NUR 334 Final Exam Practice Questions
and Correct Answers
The ability to understand and follow directions, retain information, make decisions, solve
problems, and use language appropriately falls under which of Gordon's Functional
Patterns?
A) Health Perception - Health Management Pattern
B) Cognitive - Perceptual Pattern
C) Self Perception - Self Concept Pattern
D) Coping - Stress Tolerance Pattern ✅Answer = B
What is the purpose of gathering data on an individual's values and beliefs before
implementing a health promoting care plan?
A) Because their values may be wrong, and it is your duty to teach them what is right.
B) Because a person's values affect their behavior; and their behavior affects their
health outcomes.
C) Because you don't want to create a care plan that offends their beliefs and values.
✅Answer = B
According to the approaches to Family Nursing, which of the following describes 'Family
as Client'?
A) Interactional family, where all members interact and affect one another.
B) Individual as foreground, family as background.
C) Family as foreground, individual as background.
D) Family as foreground, and education, health, social, financial, and religious
components of society as background. ✅Answer = C
Put the following components of the nursing process into correct order (number in order
of #1-5)
A) Diagnosis
B) Implementing the plan
C) Collection of data
D) Evaluation of effectiveness
E) Planning care ✅#1 = C
#2 = A
#3 = E
#4 = B
#5 = D
Factors that explain individual variation in health or health behavior are...
A) Determinants of Health & Health Behavior
B) Gordon's Functional Health Patterns
C) Health Promotion Strategies
,D) Stages of Change in Health ✅Answer = A
Which of the following is a non-modifiable determinant of health?
A) Sal struggles with hypertension, and he consumes a diet high in sodium.
B) Sally smokes cigarettes in the park after school because that's what her friends do.
C) Johnny's mother provides him with a healthy snack every day after school.
D) Billy was just diagnosed with bipolar disorder, which his mother and grandmother
also have. ✅Answer = D
The Health Belief Model and The Transtheoretical Model are both examples of which
levels of theory?
A) Individual
B) Interpersonal
C) Community ✅Answer = A
According to The Health Belief Model, perceived __ minus(-) perceived __ = likelihood
of taking action to change a health behavior
A) Susceptibility, Severity
B) Threats, Fears
C) Benefits, Barriers ✅Answer = C
After meeting with her dietitian to discuss implementing a new diet to manage her new
diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, Darlene makes this statement, "I am going to go grocery
shopping tonight and buy the ingredients to make the diabetic-friendly muffin recipe so I
won't be as tempted to eat the chocolate cupcakes for my daughter's birthday."
according to the transtheoretical model, which stage of change is Darlene in based on
her statement?
A) The pre-contemplation stage
B) The contemplation stage
C) The preparation stage
D) The action stage ✅Answer = C
After making friends with some of his classmates who are on the high school cross
country team, Joey decided to join the team. By the end of the school year, he had lost
15 pounds and had reached a normal BMI. Which theory level does this represent?
A) Community
B) Interpersonal
C) Individual ✅Answer = B
-people learn not only from their own behavior, but from observing others and the
results of those actions.
Which is the correct definition of race?
A) a categorization of people based on physical characteristics and biological heredity.
B) A social group that shares a common culture, language, history, customs, food,
dress, and/or religion.
, C) Shared patterns of values/beliefs - shaped by shared beliefs of the sociocultural
group. ✅Answer = A
Which is the correct definition of culture?
A) A categorization of people based on physical characteristics and biological heredity.
B) A social group that shares a common culture, language, history, customs, food,
dress, and/or religion.
C) Shared patterns of values/beliefs - shaped by shared beliefs of the sociocultural
group. ✅Answer = C
Which is the correct definition of ethnicity?
A) A categorization of people based on physical characteristics and biological heredity.
B) A social group that shares a common culture, language, history, customs, food,
dress, and/or religion.
C) Shared patterns of values/behaviors - shaped by shared beliefs of the sociocultural
group. ✅Answer = B
Which of the following can culture influence? (Select all that apply.)
A) Health beliefs
B) Barriers to care
C) Decision making
D) Status of cardiovascular health ✅Answer = A, B, C
A test that is measuring what it is supposed to measure (accurate) defines which term...
A) Reliability
B) Specificity
C) Validity
D) Sensitivity ✅Answer = C
A test that consistently measures the same thing defines which term...
A) Reliability
B) Specificity
C) Validity
D) Sensitivity ✅Answer = A
Which is NOT an objective of screening?
A) Reporting results to as many family members as possible in order to warn them
about their likelihood of developing any diseases.
B) Detection of a disease in its early stages in order to treat it and deter its progression.
C) Reduce cost of disease management by avoiding costly interventions required at
later stages. ✅Answer = A
Which is NOT a principle of Health Education?
A) Involves teaching - learning strategies.
B) Learners maintain adherence to the implemented education plan.
