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Ebersole and Hess' Gerontological Nursing Healthy Aging, Canadian Edition 5th Edition by Theris a Touhy




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, Ebersole and Hess' Gerontological Nursing Healthy Aging, Canadian Edition 5th Edition by Theris a Touhy
Chapter 01: Introduction to Healthy Aging


MULTIPLE CHOICE


1. A man is terminally ill with end-stage prostate cancer. Which
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is the best statement about this man‘s wellness?
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a. Wellness can only be achieved with T T T T T T




aggressive medical T




interventions.
b. Wellness is not a real option for this T T T T T T T T




client because he T T




is terminally ill.
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c. Wellness is defined as the absence of T T T T T T




disease.
d. Nursing interventions can help T T T T




empower a client to T T T




achieve a higher level of wellness. T T T T T




ANS: D T




Nursing interventions can help empower a client to achieve a higher level of
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wellness; a nurse can foster wellness in his or her clients. Wellness is defined
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by the individual and is multidimensional. It is not just the absence of disease.
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A wellness perspective is based on the belief that every person has an optimal
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level of health independent of his or her situation or functional level. Even in
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the presence of chronic illness or while dying, a movement toward wellnessis
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possible if emphasis of care is placed on the promotion of well-being in a
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PTS: 1 T DIF: Apply T REF: p. 7 T T TOP: Nursing Process: T T T




DiagnosisMSC: T Health Promotion and Maintenance
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2. In differentiating between health and wellness in health care, which of
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the following statements
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is true?
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a. Health is a broad term encompassing T T T T T




attitudes and T




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behaviors.
b. The concept of illness prevention was
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never considered T




by previous generations.
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c. Wellness and self-actualization develop T T T T




through learn- T




ing and growth. T T




d. Wellness is impossible when one‘s T T T T T




health is compro- T T




mised.

ANS: A T




Health is a broad term that encompasses attitudes and behaviors; holistically,
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health includes wellness, which in- volves one‘s whole being. The concept of
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illness prevention was never considered by previous generations; through-out
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history, basic self-care requirements have been recognized. Wellness and self-
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actualization develop through learning and growth—as basic needs are met,
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higher level needs can be satisfied in turn, with ever-deepening rich- ness to life.
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Wellness is possible when one‘s health is compromised—even with chronic
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illness, with multiple dis- abilities, or in dying, movement toward a higher level
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of wellness is possible.
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PTS: 1 T DIF: Understand REF: p. 7
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Evaluation MSC: T T Health Promotion and Maintenance T T T




3. Which racial or ethnic group has the highest life expectancy in the
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United States? T




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b. African Americans T




c. Hispanic Americans T




d. Asian and Pacific Island Americans T T T T




ANS: C T




As shown in Figure 1.4, Hispanic men and women have the highest life
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expectancy of all. In 2011, for those of His-panic origin of any race, the
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overall life expectancy at 65 years of age was 20.7 more years in 2011 (19.1
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years for men and 21.8 years for women).
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PTS: 1T DIF: T Understand T REF: p. 6 T T




TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
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4. Historical influences that have shaped the lives of the majority
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of the in-between cohort in theUnited States today include which of the
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following?
a. Influenza epidemic of 1918 T T T




b. World War I T T




c. Child rearing in the Depression T T T T




d. World War II T T




ANS: D T




Those who are in the in-between cohort in 2016 were born between 1915 and
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1945. The men were likely to have fought in World War II. The last of the
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Holocaust survivors are in this group. A person who survived the influenza
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epidemic would be at least 98 years old in 2016 and therefore would be
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considered old-old or a centenarian. Most ofthose who are of the in-between
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cohort had not reached childbearing age by the end of the Depression.
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Individuals in the in- between cohort would not have been old enough to fight
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in World War II.
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TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
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5. According to researchers, which characteristic do most centenarians share?
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a. Female
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d. Located in the Midwestern states T T T T




ANS: A T




Based on the U.S. census report of 2010, centenarians were overwhelmingly white,
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female, and living in the urbanareas of the Southern states.
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