Ch. 6 Health Promotion And The Individual Flashcards
Healthy People 2020 objectives provide a framework for
A. assessment
B. Diagnosis
C. prevention
D. Treatment
C. Prevention
Which of the following best describes a primary prevention method for colon cancer?
A. Hemoccult testing
B. High fiber diet
C. Colonoscopy
D. Laparoscopy
B. High fiber diet
Who authored the framework that provides the foundation for nursing assessment and diagnosis using the functional health patterns?
A. Erikson
B. Gordon
C. Newman
D. Nightingale
B. Gordon
Over the last week, a person has had finger stick glucose levels of 127, 132, 140, 138, 143, 145, and 140. This information allows the nurse to characterize the person’s function pattern by utilizing which area of focus?
A. Age-developmental
B. Functional
C. Individual-environmental
D. Pattern
D. Pattern
A nurse is using a functional focus to assess a person. Which of the following the nurse be evaluating?
A. Visual acuity
B. Pupil reactivity
C. Ability to drive
D. The red reflex
C. Ability to drive
Which of the following nurses is providing culturally competent care to the care recipient?
A. A nurse who refuses to care for a care recipient after an abortion when abortion violates the nurse’s ethics
B. A nurse who honors a Native American care recipient’s request to allow an ICU visit from the tribe’s medicine man
C. A nurse who only assigns aides from the same culture to care for care recipients
D. All of the above
B. A nurse who honors a Native American care recipient’s request to allow an ICU visit from the tribe’s medicine man
Which of the following statements is correct concerning functional focus is assessing a care recipient?
A. It is an assessment unique to nursing
B. It emphasizes the underlying disease process
C. It refers to an individual’s level of performance
D. It is a newer replacement for the NANDA-International Taxonomy
C. It refers to an individual’s level of performance
Which nurse is rendering culturally attuned care?
A. A nurse who assists the wife of a Hispanic care recipient to safely light candles
B. A nurse who assists a Native American care recipient to choose hot and cold care foods
C. A nurse who assists an African care recipient to find an acupuncture provider
D. A nurse who arranges for a drumming ceremony for an Asian care recipient
A. A nurse who assists the wife of a Hispanic care recipient to safely light candles
A 27-year old woman has not received a Pap test in 3.5 years. This assessment finding identifies an alternation in which functional pattern?
A. Health perception-health management pattern
B. Elimination pattern
C. Activity-rest pattern
D. Self-perception — self-concept pattern
A. Health perception-health management pattern
A care recipient is experiencing an alteration in the health perception-health management pattern and an alteration in the values-beliefs pattern. Which of the following best describes the behavior of this person?
A. Never sees a physician
B. Only sees a physician if not feeling well
C. Sees a physician for screenings only
D. Sees a physician for follow-up care of a chronic disease
B. Only sees a physician if not feeling well
When assessing a person’s nutritional-metabolic pattern, which objective finding would have implications for nursing intervention?
A. The person’s 24-hour diet diary
B. The person’s dentition
C. The person’s food preferences
D. The person’s financial status
B. The person’s dentition
When assessing a care recipient’s activity-exercise pattern, which subjective finding has implications for nursing practice?
A. A person’s decreased muscle tone
B. A person’s amount of leisure time
C. A person’s decreased range of motion
D. A person’s use of a cane
B. A person’s amount of leisure time
During a health history, a person reports getting 5-hours of sleep a night. What does this information indicate to the nurse?
A. The person is not receiving enough sleep
B. The person is receiving adequate sleep
C. The nurse must determine where the person sleeps
D. The nurse must ask additional questions
D. The nurse must ask additional questions
A nurse assesses the cognitive-perceptual pattern of a Type 1 diabetic care recipient. Which finding has implications for the individual’s nursing plan of care?
A. Decreased sense of hearing
B. Decreased sense of smell
C. Decreased sense of taste
D. Decreased visual acuity
D. Decreased visual acuity
Which scenario indicates a potentially dysfunctional pattern?
A. Adult with frequent urination
B. Woman who lost her job
C. Elderly person with blurred vision
D. Overweight adult with a sweet tooth
B. Woman who lost her job
