
Health is having fulfillment in all domains of life.
Health is having psychologicaland physiologicalharmony.
Health is being connected in body, mind, and spirit. -✔✔ answer :
D
Feedback:
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health in the preamble to its constitution as a state of
complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.
Theother-✔✔ answer wers areincorrectbecausethey arenotcongruentwith the WHOdefinition ofhealth.
A nurse is speaking to a group of prospective nursing students about what it is like to be a nurse. What is
one characteristic the nurse would cite as necessary to possess to be an effective nurse?
Sensitivity to culturaldifferences
Team-focused approach to problem-solving
Strict adherence to routine
Ability to face criticism
-✔✔ answer : A
Feedback:
To promoteaneffective nurse-patientrelationship andpositiveoutcomes ofcare, nursing care mustbe
culturally competent, appropriate, and sensitive to cultural differences. Team-focused nursing and
strict adherence to routine arenotcharacteristics needed to bean effectivenurse. The ability to handle
criticism is important, but to alesserdegreethanculturalcompetence.
With increases in longevity, people have had to become more knowledgeable about their health and
the professional health care that they receive. One outcome of this phenomenon is the
development of organizedself-care educationprograms.
Whichofthefollowingdotheseprogramsprioritize?
Adequate prenatal care
