ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING IN THE CARE OF OLDER ADULTS 2ND EDITION KENNEDY-MALONE

Kennedy-Malone Advanced Practice Nursing in the Care of Older Adults, 2e Chapter 2 Health Promotion Multiple Choice 1. A patient asks the nurse practitioner what is meant by health promotion. Which of the following is the nurse practitioner’s best response? Health promotion: 1. Includes activities that an individual performs proactively to increase health and well-being. 2. Is a process of keeping track of immunizations. 3. Includes a set of programs that help people cope with the disease. 4. Includes strategies that prolong life. 2. The nurse practitioner knows that health promotion is accomplished on a broader scale by: 1. Maintaining current health services. 2. Maintaining federal legislation regarding health care at the current level. 3. Encouraging healthy lifestyle and healthy public policy formulation. 4. Encouraging the advancement of alternative health therapies. 3. Mr. Thomas comes in for a health examination appointment with his nurse practitioner. He asks why nurse practitioners are qualified to conduct these evaluations. Which of the following is the nurse practitioner’s best response? The nurse practitioner: 1. Is concerned about health and not disease. 2. Saves the physician time in the office. 3. Can assess for minor conditions and refer to the doctor for other conditions. 4. Is prepared to assess health holistically. 4. Mrs. Williams, 80 years old, asks her nurse practitioner to order a new alternative therapy for her. Mrs. Williams believes that this botanical supplement will provide pain relief for her fibromyalgia. The nurse practitioner explains that this therapy is likely not covered by Medicare because: 1. The botanical is expensive and not approved for use. 2. Medicare only covers treatments that are approved according to the stringent guidelines of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). 3. There is no reason to use these botanicals when opioids are proven effective. 4. This botanical is not on the Medicare list of approved medications. 5. When a patient is seen by a nurse practitioner, the care plan is developed keeping which of the following objectives in mind? 1. Increasing the use of the emergency department for injuries from falls. 2. Maintaining the patient living in his or her home. 3. Increasing safety checks in the home.