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www.nursylab.com Brunner and Suddarth’s Canadian Textbook of Medical Surgical Nursing 4th Ed ition Hussein Test Bank Chapter 1 Health Care Delivery and Nursing Practice 1.The public health nurse is presenting a health promotion clas s to a group of new mothers.
How should the nurse best define health?
A) Health is being disease free.
B) Health is having fulfillment in all domains of life.
C) Health is having psychological and physiological harmony.
D) Health is being connected in body, mind, and spirit.
Ans: D
Feedback: The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health in the pr eamble to its constitution as a state of complete physical, mental, and social wel l-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity. The other answers are incorre ct because they are not congruent with the WHO definition of health. 2.A nurse is speaking to a group of prospective nursing students abo ut what it is like to be
a nurse. What is one characteristic the nurse would cit e as necessary to possess to be an
effective nurse?
A) Sensitivity to cultural differences
B) Team-focused approach to problem-solving
C) Strict adherence to routine
D) Ability to face criticism
Ans: A
Feedback: To promote an effective nurse-patient relationship and positiv e outcomes of care, nursing care must be culturally competent, appropriate, and sensitiv e to cultural differences. Team-focused nursing and strict adherence to routine are no t characteristics needed to be an effective nurse. The ability to handle criticism is im portant, but to a lesser degree than cultural competence. 3.With increases in longevity, people have had to become mo re knowledgeable about their
health and the professional health care that they rec eive. One outcome of this
phenomenon is the development of organized self-care educat ion programs. Which of
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www.nursylab.com A) Adequate prenatal care B) Government advocacy and lobbying C) Judicious use of online communities D) Management of illness Ans: D Feedback: Organized self-care education programs emphasize health promo tion, disease prevention, management of illness, self-care, and judicious use of th e professional health care system. Prenatal care, lobbying, and Internet activities ar e secondary. 4. The home health nurse is assisting a patient and his family in planning the patients return to work after surgery and the development of postsurgical co mplications. The nurse is preparing a plan of care that addresses the patients mul tifaceted needs. To which level of Maslows hierarchy of basic needs does the patients need fo r self-fulfillment relate? A) Physiologic B) Transcendence C) Love and belonging D) Self-actualization Ans: D Feedback: Maslows highest level of human needs is self-actualizat ion, which includes self-
fulfillment, desire to know and understand, and aesthetic needs . The other answers are incorrect because self-fulfillment does not relate directly to them. 5. The view that health and illness are not static states b ut that they exist on a continuum is central to professional health care systems. When pla nning care, this view aids the nurse in appreciating which of the following? A) Care should focus primarily on the treatment of disease . B) A persons state of health is ever-changing. C) A person can transition from health to illness rapidly. D) Care should focus on the patients compliance with inter ventions. Ans: B Feedback: WWW.NURSYLAB.COMwww.nursylab.com
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