Chapter 14: Health Care in the United States

Professional Nursing Concepts & Challenges, 8th Edition By Beth Black

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Chapter 14: Health Care in the United States

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

  1. Which of the following is not included as an overarching goal of Healthy People 2020?
a. Eliminating health disparities
b. Creating environments that promote good health
c. Lengthening the average lifespan by a decade
d. Attaining longer lives free of preventable diseases and injury

 

 

ANS:  C

 

  Feedback
A Eliminating health disparities is part of the overarching goals of Healthy People 2020.
B Creating social and physical environments that promote good health is part of the overarching goals of Healthy People 2020.
C Lengthening the average lifespan by itself is not one of the overarching goals of Healthy People 2020.
D Attaining longer lives free of preventable disease and injury is part of the overarching goals of Healthy People 2020.

 

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   Page 280

 

  1. Which of the following is an example of health promotion and maintenance?
a. Talking to a women’s church group about having an annual mammogram
b. Establishing an exercise program for postmenopausal women to reduce bone loss
c. Providing colonoscopy examinations for high-risk individuals
d. Talking to a state legislator about supporting a motorcycle helmet law

 

 

ANS:  A

 

  Feedback
A Health promotion and maintenance involves activities to assist individuals to remain healthy, prevent diseases and injuries, detect diseases early, and promote healthier lifestyles. Mammograms can detect disease early.
B Establishing an exercise group to reduce bone loss is illness prevention based on the presence of risk factors.
C Having a colonoscopy examination is illness prevention based on risk factors.
D Speaking to a state legislator about supporting a helmet law may or may not lead to changes in the law.

 

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   Page 280

 

  1. Which of the following is an example of illness prevention?
a. Viewing a program on television about the increased incidence of heart disease
b. Speaking to a high school group about the value of exercise
c. Encouraging women at a health fair to have an annual mammogram
d. Counseling people recently experiencing death of a spouse about signs and symptoms of depression

 

 

ANS:  D

 

  Feedback
A At best this is an example of health promotion, although health promotion requires active participation. Watching a program on television is passive but could provide health-promoting education.
B Speaking to high school groups about exercise is an example of health promotion.
C Health promotion includes early detection, and the goal of screening for breast cancer is early detection, not prevention.
D Illness prevention is used when a person is already at risk for development of a health problem because of behavior or circumstance.

 

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   Page 281

 

  1. Health promotion differs from illness prevention in that health promotion
a. addresses identified health problems.
b. occurs before the identification of disease risk factors.
c. identifies and ameliorates a health problem.
d. returns an individual to optimal functioning after an illness.

 

 

ANS:  B

 

  Feedback
A Health promotion is focused on helping prevent health problems.
B The goal of health promotion is to keep the person healthy and involved in healthy lifestyles to prevent the development of risk factors.
C Health promotion does not identify health problems.
D Returning to optimal function occurs with rehabilitation.

 

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   Page 281

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