Deck 4: Health, illness, and Holism

Question 1

A concept of health is determined by one's:

A) Health and medical history.
B) Worldview and in-field practice
C) Cultural background and medical history
D) Worldview and philosophical assumptions

Answer 1

Worldview and philosophical assumptions

Question 2

Nurses have a primary responsibility in the areas of health promotion,health maintenance,and prevention activities.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which of the following is not one of the five theories of health that Benner and Wrubel have put forth about health?

A) Fulfilling social roles
B) An ideal
C) A community
D) A sense of coherence

Answer 3

A community

Question 4

Which of the following competencies should a nurse already have when first entering a graduate degree program?

A) Conduct culturally competent scholarship that can be used in practice.
B) Construct socially and empirically derived cultural knowledge of patients being served.
C) Advocate for social justice, including commitment to the health of vulnerable populations.
D) Prioritize the social and cultural factors that affect health in delivering care in varying contexts.

Question 5

Gordon's 11 functional health patterns can be used as a valuable tool in:

A) Nurse assessment and diagnosis process prognosis
B) Creating a patient-specific health promotion action plan.
C) Determining transcultural differences for assessing a likely model
D) All of the above

Question 6

Pender is associated with the:

A) Health belief model.
B) Health promotion model.
C) Transcultural assessment model.
D) Chronic illness trajectory framework.

Question 7

A nurse's role is guided by the theoretical framework on which it is based.

Question 8

Strategies for promoting and protecting a patient's health differ from preventative strategies in that the:

A) Preventative strategies focus on the patient's current health status and future prospects
B) Preventative strategies focus on the prevention of illness before it can occur.
C) Combination of strategies causes dissonance in the treatment plan
D) All of the above

Question 9

Who was the author who defined high-level wellness for an individual as "an integrated method of functioning which is oriented toward maximizing the potential of which the individual is capable [and] requires that the individual maintain a continuum of balance and purposeful direction within the environment where he is functioning"?

A) Pender
B) Gordon
C) Becker
D) Dunn

Question 10

Which one of the three components in Pender's health promotion model is described correctly?

A) Individual characteristics and experiences include perceived benefits, perceived barriers, perceived self-efficacy, activity-related affect interpersonal influences, and situational influences.
B) Behavior-specific cognitions and affect include prior related behavior and personal factors (biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors).
C) The behavioral outcome is attainment of a positive health outcome through commitment to the plan of action and competing demands and preferences.
D) The course of a chronic condition can be shaped and managed.

Question 11

An important component of Pender's health promotion model and the chronic illness trajectory framework is:

A) The patient's state of health
B) The patient's personal perceptions
C) The promotion and maintenance of wellness
D) The patient's support system and medical history

Question 12

The central concepts of cultural awareness,knowledge,skill,encounters,and desire relate to the cultural competence in the delivery of healthcare services model developed by Giger and Davidhizar.

Question 13

The three major concepts that explain and predict health-related behaviors are modifying and enabling factors,readiness to undertake recommended compliance behavior,and:

A) Adherence to and compliant with proscribed health behaviors
B) Change of communities; moving to a new locale
C) Setting up a team of physicians to support one
D) None of the above

Question 14

Acupuncture,homeopathy,and herbalism are examples of complementary medicine.

Question 15

The individuals who set goals in accordance with King's theory of goal attainment are the nurse in consultation with the treating physician.