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Test Bank Ebersole and Hess‘ Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging
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6th Edition Y




by Theris A. Touhy, and Kathleen F Jet
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Chapter 1 – 28 Y Y Y

,Test Bank Ebersole and Hess‘ Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging
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6th Edition Y




Chapter 01: Introduction to Healthy Aging
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Touhy & Jett: Ebersole and Hess’ Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging, 6th Editio
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MULTIPLE CHOICE Y




1. A man is terminally ill with end-
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stage prostate cancer. Which is the best statement about this man‘s wellness?
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a. Wellness can only be achieved with aggressive medical interventions.
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b. Wellness is not a real option for this client because he is terminally ill.
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c. Wellness is defined as the absence of disease. Y Y Y Y Y Y Y


d. Nursing interventions can help empower a client to achieve a higher level of
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wellness.
ANS: D Y


Nursing interventions can help empower a client to achieve a higher level of wellness; a nurse
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can foster wellness in his or her clients. Wellness is defined by the individual and is multidim
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ensional. It is not just the absence of disease. A wellness perspective is based on the belief that
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Yevery person has an optimal level of health independent of his or her situation or functional le
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vel. Even in the presence of chronic illness or while dying, a movement toward wellness is po
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ssible if emphasis of care is placed on the promotion of well-
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being in a supportive environment.
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PTS: 1 Y DIF: Apply REF: p. 7 Y Y


TOP: Nursing Process: Diagnosis MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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2. In differentiating between healU
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nd wNellnTess in hOealth care, which of the following
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statements is true? Y Y


a. Health is a broad term encompassing attitudes and behaviors.
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b. The concept of illness prevention was never considered by previous generations.
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c. Wellness and self-actualization develop through learning and growth.
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d. Wellness is impossible when one‘s health is compromised. Y Y Y Y Y Y Y




ANS: A Y


Health is a broad term that encompasses attitudes and behaviors; holistically, health includes
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wellness, which involves one‘s whole being. The concept of illness prevention was never con
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sidered by previous generations; throughout history, basic self-
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care requirements have been recognized. Wellness and self-
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actualization develop through learning and growth— Y Y Y Y Y


as basic needs are met, higher level needs can be satisfied in turn, with ever-
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deepening richness to life. Wellness is possible when one‘s health is compromised—
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even with chronic illness, with multiple disabilities, or in dying, movement toward a higher le
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,vel of wellness is possible.
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, PTS: 1
Y DIF: Understand REF: p. 7 Y Y


TOP: Nursing Process: Evaluation MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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3. Which racial or ethnic group has the highest life expectancy in the United States?
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a. Native Americans
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b. African Americans Y


c. Hispanic Americans Y


d. Asian and Pacific Island Americans
Y Y Y Y

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