NR222/ NR 222 QUIZ 2: (LATEST 2025/ 2026 UPDATE) HEALTH AND WELLNESS | Q/A |
GRADE A| 100% CORRECT (VERIFIED ANSWERS) – CHAMBERLAIN
Question 1
Which of the following identifies the three primary purposes of patient education?
A) Improve wellness, decrease disability, and manage hospital finances
B) Prevent acute and chronic disease, decrease disability, and improve wellness
C) Increase medication adherence, reduce staffing needs, and prevent disease
D) Improve wellness, eliminate the need for surgery, and decrease disability
E) Decrease disability, increase patient social circles, and improve wellness
Correct Answer: B) Prevent acute and chronic disease, decrease disability, and improve
wellness
Rationale: Patient education is a pillar of nursing care designed to help patients take control
of their health. The three core purposes are preventing disease (both acute and chronic),
minimizing the impact of existing disabilities, and fostering overall wellness.
Question 2
What is the primary overarching goal of patient education?
A) To ensure patients follow every nursing order without question
B) To reduce the legal liability of the healthcare facility
C) To help individuals, families, or communities achieve optimal levels of health
D) To replace the need for professional medical intervention
E) To provide scientific data for hospital research projects
Correct Answer: C) is to help individuals, families, or communities achieve optimal levels of
health
Rationale: The ultimate intent of education is empowerment. By providing knowledge,
nurses enable patients and their support systems to function at their highest possible health
potential.
Question 3
Comprehensive patient education involves three important phases of health care. Which phase
focuses on avoiding the onset of health problems?
A) Health restoration
B) Coping with impaired functioning
C) Health promotion and illness prevention
D) Palliative care management
E) Tertiary rehabilitation
Correct Answer: C) health promotion and illness prevention
Rationale: This phase involves teaching healthy lifestyles (promotion) and specific actions to
avoid disease (prevention), such as immunizations or screenings, before a problem occurs.
Question 4
When a nurse is teaching a patient how to care for a new surgical incision at home, which phase
of patient education is being addressed?
GRADE A| 100% CORRECT (VERIFIED ANSWERS) – CHAMBERLAIN
Question 1
Which of the following identifies the three primary purposes of patient education?
A) Improve wellness, decrease disability, and manage hospital finances
B) Prevent acute and chronic disease, decrease disability, and improve wellness
C) Increase medication adherence, reduce staffing needs, and prevent disease
D) Improve wellness, eliminate the need for surgery, and decrease disability
E) Decrease disability, increase patient social circles, and improve wellness
Correct Answer: B) Prevent acute and chronic disease, decrease disability, and improve
wellness
Rationale: Patient education is a pillar of nursing care designed to help patients take control
of their health. The three core purposes are preventing disease (both acute and chronic),
minimizing the impact of existing disabilities, and fostering overall wellness.
Question 2
What is the primary overarching goal of patient education?
A) To ensure patients follow every nursing order without question
B) To reduce the legal liability of the healthcare facility
C) To help individuals, families, or communities achieve optimal levels of health
D) To replace the need for professional medical intervention
E) To provide scientific data for hospital research projects
Correct Answer: C) is to help individuals, families, or communities achieve optimal levels of
health
Rationale: The ultimate intent of education is empowerment. By providing knowledge,
nurses enable patients and their support systems to function at their highest possible health
potential.
Question 3
Comprehensive patient education involves three important phases of health care. Which phase
focuses on avoiding the onset of health problems?
A) Health restoration
B) Coping with impaired functioning
C) Health promotion and illness prevention
D) Palliative care management
E) Tertiary rehabilitation
Correct Answer: C) health promotion and illness prevention
Rationale: This phase involves teaching healthy lifestyles (promotion) and specific actions to
avoid disease (prevention), such as immunizations or screenings, before a problem occurs.
Question 4
When a nurse is teaching a patient how to care for a new surgical incision at home, which phase
of patient education is being addressed?
