Across the Lifespan
3rd Edition By Gloria Leifer; Eve Fleck
Chapters 1 - 16 Complete
,Table of Content
Chapter 1 Healthy People 2020
Chapter 2 Government Influences on Health Care
Chapter 3 Cultural Considerations in Health Care
Chapter 4 The Influence of Family on Developing a Lifestyle
Chapter 5 Theories of Development
Chapter 6 Prenatal Influences on Healthy Development
Chapter 7 The Infant
Chapter 8 Early Childhood
Chapter 9 Middle Childhood
Chapter 10 Adolescence
Chapter 11 Young Adulthood
Chapter 12 Middle Adulthood
Chapter 13 Late Adulthood
Chapter 14 Advanced Old-Age and Geriatrics
Chapter 15 Planning for the End of Life
Chapter 16 Loss, Grief, and Bereavement
,Chapter 1: Healthy People 2020
Test Bank
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 fhealth-care fworker fteaches fa fgroup fof fnew fparents fabout fthe f“back fto fsleep”
fprogram, fwhich fis fdirected ftoward fthe freduction fof fsudden finfant fdeath fsyndrome
f(SIDS) fby: fa.
positioning fthe fbaby fon fa fsmall fflat fpillow.
b. placing fthe fbaby fon fits fback fin fthe fcrib.
c. gently frocking fthe fbaby fbefore freturning fit fto fbed.
d. tucking finfant fsnuggly fin fthe fcrib fwith fa flight fblanket.
ANSWER: fB
The fback fto fsleep fprogram fhelps freduce fthe fincidence fof fSIDS fby fplacing fthe finfant fon
fits fback frather fthan fon fits fstomach.
DIF: Cognitive fLevel: fApplication REF: fp. f8 OBJ: f5
, TOP: fBack fto fsleep fprogram KEY: fNursing fProcess fStep: fIntervention
MSC: fNCLEX: fHealth fPromotion fand fMaintenance: fprevention fand fearly fdetection fof fdisease
4. Healthy fPeople f2020 fendorses fthe fcompletion fof fa fhigh fschool feducation fprimarily fto
fenable fa fperson fto:
a. secure fa fbetter fjob.
b. increase fthe fquality fof flife.
c. make fhealthy flifestyle fchoices.
d. maintain fthe ffamily funit.
ANSWER: fC
One fof fthe fgoals fof fHealthy fPeople f2020 fis fto fincrease fthe fnumber fof fpersons
fgraduating ffrom fhigh fschool fso fthat fthey fhave fa fbetter feducation fbasis fon fwhich fto
fmake fhealthy flifestyle fchoices.
DIF: Cognitive fLevel: fApplication REF: fp. f8 OBJ: f4
fTOP: fHealth findicators f KEY: fNursing fProcess fStep: fNA fMSC: fNCLEX:
fNA
5. Healthy fPeople f2020 fis fpublished fby fthe:
a. Centers ffor fDisease fControl fand fPrevention.
b. Department fof fthe fInterior.
c. World fHealth fOrganization.
d. Department fof fHealth fand fHuman fServices.
ANSWER: fD
Healthy fPeople f2020 fis fpublished fby fthe fU.S. fDepartment fof fHealth fand fHuman
fServices.
DIF: Cognitive fLevel: fKnowledge REF: fp. f1 OBJ: f1
TOP: fHealthy fPeople f2020 f KEY: fNursing fProcess fStep: fNA fMSC: fNCLEX: fNA
6. Infant fmortality frates fare fbased fon finfant fdeaths fthat foccur:
a. at fbirth, fper f1000 fdeliveries.
b. before f1 fyear fof fage, fper f1000 flive fbirths.
c. from finfection fand fcongenital fdisorders, fper f1000 flive fbirths.
d. from funexplained fcauses, fper f1000 flive fbirths.
ANSWER: fB
Infant fmortality fis freported fon fdeaths foccurring fbefore fthe fage fof f1 fyear fper f1000 flive
fbirths.
DIF: Cognitive fLevel: fKnowledge REF: fp. f6 OBJ: f4
TOP: fInfant fmortality KEY: fNursing fProcess fStep:
fPlanning fMSC: fNCLEX: fHealth fPromotion fand fMaintenance: fgrowth fand
fdevelopment
7. Although fthe flife fexpectancy fhas fincreased, fHealthy fPeople f2020 fwill ffocus fon fthe
folder fadult’s fneed ffor:
a. better fpharmacy finsurance fcoverage.
b. improved fextended fcare ffacilities.
c. increased fcompliance fto fmedical fprotocols.
d. maintenance fof findependent flifestyles.
ANSWER: fD