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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, EbersolenandnHess'nGerontologicalnNursingnHealthynAging,nCanadiannEditionn5thnEditionnbynTherisnanTouhy
Chaptern 01:n Introductionn ton HealthynAging
MULTIPLEnCHOICE
1. Anmannisnterminallynilln withn end-
stagenprostatencancer.nWhichn isnthen bestn statementn aboutn thisman‘snwellness?
a. Wellnessncannonlynbenachievednwithn
aggressivenmedical
interventions.
b. Wellnessnisnnotnanrealnoptionnfornthisn
clientnbecausenhe
isn terminallynill.
c. Wellnessnisndefinednasnthenabsencenof
disease.
d. Nursingninterventionsn cann helpn empowern
an clientn to
achievenanhighernlevelnofnwellness.
ANS:nD
Nursingninterventionsn cann helpn empowern anclientn tonachieven anhighernleveln ofnwellne
ss;nannursen cann fostern wellnessninnhisnornhern clients.nWellnessn isn definednbynthenindivi
dualnandnisnmultidimensional.n Itn isnnotnjustn thenabsencenofndisease.nAnwellnessn perspe
ctiven isnbasednonnthen beliefn thatneverynpersonn hasn annoptimaln levelnofnhealthn independ
entnofnhisnornhernsituationnornfunctionaln level.n Evenninn thenpresencen ofn chronicn illness
n ornwhilendying,n anmovementn towardn wellnessisn possiblenifnemphasisnofncarenisnplace
dnonnthenpromotionnofnwell-beingninnansupportivenenvironment.
PTS:n 1 DIF:n Apply REF:n p.n7
TOP:nNursingnProcess:nDiagnosisnMSC:
HealthnPromotionnandnMaintenance
2.
Inndifferentiatingn betweenn healthn andn wellnessn innhealthn care,n whichn ofnt
henfollowingnstatements
isntrue?
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, a. Healthnisn an broadntermnencompassing
attitudesn and
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, EbersolenandnHess'nGerontologicalnNursingnHealthynAging,nCanadiannEditionn5thnEditionnbynTherisnanTouhy
behaviors.
b. Thenconceptn ofnillnessnpreventionnwasn
nevern considered
bynpreviousn generations.
c. Wellnessnandnself-
actualizationndevelopnthroughn learn-
ingnandn growth.
d. Wellnessnisnimpossiblenwhennone‘sn
healthnisncompro-
mised.
ANS:nA
Healthnisn anbroadn termn thatn encompassesn attitudesn andn behaviors;n holistically,nhealth
n includesnwellness,n whichnin-
n volvesn one‘sn wholen being.nThen conceptn ofnillnessnpreventionn wasnnevern consideredn b
ynpreviousn generations;n through-noutnhistory,n basicnself-
caren requirementsnhavenbeennrecognized.nWellnessnandn self-
n actualizationndevelopnthroughnlearningnandn growth—
asnbasicnneedsn arenmet,n highernlevelnneedsn cannbensatisfiedninnturn,nwithnever-
deepeningnrich-
n nessntonlife.nWellnessnisn possiblenwhenn one‘snhealthnisn compromised—
evennwithnchronicnillness,nwithnmultiplendis-
n abilities,norninndying,nmovementntowardnanhighernlevelnofnwellnessnisnpossible.
PTS:n 1 DIF:n Understandn REF:n p.n7
TOP:n NursingnProcess:nEvaluationnMSC:n HealthnPromotionnan
dnMaintenance
3.
Whichnracialnornethnicn groupn hasn thenhighestn lifenexpectancyninnthen Unit
ednStates?
a. NativenAmericans
b. AfricannAmericans
c. HispanicnAmericans
d. Asiann andn Pacificn IslandnAmericans
ANS:nC
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