Regis NU629 Week 2 Quiz Latest 2021 June

NU629 Health Promotion Disease Prevention

Week 2 Quiz  

Question 1Helping people of all ages stay healthy is a major goal of health promotion.

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Question 2Health is an asset; not an end, but a resource for daily living.

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Question 3Health promotion activities provided by health professionals in the United States are aimed toward assisting individuals, families, and communities achieve their full health potential.

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Question 4Americans are more likely to live in environments that discourage physical activity and contribute to obesity compared to other high-income nations.

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Question 5Care that embraces cultural differences that exist between nurse and patient while meeting the health care needs of culturally diverse patients is the definition of ________.

a.ethnic understanding

b.demarginalization

c.resilience

d.cultural competency

Question 6When preparing nurses to provide culturally competent care, which of the following statements is most accurate?

a.The nurse should learn material about different cultures as quickly as possible.

b.Know yourself and show respect for others when dealing with different cultures.

c.The nurse should know it is best to apply standards from one culture to other cultures.

d.The patient and their family who come from a different culture than the nurse often struggle to teach others.

Question 7Cultural competence is the ability to communicate effectively with people of similar cultures.

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Question 8The walkability score of a location is part of the Community Healthy Living Index that is being calculated as part of the focus on social determinants of health.

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Question 9Global health is public health for the world, with issues that include vulnerability of refugee populations, the marketing of harmful products, pandemics, epidemics, and global climate change.

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Question 10The political nature of health care means we often make decisions for the good of the organization rather than for the good of the patient.

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Question 11Federal and state governments are more likely to aid those who are not seen as responsible for their vulnerability, such as children, the blind, disabled veterans, and the elderly.

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Question 12Health disparities within the United States remain a major concern within our health system. Read the following options and choose the correct statement(s).

a.African Americans, compared to other ethnicities, are more likely to develop chronic illnesses and to experience ill effects or to die from these conditions.

b.Elderly White and young Native American men are most likely to kill themselves, whereas young African American and Hispanic men are more likely to be killed by others.

c.Health care for immigrants, refugees, and temporary residents is complicated by the diversity of languages, health practices, food choices, and culturally based definitions of health.

d.The population with mental illness is usually defined broadly to include even those individuals with mild anxiety and depression.

Question 13Americans have more access to primary care, but report lapses in quality of care outside of hospitals and are more likely to be uninsured than people in peer nations.

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Question 14The social determinants of health are responsible for ________.

a.inequities in health

b.the similarities in health that are seen within communities

c.the equitable distribution of health care resources

d.None of these answers are correct.

Question 15The focus on social determinants of health has generated a need to develop accurate measuring tools. Community assessment indexes have been designed to measure policies, programs, and practices in the community that affect healthy behaviors.

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Question 16Understanding that vulnerability is cumulative over the course of one's life, read the following statements and choose the best option.

a.Early-life difficulties and their adverse effects interact with later events in ways that increase the likelihood of poor adult outcomes.

b.The welfare of adolescents, young adults, and the elderly depends greatly on trajectories of personal development and the social and economic experiences of one's family.

c.One's community and stressors that may be unique to various age groups or to communities at a specific time also play a role in vulnerability.

d.All of the options listed are correct.

Question 17There are many characteristics to groups that are determined to be vulnerable; however, there are four main categories that are consistently noted. Choose the correct answer from the following options.

a.Personal limitations and poverty

b.Physical location, race, and social network

c.Poverty and race; social networks and lack of social support; personal limitations; and physical location

d.Poverty and race; personal limitations and social networks, and lack of social support

Question 18Vulnerable populations have certain characteristics in terms of health care. Choose the INCORRECT answer below.

a.Greater than average risk of developing health problems

b.Marginalized sociocultural status

c.Limited access to economic resources

d.Not related to age or gender

Question 19Vulnerability is frequently researched in terms of vulnerable groups; therefore, everyone within the group is vulnerable.

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Question 20The paternalistic approach to patient advocacy is particularly prevalent in settings that utilize multidisciplinary teams to deliver patient care.

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Question 21Physical activity must be an integral part of everyday life to have optimum effects on health.

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Question 22The role of the nurse is to assist clients with health planning rather than to control the process.

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Question 23Nurses are in a key position to take a leadership role to meet the national health promotion goals, which are to ________.

a.create healthy environments

b.optimize health in cases of chronic disease or disability

c.help people of all ages to stay healthy

d.All of these answers are examples of the national health promotion goals.

Question 24As healthcare providers, we sometimes believe we know best, and although we often do know best technically, we do not always know what might be best for the client at that moment.

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Question 25The role of the nurse is to control clients with health planning rather than to assist in the process.

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