PATHOPHYSIOLOGY CHAPTER 1:
CONCEPTS OF HEALTH AND
DISEASE COMPLETE TEST BANK
| 30 MCQS/CHAPTER FOR
CLINICAL MEDICINE
1 A disease agent can affect more than one organ of
the body, and more than one disease agent can
affect the same organ of the body. Therefore, the
majority of disease <answer>A. are multi-factorial in
origin.
, 2 A nurse from a local hospital has been asked to
present an educational event for a community group.
They have asked her to speak on communicable
diseases. Consider the following scenario.
3 One member of the group asks, "The nurse who
takes care of my mother said that she uses
'evidence-based guidelines' when she cares for her
patients. What does that mean?" How would the
nurse answer this question? <answer>The nurse
should explain that evidence-based practice and
evidence-based practice guidelines are mechanisms
that use the current best scientific findings
(evidence) to make decisions about the health care
of individuals. They are based on the expertise of
the individual practitioner integrated with the
evidence gathered from a systematic review of
credible research studies. Practice guidelines may
take the form of algorithms, which are step=by-step
methods for solving problem, written directives, or a
combination thereof.
4 A nurse from a local hospital has been asked to
present an educational event for a community group.
They have asked her to speak on communicable
diseases. Consider the following scenario.
CONCEPTS OF HEALTH AND
DISEASE COMPLETE TEST BANK
| 30 MCQS/CHAPTER FOR
CLINICAL MEDICINE
1 A disease agent can affect more than one organ of
the body, and more than one disease agent can
affect the same organ of the body. Therefore, the
majority of disease <answer>A. are multi-factorial in
origin.
, 2 A nurse from a local hospital has been asked to
present an educational event for a community group.
They have asked her to speak on communicable
diseases. Consider the following scenario.
3 One member of the group asks, "The nurse who
takes care of my mother said that she uses
'evidence-based guidelines' when she cares for her
patients. What does that mean?" How would the
nurse answer this question? <answer>The nurse
should explain that evidence-based practice and
evidence-based practice guidelines are mechanisms
that use the current best scientific findings
(evidence) to make decisions about the health care
of individuals. They are based on the expertise of
the individual practitioner integrated with the
evidence gathered from a systematic review of
credible research studies. Practice guidelines may
take the form of algorithms, which are step=by-step
methods for solving problem, written directives, or a
combination thereof.
4 A nurse from a local hospital has been asked to
present an educational event for a community group.
They have asked her to speak on communicable
diseases. Consider the following scenario.
