Chapter 1. Healthy Lifestyles Test Questions

Chapter 1. Healthy Lifestyles – Test Questions

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

• Infectious disease
• Microorganisms
• Contaminated food and water
• Natural and supernatural forces

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

• Early civilization
• 21st century
• 19th century
• Middle Ages

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• Despite all of the improvements and advancements in health care, several infectious diseases

have recently resurfaced, including:

• Strep throat
• Tuberculosis
• Polio
• Mononucleosis

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

• Increasing peace and prosperity
• Eliminating all diseases
• Increasing the quality and years of healthy living
• Limiting population growth (Journey Across the Life Span 6e Elaine Polan, Daphne Taylor)

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

• Mind
• Culture
• Heredity
• Hormones

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6. Health promotion is:

• Goal oriented
• Natural
• Unplanned
• Special

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• Mrs. Jackson brings her 6-month-old infant to the clinic for immunization. This action

demonstrates which of the following levels of disease prevention?

• Primary
• Secondary
• Tertiary

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8. A future national goal for health care is the:

• Reduction of services
• Decrease in managed care
• Increase in Medicaid contribution
• Elimination of disparities in health care

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9. Inadequate nutrition contributes to diseases such as:

• Arthritis
• Lupus
• Cancer
• Hearing loss

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10. In health promotion, the most important nursing role is:

• Teaching safe health practices
• Assessing the individual’s health needs
• Reducing potential health risk factors
• Changing established lifestyle

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11. A healthy person generally:

• Lacks stability
• Lacks energy
• Is in denial
• Is in harmony

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

• Teaching patients about their disease process
• Sharing and exchanging information with other health professionals
• Demonstrating desired health behavior
• Performing daily care needs

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• 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:

• An increase in blood supply to muscles and nerves
• An increase in heart rate and rhythm
• A decrease in the size of the heart muscle
• A decrease in blood volume and oxygen demands

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14. Holistic health:

• Excludes one’s physical well-being
• Limits consideration of one’s social standing
• Excludes environmental impact
• Considers one’s mental well-being

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• Which of the following is an example of health restoration?

• Rehabilitation after surgery to replace a knee joint
• Immunization against the hepatitis B virus
• Surgical excision of a breast cyst
• Closure of an abdominal stoma

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16. A major objective of health promotion is:

• Decreasing one’s stress level
• Challenging health practices
• Attaining one’s level of optimal health
• Providing self-actualization

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• The most important goal in health restoration is:
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