Deck 29: Compromised Populations

Question 1

The Surgeon General would like to improve the health and wellness of persons with disabilities. Which of the following is a recommendation?

A) Health care providers should see and treat the whole person, not just the disability.
B) Educators should focus on the disability.
C) The public should focus only on the ability, not the disability.
D) The community should ensure health care to persons with disabilities in their homes.

Answer 1

Health care providers should see and treat the whole person, not just the disability.

Question 2

The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by adults and children has significantly increased in the last decade. Individuals with chronic and/or disabling conditions are especially interested in CAM for the following reasons:

A) CAM providers are easier to talk to.
B) CAM is better grounded in scientific evidence.
C) Dissatisfaction with the current health system.
D) Eastern medicine offers better cures.

Answer 2

Dissatisfaction with the current health system.

Question 3

Special populations, especially physically compromised persons, often experience poverty. Which of the following is true about this group?

A) They are more likely to have access to needed services.
B) They are at greater risk for more rapid progression of disease processes.
C) Their care is usually better coordinated.
D) They require more nursing in-home care than persons not living in poverty.

Answer 3

They are at greater risk for more rapid progression of disease processes.

Question 4

The term used to describe what happens when a parent perceives a child as being especially vulnerable and accesses professional care by describing the child's behaviors and developmental level as more problematic than they are is:

A) Physically compromised
B) Functional limitations
C) Developmental stifling
D) Dual diagnosis

Question 5

In families with a child with a disability, who is most often the primary caregiver?

A) Mother
B) Father
C) Teacher
D) Home health nurse

Question 6

Any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological, or anatomical structure or function is referred to as a (n):

A) Disability
B) Impairment
C) Handicap
D) Functional limitation

Question 7

A substance abuse disorder concurrent with a mental illness disorder is a:

A) Disability
B) Dual diagnosis
C) Handicap
D) Functional limitation

Question 8

Disabled persons are more likely to experience some form of abuse during their lifetime compared to individuals without disabilities. Which of the following is true about abuse of disabled persons?

A) Men are abused more often than women.
B) Children are at risk because of the cost of care to the community.
C) Child abuse is less prevalent in the disabled.
D) The most common type of reported abuse is care related.

Question 9

Healthy People 2010 has national goals that apply to people who are physically disabled. How does this document address persons with disabilities?

A) Specific techniques and therapies are suggested for persons who are disabled.
B) For the first time, disabled people are thought of as productive citizens.
C) Recommendations for community health centers that cater to the disabled are detailed.
D) There is specific focus on health promotion and general well-being of children and adults with disabilities across the life span.

Question 10

The physically disabled may have one or more of several conditions based on functional limitations. The census bureau defined six subpopulations of disability. Which of the following are examples of these subpopulations?

A) Retardation, disability, and blindness
B) Self-care deficit and schizophrenia
C) Physical disability and mental disability
D) Deafness and paraplegia

Question 11

Persons with disabilities have often been defined by their illness or disability. Defining someone by their disease or disability is devaluing and disrespectful. Which of the following is the correct way to refer to someone with a disability?

A) A handicapped person
B) A person with an amputation
C) An amputee
D) A wheelchair-bound afflicted person

Question 12

Developmental disabilities are chronic impairments that occur during development and up to age

A) Dependent living, education, and finances
B) Race, gender and ethnicity
22) Disabilities limit functioning in at least three of seven areas. These may include:
C) Care giving, dependence, and limitation
D) Self-help, language, and learning

Question 13

The nurse speaks on behalf of others who are unable to speak for themselves. The nurse is performing which of the following roles?

A) Advocate
B) Caregiver
C) Coordinator
D) Collaborator

Question 14

Disabilities are characteristics of the body, mind, or senses that affect a person's ability to engage independently in some or all aspects of day-to-day life. Which of the following is true about disabilities?

A) Disability includes sickness.
B) Almost everyone will experience disability at some time during life.
C) Disabilities are limited to physical impairments.
D) Most disabled individuals are helpless and pitiful.

Question 15

A congressional mandate for the addition of folic acid to cereals in the United States to reduce neural tube defects in infants is which of the following levels of prevention in clients in relation to disability?

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

Question 16

Which of the following statements best describes the health promotion needs of physically compromised clients?

A) Health promotion problems and interventions are similar regardless of age or disabling condition.
B) Establishment of health-promoting behavior has little or no effect on the condition.
C) Physically compromised clients need information and counseling to ensure primary prevention of other health problems.
D) Health promotion and disease prevention needs of children usually are well met because of increased contact with health care professionals.

Question 17

Developmental disabilities, which continue throughout a person's lifetime, start before which of the following ages?

A) 7
B) 12
C) 17
D) 22

Question 18

The disabled individual may need extra support, care, and services from the family and the community. The potential effects on the family include:

A) Options are limited for use of any discretionary income.
B) Self-concept and self-esteem may be altered.
C) The need to comply with legislation.
D) The services provided by the health department and health care providers.

Question 19

The Social Security Administration ultimately determines individual status for disability. According to that agency, which of the following individuals would be considered disabled?

A) A wheelchair-bound person
B) A person unable to engage in substantial, gainful activity by reason of medically determinable physical or mental impairment
C) A handicapped person
D) A person who has had a stroke or has lost the use of a lower extremity

Question 20

The 2000 census estimated that about two in seven families reported a family member with a disability. The two leading causes of severe disability are:

A) Acquired brain and spinal cord injuries from motor vehicle accidents and falls
B) Cerebral palsy and birth defects
C) Paraplegia and quadriplegia
D) Violence and tobacco use

Question 21

The nurse maintains current information about agencies whose services are of potential use to the disabled and directs clients to the resources that can meet their needs. The role of the nurse is:

A) Educator
B) Caregiver
C) Referral agent
D) Advocate

Question 22

Work disability as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau includes persons who meet which of the following conditions? Select all that apply.

A) They have a problem or disability that prevents them from working or limits the kind or amount of work they can do.
B) They have a service-connected disability or have retired or left a job for health reasons.
C) They did not work because of long-term physical or mental illness
D) They did not work in the past 12 months because of illness or disability.
E) None of the above

Question 23

The nurse, with the families' agreement, arranges for families to see social workers on the same day that they bring children to be followed up in a pediatric cardiology clinic. The role being performed is:

A) Caregiver
B) Coordinator
C) Collaborator
D) Casefinder

Question 24

There are issues that limit access to health care and health promotion for persons who are physically disabled. Impediments to primary health care of the physically compromised include which of the following? Select all that apply.

A) Inadequate care from primary care providers
B) Access to clinic or office: not all offices have been adapted for the disabled
C) Transportation: inability to drive and limited flexibility in transportation
D) Information given to clients: the disabled cannot understand health information

Question 25

The nurse organizes developmental vision and hearing screening of young children to identify those with disabilities. The nurse is performing which of the following roles?

A) Caregiver
B) Coordinator
C) Collaborator
D) Casefinder

Question 26

The most common disability found in the United States in persons aged 18 years and over is:

A) Diabetes
B) Stroke
C) Arthritis
D) Cancer