Test bank for Growth and Development Across the Lifespan 3nd Edition by Leifer 2025/2026

Test bank for Growth and Development Across the Lifespan 3nd
Edition by Leifer 2025/2026

,Chapter 1: Healthy People

Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE


1. The purpose of Healthy People 2020 is to:
a. examine world health needs.
b. evaluate accomplishments for years 2010–2020.

c. focus primarily on infant health and mortality.
d. examine funding issues for health care.

ANS: B
Healthy People 2020 is an evidence-based 10-year report card
describing health-care accomplishments in the United States between the
years of 2010 and 2020.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 1 OBJ: 1
TOP: Healthy People 2020 KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early
detection of disease


2. A health-care worker planning a research project related to teenage pregnancy
in his community would include in the initial assessment the health status of
the target population. Health status could be best evaluated by the examination
of the: a. birth rate, disease
morbidity, and life expectancy.
b. birth rate, access to health care, and death rate.

c. disease morbidity, life expectancy, and health insurance coverage.
d. health insurance coverage, death rate, and access to health care.

ANS: B

, Birth rate statistics identify age of mother; death rates include infant
mortality and age of mother; access to health care may affect a teenager’s
ability to obtain adequate prenatal care.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 6 OBJ: 3
TOP: Health status KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early
detection of disease


3. The ahealth-care aworker ateaches aa agroup aof anew aparents aabout athe a“back
a to asleep” aprogram,awhich ais adirected atoward athe areduction aof asudden
infant adeath asyndrome a(SIDS) aby: aa.
a


positioning athe ababy aon aa asmall aflat apillow.
b. placing athe ababy aon aits aback ain athe acrib.

c. gently arocking athe ababy abefore areturning ait ato abed.
d. tucking ainfant asnuggly ain athe acrib awith aa alight ablanket.

ANS: aB
The aback ato asleep aprogram ahelps areduce athe aincidence aof aSIDS aby
a placing athe ainfant aon aitsaback arather athan aon aits astomach.


DIF: Cognitive aLevel: aApplicationREF: ap. a8 OBJ: a5

, TOP: aBack ato asleep aprogram KEY: aNursing aProcess aStep: aIntervention
MSC: aNCLEX: aHealth aPromotion aand aMaintenance: aprevention aand aearly
a detection aof adisease
4. Healthy aPeople a2020 aendorses athe acompletion aof aa ahigh aschool aeducation
a primarily ato aenableaa aperson ato:
a. secure aa abetter ajob.
b. increase athe aquality aof alife.

c. make ahealthy alifestyle achoices.
d. maintain athe afamily aunit.

ANS: aC
One aof athe agoals aof aHealthy aPeople a2020 ais ato aincrease athe anumber aof
a persons agraduatingafrom ahigh aschool aso athat athey ahave aa abetter
a education abasis aon awhich ato amake ahealthy alifestyle achoices.

DIF: Cognitive aLevel: aApplicationREF: ap. a8 OBJ: a4
a TOP: aHealth aindicators a KEY: aNursing aProcess aStep: aNA
aMSC: aNCLEX: aNA


5. Healthy aPeople a2020 ais apublished aby athe:
a. Centers afor aDisease aControl aand aPrevention.
b. Department aof athe aInterior.

c. World aHealth aOrganization.
d. Department aof aHealth aand aHuman aServices.

ANS: aD
Healthy aPeople a2020 ais apublished aby athe aU.S. aDepartment aof aHealth aand
aHuman aServices.


DIF: Cognitive aLevel: aKnowledge REF: ap. a1 OBJ: a1
TOP: aHealthy aPeople a2020 a KEY: aNursing aProcess aStep: aNA aMSC: aNCLEX:
a NA