chapter 10 Health Education Flashcards
Any combination of planned experiences based on sound theories that provide individuals, groups, and communities the opportunity to acquire the information and skills needed to make quality health decisions is known as:
a. health promotion.
b. health counseling.
c. health education.
d. health knowledge.
c. health education.
Which of the following interventions can be appropriately applied by the nurse, after clarifying behaviors which the person is willing to change?
Select all that apply.
a. Motivate using personalized messages.
b. Assess and offer resources to decrease barriers to change.
c. Implement compliance as a condition of continued care.
d. Assess and increase self-efficacy.
e. Enlist persons from the same culture to apply pressure for healthy choices.
a. Motivate using personalized messages.
b. Assess and offer resources to decrease barriers to change.
d. Assess and increase self-efficacy.
What are some of the components of the Health Belief Model that can assist nurses in determining the probability of an individual to make change?
Select all that apply.
a. External pressure to change
b. The value of health as determined by significant others
c. Perceived susceptibility to a health problem, disease, or complications
d. Perceived seriousness of disease
e. Risk factors of disease attributed to heredity, race, or culture
c. Perceived susceptibility to a health problem, disease, or complications
d. Perceived seriousness of disease
e. Risk factors of disease attributed to heredity, race, or culture
The communication of health information in a manner which is clear and understandable fosters which of the following?
a. Empowerment
b. Health literacy
c. Health disparities
d. Health education
b. Health literacy
Which of the following statements accurately describe one of the five stages of health-related behavior change according to the Transtheoretical Model (TTM)?
Select all that apply.
a. Sustained change over time occurs in the contemplation phase.
b. When a person is considering the adoption of a change within the next 6 months, she or he is said to be in the precontemplation phase.
c. Small, sporadic changes occur in the planning phase, as the individual is seriously thinking about making a change within the next month.
d. In the action phase, the person has made behavior change which has persisted for 30 days.
e. Maintenance begins 6 months after the action has started and continues indefinitely.
c. Small, sporadic changes occur in the planning phase, as the individual is seriously thinking about making a change within the next month.
e. Maintenance begins 6 months after the action has started and continues indefinitely.
Working families with an income too low to purchase health insurance and too high to qualify for Medicaid would be an example of which of the following issues?
a. Low health literacy
b. Health disparity
c. Federally subsidized health care
d. Poor quality health care
b. Health disparity
The nurse incorporates cultural considerations into the health teaching plan by:
a. assessing a person’s beliefs.
b. using medical terminology.
c. presenting evidence-based information.
d. explaining that universal health practices are the best.
a. assessing a person’s beliefs.
Nurses provide health education to people to assist them in achieving a goal of:
Select all that apply.
a. enhanced wellness.
b. physician-directed care.
c. lifestyle behaviors to prevent chronic illness.
d. admission to tertiary-care facilities.
e. Improved health literacy.
f. patient empowerment.
a. enhanced wellness.
c. lifestyle behaviors to prevent chronic illness.
e. Improved health literacy.
f. patient empowerment.
Nurses play an active role in __ individuals to make their own informed decisions about health care.
a. empowering
b. coercing
c. persuading
d. directing
empowering
A hospital creates a Facebook page for the bariatric surgery program. The owner of the site posts healthy recipes, lifestyle information, and information about upcoming workshops. This is an example of:
a. health literacy.
b. coercive advertising.
c. a teaching plan.
d. social marketing.
d. social marketing
