Chapter 6 Health Promotion and the Individual Flashcards
In assessing the nutritional-metabolic pattern, the nurse performs an examination of:
a. attention span.
b. blood pressure.
c. mucous membranes.
d. urine color.
c. mucous membranes
Major goals in assessing each person’s functional pattern are to determine:
a. ability to manage health-promoting activities.
b. herbal medications that promote health.
c. knowledge of health promotion.
d. the need for physician referral for illness care.
e. the value that the person ascribes to health promotion.
a. ability to manage health-promoting activities.
c. knowledge of health promotion.
e. the value that the person ascribes to health promotio
The nurse is preparing education on prevention of urinary tract infections. A principle emphasized in the teaching plan would be:
a. decreasing oral intake facilitates urinary dilution.
b. empty the bladder at the first sensation of fullness.
c. frequency is a common symptom that can be ignored.
d. increasing time between urinations decreases the risk of infection.
b. empty the bladder at the first sensation of fullness.
The individual’s perceived health and well-being and how health is managed describes the:
a. cognitive-perceptual pattern.
b. coping-stress tolerance pattern.
c. health perception–health management pattern.
d. self-perception–self-concept pattern.
c. health perception–health management pattern.
Which of the following would represent the objective of an assessment for the patient’s activity-exercise pattern?
a. To determine whether activities are age-appropriate for the patient
b. To determine the pattern of activities that require energy expenditure
c. To determine the ratio of active vs sedentary pursuits
d. To prevent the development of age-related hypertension and the need for hypertension medications
b. To determine the pattern of activities that require energy expenditure
The nurse, teaching a class on primary prevention at a women’s health club, emphasizes participation in:
a. physician visits during illness.
b. recommended immunization schedules.
c. taking antibiotics at the first sign of symptoms.
d. screening for cervical cancer.
b. recommended immunization schedules.
When assessing the older adult for sleep quality, the nurse expects to find that the person will state:
a. “I continue to be a night owl.”
b. “I experience difficulty returning to sleep.”
c. “I experience a night of deep sleep.”
d. “I rarely wake up during the night.”
b. “I experience difficulty returning to sleep.”
When teaching about proper nutrition for a patient with hypertension, which of the following factors will be significant in determining whether the patient will accept and comply with the information?
a. Whether the patient has food allergies
b. The patient’s level of skill in cooking
c. Whether the patient is a vegetarian
d. The individual’s values-belief pattern
d. The individual’s values-belief pattern
The nurse is preparing a class on wellness and health promotion for a group of middle school students. Developmental tasks of early adolescence include a learning focus emphasis on:
a. coping with life events and problems.
b. economic responsibility.
c. risk taking and its consequences.
d. social responsibility for self and others.
c. risk taking and its consequences.
The nurse is performing an initial antepartal assessment on a woman who has missed two periods. Assessment of this woman for alcohol consumption is best determined by the:
a. CAGE test.
b. T-ACE test.
c. nonstress test.
d. protein dipstick test.
b. T-ACE test.
