Test Bank Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-
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Surgical Nursing 15th Edition
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Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 15th Edition
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1.
The public health nurse is presenting a health promotion class to a group of new mothers.
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How shouldthe nurse best define health?
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Health is having fulfillment in all domains of life.
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Health is having psychological and physiological
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The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health in the preamble to its constitution as a
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―state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease
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and infirmity.‖ The other answers are incorrect because they are not congruent with the WHO
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definition of health.
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2.
A nurse is speaking to a group of prospective nursing students about what it is like to be a
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nurse. Whatis one characteristic the nurse would cite as necessary to possess to be an effective
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nurse?
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culturally competent, appropriate, and sensitive to cultural differences.
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Team-focused nursing and strict adherence to routine are not characteristics needed to be
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an effective nurse. The ability to handle criticism is important, but to a lesser degree
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thancultural competence.
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3.
With increases in longevity, people have had to become more knowledgeable about their
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health and theprofessional health care that they receive. One outcome of this phenomenon is
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the development of organized self-care education programs. Which of the following do these
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programs prioritize?
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Organized self-care education programs emphasize health promotion, disease prevention,
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managementof illness, self-care, and judicious use of the professional health care system.
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Prenatal care, lobbying, and Internet activities are secondary.
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4.
The home health nurse is assisting a patient and his family in planning the patient‘s return
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to work after surgery and the development of postsurgical complications. The nurse is
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preparing a plan of care that addresses the patient‘s multifaceted needs. To which level of
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Maslow‘s hierarchy of basicneeds does the patient‘s need for self- fulfillment relate?
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