Exam 3: Thinking Upstream: Nursing Theories and Population-Focused Nursing Practice

Which best describes the primary purpose of nursing theory?

A nurse is using Healthy People 2020 as a guide to improve the health and well-being of the community.Which strategy would the nurse most likely implement?

Which is most closely associated with morbidity and mortality outcomes?

A nurse is using Milio's approach when caring for a client.Which advantage will the nurse experience?

A nurse has a broad,aggregate focus when providing care to clients.Which best describes how this approach will help improve client outcomes? (Select all that apply.)

A community health nurse is using the Health Belief Model (HBM)as a basis for providing client care.Which best describes the problems associated with using the HBM? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is using Milio's framework for prevention to improve the health of clients.Which would the nurse most likely implement?

A nurse has accepted a new position in a public health department.Which characteristic is crucial to the nurse's success?

A nurse is using the critical theoretical perspective in daily nursing practice.Which activity would the nurse most likely complete?

Which health-related variable is examined by the critical theoretical perspective?

A nurse is using a macroscopic approach when providing care.Which would the nurse most likely demonstrate?

Which assumption of the Health Belief Model (HBM)is problematic?

According to the critical theoretical perspective,which should be held responsible for many of the illnesses of Americans today? (Select all that apply.)

Which statement best describes "thinking upstream"?

Which assumption makes Orem's theory difficult to use?

A nurse is using the critical theoretical perspective in practice.Which best describes how the nurse would respond when a client suggests that the physician prescribe a widely advertised medication for tension and anxiety? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is using Milio's framework to promote healthy eating choices among members of the community.Which intervention would the nurse most likely implement?