Chapter 08: Health and Illness

Chapter 08: Health and Illness

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. What is the basis for the health–illness continuum?

a.	Prevention of acute illness
b.	Individual response to health or illness
c.	Promotion of health and wellness
d.	Variation in degree of health or illness

 

 

ANS:  D

Currently, health and illness are viewed as relative states along a continuum. Individuals are at neither absolute health nor absolute illness but are in an ever-changing state of being.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   p. 91               OBJ:   1

TOP:   Current View of Health-Illness Continuum

KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Implementation

MSC:  NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Safety and Infection Control

 

2. What is the current concern of the health care system?

a.	Treating illness
b.	Preventing illness
c.	Promoting optimal function in the chronically ill
d.	Caring for patients with acute and chronic illness

 

 

ANS:  B

Health promotion activities are directed toward maintaining or enhancing well-being as a protection against illness.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   p. 95               OBJ:   5

TOP:   Health Promotion                            KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Implementation

MSC:  NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Safety and Infection Control

 

3. What is the traditional view of health?

a.	Promotes optimal function
b.	Views health and illness as separate concepts
c.	Defines health as an absence of illness
d.	Emphasizes the prevention of disease

 

 

ANS:  B

Traditionally, health and illness have been viewed as separate entities with a focus on the illness and not in attaining the highest quality of life possible when a cure is not possible.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   p. 91               OBJ:   2

TOP:   Traditional View of Health and Illness

KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Implementation

MSC:  NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Safety and Infection Control

 

4. What is the current view of health?

a.	Promotes the highest quality of life possible, both mentally and socially
b.	Includes mental, physical, social, and emotional adaptation to the environment
c.	Includes the basic physiologic needs and self-actualization
d.	Relies on alternative therapies for the treatment and cure of diseases

 

 

ANS:  B

A healthy person maintains stability and comfort by adapting physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially to internal and external events.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   p. 91               OBJ:   2

TOP:   Current View of Health and Illness

KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Implementation

MSC:  NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Safety and Infection Control