Davis Advantage for Understanding Medical-Surgical Nursing
7th Edition Linda S. Williams Test Bank Chapter 1-57 |
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What is the traditional view of health?
a. Promotes optimal function.
b. Views health and illness as separate concepts.
c. Defines health as an absence of illness.
d. Emphasizes the prevention of disease. - ANSWER: b. Views health and illness as separate concepts.
ANS: B
Traditionally, health and illness have been viewed as separate entities with a focus on the
illness and not in attaining the highest quality of life possible when a cure is not possible.
What is the current view of health?
a. Promotes the highest quality of life possible, both mentally and socially.
b. Includes mental, physical, social, and emotional adaptation to the environment.
c. Includes the basic physiologic needs and self-actualization.
d. Relies on alternative therapies for the treatment and cure of diseases. - ANSWER: b. Includes
mental, physical, social, and emotional adaptation to the environment.
ANS: B
A healthy person maintains stability and comfort by adapting physically, mentally,
emotionally, and socially to internal and external events.
During the initial gathering of data, a patient reveals a weight loss of 17 lb since the death
of his spouse 5 weeks earlier. He says that he is not sleeping and has no appetite. What
category of unmet needs should be considered by the nurse according to Maslow's
hierarchy of needs?
a. Physiologic
b. Safety and security
c. Love and belonging
d. Self-actualization - ANSWER: a. Physiologic
ANS: A
Physiologic needs include oxygen, fluids, and nutrition and must be met before the higher
levels of needs are provided
What is the major advantage of using Maslow's hierarchy of needs when planning nursing
care for patients?
a. Establishes a nursing diagnosis.
b. Improves problem-solving techniques.
c. Prioritizes patient care.
d. Establishes priorities of care - ANSWER: c. Prioritizes patient care.
ANS: C
Priorities for nursing care can be based on the level of human needs; physical needs take
priority over security needs
A nurse points out that a physiologic response to stress involves the total body. Which
syndrome is this considered?
a. General adaptation
b. Local adaptation
c. Negative feedback
d. Total adaptation - ANSWER: a. General adaptation
ANS: A
General adaptation syndrome is the physiologic response of the whole body to stress
, What are the ability to solve problems and to maintain self-confidence and the willingness
to accept criticism incorporated in according to Maslow?
a. Safety and security
b. Self-esteem
c. Self-actualization
d. Love and belonging - ANSWER: c. Self-actualization
ANS: C
Self-actualization is characterized by the ability to solve problems, the willingness to
accept suggestions and criticism from others, and the maintenance of broad interests and
communication skills
A patient returning from surgery complains of incisional pain that is now rated 7 in
intensity on the 1-to-10 pain scale. What should the nurse be aware that pain exemplifies?
a. General adaptation syndrome
b. Local adaptation syndrome
c. Counter-current response
d. Neuroendocrine response - ANSWER: b. Local adaptation syndrome
ANS: B
Local adaptation syndrome is a short-term, local response to a specific stressor. Examples
include pain, blood clotting, and wound healing.
A nurse clarifies that a neuroendocrine response involves both the autonomic nervous
system and the endocrine system. Which syndrome is this considered?
a. Local adaptation
b. Total adaptation
c. Acute adaptation
d. General adaptation - ANSWER: d. General adaptation
ANS: D
The neuroendocrine response primarily involves the autonomic nervous and endocrine
systems and is considered part of the general adaptation syndrome, which is physiologic
and affects the entire body.
Which syndrome includes the alarm reaction stage, resistance stage, and exhaustion stage?
a. Local adaptation syndrome
b. General adaptation syndrome
c. Total adaptation syndrome
d. Absolute adaptation syndrome - ANSWER: b. General adaptation syndrome
ANS: B
After the initial alarm stage (of the general adaptation syndrome), the body stabilizes and
physiologic processes return to normal levels. This is followed by the resistance stage. If
the stressor lasts too long, the individual may enter the third stage of adaptation, which is
exhaustion
A nurse gives the example of when an individual becomes frightened and experiences an
increased heart rate and mental activity along with increased blood flow to the skeletal
muscles and dilated pupils. The person is experiencing an alarm reaction that helps the
body defend against stressors. What type of response is the alarm reaction considered?
a. Positive feedback response
b. Negative feedback response
c. Fight-or-flight response
d. Homeostasis response - ANSWER: c. Fight-or-flight response
The alarm reaction causes the body to respond to stress physiologically. Hormone levels,
heart rate, cardiac output, respiratory rate, oxygen intake, and mental energy are increased,
and the pupils dilate. These reactions together are called the fight-or-flight respons
A patient is being discharged from same-day surgery after a tonsillectomy. The nurse is
aware that the patient will be in the phase of general adaptation syndrome, in which the
7th Edition Linda S. Williams Test Bank Chapter 1-57 |
9781719644587 | All Chapters with Answers and Rationals
What is the traditional view of health?
a. Promotes optimal function.
b. Views health and illness as separate concepts.
c. Defines health as an absence of illness.
d. Emphasizes the prevention of disease. - ANSWER: b. Views health and illness as separate concepts.
ANS: B
Traditionally, health and illness have been viewed as separate entities with a focus on the
illness and not in attaining the highest quality of life possible when a cure is not possible.
What is the current view of health?
a. Promotes the highest quality of life possible, both mentally and socially.
b. Includes mental, physical, social, and emotional adaptation to the environment.
c. Includes the basic physiologic needs and self-actualization.
d. Relies on alternative therapies for the treatment and cure of diseases. - ANSWER: b. Includes
mental, physical, social, and emotional adaptation to the environment.
ANS: B
A healthy person maintains stability and comfort by adapting physically, mentally,
emotionally, and socially to internal and external events.
During the initial gathering of data, a patient reveals a weight loss of 17 lb since the death
of his spouse 5 weeks earlier. He says that he is not sleeping and has no appetite. What
category of unmet needs should be considered by the nurse according to Maslow's
hierarchy of needs?
a. Physiologic
b. Safety and security
c. Love and belonging
d. Self-actualization - ANSWER: a. Physiologic
ANS: A
Physiologic needs include oxygen, fluids, and nutrition and must be met before the higher
levels of needs are provided
What is the major advantage of using Maslow's hierarchy of needs when planning nursing
care for patients?
a. Establishes a nursing diagnosis.
b. Improves problem-solving techniques.
c. Prioritizes patient care.
d. Establishes priorities of care - ANSWER: c. Prioritizes patient care.
ANS: C
Priorities for nursing care can be based on the level of human needs; physical needs take
priority over security needs
A nurse points out that a physiologic response to stress involves the total body. Which
syndrome is this considered?
a. General adaptation
b. Local adaptation
c. Negative feedback
d. Total adaptation - ANSWER: a. General adaptation
ANS: A
General adaptation syndrome is the physiologic response of the whole body to stress
, What are the ability to solve problems and to maintain self-confidence and the willingness
to accept criticism incorporated in according to Maslow?
a. Safety and security
b. Self-esteem
c. Self-actualization
d. Love and belonging - ANSWER: c. Self-actualization
ANS: C
Self-actualization is characterized by the ability to solve problems, the willingness to
accept suggestions and criticism from others, and the maintenance of broad interests and
communication skills
A patient returning from surgery complains of incisional pain that is now rated 7 in
intensity on the 1-to-10 pain scale. What should the nurse be aware that pain exemplifies?
a. General adaptation syndrome
b. Local adaptation syndrome
c. Counter-current response
d. Neuroendocrine response - ANSWER: b. Local adaptation syndrome
ANS: B
Local adaptation syndrome is a short-term, local response to a specific stressor. Examples
include pain, blood clotting, and wound healing.
A nurse clarifies that a neuroendocrine response involves both the autonomic nervous
system and the endocrine system. Which syndrome is this considered?
a. Local adaptation
b. Total adaptation
c. Acute adaptation
d. General adaptation - ANSWER: d. General adaptation
ANS: D
The neuroendocrine response primarily involves the autonomic nervous and endocrine
systems and is considered part of the general adaptation syndrome, which is physiologic
and affects the entire body.
Which syndrome includes the alarm reaction stage, resistance stage, and exhaustion stage?
a. Local adaptation syndrome
b. General adaptation syndrome
c. Total adaptation syndrome
d. Absolute adaptation syndrome - ANSWER: b. General adaptation syndrome
ANS: B
After the initial alarm stage (of the general adaptation syndrome), the body stabilizes and
physiologic processes return to normal levels. This is followed by the resistance stage. If
the stressor lasts too long, the individual may enter the third stage of adaptation, which is
exhaustion
A nurse gives the example of when an individual becomes frightened and experiences an
increased heart rate and mental activity along with increased blood flow to the skeletal
muscles and dilated pupils. The person is experiencing an alarm reaction that helps the
body defend against stressors. What type of response is the alarm reaction considered?
a. Positive feedback response
b. Negative feedback response
c. Fight-or-flight response
d. Homeostasis response - ANSWER: c. Fight-or-flight response
The alarm reaction causes the body to respond to stress physiologically. Hormone levels,
heart rate, cardiac output, respiratory rate, oxygen intake, and mental energy are increased,
and the pupils dilate. These reactions together are called the fight-or-flight respons
A patient is being discharged from same-day surgery after a tonsillectomy. The nurse is
aware that the patient will be in the phase of general adaptation syndrome, in which the
