Chapter 16: Changing Health Behavior Using Health Education with Individuals, Families, and Groups

Chapter 16: Changing Health Behavior Using Health Education with Individuals, Families, and Groups

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. What is the purpose of providing education across the three levels of prevention? Education:

a.	enables clients to attain optimal health.
b.	identifies and treats health problems early to eliminate disability.
c.	enables populations to break into individuals.
d.	teaches people about Healthy People 2020.

 

 

ANS:   A

Health education enables clients to attain optimal health, prevent health problems, and identify and treat health problems early to minimize disability. Elimination of disability may not be possible. Health education does not teach about the Healthy People 2020 document or break populations into individuals.

 

DIF:    Cognitive level: Understanding         REF:    p. 356

TOP:    Nursing process: Evaluation

MSC:   NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care

 

2. Which statement about education is true?

a.	It emphasizes the provider of knowledge and skills.
b.	It emphasizes the recipient of knowledge and skills.
c.	It is a process of gaining knowledge and expertise.
d.	It results in behavioral change.

 

 

ANS:   A

Education is the establishment and arrangement of events to facilitate learning. Education emphasizes the provider’s role in providing knowledge and skills. Learning emphasizes the recipient of knowledge and skills. Education does not necessarily result in change, as change is typically not easy for most people. Education is designed to effect changes in the knowledge, skills, and attitudes, not necessarily expertise.

 

DIF:    Cognitive level: Understanding         REF:    p. 357

TOP:    Nursing process: Evaluation

MSC:   NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care

 

3. A nurse uses Healthy People 2020 as a guide when planning health education in the community. Which of the following actions would be taken by the nurse?

a.	Focus on avoiding cigarette smoking and using alcohol in moderation
b.	Educate clients using primary and secondary levels of prevention
c.	Use Bloom’s taxonomy when planning educational objectives
d.	Design health fairs aimed at individuals

 

 

ANS:   B

Healthy People 2020 focuses on implementing health promotion in priority areas using primary and secondary prevention. Understanding the three learning domains is crucial in providing effective health care. Health fairs targeted at specific populations can provide a venue for providing primary and secondary prevention.

 

DIF:    Cognitive level: Applying                  REF:    p. 356

TOP:    Nursing process: Implementation

MSC:   NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance

 

4. The cognitive domain includes:

a.	changes in attitudes and the development of values.
b.	the performance of skills.
c.	memory, recognition, understanding, reasoning, and problem solving.
d.	memorization of one set of skills before moving on to the next.

 

 

ANS:   C

The cognitive domain includes memory, recognition, understanding, reasoning, and problem solving. The affective domain includes changes in attitudes and the development of values. The psychomotor domain includes the performance of skills that require some degree of neuromuscular coordination and emphasizes motor skills. Memorization of skills is only one part of the cognitive domain.

 

DIF:    Cognitive level: Understanding         REF:    p. 358

TOP:    Nursing process: Assessment

MSC:   NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance