Test Bank for Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 15th Edition (Hinkle, 2024), All Chapters

1. The public health nurse is presenting a health promotion class to a group of new mothers. How should the nurse best define health? A) B) C) D) Ans: Healthisbeingdiseasefree. Healthishavingfulfillmentinalldomainsoflife. Health is having psychological and physiological harmony. Health is being connected in body, mind, and spirit. D Feedback: The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health in the preamble to its constitution as a “state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.” The other answers are incorrect because they are not congruent with the WHO definition of health. 2. Anurse is speaking to a group of prospective nursing students about what it is like to be a nurse. Whatis one characteristic the nurse would cite as necessary to possess to be an effective nurse? A) B) Ans:C) D) Sens itivit y to cultu ral diffe renc es Team-focused approach to problem-solving Strict adherence to routine Abilitytofacecriticism A Feedback: Topromoteaneffectivenurse-patientrelationshipandpositiveoutcomesofcare,nursingcaremustbe culturallycompetent,appropriate,andsensitivetoculturaldifferences. Team-focusednursingandstrictadherencetoroutinearenotcharacteristicsneededtobe an effective nurse. The ability to handle criticism is important, but to a lesser degree than cultural competence. 3. With increases in longevity, people have had to become more knowledgeable about their health and the professional health care that they receive. One outcome of this phenomenon is the development of organized self-care education programs. Which of the following do these programs prioritize? A) B) C) D) Ans: Adequateprenatalcare Government advocacy and lobbying Judicioususeofonlinecommunities Managementofillness D Feedback: Organized self-care education programs emphasize health promotion, diseaseprevention, management of illness, self-care, and judicious use of the professional health care system. Prenatal care, lobbying,and Internet activities are secondary.