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Potter and Perry's Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing 7th Edition Test Bank | Complete Chapter 1-48 Multiple Choice Questions with Answers & Rationale

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This comprehensive test bank is an essential resource for nursing students and educators using "Potter and Perry's Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing, 7th Edition" by Barbara J. Astle and Wendy Duggleby. It contains a wide array of multiple-choice questions that cover key chapters from the textbook, including Health and Wellness, The Canadian Health Care Delivery System, The Development of Nursing in Canada, Community Health Nursing, Theoretical Foundations, Evidence-Informed Practice, Nursing Values and Ethics, Legal Implications, Global Health, Indigenous Health, Nursing Leadership, Critical Thinking, Nursing Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation, and Documenting and Reporting. Each question is accompanied by the correct answer, a detailed rationale, and references to specific pages and learning objectives, making it an invaluable tool for exam preparation, self-assessment, and reinforcing critical concepts in Canadian nursing practice.

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Chapter 01: Health and Wellness
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1. The nurse is using the population health promotion model to develop actions for improvi
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; and ―Why should we take action?‖ the nurse will ask which of the following questions?
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ould we act?‖ The other choices are not questions included in this model.
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The statement ―Health promotion is multisectoral‖ is the principle explained by the necessit
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OBJ: Contrast distinguishing features of health promotion and disease preventio
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3. According to the World Health Organization, what is the best description of ―health‖?
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The WHO defines health as ―…the extent to which an individual or group is able, on the on
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e hand, to realize aspirations and satisfy needs; and, on the other hand, to change or cope
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with the environment. Health is, therefore, seen as a resource for everyday life, not the objec
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tive of living; it is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as
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physical capacities.‖ Nurses‘ attitudes toward health and illness should account for the total
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zperson, as well as the environment in which the person lives. People free of disease are not
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zequally healthy. Views of health have broadened to include mental, social, and spiritual well
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r than pathological states, are what determine health.
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OBJ: Discuss ways that definitions of health have been conceptualize
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d. TOP: Evaluate MSC: CPNRE: Foundations of Practice
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4. What priority strategy for health promotion in Canada is optional but seen as important t
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o incorporate in nursing education curricula?
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b. Strategies for health promotion.
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d. Concepts of determinants of health.
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DIF: Understand REF: 11 | 12
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or Health Promotion?
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Education is one of the nine prerequisites for health that were identified in the Ottawa Chart
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er for Health Promotion. Lack of social support and low self-
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l environments were identified as socioenvironmental risk factors by Labonte (1993).
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OBJ: Discuss contributions of the following Canadian publications to conceptualizations of heal
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th and health determinants: Lalonde Report, Ottawa Charter, Epp Report, Strategies for Popula
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6. The determinant of health with the greatest effect on the health of Canadians is which of t
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he following?
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Income, income distribution, and social status are the determinants of health that influence
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most other determinants. Some investigators suggest that literacy and education are important
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re services. Social support affects health, health behaviours, and health care utilization but i
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h prevention level?
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8. The nurse incorporates levels of prevention on the basis of patient needs and the type
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of nursing care provided. Which of the following is an example of tertiary level preve
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ntive caregiving? gz


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b. Providing a lesson on hygiene for an elementary school class.
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c. Informing a patient that immunizations for her infant are available through th
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e health department.
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ANS: D gz

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