Human Growth Quiz 1

In early civilization, the cause of illness was attributed to:

The first understanding of disease processes occurred in (the):

Despite all of the improvements and advancements in health care, several infectious diseases have recently resurfaced, including:

Healthy People 2020 identifies two major goals—eliminating health disparities and:

An external force that can affect one’s health is (the):

Health promotion is:

Mrs. Jackson brings her 6-month-old infant to the clinic for immunization. This action demonstrates which of the following levels of disease prevention?

A future national goal for health care is the:

Inadequate nutrition contributes to diseases such as:

In health promotion, the most important nursing role is:

A healthy person generally:

In a health model, the nurse, as a collaborator, is responsible for:

Jennifer Joseph, a 60-year-old client, has been instructed by the public health nurse to begin a program of exercise. You can further explain to Mrs. Joseph that the benefits of exercise are:

Holistic health:

Which of the following is an example of health restoration?

A major objective of health promotion is:

The most important goal in health restoration is:

Which of the following forces has no impact on changing one’s health behavior?

The stressor most commonly associated with adolescence is:

Based on the Social Readjustment Rating Scale, the most stressful event for an adult is:

Which of the following questions is open-ended and would best help a person describe his or her pain?

The caregiver notices that one of her patients is in her room crying. The caregiver’s best response is:

Your patient is usually very verbal. Today, you note that she is withdrawn and quiet. The best caregiver action is to:

The caregiver says, “I’m not sure of the answer to your question.” This response indicates that the caregiver is:

Touching a client suddenly without warning may be interpreted as:

Telling a client that you know exactly what the client is going through is an example of:

When a health care worker changes the subject during a patient interaction, the result may:

Which of the following influence(s) how a message is interpreted when a nurse is communicating with a patient? (Select all that apply.)

Which of the following comments would be nontherapeutic? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse promotes effective communication with patients by using principles of:

A nurse is utilizing the best techniques of therapeutic communication with a patient experiencing a stressful event when she:

A nurse has achieved the highest level of practice in the art of therapeutic communication when he (select all that apply):

Touch is a powerful tool that a nurse can use in many situations; it can be used to (select all that apply):

Which of the following is not a function of culture?

The purpose of transcultural nursing is to:

The way we view social concerns and problems in the culture is termed cultural:

The way we greet each other within a culture is an example of:

Race categorizes a person by:

Learning about a patient’s ancestry is termed cultural:

The health care worker who believes that his or her values and ways of life are superior to those of the patient is practicing:

When a person migrates to another country and takes on the practices of the dominant culture, this is considered:

A 70-year-old patient admitted to the nursing home speaks with a distinct accent. To determine his cultural or ethnic origin, you would:

In caring for patients from different cultures, a nurse must understand that culture is:

Failure to understand and develop cultural awareness may lead to:

Deeply embedded feelings that help individuals determine what is good or bad and right or wrong are referred to as:

Differences in skin color, as seen in different races, are thought to be the result of differences in:

The best time to introduce racial and ethnic tolerance is:

Mrs. Gonzales is 10 weeks pregnant, and she tells the nurse that she has not had a visit to a medical doctor. She explains that her people prefer to use a partera for pregnancy and delivery. Which of the following responses is most culturally sensitive?

A nurse notices that a Jewish patient on her unit is in his room lighting a Shabbat candle on Friday night. The culturally sensitive response by the nurse would be:

When caring for a patient from a different culture, the health care worker should respect the fact that: