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,Chapter 01: Health Defined: Objectives for Promotion and Prevention
Edelman: Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span, 10th Edition

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which model of health is most likely used by a person who does not believe in preventive health care?
a. Clinical model
b. Role performance model
c. Adaptive model
d. Eudaimonistic model


ANS: A
The clinical model of health views the absence of signs and symptoms of disease as indicative of health. People
who use this model wait until they are very sick to seek care.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) REF: p. 3

2. A person with chronic back pain is cared for by her primary care provider as well as receives
acupuncture. Which model of health does this person likely favor?
a. Clinical model
b. Role performance model
c. Adaptive model
d. Eudaimonistic model


ANS: D
The eudaimonistic model embodies the interaction and interrelationships among physical, social, psychological,
and spiritual aspects of life and the environment in goal attainment and creating meaning in life. Practitioners
who practice the clinical model may not be enough for someone who believes in the eudaimonistic model. Those
who believe in the eudaimonistic model often look for alternative providers of care.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 3

3. A state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person‘s potential and is
experienced within a developmental context is known as:
a. growth and development.
b. health.
c. functioning.
d. high-level wellness.


ANS: B
Health is defined as a state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person‘s potential
and is experienced within a developmental context.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) REF: p. 5

4. Which of the following best describes a client who has an illness?
a. Someone who has well-controlled diabetes
b. Someone with hypercholesterolemia
c. Someone with a headache
d. Someone with coronary artery disease without


angina ANS: C

, Someone with a headache represents a person with an illness. An illness is made up of the subjective experience of t
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he individual and the physical manifestation of disease. It can be described as a response characterized by a mismat
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ch between a person‘s needs and the resources available to meet those needs. A person can have a disease without feel
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ing ill. The other choices represent disease.
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5. Which US report is considered a landmark document in creating a global approach to health?
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a. The 1990 Health Objectives for the Nation: A Midcourse Review
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b. Healthy People 2020 ds ds




c. Healthy People 2000 ds ds




d. The U.S. Surgeon General Report ds ds ds ds




ANS: C d s




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um of people representing national organizations worked with US Public Health Service officials to create a more glo
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bal approach to health.
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6. Which of the following represents a method of primary prevention?
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a. Informational session about healthy lifestyles ds ds ds ds




b. Blood pressure screening ds ds




c. Interventional cardiac catheterization ds ds




d. Diagnostic cardiac catheterization ds ds




ANS: A d s




Primary prevention precedes disease or dysfunction. It includes health promotion and specific protection and encour
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ages increased awareness; thus, education about healthy lifestyles fits this definition. Blood pressure screening doe
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s not prevent disease, but instead identifies it.
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7. Which of the following represents a method of secondary prevention?
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a. Self–breast examination education ds ds




b. Yearly mammograms ds




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ANS: B d s




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table stage of the disease process. A mammogram is a screening tool for breast cancer and thus is considered a met
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hod of secondary prevention.
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8. Which of the following represents a method of tertiary prevention?
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a. Drunk driving campaign ds ds




b. Road blocks for drunk driving ds ds ds ds




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d. Physical and occupational therapy after a motor vehicle accident with head tra ds ds ds ds ds ds ds ds ds ds ds




uma ANS: D ds d s

, Physical therapy and occupational therapy are considered tertiary prevention. Tertiary prevention occurs when a de
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fect or disability is permanent and irreversible. It involves minimizing the effect of disease and disability. The objec
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tive of tertiary prevention is to maximize remaining capacities.
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9. In reviewing a person‘s medical claims, a nurse realizes that the individual with moderate persistent asthma has had
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several emergency department visits and is not on inhaled steroids as recommended by the NHLBI asthma manag
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ement guidelines. The nurse discusses this with the person‘s primary care provider. In this scenario, the nurse is a
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cting as a(n): ds ds




a. advocate.
b. care manager. ds




c. consultant.
d. educator.


ANS: B d s




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eliable data sources such as evidence-based practices and protocols.
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10. During a home visit, a nurse assists an individual to complete an application for disability services. The nurse is ac
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ting as a(n):ds ds




a. advocate.
b. care manager. ds




c. consultant.
d. educator.


ANS: A d s




The advocacy role of the nurse helps individuals obtain what they are entitled to receive from the health care sys
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tem, tries to make the system more responsive to individuals‘ community needs, and assists individuals in develo
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ping skills to advocate for themselves.
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11. During a home visit, a nurse discusses the dangers of smoking with an individual. In this scenario the nurse is ac
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ting as a(n):ds ds




a. advocate.
b. care manager. ds




c. consultant.
d. educator.


ANS: D d s




Health education is a primary prevention technique available to avoid major causes of disease. Teaching can ran
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ge from a chance remark to a planned lesson.
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12. A nurse is asked to provide an expert opinion about the development of an education program for ne
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wly diagnosed diabetics. In this scenario, the nurse is acting as a(n):
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a. advocate.
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c. consultant.
d. educator.

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