NUR 201 Foundations Exam 3 Study Guide 2022 update

Chapter 6: Health and Wellness 1. REF:66 A nurse is teaching about the goals of Healthy People 2020. Which information should the nurse include in the teaching session? ANS: A - Eliminate health disparities in America. The nurse should include eliminating health disparities in America. Healthy People 2020 promotes a society in which all people live long, healthy lives. There are four overarching goals: (1) attain high quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death; (2) achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups; (3) create social and physical environments that promote good health for all; and (4) promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages. 2. REF:66 A nurse is following the goals of Healthy People 2020 to provide care. Which action should the nurse take? ANS: C - Create social and physical environments that promote good health. Healthy People 2020 includes four goals, one of which is to create social and physical environments that promote good health for all. The goals do not include continuing current behaviors to reduce stress, focusing only on health changes for communities, or focusing on fast recuperation. 3. REF:66 A nurse is using the World Health Organization definition of health to provide care. Which area will the nurse focus on while providing care? ANS: B - Making sure to involve the whole person The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as a “state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Therefore, nurses’ attitudes toward health and illness should consider the total person, as well as the environment in which the person lives. All people free of disease are not necessarily healthy. Strictly personal and a focus only on pathological states do not correlate to WHO’s definition. 4. REF:66 The nurse is preparing a smoking cessation class for family members of patients with lung cancer. The nurse believes that the class will convert many smokers to nonsmokers once they realize the benefits of not smoking. Which health care model is the nurse following? ANS: A - Health belief model The health belief model addresses the relationship between a person’s beliefs and behaviors. The holistic health model recognizes the natural healing abilities of the body and incorporates complementary and alternative interventions such as music therapy. The health promotion model focuses on the following three areas: (1) individual characteristics and experiences, (2) behavior specific knowledge and affect, and (3) behavioral outcomes, in which the patient commits to or changes a behavior. Maslow’s’ hierarchy of needs is based on the theory that all people share basic human needs, and the extent to which basic needs are met is a major factor in determining a person’s level of health