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Table of Contents:
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Chapter 1. Healthy Lifestyles
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Chapter 2. Communication
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Chapter 3. Culture
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Chapter 4. The Family
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Chapter 5. Theories of Growth and Development
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Chapter 6. Prenatal Period to 1 Year
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Chapter 7. Toddlerhood
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Chapter 8. Preschool
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Chapter 9. School Age
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Chapter 10. Puberty and Adolescence
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Chapter 11. Early Adulthood
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Chapter 12. Middle Adulthood
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Chapter 13. Late Adulthood
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Chapter 14. Death and Dying
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Chapter 1: Healthy Lifestyles – Questions With Answers and Rationales
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1. In early civilization, the cause of illness was attributed to:
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b. Microorganisms
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d. Natural and supernatural forces d d d
Answer: d d
Rationale: In early civilization, illness was attributed to natural and supernatural forces.
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Nursing Process: Assessment
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Client Needs: Physiological Integrity
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2. The first understanding of disease processes occurred in (the):
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a. Early civilization d
b. 21st centuryd
c. 19th century d
d. Middle Ages d
Answer: c d
Rationale: In the 19th century, the development of bacteriology helped in the understanding of di
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sease processes.
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3. Despite all of the improvements and advancements in health care, several infectious di
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seases have recently resurfaced, including:
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a. Strep throat d
b. Tuberculosis
c. Polio
d. Mononucleosis
Answer: b d
Rationale: Tuberculosis is one of several diseases that have recently resurfaced.
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Nursing Process: Planning
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Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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4. Healthy People 2020 identifies two major goals—eliminating health disparities and:
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a. Increasing peace and prosperity d d d
b. Eliminating all diseases d d
c. Increasing the quality and years of healthy living
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d. Limiting population growth d d
Answer: c d
Rationale: Increasing the quality and years of healthy living is one major goal set by Healthy Peo
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ple 2020.
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Nursing Process: Planning
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5. An external force that can affect one’s health is (the):
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a. Mind
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c. Heredity
d. Hormones
Answer: b d
Rationale: Culture is an external force that can have many influences on an individual, including
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effects on health.d d
Nursing Process: Planning
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Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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6. Health promotion is: d d
a. Goal oriented d
b. Natural
c. Unplanned
d. Special
Answer: a d
Rationale: Health promotion sets goals leading toward optimal wellness.
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Nursing Process: Planning
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Table of Contents:
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Chapter 1. Healthy Lifestyles
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Chapter 2. Communication
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Chapter 3. Culture
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Chapter 4. The Family
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Chapter 5. Theories of Growth and Development
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Chapter 6. Prenatal Period to 1 Year
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Chapter 7. Toddlerhood
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Chapter 8. Preschool
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Chapter 9. School Age
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Chapter 10. Puberty and Adolescence
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Chapter 11. Early Adulthood
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Chapter 12. Middle Adulthood
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Chapter 13. Late Adulthood
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Chapter 14. Death and Dying
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Chapter 1: Healthy Lifestyles – Questions With Answers and Rationales
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1. In early civilization, the cause of illness was attributed to:
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a. Infectious disease d
b. Microorganisms
c. Contaminated food and water d d d
d. Natural and supernatural forces d d d
Answer: d d
Rationale: In early civilization, illness was attributed to natural and supernatural forces.
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Nursing Process: Assessment
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Client Needs: Physiological Integrity
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2. The first understanding of disease processes occurred in (the):
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a. Early civilization d
b. 21st centuryd
c. 19th century d
d. Middle Ages d
Answer: c d
Rationale: In the 19th century, the development of bacteriology helped in the understanding of di
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sease processes.
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Nursing Process: Assessment
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3. Despite all of the improvements and advancements in health care, several infectious di
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seases have recently resurfaced, including:
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a. Strep throat d
b. Tuberculosis
c. Polio
d. Mononucleosis
Answer: b d
Rationale: Tuberculosis is one of several diseases that have recently resurfaced.
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Nursing Process: Planning
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Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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4. Healthy People 2020 identifies two major goals—eliminating health disparities and:
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a. Increasing peace and prosperity d d d
b. Eliminating all diseases d d
c. Increasing the quality and years of healthy living
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d. Limiting population growth d d
Answer: c d
Rationale: Increasing the quality and years of healthy living is one major goal set by Healthy Peo
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ple 2020.
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Nursing Process: Planning
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Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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5. An external force that can affect one’s health is (the):
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a. Mind
b. Culture
c. Heredity
d. Hormones
Answer: b d
Rationale: Culture is an external force that can have many influences on an individual, including
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effects on health.d d
Nursing Process: Planning
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Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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6. Health promotion is: d d
a. Goal oriented d
b. Natural
c. Unplanned
d. Special
Answer: a d
Rationale: Health promotion sets goals leading toward optimal wellness.
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Nursing Process: Planning
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Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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