Deck 11: Health, Wellness, and Integrative Healthcare

Question 1

A client has had a total knee replacement and is receiving care that includes learning to walk with a walker. The nurse is engaged in which aspect of illness prevention?

A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Residual prevention

Answer 1

Tertiary prevention

Question 2

What is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity?

A) Health
B) Wellness
C) Holism
D) Host

Answer 2

Health

Question 3

What is a dynamic state in which a person constantly adapts to changes in the internal and external environment?

A) Health
B) Wellness
C) Holism
D) Infirmity

Answer 3

Health

Question 4

What is a dynamic balance among the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects of a person's life?

A) Health
B) Wellness
C) Holism
D) Promotion

Question 5

When admitting an adolescent to the hospital, the nurse anticipates that the client will respond to questions about health beliefs based primarily on which aspect?

A) Age and developmental stage
B) Gender and medical history
C) Peer influence and education
D) Health promotion activities

Question 6

The recognition of health as an ongoing process toward a person's highest potential of functioning is defined as:

A) illness.
B) agent-host-environment.
C) health belief model.
D) high-level wellness.

Question 7

Traditional medicine's view of health is typically explained by which health model?

A) High-level wellness
B) Health belief model
C) Wellness-illness continuum
D) Holistic health model

Question 8

The concept of holism is based on the which belief?

A) Individuals can be seen in an atomistic fashion.
B) Health is achieved through medical care.
C) Health is achieved by treatment from physicians.
D) Individuals cannot be seen apart from the environment.

Question 9

A client enjoys high-calorie carbohydrates but understands that they raise blood sugar sharply and ultimately cause a feeling of butterflies in the stomach as the blood sugar decreases. This is considered:

A) health promotion.
B) illness prevention.
C) holism.
D) self-awareness.

Question 10

The body's attempt to restore balance through self-regulatory mechanisms is termed:

A) homeostasis.
B) equilibration.
C) self-conception.
D) biofeedback.

Question 11

A nurse assists the client in the development of a healthy lifestyle. The adoption of these lifestyle changes in the client's life is considered:

A) adaptation.
B) self-care.
C) self-esteem.
D) health management.

Question 12

In which aspect of illness prevention is the nurse engaged in when the nurse educates a group of mothers of school age children on self-breast examinations?

A) Educational prevention
B) Primary prevention
C) Secondary prevention
D) Tertiary prevention

Question 13

Which action by the nurse demonstrates being an effective change agent for wellness?

A) Skip breakfast to reduce calories.
B) Drink caffeinated beverages.
C) Lead a sedentary lifestyle.
D) Consume a diet low in fat.

Question 14

What type of healthcare practice was first challenged by clients who wanted to be treated as whole persons, not just as a disease?

A) Homeopathic care
B) Holistic care
C) Altruistic medicine
D) Allopathic medicine

Question 15

The mind and body are connected in the provision of care. This statement describes:

A) homeopathic care.
B) holistic care.
C) altruistic care.
D) allopathic care.

Question 16

What term is defined as "those practices that do not form part of the dominant system for managing health and disease"?

A) Alternative medicine
B) Complementary health
C) Homeopathic medicine
D) Holistic healthcare

Question 17

A client suffers from chronic pain. The nurse suggests the client have monthly massages. This is an example of:

A) adjuvant medicine.
B) palliative medicine.
C) alternative medicine.
D) allopathic medicine.

Question 18

Which of the following forms of medicine combines health promotion, establishment of a partnership with the client and practitioner, and captures an evolving model of healthcare?

A) Integrative healthcare and medicine
B) Homeopathic healthcare and medicine
C) Holistic healthcare and medicine
D) Palliative healthcare and medicine

Question 19

When obtaining information for a database, which area represents a nurse commitment and interest as reflected by CAM (integrative medicine)?

A) "Which types of foods do you consume in 24 hours?"
B) "Do you take any vitamins or minerals, and if so, what?"
C) "Which prescription medications do you take daily?"
D) "Which diseases do you suffer from and what are your allergies?"

Question 20

Which question or statement to a client conveys acceptance?

A) "You know supplements can be harmful. Do you take any supplements?"
B) "Have you ever discussed taking vitamins and supplements with your doctor?"
C) "Will you please share with me the prescription medicines and vitamins you take?"
D) "What helpful herbal supplements are you taking?"

Question 21

A client is in the last stage of labor. During each contraction, she is focusing on her husband's voice and a picture brought from home. She is demonstrating which type of meditation?

A) Concentrative
B) Receptive
C) Reflective
D) Expressive

Question 22

A client is asking the nurse to explain acupuncture. Which response by the nurse would be appropriate?

A) Acupuncture is only done in Eastern countries.
B) Acupuncture is a dangerous option for the treatment of disease.
C) Acupuncture is beneficial to creating a mood of distraction.
D) Acupuncture is used to correct disharmony.

Question 23

A nurse is implementing therapeutic touch. This therapy reflects the beliefs of which theorist?

A) Dorothea Orem
B) Martha Rogers
C) Jean Watson
D) Dolores Krieger

Question 24

When practicing therapeutic touch, the practitioner begins by performing which action first?

A) Calling to rebalance the soul
B) Bringing the practitioner's attention to an inward, peaceful consciousness
C) Embracing the client for energy
D) Moving the hands 2 to 6 inches away from the client's skin surface

Question 25

The practitioner of therapeutic touch is listening with the:

A) ears.
B) mind.
C) soul.
D) hands.

Question 26

The nurse is caring for a terminally ill client and asks the client's permission to incorporate therapeutic touch into the care provided. The nurse is attempting to achieve which goal?

A) Prolong life.
B) Control the dying process.
C) Bring strength.
D) Produce relaxation.

Question 27

A woman over the age of 40 years has an annual mammogram. This represents which aspect of illness prevention?

A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
D) Medical prevention