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1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called “Health for All.”
The goal for this strategy is:
1. All individuals to get the same health care throughout their life spans.
2. The government to supply money to care for all the people in the world.
3. Resources for health care to be evenly distributed and accessible.
4. Health-care providers can never deny patients health care.
ANS: 3
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1. This is incorrect. “Health for All” does not mean that all individuals get the same
health care throughout their life spans.
2. This is incorrect. “Health for All” does not mean the government will supply money
to care for all the people in the world.
3. This is correct. “Health for All” means that resources for health care are evenly
distributed and accessible to everyone.
4. This is incorrect. “Health for All” does not mean that health-care providers can deny
patients health care.
2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill requires
registered nurses (RNs) to:
1. Diagnose and treat patients.
2. Identify normal and abnormal findings.
3. Refer patients with abnormal findings.
4. Counsel patients with psychosocial needs.
ANS: 2
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1. This is incorrect. The role of the RN is not to diagnose and treat patients.
2. This is correct. Assessing patients and being able to identify normal from abnormal
findings is an essential role of the RN.
3. This is incorrect. RNs in collaboration with the health-care providers do refer
patients. This is not the essential and foundational role in health assessment.
4. This is incorrect. RNs do counsel patients, but it is not the essential and foundational
role in health assessment.
,3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a police
presence outside his door because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community. You
know that nurses must treat all patients as persons. This is called:
1. Caring.
2. Holistic process.
3. Person-centered care (PCC).
4. Standards of care.
ANS: 3
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1. This is incorrect. Caring is displaying a concern for patients.
2. This is incorrect. The holistic caring process is a relational process; the nurse
collaborates with the individual to pursue goals for health and well-being.
3. This is correct. The new movement in health care is person-centered care (PCC),
which emphasizes the intrinsic value of treating all patients as persons.
4. This is incorrect. Standards of care identify standards of professional nursing
practice.
4. The science-based framework updated every 10 years by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services that has set n a t i o n a lGgRo aAl D
s aEnS
dMoO
bjR
ecEti.
veCsOfoMr health promotion and disease
prevention is:
1. Healthy People.
2. Healthy People 2020.
3. U.S. Preventive Task Force.
4. World Health Organization.
ANS: 2
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1. This is incorrect. Healthy People is the general title for the nation’s federal initiative.
2. This is correct. Healthy People 2020 specifically identifies science-based, national
goals and objectives with 10-year targets designed to guide national health promotion
and disease prevention efforts to improve the health of all people in the United
States.
3. This is incorrect. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s goal is to use evidence-
based medicine to improve the health of all Americans by making evidence-based
recommendations about clinical preventive services such as screenings, counseling
services, and preventive medications.
4. This is incorrect. The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the
United Nations working to improve the health of the world’s people.
,5. A 38-year-old male has a family history of colon cancer. His father died of colon cancer at age
48. The doctor recommended that this patient have a colonoscopy this year. This is an example
of:
1. Primary health prevention.
2. Secondary health prevention.
3. Tertiary health prevention.
ANS: 2
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1. This is incorrect. This is not an example of primary prevention. Primary prevention is
the prevention of disease and disability and focuses on improving an individual’s
overall health and well-being. Immunizations and health education are examples of
primary prevention.
2. This is correct. Colonoscopy is an example of secondary prevention, which
encompasses early screenings and detection of disease and treatment of diseases.
3. This is incorrect. This is not an example of tertiary prevention. Tertiary prevention
encompasses the restoration of health after illness or disease has occurred. A
rehabilitation program for stroke patients is an example of tertiary prevention.
6. A patient in the hospital puts on his call light and tells the person answering that he “thinks he
is running a fever and has stomach discomfort.” You are the registered nurse in charge. What
should you do?
1. Ask the medical assistant to go to the patient’s room and assess his complaints.
2. Go check to see if the patient has an order for Tylenol for a fever.
3. Page the resident on call immediately to assess the patient.
4. Go to the patient’s room and assess for fever and the epigastric discomfort.
ANS: 4
Page: 5
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1. This is incorrect. The medical assistant role should never be to assess a patient.
2. This is incorrect. The first priority would be to assess the patient prior to checking
medication orders for fever.
3. This is incorrect. The nurse should first assess the patient to give an objective report
to the resident.
4. This is correct. Assessing a patient is always a priority role of the RN. This is a role
that should never be delegated to the licensed practical nurse or unlicensed assistive
personnel.
,7. You are leading an interdisciplinary team conference to discuss how to provide better care for
a challenging patient who has behavioral problems. There are several areas that need to be
problem solved and new ideas formulated to create an improved plan of care. What cognitive
skills are you using?
1. Critical thinking
2. Clinical decision making
3. Intuitive thinking
4. Clinical reasoning
ANS: 1
Page: 5
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1. This is correct. Critical thinking is a unique problem-solving, reflective process.
2. This is incorrect. Clinical decision making determines what is needed and when it is
needed.
3. This is incorrect. Intuitive thinking is a “gut feeling” that something is wrong or that
the nurse should do something, even if there is no real evidence to support that
feeling.
4. This is incorrect. Clinical reasoning uses an individual’s history, physical signs,
symptoms, laboratory data,GaR ndAdDiE
agSnM
osOtiR
cE .aCgO
im inM
g to arrive at a diagnosis and
formulate a treatment plan.
8. Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:
1. American Nurses Association.
2. Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements.
3. Research and evidence-based practice.
4. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
ANS: 3
Page: 7
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1. This is incorrect. The American Nurses Association is the professional nursing
organization providing standards of nursing care, promoting a safe and ethical work
environment, and advocating health-care issues.
2. This is incorrect. The Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements
provides a statement of the ethical values and duties of every individual who enters
the nursing profession.
3. This is correct. Best practice assessments and instruments have been validated by
research. Nursing research and evidence-based practice guide our assessments and
, clinical decisions to provide safe and effective care.
4. This is incorrect. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known as
Obamacare, has goals to provide higher-quality, safer, and more affordable and
accessible care.
9. Health and illness are determined by many factors. What are the determinants of health
identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? Select all that apply.
1. Genetics and biology
2. Gender and occupation
3. Individual behavior
4. Social environment
5. Physical environment
6. Health services
ANS: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
Page: 2
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1. This is correct. The CDC identifies genetics and biology (i.e., age and sex) as a
determinant of health.
2. This is incorrect. Occupation is not identified as a determinant of health.
3. This is correct. The CDC identifies individual behavior (i.e., alcohol use, unprotected
sex, smoking) as a determinant of health.
4. This is correct. The CDC identifies social environment (i.e., income and lifestyle) as
a determinant of health.
5. This is correct. The CDC identifies physical environment (i.e., where the individual
lives) as a determinant of health.
6. This is correct. The CDC identifies health services (i.e., insurance and access to
health care) as a determinant of health.
10. The U.S. health-care system is evolving, and care is becoming more focused on which of
the following? Select all that apply.
1. Wellness
2. Functional status
3. Disease prevention
4. Health promotion
5. Acute illness management
ANS: 1, 3, 4
Page: 1
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,
,
,Answers
1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called “Health for All.”
The goal for this strategy is:
1. All individuals to get the same health care throughout their life spans.
2. The government to supply money to care for all the people in the world.
3. Resources for health care to be evenly distributed and accessible.
4. Health-care providers can never deny patients health care.
ANS: 3
Page: 1
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. “Health for All” does not mean that all individuals get the same
health care throughout their life spans.
2. This is incorrect. “Health for All” does not mean the government will supply money
to care for all the people in the world.
3. This is correct. “Health for All” means that resources for health care are evenly
distributed and accessible to everyone.
4. This is incorrect. “Health for All” does not mean that health-care providers can deny
patients health care.
2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill. This essential skill requires
registered nurses (RNs) to:
1. Diagnose and treat patients.
2. Identify normal and abnormal findings.
3. Refer patients with abnormal findings.
4. Counsel patients with psychosocial needs.
ANS: 2
Page: 5-6
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. The role of the RN is not to diagnose and treat patients.
2. This is correct. Assessing patients and being able to identify normal from abnormal
findings is an essential role of the RN.
3. This is incorrect. RNs in collaboration with the health-care providers do refer
patients. This is not the essential and foundational role in health assessment.
4. This is incorrect. RNs do counsel patients, but it is not the essential and foundational
role in health assessment.
,3. You are assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds on a trauma unit. There is a police
presence outside his door because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community. You
know that nurses must treat all patients as persons. This is called:
1. Caring.
2. Holistic process.
3. Person-centered care (PCC).
4. Standards of care.
ANS: 3
Page: 2
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. Caring is displaying a concern for patients.
2. This is incorrect. The holistic caring process is a relational process; the nurse
collaborates with the individual to pursue goals for health and well-being.
3. This is correct. The new movement in health care is person-centered care (PCC),
which emphasizes the intrinsic value of treating all patients as persons.
4. This is incorrect. Standards of care identify standards of professional nursing
practice.
4. The science-based framework updated every 10 years by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services that has set n a t i o n a lGgRo aAl D
s aEnS
dMoO
bjR
ecEti.
veCsOfoMr health promotion and disease
prevention is:
1. Healthy People.
2. Healthy People 2020.
3. U.S. Preventive Task Force.
4. World Health Organization.
ANS: 2
Page: 2
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. Healthy People is the general title for the nation’s federal initiative.
2. This is correct. Healthy People 2020 specifically identifies science-based, national
goals and objectives with 10-year targets designed to guide national health promotion
and disease prevention efforts to improve the health of all people in the United
States.
3. This is incorrect. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s goal is to use evidence-
based medicine to improve the health of all Americans by making evidence-based
recommendations about clinical preventive services such as screenings, counseling
services, and preventive medications.
4. This is incorrect. The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the
United Nations working to improve the health of the world’s people.
,5. A 38-year-old male has a family history of colon cancer. His father died of colon cancer at age
48. The doctor recommended that this patient have a colonoscopy this year. This is an example
of:
1. Primary health prevention.
2. Secondary health prevention.
3. Tertiary health prevention.
ANS: 2
Page: 4
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. This is not an example of primary prevention. Primary prevention is
the prevention of disease and disability and focuses on improving an individual’s
overall health and well-being. Immunizations and health education are examples of
primary prevention.
2. This is correct. Colonoscopy is an example of secondary prevention, which
encompasses early screenings and detection of disease and treatment of diseases.
3. This is incorrect. This is not an example of tertiary prevention. Tertiary prevention
encompasses the restoration of health after illness or disease has occurred. A
rehabilitation program for stroke patients is an example of tertiary prevention.
6. A patient in the hospital puts on his call light and tells the person answering that he “thinks he
is running a fever and has stomach discomfort.” You are the registered nurse in charge. What
should you do?
1. Ask the medical assistant to go to the patient’s room and assess his complaints.
2. Go check to see if the patient has an order for Tylenol for a fever.
3. Page the resident on call immediately to assess the patient.
4. Go to the patient’s room and assess for fever and the epigastric discomfort.
ANS: 4
Page: 5
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. The medical assistant role should never be to assess a patient.
2. This is incorrect. The first priority would be to assess the patient prior to checking
medication orders for fever.
3. This is incorrect. The nurse should first assess the patient to give an objective report
to the resident.
4. This is correct. Assessing a patient is always a priority role of the RN. This is a role
that should never be delegated to the licensed practical nurse or unlicensed assistive
personnel.
,7. You are leading an interdisciplinary team conference to discuss how to provide better care for
a challenging patient who has behavioral problems. There are several areas that need to be
problem solved and new ideas formulated to create an improved plan of care. What cognitive
skills are you using?
1. Critical thinking
2. Clinical decision making
3. Intuitive thinking
4. Clinical reasoning
ANS: 1
Page: 5
Feedback
1. This is correct. Critical thinking is a unique problem-solving, reflective process.
2. This is incorrect. Clinical decision making determines what is needed and when it is
needed.
3. This is incorrect. Intuitive thinking is a “gut feeling” that something is wrong or that
the nurse should do something, even if there is no real evidence to support that
feeling.
4. This is incorrect. Clinical reasoning uses an individual’s history, physical signs,
symptoms, laboratory data,GaR ndAdDiE
agSnM
osOtiR
cE .aCgO
im inM
g to arrive at a diagnosis and
formulate a treatment plan.
8. Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:
1. American Nurses Association.
2. Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements.
3. Research and evidence-based practice.
4. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
ANS: 3
Page: 7
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. The American Nurses Association is the professional nursing
organization providing standards of nursing care, promoting a safe and ethical work
environment, and advocating health-care issues.
2. This is incorrect. The Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements
provides a statement of the ethical values and duties of every individual who enters
the nursing profession.
3. This is correct. Best practice assessments and instruments have been validated by
research. Nursing research and evidence-based practice guide our assessments and
, clinical decisions to provide safe and effective care.
4. This is incorrect. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known as
Obamacare, has goals to provide higher-quality, safer, and more affordable and
accessible care.
9. Health and illness are determined by many factors. What are the determinants of health
identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? Select all that apply.
1. Genetics and biology
2. Gender and occupation
3. Individual behavior
4. Social environment
5. Physical environment
6. Health services
ANS: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
Page: 2
Feedback
1. This is correct. The CDC identifies genetics and biology (i.e., age and sex) as a
determinant of health.
2. This is incorrect. Occupation is not identified as a determinant of health.
3. This is correct. The CDC identifies individual behavior (i.e., alcohol use, unprotected
sex, smoking) as a determinant of health.
4. This is correct. The CDC identifies social environment (i.e., income and lifestyle) as
a determinant of health.
5. This is correct. The CDC identifies physical environment (i.e., where the individual
lives) as a determinant of health.
6. This is correct. The CDC identifies health services (i.e., insurance and access to
health care) as a determinant of health.
10. The U.S. health-care system is evolving, and care is becoming more focused on which of
the following? Select all that apply.
1. Wellness
2. Functional status
3. Disease prevention
4. Health promotion
5. Acute illness management
ANS: 1, 3, 4
Page: 1
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