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Test bank Ebersole and Hess' Gerontological
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Nursing Healthy Aging, Canadian Edition 5th
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Edition by Theris a Touhy and Kathleen fjet
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, Ebersole mandmHess'mGerontologicalmNursingmHealthy mAging,mCanadianmEdition m5thmEditionmby mTherismamTo
uhy Chapterm 01:m Introductionm tom HealthymAging
MULTIPLEmCHOICE
1. Ammanmismterminallymillmwithmend-
stagemprostatemcancer.mWhichmismthembest mstatement mabout mthismman‘smwellness
?
a. Wellnessmcanmonlymbemachieved mwithmag
gressivemmedical
interventions.
b. Wellnessmismnot mamrealmoptionmformthismcli
ent mbecausemhe
ismterminallymill.
c. Wellnessmismdefined masmthemabsencemof
disease.
d. Nursingminterventionsmcanmhelpmempowe
rmamclient mto
achievemamhighermlevelmof mwellness.
ANS:mD
Nursingminterventionsmcanmhelpmempowermamclient mtomachievemamhigher mlevelmof mwel
lness;mamnursemcanmfostermwellnessminmhis mormhermclients.mWellness mis mdefined mbymth
emindividualmand mismmultidimensional.mIt mismnot mjust mthemabsencemof mdisease.mAmwell
nessmperspectivemismbased monmthembelief mthat meverympersonmhasmanmoptimal mlevelm of
mhealthmindependent mof mhismormhermsituationmormfunctionalmlevel.mEvenminmthempresen
cemof mchronicmillnessmormwhilemdying,mammovement mtoward mwellnessismpossiblem if me
mphasismof mcaremismplaced monmthempromotionmof mwell-
beingminmamsupportivemenvironment.
PTS:m 1 DIF:m Apply REF:m p.m7
TOP:mNursingmProcess:mDiagnosismMSC:
HealthmPromotionmand mMaintenance
2.
Inmdifferentiatingmbetweenmhealthmand mwellnessminmhealthmcare,mwhichmof
themfollowingmstatements
m
ismtrue?
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, Ebersole mandmHess'mGerontologicalmNursingmHealthy mAging,mCanadianmEdition m5thmEditionmby mTherismamTo
uhy
a. Healthmismambroad mtermmencompassing
attitudesmand
behaviors.
b. Themconcept mof millnessmpreventionmwasmn
evermconsidered
bympreviousmgenerations.
c. Wellnessmand mself-
actualizationmdevelopmthroughmlearn-
ingmand mgrowth.
d. Wellnessmismimpossible mwhenmone‘smhe
althmismcompro-
mised.
ANS:mA
Healthmismambroad mtermmthat mencompassesmattitudesmand mbehaviors;mholistically,m he
althmincludesmwellness,mwhichmin-
mvolvesmone‘smwholembeing.mThemconcept mof millnessmpreventionmwasmnevermconsidere
d mbympreviousmgenerations;mthrough-mout mhistory,mbasicmself-
caremrequirementsmhavembeenmrecognized.mWellness mand mself-
mactualizationmdevelopmthroughmlearningmand mgrowth—
asmbasicmneedsmaremmet,mhighermlevelmneedsmcanmbemsatisfied minmturn,mwithmever-
deepeningmrich-
mnessmtomlife.mWellnessmismpossiblemwhenmone‘smhealthmismcompromised—
evenmwithmchronicmillness,mwithmmultiplemdis-
mabilities,morminmdying,mmovement mtoward mamhighermlevelmof mwellnessmis mpossible.
PTS:m 1 DIF:m Understand m REF:mp.m7
TOP:mNursingmProcess:mEvaluationmMSC:m HealthmPromotion
mand mMaintenance
3.
Whichmracialmormethnicmgroupmhasmthemhighest mlifemexpectancyminmthemUn
ited mStates?
a. NativemAmericans
b. AfricanmAmericans
c. HispanicmAmericans
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, Ebersole mandmHess'mGerontologicalmNursingmHealthy mAging,mCanadianmEdition m5thmEditionmby mTherismamTo
uhy d. Asianmand mPacificmIsland mAmericans
ANS:mC
AsmshownminmFigurem1.4,mHispanicmmenmand mwomenmhavemthemhighest mlifemexpectan
cymof mall.m Inm2011,m formthosem of mHis-
mpanicmoriginm of manymrace,m themoverallmlifem expectancymat m65myearsmof magemwasm20.7
mmoremyearsminm2011m(19.1myearsmformmenmand m21.8myears mformwomen).
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