Ch. 16 - Health and Wellness

Which of the listed basic needs identified by Maslow must be addressed first when providing nursing care?

Which activity best illustrates the use of the Health Promotion Model (HPM) by the nurse to increase the level of well-being for a patient immediately after surgery?

A nurse providing preventive care to an overweight patient with a family history of diabetes should engage in which priority care-planning activity for this patient?

An active, older patient has been frequently evaluated for minor problems at the clinic since the death of her husband 3 months earlier. During one of her visits, she states that she has no energy to get through the day and no desire to keep up with her Tuesday night bridge club. Which type of holistic health model intervention should the nurse employ to help the patient cope with the loss of her husband?

An 8-year-old girl is newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The nurse may expect fear and crying when teaching the child how to self-administer insulin injections due to which influencing factor?

Three weeks after delivery, a patient started a diet of 800 calories per day and started jogging 2 miles twice per day. The nurse recognizes the patient’s behavior may be influenced by which motivating factor?

A 65-year-old male patient has been a one-pack-per-day smoker for 40 years. He was recently diagnosed with early-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and would like to attend a smoking cessation class. The nurse recognizes smoking cessation as which level of prevention for this patient?

A patient diagnosed with an aggressive cancer is estimated to have 6 months to live. Two months later, the patient’s wife calls the nurse’s office because she is upset that her husband has taken up motorcycle racing and has already been injured twice. The nurse knows that the patient is experiencing a behavioral change in which factor due to the prognosis of his illness?

The nurse enters a patient’s room to deliver a dinner tray and notices that the patient has not been out of bed since the previous day. The patient states that his condition has made him bed-ridden, although the nurse knows that he is capable of independent ambulation. Which type of reaction is the patient exhibiting?

A patient is seeking information about leading indicators that show the importance of health promotion and illness prevention in the United States. To which government-sponsored program would the nurse refer the patient for the best source of information?

According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the nurse understands that which element(s) must be maintained before a patient can reach self-actualization?

When a patient recognizes that a family history of a terminal disease predisposes him to illness, the nurse can identify this realization as which component of the Health Belief Model?

A patient undergoing chemotherapy for bone cancer states that she uses guided imagery in conjunction with pain medications to tolerate bone marrow aspirations. The nurse recognizes guided imagery as a component of which health promotion model?

A 20-year-old patient is concerned that he may have the same illness (acute myeloid leukemia [AML]) as a 65-year-old male relative. Which influencing factor about which the nurse is aware may alleviate this patient’s concern?

When a nurse approaches an overweight patient about lifestyle modifications that will reduce the risk for heart disease, the patient shows that he does not perceive susceptibility to disease when stating

The last concept to be added to the Health Belief Model (HBM) is defined as the confidence in one’s ability to take action. What is this concept is called?