Fundamentals of Nursing 8th Edition By Taylor
Fundamentals of Nursing 8th Edition By Taylor
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Chapter 3, Health, Illness, and Disparities
Complete Chapter Questions With Answers
Sample Questions Are Posted Below
| 1. | The nurse is preparing a care plan for an African American man age 68 years who was recently diagnosed with hypertension. Age, race, gender, and genetic inheritance are examples of what human dimension? | |
| A) | Physical | |
| B) | Emotional | |
| C) | Environmental | |
| D) | Sociocultural | |
| Ans: | A | |
| Feedback: | ||
| The physical dimension includes genetic inheritance, age, developmental level, race, and gender. These components strongly influence a person’s health status and health practices. The emotional dimension focuses on how the mind affects body function and responds to body conditions. The environmental dimension includes influences such as housing, sanitation, climate, and pollution of food, air, and water. Sociocultural dimensions are health practices and beliefs strongly influenced by economic status, lifestyle, family, and culture. | ||
| 2. | The mother of a toddler with asthma seeks support from the parents of other children with asthma. The nurse recognizes that seeking and utilizing support systems is an example of which human dimension? | |
| A) | Sociocultural dimension | |
| B) | Physical dimension | |
| C) | Environmental dimension | |
| D) | Intellectual and spiritual dimension | |
| Ans: | A | |
| Feedback: | ||
| Communicating with others and the use of support systems relate to the sociocultural dimension. An individual’s relationship with others, being connected to a community, and feeling accepted and loved by others are also related to the sociocultural dimension. | ||
| 3. | A nurse educator uses models of health and illness when teaching. Which model of health and illness places high-level health and death on opposite ends of a graduated scale? | |
| A) | Health-Illness Continuum | |
| B) | Agent-Host-Environment Model | |
| C) | Health Belief Model | |
| D) | Health Promotion Model | |
| Ans: | A | |
| Feedback: | ||
| The Health-Illness Continuum views health as a constantly changing state, with high-level wellness and death being on opposite ends of a graduated scale. The Agent-Host-Environment Model is useful in examining the causes of disease in an individual. The Health Belief Model describes health behaviors. The Health Promotion Model incorporates individual characteristics and experiences, as well as behavior-specific knowledge and beliefs, to motivate healthy behavior. | ||
| 4. | A homeless client has been brought to the emergency department (ED) by ambulance after being found unresponsive outside a mall. The client is known to the ED staff as having bipolar disorder, and assessment reveals likely cellulitis on his left ankle. He is febrile with a productive cough, and the care team suspects pneumonia. A sputum culture for tuberculosis has been obtained and sent to the laboratory. Which of the following aspects of the client’s medical condition would be considered a chronic condition? | |
| A) | Bipolar disorder | |
| B) | Pneumonia | |
| C) | Cellulitis | |
| D) | Tuberculosis | |
| Ans: | A | |
| Feedback: | ||
| Bipolar disorder is a long-standing diagnosis that requires the lifelong education and treatment associated with chronic conditions. Pneumonia, tuberculosis, and cellulitis are all acute, infectious diseases that may be treated with antibiotic regimens of varying length. | ||
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