Test bank Ebersole and Hess' Gerontological
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Nursing Healthy Aging, Canadian Edition 5th
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Edition by Theris a Touhy and Kathleen fjet
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Chapterb 01:b Introductionb tob HealthybAging
MULTIPLEbCHOICE
1. Abmanbisbterminallybillbwithbend-
stagebprostatebcancer.bWhichbisbthebbestbstatementbaboutbthisman‘sbwellness?
a. Wellnessbcanbonlybbebachievedbwithb
aggressivebmedical
interventions.
b. Wellnessbisbnotbabrealboptionbforbthisb
clientbbecausebhe
isbterminallybill.
c. Wellnessbisbdefinedbasbthebabsencebof
disease.
d. Nursingbinterventionsb canbhelpbempowerb
abclientbto
achievebabhigherblevelbofbwellness.
ANS:bD
Nursingbinterventionsbcanbhelpbempowerbabclientbtobachievebabhigherblevelb ofbwellne
ss;babnursebcanbfosterbwellnessbinbhisborbherbclients.bWellnessbisbdefinedbbybthebindivi
dualbandbisbmultidimensional.bItbisbnotbjustbthebabsencebofbdisease.bAbwellnessbperspe
ctivebisbbasedbonbthebbeliefbthatbeverybpersonbhasbanboptimalblevelbofbhealthbindepend
entbofbhisborbherbsituationborbfunctionalblevel.bEvenbinbthebpresencebofbchronicbillness
b orbwhilebdying,babmovementbtowardb wellnessisbpossiblebifbemphasisbofbcarebisbplace
dbonbthebpromotionbofbwell-beingbinbabsupportivebenvironment.
PTS:b 1 DIF:b Apply REF:b p.b7
TOP:bNursingbProcess:bDiagnosisbMSC:
HealthbPromotionbandbMaintenance
2.
Inbdifferentiatingbbetweenbhealthbandbwellnessbinbhealthbcare,bwhichbofbt
hebfollowingbstatements
isbtrue?
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, a. Healthbisbabbroadbtermbencompassing
attitudesband
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behaviors.
b. Thebconceptbofbillnessbpreventionbwasb
neverbconsidered
bybpreviousb generations.
c. Wellnessbandbself-
actualizationbdevelopbthroughblearn-
ingbandbgrowth.
d. Wellnessbisbimpossiblebwhenbone‘sb
healthbisbcompro-
mised.
ANS:bA
Healthbisbabbroadbtermbthatbencompassesbattitudesb andbbehaviors;bholistically,bhealth
b includesbwellness,bwhichbin-
bvolvesbone‘sbwholebbeing.bThebconceptbofbillnessbpreventionbwasbneverb consideredbb
ybpreviousbgenerations;bthrough-boutbhistory,bbasicbself-
carebrequirementsbhavebbeenbrecognized.bWellnessbandbself-
b actualizationbdevelopbthroughblearningbandb growth—
asbbasicbneedsbarebmet,bhigherblevelbneedsb canbbebsatisfiedbinbturn,bwithbever-
deepeningbrich-
nessbtoblife.bWellnessbisbpossiblebwhenbone‘sbhealthbisbcompromised—
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evenbwithbchronicbillness,bwithbmultiplebdis-
babilities,borbinbdying,bmovementbtowardbabhigherblevelbofbwellnessbisbpossible.
PTS:b 1 DIF:b Understandb REF:b p.b7
TOP:bNursingbProcess:bEvaluationbMSC:b HealthbPromotionban
dbMaintenance
3.
Whichbracialborbethnicbgroupbhasbthebhighestblifebexpectancybinbtheb Unit
edbStates?
a. NativebAmericans
b. AfricanbAmericans
c. HispanicbAmericans
d. AsianbandbPacificb IslandbAmericans
ANS:bC
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