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Edelman: Health Promotion Throughout the Life
Span,10th Edition
Chapter 01: Health Defined: Objectives for
Promotion and Prevention
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which model of health is most likely used by a person who does
not believe in preventive health care?
a. Clinical model
b. Role performance model
c. Adaptive model
d. Eudaimonistic model
ANS: A
The clinical model of health views the absence of signs and
symptoms of disease as indicative of health.Peoplewho use this
model wait until they are very sick to seek care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) REF: p. 3
2. A person with chronic back pain is cared for by her primary care provider as well as
receivesacupuncture. Which model of health does this person likely favor?
a. Clinical model
b. Role performance model
c. Adaptive model
d. Eudaimonistic model
ANS: D
The eudaimonistic model embodies the interaction and interrelationships among physical, social, psychological,
and spiritual aspects of life and the environment in goal attainment and creating meaning in life. Practitioners
who practice the clinical model may not be enough for someone who believes in the eudaimonistic model.
Thoseiwho believe in the eudaimonistic model often look for alternative providers of care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 3
3. A state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person’s potential and
isiexperienced within a developmental context is known as:
a. growth and development.
b. health.
c. functioning.
d. high-level wellness.
ANS: B
Health is defined as a state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person’s
potentialand is experienced within a developmental context.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) REF: p. 5
4. Which of the following best describes a client who has an illness?
a. Someone who has well-controlled diabetes
b. Someone with hypercholesterolemia
c. Someone with a headache
d. Someone with coronary artery disease
withoutangina ANS: C
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, Someone with a headache represents a person with an illness. An illness is made up of the subjective experience
of the individual and the physical manifestation of disease. It can be described as a response characterized by a
mismatch between a person’s needs and the resources available to meet those needs. A person can have a
diseasewithout feeling ill. The other choices represent disease.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze (Analysis) REF: p. 6
5. Which US report is considered a landmark document in creating a global approach to health?
a. The 1990 Health Objectives for the Nation: A Midcourse Review
b. Healthy People 2020
c. Healthy People 2000
d. The U.S. Surgeon General Report
ANS: C
Healthy People 2000 and its Midcourse Review and 1995 Revisions were landmark documents in which a
consortium of people representing national organizations worked with US Public Health Service officials
tocreate a more global approach to health.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) REF: p. 6
6. Which of the following represents a method of primary prevention?
a. Informational session about healthy lifestyles
b. Blood pressure screening
c. Interventional cardiac catheterization
d. Diagnostic cardiac catheterization
ANS: A
Primary prevention precedes disease or dysfunction. It includes health promotion and specific protection
andencourages increased awareness; thus, education about healthy lifestyles fits this definition. Blood pressure
screening does not prevent disease, but instead identifies it.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 11
7. Which of the following represents a method of secondary prevention?
a. Self–breast examination education
b. Yearly mammograms
c. Chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer
d. Complete mastectomy for breast cancer
ANS: B
Screening is secondary prevention because the principal goal of screenings is to identify individuals in an
early,detectable stage of the disease process. A mammogram is a screening tool for breast cancer and thus is
considered a method of secondary prevention.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 15
8. Which of the following represents a method of tertiary prevention?
a. Drunk driving campaign
b. Road blocks for drunk driving
c. Emergency surgery for head trauma after a motor vehicle accident
d. Physical and occupational therapy after a motor vehicle accident with
head trauma
ANS: D
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, Physical therapy and occupational therapy are considered tertiary prevention. Tertiary prevention occurs when
adefect or disability is permanent and irreversible. It involves minimizing the effect of disease and disability.
Theiobjective of tertiary prevention is to maximize remaining capacities.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 15
9. In reviewing a person’s medical claims, a nurse realizes that the individual with moderate persistent asthma
hashad several emergency department visits and is not on inhaled steroids as recommended by the NHLBI
asthma management guidelines. The nurse discusses this with the person’s primary care provider. In this
scenario, the nurse is acting as a(n):
a. advocate.
b. care manager.
c. consultant.
d. educator.
ANS: B
Care managers act to prevent duplication of service and reduce cost. Care managers base
recommendationon reliable data sources such as evidence-based practices and protocols.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 15
10. During a home visit, a nurse assists an individual to complete an application for disability services. The
nurse is acting as a(n):
a. advocate.
b. care manager.
c. consultant.
d. educator.
ANS: A
The advocacy role of the nurse helps individuals obtain what they are entitled to receive from the health
care system, tries to make the system more responsive to individuals’ community needs, and assists
individuals indeveloping skills to advocate for themselves.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 15
11. During a home visit, a nurse discusses the dangers of smoking with an individual. In this scenario the
nurse is acting as a(n):
a. advocate.
b. care manager.
c. consultant.
d. educator.
ANS: D
Health education is a primary prevention technique available to avoid major causes of disease. Teaching
canrange from a chance remark to a planned lesson.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 16
12. A nurse is asked to provide an expert opinion about the development of an education program
fornewly diagnosed diabetics. In this scenario, the nurse is acting as a(n):
a. advocate.
b. care manager.
c. consultant.
d. educator.
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Edelman: Health Promotion Throughout the Life
Span,10th Edition
Chapter 01: Health Defined: Objectives for
Promotion and Prevention
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which model of health is most likely used by a person who does
not believe in preventive health care?
a. Clinical model
b. Role performance model
c. Adaptive model
d. Eudaimonistic model
ANS: A
The clinical model of health views the absence of signs and
symptoms of disease as indicative of health.Peoplewho use this
model wait until they are very sick to seek care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) REF: p. 3
2. A person with chronic back pain is cared for by her primary care provider as well as
receivesacupuncture. Which model of health does this person likely favor?
a. Clinical model
b. Role performance model
c. Adaptive model
d. Eudaimonistic model
ANS: D
The eudaimonistic model embodies the interaction and interrelationships among physical, social, psychological,
and spiritual aspects of life and the environment in goal attainment and creating meaning in life. Practitioners
who practice the clinical model may not be enough for someone who believes in the eudaimonistic model.
Thoseiwho believe in the eudaimonistic model often look for alternative providers of care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 3
3. A state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person’s potential and
isiexperienced within a developmental context is known as:
a. growth and development.
b. health.
c. functioning.
d. high-level wellness.
ANS: B
Health is defined as a state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person’s
potentialand is experienced within a developmental context.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) REF: p. 5
4. Which of the following best describes a client who has an illness?
a. Someone who has well-controlled diabetes
b. Someone with hypercholesterolemia
c. Someone with a headache
d. Someone with coronary artery disease
withoutangina ANS: C
YTREW
, Someone with a headache represents a person with an illness. An illness is made up of the subjective experience
of the individual and the physical manifestation of disease. It can be described as a response characterized by a
mismatch between a person’s needs and the resources available to meet those needs. A person can have a
diseasewithout feeling ill. The other choices represent disease.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze (Analysis) REF: p. 6
5. Which US report is considered a landmark document in creating a global approach to health?
a. The 1990 Health Objectives for the Nation: A Midcourse Review
b. Healthy People 2020
c. Healthy People 2000
d. The U.S. Surgeon General Report
ANS: C
Healthy People 2000 and its Midcourse Review and 1995 Revisions were landmark documents in which a
consortium of people representing national organizations worked with US Public Health Service officials
tocreate a more global approach to health.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) REF: p. 6
6. Which of the following represents a method of primary prevention?
a. Informational session about healthy lifestyles
b. Blood pressure screening
c. Interventional cardiac catheterization
d. Diagnostic cardiac catheterization
ANS: A
Primary prevention precedes disease or dysfunction. It includes health promotion and specific protection
andencourages increased awareness; thus, education about healthy lifestyles fits this definition. Blood pressure
screening does not prevent disease, but instead identifies it.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 11
7. Which of the following represents a method of secondary prevention?
a. Self–breast examination education
b. Yearly mammograms
c. Chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer
d. Complete mastectomy for breast cancer
ANS: B
Screening is secondary prevention because the principal goal of screenings is to identify individuals in an
early,detectable stage of the disease process. A mammogram is a screening tool for breast cancer and thus is
considered a method of secondary prevention.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 15
8. Which of the following represents a method of tertiary prevention?
a. Drunk driving campaign
b. Road blocks for drunk driving
c. Emergency surgery for head trauma after a motor vehicle accident
d. Physical and occupational therapy after a motor vehicle accident with
head trauma
ANS: D
YTREW
, Physical therapy and occupational therapy are considered tertiary prevention. Tertiary prevention occurs when
adefect or disability is permanent and irreversible. It involves minimizing the effect of disease and disability.
Theiobjective of tertiary prevention is to maximize remaining capacities.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 15
9. In reviewing a person’s medical claims, a nurse realizes that the individual with moderate persistent asthma
hashad several emergency department visits and is not on inhaled steroids as recommended by the NHLBI
asthma management guidelines. The nurse discusses this with the person’s primary care provider. In this
scenario, the nurse is acting as a(n):
a. advocate.
b. care manager.
c. consultant.
d. educator.
ANS: B
Care managers act to prevent duplication of service and reduce cost. Care managers base
recommendationon reliable data sources such as evidence-based practices and protocols.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 15
10. During a home visit, a nurse assists an individual to complete an application for disability services. The
nurse is acting as a(n):
a. advocate.
b. care manager.
c. consultant.
d. educator.
ANS: A
The advocacy role of the nurse helps individuals obtain what they are entitled to receive from the health
care system, tries to make the system more responsive to individuals’ community needs, and assists
individuals indeveloping skills to advocate for themselves.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 15
11. During a home visit, a nurse discusses the dangers of smoking with an individual. In this scenario the
nurse is acting as a(n):
a. advocate.
b. care manager.
c. consultant.
d. educator.
ANS: D
Health education is a primary prevention technique available to avoid major causes of disease. Teaching
canrange from a chance remark to a planned lesson.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: p. 16
12. A nurse is asked to provide an expert opinion about the development of an education program
fornewly diagnosed diabetics. In this scenario, the nurse is acting as a(n):
a. advocate.
b. care manager.
c. consultant.
d. educator.
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