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The nurse incorporates cultural considerations into the health teaching plan by:
- Assessing a person's beliefs.
- Using medical terminology
- Presenting evidence-based information.
- Explaining that universal health practices are the best. - ANSWER Assessing a
person's beliefs.
The communication of health information in a manner which is clear and
understandable to the client is known as:
- Empowerment
- Health literacy
- Health disparities
- Health education - ANSWER Health literacy
Nurses have a responsibility to ensure health literacy when providing health
education. What are some strategies that nurses can use to promote health literacy?
(select all that apply) - 3
- Speak clearly and distinctly.
- Speak louder than usual.
- Use medical terminology.
- Face the person when speaking.
- Conclude with a summary of key points - ANSWER - Speak clearly and
distinctly.
- Face the person when speaking.
- Conclude with a summary of key points
,The nurse utilizes strategies associated with client-centered communication by doing
which of the following? (select all that apply) - 4
- Not being "too busy" to talk
- Focusing on the nurse's views
- Developing mutual understanding
- Emphasizing the technical aspects of care
- Using a conversational interviewing style
- Tuning in to the client's preferences and style - ANSWER - Not being "too
busy" to talk
- Developing mutual understanding
- Using a conversational interviewing style
- Tuning in to the client's preferences and style
What are some ethical standards that nurses can utilize for interpersonal
communications? (select all that apply) - 3
- Communicate information accurately.
- Take a laissez-faire approach to minimize conflict
- Change the subject when unsure of the correct answer.
- Be sensitive to gender and cultural context.
- Communicate verbal and nonverbal messages in a congruent manner -
ANSWER - Communicate information accurately.
- Be sensitive to gender and cultural context.
- Communicate verbal and nonverbal messages in a congruent manner
Which of the following scenarios best describes a nurse using metacommunication?
- Using both touch and silence when counseling an individual
- Practicing reflection when interaction with an individual
- Discussing with an individual how to solve a problem
,- Understanding that an individual needs a break before proceeding -
ANSWER Understanding that an individual needs a break before proceeding
The nurse is teaching a class to students of pediatric nursing on comparing the
concepts of growth and development. Which statement most accurately represents
these concepts?
- Growth patterns are qualitative changes.
- Growth is from the head to toe or cephalocaudal.
- Development reflects an increase in the number and size of cells.
- Development is a gradual change that includes advances in skills -
ANSWER Development is a gradual change that includes advances in skills
A nurse is attending a continuing education program about growth and development.
Why is it necessary that nurses are well educated about this content? (Select all that
apply) - 3
- Can deliver anticipatory guidance to families
- Can meet the requirements of Healthy People 2020
- Have a better understanding of genetics and genomics
- Can provide more effective health education - ANSWER - Can deliver
anticipatory guidance to families
- Can meet the requirements of Healthy People 2020
- Can provide more effective health education
The school nurse is working on a campaign in the school to prevent adolescent
pregnancies. Which of the following interventions should the nurse implement?
- Talk to teenagers about sex, including abstinence, contraception, and sexually
transmitted
- Tell the teenagers they should abstain from sex until they are old enough to cope
with the potential consequences such as an unwanted pregnancy.
- Encourage parents of all teenage girls to make sure their daughters start oral
contraceptives early.
, - Offer all teenagers free condoms when they come in for physical exams. -
ANSWER Talk to teenagers about sex, including abstinence, contraception, and
sexually transmitted
Which of the following is the third leading cause of death in adolescents between 10
and 24 years of age?
- Accidents
- Suicide
- Cancer
- Sport injuries - ANSWER Suicide
The nurse is preparing an educational activity for adolescents. The primary reason
that emphasis is placed on teaching testicular self-examination is because:
- adolescents are naturally interested in their developing bodies.
- baseline assessment data is necessary for comparison in the future.
- rapid anatomical changes are occurring in the testes
- testicular cancer is the number one cancer in the adolescent male -
ANSWER testicular cancer is the number one cancer in the adolescent male
A nurse is planning a community health education program for young adults. Which
of the following considerations should be made by the nurse?
- The age span encompassing young adulthood is between 20 to 30 years of age
- The number one cause of death for young adults is injury.
- The number of young adults in the United States is increasing.
- The maternal mortality rate is at its lowest point since 1980. - ANSWER The
number one cause of death for young adults is injury.
According to Healthy People 2020, the leading causes of death among children and
young adults are due to injuries from which of the following?
- Homicide
The nurse incorporates cultural considerations into the health teaching plan by:
- Assessing a person's beliefs.
- Using medical terminology
- Presenting evidence-based information.
- Explaining that universal health practices are the best. - ANSWER Assessing a
person's beliefs.
The communication of health information in a manner which is clear and
understandable to the client is known as:
- Empowerment
- Health literacy
- Health disparities
- Health education - ANSWER Health literacy
Nurses have a responsibility to ensure health literacy when providing health
education. What are some strategies that nurses can use to promote health literacy?
(select all that apply) - 3
- Speak clearly and distinctly.
- Speak louder than usual.
- Use medical terminology.
- Face the person when speaking.
- Conclude with a summary of key points - ANSWER - Speak clearly and
distinctly.
- Face the person when speaking.
- Conclude with a summary of key points
,The nurse utilizes strategies associated with client-centered communication by doing
which of the following? (select all that apply) - 4
- Not being "too busy" to talk
- Focusing on the nurse's views
- Developing mutual understanding
- Emphasizing the technical aspects of care
- Using a conversational interviewing style
- Tuning in to the client's preferences and style - ANSWER - Not being "too
busy" to talk
- Developing mutual understanding
- Using a conversational interviewing style
- Tuning in to the client's preferences and style
What are some ethical standards that nurses can utilize for interpersonal
communications? (select all that apply) - 3
- Communicate information accurately.
- Take a laissez-faire approach to minimize conflict
- Change the subject when unsure of the correct answer.
- Be sensitive to gender and cultural context.
- Communicate verbal and nonverbal messages in a congruent manner -
ANSWER - Communicate information accurately.
- Be sensitive to gender and cultural context.
- Communicate verbal and nonverbal messages in a congruent manner
Which of the following scenarios best describes a nurse using metacommunication?
- Using both touch and silence when counseling an individual
- Practicing reflection when interaction with an individual
- Discussing with an individual how to solve a problem
,- Understanding that an individual needs a break before proceeding -
ANSWER Understanding that an individual needs a break before proceeding
The nurse is teaching a class to students of pediatric nursing on comparing the
concepts of growth and development. Which statement most accurately represents
these concepts?
- Growth patterns are qualitative changes.
- Growth is from the head to toe or cephalocaudal.
- Development reflects an increase in the number and size of cells.
- Development is a gradual change that includes advances in skills -
ANSWER Development is a gradual change that includes advances in skills
A nurse is attending a continuing education program about growth and development.
Why is it necessary that nurses are well educated about this content? (Select all that
apply) - 3
- Can deliver anticipatory guidance to families
- Can meet the requirements of Healthy People 2020
- Have a better understanding of genetics and genomics
- Can provide more effective health education - ANSWER - Can deliver
anticipatory guidance to families
- Can meet the requirements of Healthy People 2020
- Can provide more effective health education
The school nurse is working on a campaign in the school to prevent adolescent
pregnancies. Which of the following interventions should the nurse implement?
- Talk to teenagers about sex, including abstinence, contraception, and sexually
transmitted
- Tell the teenagers they should abstain from sex until they are old enough to cope
with the potential consequences such as an unwanted pregnancy.
- Encourage parents of all teenage girls to make sure their daughters start oral
contraceptives early.
, - Offer all teenagers free condoms when they come in for physical exams. -
ANSWER Talk to teenagers about sex, including abstinence, contraception, and
sexually transmitted
Which of the following is the third leading cause of death in adolescents between 10
and 24 years of age?
- Accidents
- Suicide
- Cancer
- Sport injuries - ANSWER Suicide
The nurse is preparing an educational activity for adolescents. The primary reason
that emphasis is placed on teaching testicular self-examination is because:
- adolescents are naturally interested in their developing bodies.
- baseline assessment data is necessary for comparison in the future.
- rapid anatomical changes are occurring in the testes
- testicular cancer is the number one cancer in the adolescent male -
ANSWER testicular cancer is the number one cancer in the adolescent male
A nurse is planning a community health education program for young adults. Which
of the following considerations should be made by the nurse?
- The age span encompassing young adulthood is between 20 to 30 years of age
- The number one cause of death for young adults is injury.
- The number of young adults in the United States is increasing.
- The maternal mortality rate is at its lowest point since 1980. - ANSWER The
number one cause of death for young adults is injury.
According to Healthy People 2020, the leading causes of death among children and
young adults are due to injuries from which of the following?
- Homicide
