Brunner& Suddarth11thEdition Medical SurgicalNursing Test BankChapter 1-Health Care Delivery and Nursing Practice11.The school nurse teaching a health promotion class to high-school students informs thegroup that health may be defined as:A)Being disease freeB)Having fulfilling relationshipsC)Having a clean drinking source and nutritious foodD)Being connected in body, mind, and spirit2.Which of the following desirable characteristics would an effective nurse possess?A)Sensitivity to cultural differencesC)Strict adherence to routineB)Team-focused nursing approachD)One set cultural practice3.What type of health problem is the nurse most likely to see in the health care system?A)Poor prenatal careC)ImmobilityB)Lack of informationD)Chronic disease4.The nurse is assisting a patient in planning to return to work after an extensive illness.The patient's need for self-fulfillment fits in which level of Maslow's Hierarchy of basicneeds?A)PhysiologicC)Love and belongingB)Safety and securityD)Self-actualization5.Viewing health and illness on a continuum assists the nurse in understanding that:A)Care should focus on the treatment of disease.B)A person's state of health is ever-changing.C)A person does not have varying degrees of illness.D)Care should focus on the patient's response to medications.6.The nurse working in a community health clinic teaches that disease prevention is bestachieved through:A)Attending self-help groupsC)Community social eventsB)Yearly physicalsD)Behaviors that promote health7.A nurse on a medical-surgical unit has been asked to become a member of the hospital'sContinuous Quality Improvement (CQI) committee. In preparing to serve on thiscommittee, the nurse learns that CQI programs:A)Establish accountability on the part of health care professionalsB)Focus on the process used to provide careC)Identify incidents rather than processesD)Justify health care costsPreview Mode
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