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Chapter 01: Professional Nursing Practice
1. The public health nurse is presenting a health promotion class to a group of new
mothers. How should the nurse best define health?
A) Health is being disease free.
B) Health is having fulfillment in all domains of life.
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C) Health is having psychological and physiological harmony.
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D) Health is being connected in body, mind, and spirit.
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Ans: D
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Feedback:
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health in the preamble to its
constitution as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
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merely the absence of disease and infirmity. The other answers are incorrect
because they are not congruent with the WHO definition of health.
2. A nurse is speaking to a group of prospective nursing students about what it is like to
be a nurse. What is one characteristic the nurse would cite as necessary to possess to
be an effective nurse?
A) Sensitivity to cultural differences
B) Team-focused approach to problem-solving
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C) Strict adherence to routine
D) Ability to face criticism
Ans: A
Feedback:
To promote an effective nurse-patient relationship and positive outcomes of care,
nursing care must be culturally competent, appropriate, and sensitive to cultural
differences. Team-focused nursing and strict adherence to routine are not
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characteristics needed to be an effective nurse. The ability to handle criticism is
important, but to a lesser degree than cultural competence.
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3. With increases in longevity, people have had to become more knowledgeable about
their health and the professional health care that they receive. One outcome of this
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phenomenon is the development of organized self-care education programs. Which
of the following do these programs prioritize?
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A) Adequate prenatal care
B) Government advocacy and lobbying
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C) Judicious use of online communities
D) Management of illness
Ans: D
Feedback:
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Organized self-care education programs emphasize health promotion, disease
prevention, management of illness, self-care, and judicious use of the professional
health care system. Prenatal care, lobbying, and Internet activities are secondary.
4. The home health nurse is assisting a patient and his family in planning the patients
return to work after surgery and the development of postsurgical complications. The
nurse is preparing a plan of care that addresses the patients multifaceted needs. To
which level of Maslows hierarchy of basic needs does the patients need for self-
fulfillment relate?
A) Physiologic
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B) Transcendence
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C) Love and belonging
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D) Self-actualization
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Ans: D
Feedback:
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Maslows highest level of human needs is self-actualization, which includes self-
fulfillment, desire to know and understand, and aesthetic needs. The other answers
are incorrect because self-fulfillment does not relate directly to them.
5. The view that health and illness are not static states but that they exist on a
continuum is central to professional health care systems. When planning care, this
view aids the nurse in appreciating which of the following?
A) Care should focus primarily on the treatment of disease.
Chapter 01: Professional Nursing Practice
1. The public health nurse is presenting a health promotion class to a group of new
mothers. How should the nurse best define health?
A) Health is being disease free.
B) Health is having fulfillment in all domains of life.
N
C) Health is having psychological and physiological harmony.
ur
D) Health is being connected in body, mind, and spirit.
se
Ans: D
do
Feedback:
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health in the preamble to its
constitution as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
cs
merely the absence of disease and infirmity. The other answers are incorrect
because they are not congruent with the WHO definition of health.
2. A nurse is speaking to a group of prospective nursing students about what it is like to
be a nurse. What is one characteristic the nurse would cite as necessary to possess to
be an effective nurse?
A) Sensitivity to cultural differences
B) Team-focused approach to problem-solving
,Test Bank - Brunner Suddarth Medical Surgical Nursing (15th by Hinkle) 5
C) Strict adherence to routine
D) Ability to face criticism
Ans: A
Feedback:
To promote an effective nurse-patient relationship and positive outcomes of care,
nursing care must be culturally competent, appropriate, and sensitive to cultural
differences. Team-focused nursing and strict adherence to routine are not
N
characteristics needed to be an effective nurse. The ability to handle criticism is
important, but to a lesser degree than cultural competence.
ur
3. With increases in longevity, people have had to become more knowledgeable about
their health and the professional health care that they receive. One outcome of this
se
phenomenon is the development of organized self-care education programs. Which
of the following do these programs prioritize?
do
A) Adequate prenatal care
B) Government advocacy and lobbying
cs
C) Judicious use of online communities
D) Management of illness
Ans: D
Feedback:
, Test Bank - Brunner Suddarth Medical Surgical Nursing (15th by Hinkle) 6
Organized self-care education programs emphasize health promotion, disease
prevention, management of illness, self-care, and judicious use of the professional
health care system. Prenatal care, lobbying, and Internet activities are secondary.
4. The home health nurse is assisting a patient and his family in planning the patients
return to work after surgery and the development of postsurgical complications. The
nurse is preparing a plan of care that addresses the patients multifaceted needs. To
which level of Maslows hierarchy of basic needs does the patients need for self-
fulfillment relate?
A) Physiologic
N
B) Transcendence
ur
C) Love and belonging
se
D) Self-actualization
do
Ans: D
Feedback:
cs
Maslows highest level of human needs is self-actualization, which includes self-
fulfillment, desire to know and understand, and aesthetic needs. The other answers
are incorrect because self-fulfillment does not relate directly to them.
5. The view that health and illness are not static states but that they exist on a
continuum is central to professional health care systems. When planning care, this
view aids the nurse in appreciating which of the following?
A) Care should focus primarily on the treatment of disease.
