,South College NSG 5905 Quiz 4 | Models of Care Across
Lifespan (2026) Q&A
1. Which model of care emphasizes partnership between the nurse and patient and
considers the patient's preferences, values, and needs?
A) Biomedical model
B) Holistic nursing model
C) Acute care model
D) Public health model
Correct Answer: Holistic nursing model
Rationale: The holistic nursing model emphasizes patient-centered approaches and
partnership between the nurse and patient, integrating physical, emotional, social, and
spiritual dimensions of care. The biomedical model focuses primarily on disease pathology,
the acute care model on episodic treatment, and the public health model on population-
level prevention.
2. According to the Health Belief Model, which factor most directly influences whether an
adolescent adopts a preventive health behavior?
A) Genetic predisposition to disease
B) Perceived susceptibility and severity of a health threat
C) Institutional reimbursement policies
D) Provider's years of experience
Correct Answer: Perceived susceptibility and severity of a health threat
,Rationale: The Health Belief Model posits that preventive behavior is influenced by
perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and cues
to action. Genetic predisposition, reimbursement policies, and provider experience are not
core constructs of this model.
3. Which term refers to the process by which a child learns the values, beliefs, and
behaviors appropriate to their culture and society?
A) Socialization
B) Individuation
C) Accommodation
D) Equilibration
Correct Answer: Socialization
Rationale: Socialization is the process through which children acquire the values, beliefs,
norms, and behaviors of their culture and society. Individuation refers to developing a
separate sense of self, accommodation involves modifying cognitive schemas, and
equilibration is the drive toward cognitive balance.
4. What is the primary focus of the ecological systems theory developed by
Bronfenbrenner?
A) The influence of unconscious drives on behavior
B) The interacting environmental systems that shape development
C) The stages of moral reasoning
D) The role of reinforcement in learning
Correct Answer: The interacting environmental systems that shape development
, Rationale: Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory emphasizes the interacting
environmental systems—microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, and
chronosystem—that shape child and adolescent development. Unconscious drives, moral
reasoning stages, and reinforcement are associated with other theoretical frameworks.
5. In the context of family systems theory, what is a boundary?
A) A physical wall separating family members
B) An emotional or relational rule that regulates closeness and distance
C) A legal restriction on parental rights
D) A diagnostic criterion for family dysfunction
Correct Answer: An emotional or relational rule that regulates closeness and distance
Rationale: In family systems theory, boundaries are emotional or relational rules that
regulate closeness, distance, and involvement among family members. They are not
physical walls, legal restrictions, or diagnostic criteria, though boundary patterns can
influence family functioning.
6. Which developmental task is associated with young adulthood according to Erikson?
A) Identity versus role confusion
B) Intimacy versus isolation
C) Generativity versus stagnation
D) Integrity versus despair
Correct Answer: Intimacy versus isolation
Rationale: Erikson's young adulthood stage is characterized by intimacy versus isolation,
focusing on forming close, committed relationships. Identity versus role confusion belongs
Lifespan (2026) Q&A
1. Which model of care emphasizes partnership between the nurse and patient and
considers the patient's preferences, values, and needs?
A) Biomedical model
B) Holistic nursing model
C) Acute care model
D) Public health model
Correct Answer: Holistic nursing model
Rationale: The holistic nursing model emphasizes patient-centered approaches and
partnership between the nurse and patient, integrating physical, emotional, social, and
spiritual dimensions of care. The biomedical model focuses primarily on disease pathology,
the acute care model on episodic treatment, and the public health model on population-
level prevention.
2. According to the Health Belief Model, which factor most directly influences whether an
adolescent adopts a preventive health behavior?
A) Genetic predisposition to disease
B) Perceived susceptibility and severity of a health threat
C) Institutional reimbursement policies
D) Provider's years of experience
Correct Answer: Perceived susceptibility and severity of a health threat
,Rationale: The Health Belief Model posits that preventive behavior is influenced by
perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and cues
to action. Genetic predisposition, reimbursement policies, and provider experience are not
core constructs of this model.
3. Which term refers to the process by which a child learns the values, beliefs, and
behaviors appropriate to their culture and society?
A) Socialization
B) Individuation
C) Accommodation
D) Equilibration
Correct Answer: Socialization
Rationale: Socialization is the process through which children acquire the values, beliefs,
norms, and behaviors of their culture and society. Individuation refers to developing a
separate sense of self, accommodation involves modifying cognitive schemas, and
equilibration is the drive toward cognitive balance.
4. What is the primary focus of the ecological systems theory developed by
Bronfenbrenner?
A) The influence of unconscious drives on behavior
B) The interacting environmental systems that shape development
C) The stages of moral reasoning
D) The role of reinforcement in learning
Correct Answer: The interacting environmental systems that shape development
, Rationale: Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory emphasizes the interacting
environmental systems—microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, and
chronosystem—that shape child and adolescent development. Unconscious drives, moral
reasoning stages, and reinforcement are associated with other theoretical frameworks.
5. In the context of family systems theory, what is a boundary?
A) A physical wall separating family members
B) An emotional or relational rule that regulates closeness and distance
C) A legal restriction on parental rights
D) A diagnostic criterion for family dysfunction
Correct Answer: An emotional or relational rule that regulates closeness and distance
Rationale: In family systems theory, boundaries are emotional or relational rules that
regulate closeness, distance, and involvement among family members. They are not
physical walls, legal restrictions, or diagnostic criteria, though boundary patterns can
influence family functioning.
6. Which developmental task is associated with young adulthood according to Erikson?
A) Identity versus role confusion
B) Intimacy versus isolation
C) Generativity versus stagnation
D) Integrity versus despair
Correct Answer: Intimacy versus isolation
Rationale: Erikson's young adulthood stage is characterized by intimacy versus isolation,
focusing on forming close, committed relationships. Identity versus role confusion belongs
