Chapter 2: Health Promotion
1. A patient asks the nurse practitioner what is meant by health promotion. Which of the following is
the nurse practitioner's best response? Health promotion:
1. Includes activities that an individual performs proactively to increase health and well-being.
2. Is a process of keeping track of immunizations.
3. Includes a set of programs that help people cope with the disease.
4. Includes strategies that prolong life. - 1. Answer:
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1.
Health promotion includes not only preventive and health-protective measures, but also actualization
of one's health potential
2.
Immunizations are only one part of health promotion.
3.
Health promotion occurs before the onset of disease.
4.
Quality of life is the important focus of health promotion, not a prolongation of life.
2. The nurse practitioner knows that health promotion is accomplished on a broader scale by:
1. Maintaining current health services.
2. Maintaining federal legislation regarding health care at the current level.
3. Encouraging healthy lifestyle and healthy public policy formulation.
, 4. Encouraging the advancement of alternative health therapies. - 2. Answer: 3
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1.
Current health policies are ever-changing to improve services for citizens.
2.
Federal legislation is being proposed to increase health services.
3.
The World Health Organization has determined that healthy lifestyle promotion works best when
coupled with supportive environments, community action, and healthy public policy formation. 4.
This does not include preventive and health-protective measures, nor actualization of one's health
potential.
3. Mr. Thomas comes in for a health examination appointment with his nurse practitioner. He asks why
nurse practitioners are qualified to conduct these evaluations. Which of the following is the nurse
practitioner's best response? The nurse practitioner:
1. Is concerned about health and not disease.
2. Saves the physician time in the office.
3. Can assess for minor conditions and refer to the doctor for other conditions.
4. Is prepared to assess health holistically. - 3. Answer: 4
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1.
The nurse practitioner is concerned about health promotion, disease prevention, and early diagnosis.
2.
The nurse practitioner may spend more time with the patient than the doctor is able to.
3.
The nurse practitioner is prepared to diagnose and plan treatment for many conditions.
4.
The nurse practitioner brings a holistic orientation to health and wellness development and possesses
knowledge of developmental tasks and the wellness-illness continuum.
4. Mrs. Williams, 80 years old, asks her nurse practitioner to order a new alternative therapy for her.
Mrs. Williams believes that this botanical supplement will provide pain relief for her fibromyalgia.
The nurse practitioner explains that this therapy is likely not covered by Medicare because:
1. The botanical is expensive and not approved for use.
2. Medicare only covers treatments that are approved according to the stringent guidelines of the
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).
1. A patient asks the nurse practitioner what is meant by health promotion. Which of the following is
the nurse practitioner's best response? Health promotion:
1. Includes activities that an individual performs proactively to increase health and well-being.
2. Is a process of keeping track of immunizations.
3. Includes a set of programs that help people cope with the disease.
4. Includes strategies that prolong life. - 1. Answer:
1 Page: 6
Feedback
1.
Health promotion includes not only preventive and health-protective measures, but also actualization
of one's health potential
2.
Immunizations are only one part of health promotion.
3.
Health promotion occurs before the onset of disease.
4.
Quality of life is the important focus of health promotion, not a prolongation of life.
2. The nurse practitioner knows that health promotion is accomplished on a broader scale by:
1. Maintaining current health services.
2. Maintaining federal legislation regarding health care at the current level.
3. Encouraging healthy lifestyle and healthy public policy formulation.
, 4. Encouraging the advancement of alternative health therapies. - 2. Answer: 3
Page: 6
Feedback
1.
Current health policies are ever-changing to improve services for citizens.
2.
Federal legislation is being proposed to increase health services.
3.
The World Health Organization has determined that healthy lifestyle promotion works best when
coupled with supportive environments, community action, and healthy public policy formation. 4.
This does not include preventive and health-protective measures, nor actualization of one's health
potential.
3. Mr. Thomas comes in for a health examination appointment with his nurse practitioner. He asks why
nurse practitioners are qualified to conduct these evaluations. Which of the following is the nurse
practitioner's best response? The nurse practitioner:
1. Is concerned about health and not disease.
2. Saves the physician time in the office.
3. Can assess for minor conditions and refer to the doctor for other conditions.
4. Is prepared to assess health holistically. - 3. Answer: 4
Page: 6
Feedback
1.
The nurse practitioner is concerned about health promotion, disease prevention, and early diagnosis.
2.
The nurse practitioner may spend more time with the patient than the doctor is able to.
3.
The nurse practitioner is prepared to diagnose and plan treatment for many conditions.
4.
The nurse practitioner brings a holistic orientation to health and wellness development and possesses
knowledge of developmental tasks and the wellness-illness continuum.
4. Mrs. Williams, 80 years old, asks her nurse practitioner to order a new alternative therapy for her.
Mrs. Williams believes that this botanical supplement will provide pain relief for her fibromyalgia.
The nurse practitioner explains that this therapy is likely not covered by Medicare because:
1. The botanical is expensive and not approved for use.
2. Medicare only covers treatments that are approved according to the stringent guidelines of the
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).
