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HPR 100 Practice Questions

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What are determinants of health?
a) broad range of personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that determine individual and population health
b) broad range of intellectual coping patterns that influence health
c) the differences in the health status of individuals and groups
d) absence of unfair systems and policies that cause health and inequalities
a) broad range of personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that determine individual and population health
What is holistic health?
a) absence of disease
b) state of complete physical, mental and social well-being
c) it is chronic illness that is being well managed
d) encompasses, physical, psychological, social, and cognitive environmental influences
d) encompasses, physical, psychological, social, and cognitive environmental influences
Foods that include omega-3 fatty acids include:
a) salmon, trout and bluefish
b) milk, butter and cheese
c) shrimp, lobster and clams
d) eggs, liver and kidneys
a) salmon, trout and bluefish
Successful coping with midlife changes is best achieved when the individual:
a) is married with children of his/her own
b) is married
c) has a career
d) has a good support system
d) has a good support system
Adequate calcium is needed in the diet during middle age to:
a) build and repair tissue
b) strengthen nerve conduction
c) maintain bone mass
d) improve eyesight
c) maintain bone mass
Older adults need a diet consisting of adequate proteins, carbohydrates, fats, fiber, and fluids. Following surgery, the older adults requires greater amounts of _________ to help build and repair tissues.
a) carbohydrates
b) proteins
c) fats
d) fluids
b) proteins
Falls in older adults contribute to which outcomes? (Select all that apply)
a) permanent loss of function
b) sedentary behaviour
c) poor quality of life
d) prolonged institutional care
e) improved self-esteem
a, b, c
A function of carbohydrates is to:
a) enable chemical reactions
b) promote growth and repair of tissues
c) supply energy
d) maintain water balance
c) supply energy
A patient asks if she should take vitamin pills to get the nutrients for her body's needs. You tell her that essential nutrients are:
a) made by the body
b) generally must be supplied by food
c) include herbal tea and alcohol
d) are best obtained in vitamins
b
Proteins are:
a) main source of energy
b) essential for growth, maintenance and repair of body tissue
c) are insoluble in water
d) all of the above
b
A function of carbohydrates in the diet is to:
a) enable chemical reactions
b) promote growth and repair of tissues
c) supply energy
d) maintain water balance
c
Minerals are:
a) classified as macro and micronutrients
b) complete and incomplete proteins
c) composed of Vitamins A and D
d) inorganic elements essential as catalysts in biochemical reactions
d
Vitamins are:
a) part of proteins
b) part of carbohydrates
c) essential for normal metabolism
d) all of the above
c
Water composes _____% of our body weight
a) 40-50%
b) 55-80%
c) 60-70%
d) 80-92%
c
A major determinant of healthy eating is:
a) educational level
b) income
c) food preferences
d) vitamins
b
Essential nutrients:
a) are made by the body
b) generally must be supplied by food
c) include alcohol
d) are enzymes
b
A patient must learn to use a cane. Acquisition of this skill will require learning in which domain of learning?

A. Cognitive
B. Affective
C. Psychomotor
D. Social
c
A patient with a learning disability is starting to take new hypertensive medication. There is a higher dose in the morning and a lower dose in the evening. In teaching about the medication, you should:
a) demonstrate measuring dosages and ask for a return demonstration
b) provide only written materials
c) present the information once
d) expect the patient to understand the information once
a
The nurse is demonstrating the proper technique for using a glucometer to a group of new patients diagnosed with diabetes. The nurse smiles and praises one of the patients when she correctly preforms a finger stick. What is the teaching approach called?
a) timing
b) entrusting
c) reinforcing
d) group instruction
c
Transcultural nursing theory states:
a) one world, one culture
b) one world, many cultures
c) socially relevant nursing
d) nursing of foreign people
b
The best way to provide competent health care is:
a) use only scientific knowledge to plan health care
b) involve patients and family in developing plan of care
c) use only medical information from the doctor
d) use fork lore and stories to guide your choices
b
Patient expresses a cultural belief that prayer and faith is better than any medicine. The nurse assigned to care for this patient can provide culturally competent care by:
a) challenging his belief
b) seeking to change his belief with education
c) attempt to use his family to persuade him
d) respect his belief
d
The expected patient outcome when the nurse is culturally sensitive is feelings of:
a) frustration
b) support
c) anger
d) resentfulness
b
Which one the following statements describes the nurse's role for the older patient with chronic illness?
a) implementing an individualized therapeutic regimen that brings about a cure
b) provides care to help the patient live at the optimal level of health and wellness
c) suggest that the patient accept eventual death to reduce burdens on the patient's family
d) encourage the patient to minimize the utilization of services to control costs
b
Epidemiology:
a) engages and empowers individuals and communities to choose health behaviours
b) focuses on specific efforts to reduce the development of chronic diseases and other morbidities
c) the attitudes and active decisions made to contribute to positive health outcomes
d) the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states in specific populations and the application of the study to the control of health problems
d
An older female adult has diabetes. Which of the following validates the nurse's conclusion that this patient's illness is the foreground perspective of the Shifting Perspective Model of Chronic Illness?
a) the older adult has an amputation of two toes
b) the older adult lives at home with her husband
c) the older adults self-checks blood sugar frequently
d) the older adult changes the battery in her glucometer
a
Chronic Illness Trajectory Model:
a) has six phases
b) was discovered by Madeleine Leininger
c) views living with a chronic illness as a projection of phases following a trajectory
d) views living with a chronic illness as ongoing, continually shifting processes while the person moves between the perspective of wellness and illness in the foreground
c
Good health leads to optimal functioning.
a) true
b) false
a) true
An individual can move back and forth from health to illness
a) true
b) false
a) true
The effect of exercise on the nervous system is to increase depression.
a) true
b) false
b) false
The fight or flight response is caused by the release of hormones in the body
a) true
b) false
a) true
The holistic approach to positive nursing outcomes emphasizes patient independence
a) true
b) false
a) true
Development refers to the progressive acquisition of skills and the capacity to function.
a) true
b) false
a) true
Growth can be defined as:
a) the progressive acquisition of skills
b) an increase in cognitive abilities
c) an increase in physical size
d) the rapid development of language
c
According to Freud, what part of the mind acts as one's conscience?
a) Id
b) Ego
c) Superego
d) Libido
c
Freud in the Anal Stage:
a) children display an interest in sexual organs
b) age is from 18 months to 5 years
c) centre of pleasure is shared between the mouth and organs of elimination
d) children's sexual desires are dormant
c
In Piaget's cognitive development theory, the concrete operations stage:
a) is from age 12-15 years
b) child is concerned with development and mastery of language
c) child can think logically in hypothetical and abstract terms
d) there is an increase in acquisition of cognition that allows a child to think and converse on many topics
d
The nurse teaches parents how to help their children to learn impulse control and cooperative behaviours. This would occur during which of the stages of development defined by Erickson?
a) trust vs. mistrust
b) initiative vs. guilt
c) identity vs. role confusion
d) autonomy vs. sense of shame and doubt
d
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c
According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, the child aged 7-11 years demonstrates concrete operations when he/she does which of the following?
a) begins to think abstractly
b) participates in parallel play
c) is able to communicate with others on a simple level
d) recognizes that friends may perceive things differently
d
The term associated with Maslow is:
a) pleasure principle
b) psychosocial task
c) self-actualization
c) concrete operations
c
Maslow's humanistic approach to development emphasizes the importance of:
a) basic goodness in humans
b) the development of the ego
c) developmental tasks
d) conditioning
a
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