, Chapter 1: The context and frameworks of health assessment
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse asks their client about family history of cardiovascular disease. What type
of data would this be classified as?
a. Objective
b. Subjective
c. Informed
d. Precise
ANS: b
What the person states about themselves is considered subjective data.
REF: Page 2
2. The nurse observes their client’s respiratory rate. What type of data would this be
classified as?
a. Objective
b. Subjective
c. Informed
d. Precise
ANS: a
Data gathered by observing, inspecting, percussing, palpating and auscultation
is considered objective data.
REF: Page 2
3. According to the World Health Organization, what is health defined as?
a. The presence of wellbeing and absence of disease
b. Situations in which people are born, grow and live
c. The state of complete physical, mental and social well-being
d. The absence of disease and infirmity
ANS: c
The World Health Organization (WHO) (2019) defines health as ‘a state of
complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity’.
REF: Page 2
4. Which of the following is NOT a recognition of the social model of health?
a. The importance of health promotion and disease prevention.
, Test Bank 1-2
b. The importance of encouraging a healthy lifestyle.
c. The social, economic and environmental determinants of health and illness.
d. The importance of working with sectors outside the health sector.
ANS: b
The social health model recognises:
• The social, economic and environmental determinants of health and
illness
• The importance of health promotion and disease prevention
• The importance of community participation in decision making
• The importance of working with working with sectors outside the health
sector
• That equity is an important outcome of health service intervention
REF: Page 3
5. What model recognises the view of health being the absence of disease?
a. Social model of health
b. Biomedical model of health
c. Holistic model of health
d. Health promotion and disease prevention
ANS: b
The biomedical model of western tradition views health as the absence of
disease.
REF: Page 3
6. What standard of care do consumers have the right to expect in Australia?
a. Clients with private health insurance receive priority.
b. Every person has the right of the highest standard of care.
c. Every taxpayer has the right to the highest standard of care.
d. Clients with a healthy, active lifestyle have priority over those who do not.
ANS: b
One of the principles of the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights recognises
that every person has the right to the highest standard of care.
REF: Page 4
7. Which statement illustrates the biomedical model of western traditional views?
a. Health is viewed as the absence of disease.
b. Optimal health is viewed as high-level wellness.
c. Health and disease are considered a cyclical process.
d. The treatment of disease is nursing’s primary focus.
ANS: a
The biomedical model of western tradition views health as the absence of
disease.
REF: Page 3
, Test Bank 1-3
8. Which of the following models of health aims to improve health outcomes, prevent
and reduce illness and address the inequalities and disadvantage that exist within the
community?
a. Biomedical model
b. Holistic health model
c. Social model
d. Wellness model
ANS: c
The social model of health acknowledges the effect of social, economic, cultural
and political factors and conditions on a person’s state of health and wellbeing.
REF: Page 3
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse asks their client about family history of cardiovascular disease. What type
of data would this be classified as?
a. Objective
b. Subjective
c. Informed
d. Precise
ANS: b
What the person states about themselves is considered subjective data.
REF: Page 2
2. The nurse observes their client’s respiratory rate. What type of data would this be
classified as?
a. Objective
b. Subjective
c. Informed
d. Precise
ANS: a
Data gathered by observing, inspecting, percussing, palpating and auscultation
is considered objective data.
REF: Page 2
3. According to the World Health Organization, what is health defined as?
a. The presence of wellbeing and absence of disease
b. Situations in which people are born, grow and live
c. The state of complete physical, mental and social well-being
d. The absence of disease and infirmity
ANS: c
The World Health Organization (WHO) (2019) defines health as ‘a state of
complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity’.
REF: Page 2
4. Which of the following is NOT a recognition of the social model of health?
a. The importance of health promotion and disease prevention.
, Test Bank 1-2
b. The importance of encouraging a healthy lifestyle.
c. The social, economic and environmental determinants of health and illness.
d. The importance of working with sectors outside the health sector.
ANS: b
The social health model recognises:
• The social, economic and environmental determinants of health and
illness
• The importance of health promotion and disease prevention
• The importance of community participation in decision making
• The importance of working with working with sectors outside the health
sector
• That equity is an important outcome of health service intervention
REF: Page 3
5. What model recognises the view of health being the absence of disease?
a. Social model of health
b. Biomedical model of health
c. Holistic model of health
d. Health promotion and disease prevention
ANS: b
The biomedical model of western tradition views health as the absence of
disease.
REF: Page 3
6. What standard of care do consumers have the right to expect in Australia?
a. Clients with private health insurance receive priority.
b. Every person has the right of the highest standard of care.
c. Every taxpayer has the right to the highest standard of care.
d. Clients with a healthy, active lifestyle have priority over those who do not.
ANS: b
One of the principles of the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights recognises
that every person has the right to the highest standard of care.
REF: Page 4
7. Which statement illustrates the biomedical model of western traditional views?
a. Health is viewed as the absence of disease.
b. Optimal health is viewed as high-level wellness.
c. Health and disease are considered a cyclical process.
d. The treatment of disease is nursing’s primary focus.
ANS: a
The biomedical model of western tradition views health as the absence of
disease.
REF: Page 3
, Test Bank 1-3
8. Which of the following models of health aims to improve health outcomes, prevent
and reduce illness and address the inequalities and disadvantage that exist within the
community?
a. Biomedical model
b. Holistic health model
c. Social model
d. Wellness model
ANS: c
The social model of health acknowledges the effect of social, economic, cultural
and political factors and conditions on a person’s state of health and wellbeing.
REF: Page 3
