Test Bank for Growth and Development Across the Lifespan 3rd Edition
by Gloria Leifer
All Chapters (1-16 | Expert Verified Answers |Graded A+
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Healthy People 2020 ......................................................................................................................................... 3
Chapter 2: Government Influences on Health Care ................................................................................................... 9
Chapter 3: Cultural Considerations Across the Lifespan and in Health and Illness................................... 16
Chapter 4: The Influence of Family on Developing a Lifestyle ........................................................................... 23
Chapter 5: Theories of Development............................................................................................................................. 35
Chapter 6: Prenatal Influences on Healthy Development..................................................................................... 43
Chapter 7: The Infant ........................................................................................................................................................... 56
Chapter 8: Early Childhood ............................................................................................................................................... 68
Chapter 9: Middle Childhood ............................................................................................................................................ 80
Chapter 10: Adolescence .................................................................................................................................................... 93
Chapter 11: Young Adulthood ....................................................................................................................................... 106
Chapter 12: Middle Adulthood...................................................................................................................................... 116
Chapter 13: Late Adulthood ........................................................................................................................................... 125
Chapter 14: Advanced Old-Age and Geriatrics ....................................................................................................... 134
Chapter 15: Planning for the End of Life ................................................................................................................... 145
Chapter 16: Bereavement ............................................................................................................................................... 158
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, Chapter 1 Healthy People 2020
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The purpose of Healthy People 2020 is to:
a. examine world health needs.
b. evaluate accomplishments for years 2010–2020.
c. focus primarily on infant health and mortality.
d. examine funding issues for health care.
ANSWER: B
Healthy People 2020 is an evidence-based 10-year report card describing health-care accomplishments in the United
States between the years of 2010 and 2020.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 1 OBJ: 1
TOP: Healthy People 2020 KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
2. A health-care worker planning a research project related to teenage pregnancy in his community would include
in the initial assessment the health status of the target population. Health status could be best evaluated by the
examination of the: a. birth rate, disease morbidity, and life expectancy.
b. birth rate, access to health care, and death rate.
c. disease morbidity, life expectancy, and health insurance coverage.
d. health insurance coverage, death rate, and access to health care.
ANSWER: B
Birth rate statistics identify age of mother; death rates include infant mortality and age of mother; access to health care
may affect a teenager’s ability to obtain adequate prenatal care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 6 OBJ: 3
TOP: Health status KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
3. The health-care worker teaches a group of new parents about the “back to sleep” program, which is directed
toward the reduction of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) by: a.
positioning the baby on a small flat pillow.
b. placing the baby on its back in the crib.
c. gently rocking the baby before returning it to bed.
d. tucking infant snuggly in the crib with a light blanket.
ANSWER: B
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, The back to sleep program helps reduce the incidence of SIDS by placing the infant on its back rather than on its stomach.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 8 OBJ: 5
TOP: Back to sleep program KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
4. Healthy People 2020 endorses the completion of a high school education primarily to enable a person to:
a. secure a better job.
b. increase the quality of life.
c. make healthy lifestyle choices.
d. maintain the family unit.
ANSWER: C
One of the goals of Healthy People 2020 is to increase the number of persons graduating from high school so that they
have a better education basis on which to make healthy lifestyle choices.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 8 OBJ: 4 TOP: Health indicators KEY: Nursing Process Step: NA MSC: NCLEX:
NA
5. Healthy People 2020 is published by the:
a. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
b. Department of the Interior.
c. World Health Organization.
d. Department of Health and Human Services.
ANSWER: D
Healthy People 2020 is published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 1 OBJ: 1
TOP: Healthy People 2020 KEY: Nursing Process Step: NA MSC: NCLEX: NA
6. Infant mortality rates are based on infant deaths that occur:
a. at birth, per 1000 deliveries.
b. before 1 year of age, per 1000 live births.
c. from infection and congenital disorders, per 1000 live births.
d. from unexplained causes, per 1000 live births.
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by Gloria Leifer
All Chapters (1-16 | Expert Verified Answers |Graded A+
1|Page
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Healthy People 2020 ......................................................................................................................................... 3
Chapter 2: Government Influences on Health Care ................................................................................................... 9
Chapter 3: Cultural Considerations Across the Lifespan and in Health and Illness................................... 16
Chapter 4: The Influence of Family on Developing a Lifestyle ........................................................................... 23
Chapter 5: Theories of Development............................................................................................................................. 35
Chapter 6: Prenatal Influences on Healthy Development..................................................................................... 43
Chapter 7: The Infant ........................................................................................................................................................... 56
Chapter 8: Early Childhood ............................................................................................................................................... 68
Chapter 9: Middle Childhood ............................................................................................................................................ 80
Chapter 10: Adolescence .................................................................................................................................................... 93
Chapter 11: Young Adulthood ....................................................................................................................................... 106
Chapter 12: Middle Adulthood...................................................................................................................................... 116
Chapter 13: Late Adulthood ........................................................................................................................................... 125
Chapter 14: Advanced Old-Age and Geriatrics ....................................................................................................... 134
Chapter 15: Planning for the End of Life ................................................................................................................... 145
Chapter 16: Bereavement ............................................................................................................................................... 158
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, Chapter 1 Healthy People 2020
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The purpose of Healthy People 2020 is to:
a. examine world health needs.
b. evaluate accomplishments for years 2010–2020.
c. focus primarily on infant health and mortality.
d. examine funding issues for health care.
ANSWER: B
Healthy People 2020 is an evidence-based 10-year report card describing health-care accomplishments in the United
States between the years of 2010 and 2020.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 1 OBJ: 1
TOP: Healthy People 2020 KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
2. A health-care worker planning a research project related to teenage pregnancy in his community would include
in the initial assessment the health status of the target population. Health status could be best evaluated by the
examination of the: a. birth rate, disease morbidity, and life expectancy.
b. birth rate, access to health care, and death rate.
c. disease morbidity, life expectancy, and health insurance coverage.
d. health insurance coverage, death rate, and access to health care.
ANSWER: B
Birth rate statistics identify age of mother; death rates include infant mortality and age of mother; access to health care
may affect a teenager’s ability to obtain adequate prenatal care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 6 OBJ: 3
TOP: Health status KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
3. The health-care worker teaches a group of new parents about the “back to sleep” program, which is directed
toward the reduction of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) by: a.
positioning the baby on a small flat pillow.
b. placing the baby on its back in the crib.
c. gently rocking the baby before returning it to bed.
d. tucking infant snuggly in the crib with a light blanket.
ANSWER: B
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, The back to sleep program helps reduce the incidence of SIDS by placing the infant on its back rather than on its stomach.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 8 OBJ: 5
TOP: Back to sleep program KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: prevention and early detection of disease
4. Healthy People 2020 endorses the completion of a high school education primarily to enable a person to:
a. secure a better job.
b. increase the quality of life.
c. make healthy lifestyle choices.
d. maintain the family unit.
ANSWER: C
One of the goals of Healthy People 2020 is to increase the number of persons graduating from high school so that they
have a better education basis on which to make healthy lifestyle choices.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 8 OBJ: 4 TOP: Health indicators KEY: Nursing Process Step: NA MSC: NCLEX:
NA
5. Healthy People 2020 is published by the:
a. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
b. Department of the Interior.
c. World Health Organization.
d. Department of Health and Human Services.
ANSWER: D
Healthy People 2020 is published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 1 OBJ: 1
TOP: Healthy People 2020 KEY: Nursing Process Step: NA MSC: NCLEX: NA
6. Infant mortality rates are based on infant deaths that occur:
a. at birth, per 1000 deliveries.
b. before 1 year of age, per 1000 live births.
c. from infection and congenital disorders, per 1000 live births.
d. from unexplained causes, per 1000 live births.
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