Test Bank For Growth and Development
Across the Lifespan
3rd Edition By Gloria Leifer; Eve Fleck
Chapters 1 - 16 Complete
,Table of Content
Chapter 1 Healthy People 2020
Chapter 2 Government Influences on Health Care
Chapter 3 Cultural Considerations in Health Care
Chapter 4 The Influence of Family on Developing a Lifestyle
Chapter 5 Theories of Development
Chapter 6 Prenatal Influences on Healthy Development
Chapter 7 The Infant
Chapter 8 Early Childhood
Chapter 9 Middle Childhood
Chapter 10 Adolescence
Chapter 11 Young Adulthood
Chapter 12 Middle Adulthood
Chapter 13 Late Adulthood
Chapter 14 Advanced Old-Age and Geriatrics
Chapter 15 Planning for the End of Life
Chapter 16 Loss, Grief, and Bereavement
,Chapter 1: Healthy People 2020
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.
ANSWER: 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.
ANSWER: 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 ato asleep”
aprogram, awhich ais adirected atoward athe areduction aof asudden ainfant adeath asyndrome
a(SIDS) aby: aa.
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.
ANSWER: aB
The aback ato asleep aprogram ahelps areduce athe aincidence aof aSIDS aby aplacing athe ainfant
aon aits aback arather athan aon aits astomach.
DIF: Cognitive aLevel: aApplication REF: ap. a8 OBJ: a5
, TOP: aBack ato asleep aprogram KEY: aNursing aProcess aStep: aIntervention
MSC: aNCLEX: aHealth aPromotion aand aMaintenance: aprevention aand aearly adetection aof adisease
4. Healthy aPeople a2020 aendorses athe acompletion aof aa ahigh aschool aeducation aprimarily ato
aenable aa aperson ato:
a. secure aa abetter ajob.
b. increase athe aquality aof alife.
c. make ahealthy alifestyle achoices.
d. maintain athe afamily aunit.
ANSWER: aC
One aof athe agoals aof aHealthy aPeople a2020 ais ato aincrease athe anumber aof apersons
agraduating afrom ahigh aschool aso athat athey ahave aa abetter aeducation abasis aon awhich ato
amake ahealthy alifestyle achoices.
DIF: Cognitive aLevel: aApplication REF: ap. a8 OBJ: a4
aTOP: 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.
ANSWER: 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: aNA
6. Infant amortality arates aare abased aon ainfant adeaths athat aoccur:
a. at abirth, aper a1000 adeliveries.
b. before a1 ayear aof aage, aper a1000 alive abirths.
c. from ainfection aand acongenital adisorders, aper a1000 alive abirths.
d. from aunexplained acauses, aper a1000 alive abirths.
ANSWER: aB
Infant amortality ais areported aon adeaths aoccurring abefore athe aage aof a1 ayear aper a1000
alive abirths.
DIF: Cognitive aLevel: aKnowledge REF: ap. a6 OBJ: a4
TOP: aInfant amortality KEY: aNursing aProcess aStep:
aPlanning aMSC: aNCLEX: aHealth aPromotion aand aMaintenance: agrowth aand
adevelopment
7. Although athe alife aexpectancy ahas aincreased, aHealthy aPeople a2020 awill afocus aon athe
aolder aadult’s aneed afor:
a. better apharmacy ainsurance acoverage.
b. improved aextended acare afacilities.
c. increased acompliance ato amedical aprotocols.
d. maintenance aof aindependent alifestyles.
ANSWER: aD
Across the Lifespan
3rd Edition By Gloria Leifer; Eve Fleck
Chapters 1 - 16 Complete
,Table of Content
Chapter 1 Healthy People 2020
Chapter 2 Government Influences on Health Care
Chapter 3 Cultural Considerations in Health Care
Chapter 4 The Influence of Family on Developing a Lifestyle
Chapter 5 Theories of Development
Chapter 6 Prenatal Influences on Healthy Development
Chapter 7 The Infant
Chapter 8 Early Childhood
Chapter 9 Middle Childhood
Chapter 10 Adolescence
Chapter 11 Young Adulthood
Chapter 12 Middle Adulthood
Chapter 13 Late Adulthood
Chapter 14 Advanced Old-Age and Geriatrics
Chapter 15 Planning for the End of Life
Chapter 16 Loss, Grief, and Bereavement
,Chapter 1: Healthy People 2020
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.
ANSWER: 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.
ANSWER: 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 ato asleep”
aprogram, awhich ais adirected atoward athe areduction aof asudden ainfant adeath asyndrome
a(SIDS) aby: aa.
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.
ANSWER: aB
The aback ato asleep aprogram ahelps areduce athe aincidence aof aSIDS aby aplacing athe ainfant
aon aits aback arather athan aon aits astomach.
DIF: Cognitive aLevel: aApplication REF: ap. a8 OBJ: a5
, TOP: aBack ato asleep aprogram KEY: aNursing aProcess aStep: aIntervention
MSC: aNCLEX: aHealth aPromotion aand aMaintenance: aprevention aand aearly adetection aof adisease
4. Healthy aPeople a2020 aendorses athe acompletion aof aa ahigh aschool aeducation aprimarily ato
aenable aa aperson ato:
a. secure aa abetter ajob.
b. increase athe aquality aof alife.
c. make ahealthy alifestyle achoices.
d. maintain athe afamily aunit.
ANSWER: aC
One aof athe agoals aof aHealthy aPeople a2020 ais ato aincrease athe anumber aof apersons
agraduating afrom ahigh aschool aso athat athey ahave aa abetter aeducation abasis aon awhich ato
amake ahealthy alifestyle achoices.
DIF: Cognitive aLevel: aApplication REF: ap. a8 OBJ: a4
aTOP: 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.
ANSWER: 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: aNA
6. Infant amortality arates aare abased aon ainfant adeaths athat aoccur:
a. at abirth, aper a1000 adeliveries.
b. before a1 ayear aof aage, aper a1000 alive abirths.
c. from ainfection aand acongenital adisorders, aper a1000 alive abirths.
d. from aunexplained acauses, aper a1000 alive abirths.
ANSWER: aB
Infant amortality ais areported aon adeaths aoccurring abefore athe aage aof a1 ayear aper a1000
alive abirths.
DIF: Cognitive aLevel: aKnowledge REF: ap. a6 OBJ: a4
TOP: aInfant amortality KEY: aNursing aProcess aStep:
aPlanning aMSC: aNCLEX: aHealth aPromotion aand aMaintenance: agrowth aand
adevelopment
7. Although athe alife aexpectancy ahas aincreased, aHealthy aPeople a2020 awill afocus aon athe
aolder aadult’s aneed afor:
a. better apharmacy ainsurance acoverage.
b. improved aextended acare afacilities.
c. increased acompliance ato amedical aprotocols.
d. maintenance aof aindependent alifestyles.
ANSWER: aD
