Wellness and Self-Care: Wellness, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

A nurse is giving a series of workshops about health and wellness to a group of older adults at a community center. Which of the following statements from the attendees demonstrate that they understood what the nurse explained about the concept of health?

"I have my health when I am physically, mentally, and socially well; Health means wholeness, so every aspect of me combines to make a healthy whole self; Health means I do the things that keep me at my best, like exercising and eating right."

A nurse is caring for a client who is immobile. Which of the following actions should she perform when repositioning the client to avoid injuring her own musculoskeletal system?

Align her feet vertically with her shoulders

A nurse has made a commitment to change his eating habits to optimize his health and wellness. He researches various dietary plans and narrows his choices to those that minimize the effect of lifestyle barriers like eating quickly at work. Which stage of the Transtheoretical Model is he in?

Preparation

A nurse is caring for a client who has a long history of abuse of alcohol and opioid analgesics. When counseling this client about the adverse effects of substance abuse, the nurse should explain that these patterns reduce the oxygenation of his tissues and organ because they cause

Respiratory depression

A nurse is counseling a client who says that she attends a book club in her neighborhood regularly. She says it troubles her that no one engages in the discussion with her. Applying Maslow's hierarhcy of needs to this client, this client's need falls into which of the following levels?

Self-esteem

A nurse is giving a presentation about health promotion and disease prevention to a group of young adults at a community college. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

Get a tetanus and diphtheria immunization every 10 years

The World Health Organization's (WHO's) definition of health promotion focuses on the concept of

Improving control over health

A nurse can communicate well, manage time effectively, weigh options and consequences, and learn from mistakes. This nurse is demonstrating wellness in which of the following dimensions of health?

Intellectual

A nurse is caring for a client in an ambulatory clinic who attended a blood pressure screening event and a stress management lecture at a community fair. His blood pressure was 150/94 mm Hg at the event, so he saw a provider at the clinic and began therapy with a beta blocker. Soon after, the client had a mild myocardial infarction and, after discharge from the hospital, enrolled in a program of cardiac rehabilitation. Which of the following activities of this client is an example of primary prevention?

Stress management lecture

A nurse is giving a presentation to a group of nursing students about distinguishing health promotion and disease prevention activities. Which of the following actions should the nurse include as a specific disease prevention activity?

Wearing sunscreen outdoors; Receiving an influenza immunization; Protecting ears from loud noises