Health Education and Promotion Questions
Please choose the correct answer for the following statements:
1. According to Maslow, which of the following categories of needs represents the most basic?
A. Belongingness.
B. Physiologic needs.
C. Safety and security needs.
D. Self-actualization.
E. None of above.
2. Which of the following statements reflects the World Health Organization’s definition of health?
A. A condition of homeostasis and adaptation.
B. A fluid, ever-changing balance reflected through physical, mental, and social behavior.
C. A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.
D. An individual’s location along a wellness–illness continuum.
3. Which of the following statements defines culture
A. The learned patterns of behavior, beliefs, and values that can be attributed to a particular group of people.
B. A group of people distinguished by genetically transmitted material.
C. The status of belonging to a particular region by origin, birth, or naturalization.
D. The classification of a group based upon certain distinctive characteristics.
4. Which of the following categories identifies the focus of community or public health nursing practice?
A. Adaptation of hospital care to the home environment.
B. Hospice care delivery.
C. Promoting and maintaining the health of populations and preventing and minimizing the progress of disease.
D. Rehabilitation and restorative services.
E. All of above.
5. major goal for home care nurses is:
A. Maintaining the health of populations.
B. Minimizing the progress of disease.
C. Promoting the health of populations.
D. Restoring maximum health function.
E. All of above.
6. In the Palestinian Health Ministry , nurses performing invasive procedures need to be up-to-date with their immunizations, particularly
A. Hepatitis A.
B. Hepatitis B.
C. Hepatitis C.
D. Hepatitis E.
E. Hepatitis A and B.
7. At what time during a patient’s hospital stay does discharge planning begin?
A. Admission.
B. Twenty-four hours prior to discharge.
C. The shift prior to discharge.
D. By the third hospital day.
8. The leading health problems of elementary school children include
A. Alcohol and drug abuse.
B. Homicide.
C. Injuries, infections, malnutrition, and dental disease.
D. Mental and emotional problems.
9. Which skill needed by the nurse to think critically involves identification of patient problems indicated by data?
A. Analysis.
B. Explanation.
C. Inferencing.
D. Interpretation.
10. The ethics theory that focuses on ends or consequences of actions is the:
A. Adaptation theory.
B. Deontological theory.
C. Formalist theory.
D. Utilitarian theory.
E. A and C.
11. Which of the following ethical principles refers to the duty to do good?
A. Beneficence.
B. Fidelity.
C. Veracity.
D. Nonmaleficence.
E. None of above.
12. During which step of the nursing process does the nurse analyze data related to the patient’s health status?
A. Assessment.
B. Implementation.
C. Diagnosis.
D. Evaluation.
13. The basic difference between nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems is that:
A. Collaborative problems can be managed by independent nursing interventions.
B. Nurses manage collaborative problems using physician-prescribed interventions.
C. Nursing diagnoses incorporate physician-prescribed interventions.
D. Nursing diagnoses incorporate physiologic complications that nurses monitor to detect change in status.
E. C and D.
14. Health education of the patient by the nurse:
A. Is an independent function of nursing practice.
B. Must be approved by the physician.
C. Must focus on wellness issues.
D. Requires a physician’s order.
E. A and D.
F. None of above.
15. Asking the patient questions to determine if the person understands the health teaching provided would be included during which step of the nursing process?
A. Assessment.
B. Evaluation.
C. Implementation.
D. Planning and goals
E. All of above.
