Deck 6: Health Promotion and the Individual

Question 1

Which scenario represents a dysfunctional pattern?

A)Sexually active teenager who does not use condoms
B)Salesman who sleeps only 5 h a night
C)Single mother of three children
D)Woman with a small extended family

Answer 1

Sexually active teenager who does not use condoms

Question 2

During a health history, a person reports getting 5 h 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.

Answer 2

The nurse must ask additional questions.

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Decreased visual acuity

Question 4

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

Question 5

Which of the following statements is correct concerning functional focus in 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.

Question 6

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

A nurse is counseling a person with a dysfunctional sleep pattern.Which of the following recommendations would the nurse most likely give the person?

A)Read in bed until he falls asleep.
B)Avoid fluids after 7 PM.
C)Exercise immediately before bedtime.
D)Watch television in the recliner in the evening.

Question 9

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

Question 10

Which of the following best describes a primary prevention method for colon cancer?

A)Hemoccult testing
B)High fiber diet
C)Colonoscopy
D)Laparoscopy

Question 11

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.

Question 12

Healthy People 2020 objectives provide a framework for

A)assessment.
B)diagnosis.
C)prevention.
D)treatment.

Question 13

A nurse is caring for a person with a potential dysfunction in the health perception-health management pattern.Which of the following nursing interventions would most likely be performed?

A)Arranging for home delivery of medication from the pharmacy
B)Providing education regarding the dangers of smoking
C)Instituting visiting nurse services for blood pressure checks
D)Providing direct observed therapy for tuberculosis medications

Question 14

When assessing a person's nutritional-metabolic pattern, which objective finding would have implications for nursing intervention?

A)The person's 24-h diet diary
B)The person's dentition
C)The person's food preferences
D)The person's financial status

Question 15

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

Question 16

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

Question 17

A nurse weighs a person who has been diagnosed with a dysfunction in the nutritional-metabolic pattern.Which aspect of the nursing process is being performed?

A)Assessment
B)Implementation
C)Planning
D)Evaluation

Question 18

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

Question 19

The nurse has determined that a person has a dysfunction in the nutritional-metabolic pattern.Which action would be the next step for the nurse to take?

A)Weigh the person.
B)Set a goal weight with the person.
C)Ask the person what her favorite foods are.
D)Develop a plan for weight loss.

Question 20

A 27-year-old woman has not received a Pap test i n years.This assessment finding identifies an alteration in which functional pattern?

A)Health perception-health management pattern
B)Elimination pattern
C)Activity-rest pattern
D)Self-perception-self-concept pattern

Question 21

Which cultural group defines illness as a price that is being paid for the past or the future?

A)African
B)Native American
C)Arabian
D)Asian

Question 22

A young couple is deciding if they should get married and start a family.Which of Erikson's life stages are they experiencing?

A)Identity vs.role confusion
B)Intimacy vs.isolation
C)Generativity vs.stagnation
D)Ego integrity vs.despair

Question 23

A man is telling a nurse that he feels that his health is a gift from God.This statement most closely coincides with beliefs of which cultural group?

A)African
B)Alaska Native
C)Asian
D)Hispanic

Question 24

Which classification system fulfills needs that are exclusive to nursing?

A)The International Classification of Nursing Practice (ICNP)
B)The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF)
C)The International Nursing Diagnoses Classification (NANDA-I)
D)The Nursing Diagnostic System (NDS)

Question 25

Erikson's task of autonomy vs.shame and doubt occurs during which stage of development?

A)Infancy
B)Early childhood
C)Late childhood
D)Early adolescence

Question 26

A care recipient who fails to take his insulin on a regular basis may have a conflict in which of the following functional health patterns? (Select all that apply)

A)Health perception-health management
B)Cognitive-perceptual
C)Elimination
D)Values-beliefs

Question 27

Which of the following statements as it pertains to patient assessment is accurate?

A)Patient perceptions are subjective thus not reliable data for the assessment purposes.
B)Previous compliance to regimens introduces prejudice thus should not be included.
C)Means to access health (finance, insurance, etc.) is best delegated to the social worker.
D)Exploring values can identify health hazards and unrealistic expectations.

Question 28

Which individual is at risk for a dysfunction in elimination pattern? (Select all that apply)

A)46-year-old mother of two
B)32-year-old male who eats primarily burgers, sandwiches, and pizza
C)15-year-old girl
D)72-year-old white woman

Question 29

A Hispanic mother tells the nurse that she has been using home remedies for her child's asthma.Which home remedy might this mother be using?

A)Acupuncture
B)Cupping
C)Hot tea
D)Massage

Question 30

A nurse administers the T-ACE test to a pregnant woman.The woman's responses result in a score of 3.This score indicates that the woman

A)requires interventions for problem drinking.
B)lacks evidence of problem drinking.
C)requires interventions for sexually transmitted disease risks.
D)lacks evidence of sexually transmitted disease risks.