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Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 14e (Hinkle 2017)
Chapter 4 : Health Education and Promotion Questions
Question 1 of 5
A nursing student is collaborating with a public health nurse on a local health promotion initiative and they recognize the need for a common understanding of health. How should the student and the nurse best define health?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Health is viewed as a dynamic, ever-changing condition that enables people to function at an optimal potential at any given time. Health does not necessarily denote the absence of disease, an effort to maximize wellness, or mitigate the effects of disease.
Question 2 of 5
A parish nurse is describing the relationships between health and physical fitness to a group of older adults who all attend the same church. What potential benefits of a regular exercise program should the nurse describe? Select all that apply.
Correct Answer: A,B,D
Rationale: Clinicians and researchers who have examined the relationship between health and physical fitness have found that a regular exercise program can promote health in the following ways: by decreasing cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein levels; delaying degenerative changes, such as osteoporosis; and improving flexibility and overall muscle strength and endurance. Physical fitness does not improve the senses or increase blood sugar.
Question 3 of 5
An occupational health nurse is in the planning stages of a new health promotion campaign in the workplace. When appraising the potential benefits of the program, the nurse should consider that success depends primarily on what quality in the participants?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Taking responsibility for oneself is the key to successful health promotion, superseding the importance of desire to learn information, self-awareness, or time-management.
Question 4 of 5
A public health nurse is assessing the nutritional awareness of a group of women who are participating in a prenatal health class. What outcome would most clearly demonstrate that the women possess nutritional awareness?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Nutritional awareness involves an understanding of the importance of a healthy diet that supplies all of the essential nutrients. The other options are incorrect because vitamin supplements are not necessary for a healthy diet, a certain amount of all minerals need to be eaten daily, and understanding what constitutes the recommended daily nutrients is not necessary for nutritional awareness.
Question 5 of 5
A nurse has planned a teaching-learning interaction that is aimed at middle school-aged students. To foster successful health education, the nurses planning should prioritize which of the following components?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: A patients social and cultural patterns must be appropriately incorporated into the teaching-learning interaction. Pretesting may or may not be used; patient awareness is a phrase that has many meanings, none of which make the teaching-learning interaction successful. Interventions are not measured; goals and outcomes are.