NUR 208 Quiz Questions

What percentage of children living in the United States live in poverty?

21%

To conform to the national trend in health care, health-care agencies of the future may need to depend on what?

nurses to plan and implement self-care education programs

How much does chronic illness cost business productivity per year?

over one trillion dollars

The culturally competent health-care worker is aware that when caring for members of a culturally diverse population, care must focus on what?

overcoming their own cultural barriers to avoid stereotyping

Prospective payment systems for health-care services do what?

provide payment based on flat predetermined rates regardless of actual cost

Political action committees (PACs) can influence legislation by what?

providing lobbying, creating an awareness for the need of new legislation, and contributing money to legislators

The use of silence in conversation can mean different things depending on the culture. Silence indicates agreement in what culture?

russian

The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 provided money for the development of what?

skilled nursing facilities & hime health agencies

what is the most important social determinant of health in terms of risk factors?

social class

In order to make an effective cultural assessment of a family dealing with a child with a terminal illness, the health-care worker must consider what?

socioeconomic status, religious practices, health beliefs, and significance of the disease to the family

Which information would the nurse provide about the sensorimotor period of Piaget's theory of cognitive development?

the child learns that he or she is separate from his or her parents or favorite toy, the child develops a schema or action pattern for dealing with his or her environment, the child learns about himself or herself and the environment through motor and reflex actions

The Whitehall studies found a relationship between employment and illness, specifically that what?

the lower the employment grade, the higher the risk of illness

what is cultural stereotyping?

to believe that all members of the same culture behave in the same way

what is the purpose of healthy people 2030?

to evaluate accomplishments for the years 2020-2030

The health-care worker advises a young woman who is 7 weeks pregnant to include folic acid supplements in her diet in order to what?

to reduce incidence of congenital malformations.

When caring for an 8-hour postpartum Chinese patient who adheres to the cultural philosophy that pregnancy is a "cold" condition, the health-care worker will remember to what?

to turn up the thermostat

A registered nurse is teaching a nursing student about Lawrence Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development. Which information provided by the registered nurse regarding Postconventional Reasoning needs correction?

In this level, emphasis is given on social rules and a community-centered approach

What are some possible effects of social isolation on health?

Increased risk for developing infections, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease

Which examples mentioned by the nurse belong to the third level of needs according to Maslow's hierarchy?

a client is depressed because his or her spouse has passed away, a client wants to reconnect with old friends after being diagnosed with cancer, a client never goes to family gatherings because he or she is not accepted by family members.

A diagnosis-related group (DRG) is a what?

a medical condition classification system that determines what Medicare will pay for health-care services

Cultural competence in health care is demonstrated by what?

adapting care to meet cultural needs

The laissez-faire parenting style does what?

allows children to regulate their own activity; sees parenting role as resource rather than role model

To promote a sense of industry in a hospitalized school-age child, the health-care worker should what?

ask the child to help pick up all the stuffed toys in the playroom

A health-care worker planning a research project related to teenage pregnancy in his community would include in the initial assessment the health status of the target population. Health status could be best evaluated by the examination of what?

birth rate, access to health care, and death rate

Which is the similarity between the preoperational period and the formal operations period of Piaget's theory?

both periods explain the idea of egocentric thought in an individual

What is the similarity between stages 5 and 6 of Kohlberg's theory?

both stages are associated with post-conventional reasoning.

According to Piaget's theory, which of these is true about the period of formal operations?

children have the capacity to reason with respect to possibilities & children have a belief that their actions are scrutinized by imaginary audience.

What is one primary hormone released during the body's stress response?

cortisol

When an Asian dinner guest startles his Western host by belching loudly to show appreciation of the meal, this behavior is an example of what?

cultural relativism

The theorist who proposed a psychosocial theory that human development occurs as a result of interactions among the environment, culture, and the individual was who?

daniel levinson

The changes that have occurred to the traditional nuclear family over the past 40 years include what?

decreased daily availability of the father, dual-career parents, and expectation that children be more independent

what are values?

deep feelings a person has about what is morally right

The characteristic common to all developmental models is that what?

development is a continuous process throughout the lifespan

The health-care worker points out to the family of a hospitalized child evidence that the facility supports family-centered health care by such practices as what?

expanded or totally open visiting hours

A health-care worker who is planning a health education program for geriatric adults based on the goals of Healthy People 2020 would include what?

fall prevention

The role of the professional nurse has evolved to include what?

forming legislation for policies and practices related to health care

The health-care worker designing culturally competent care will employ interventions that what?

go beyond the awareness of similarities and differences to implementing care that is sensitive

The health-care worker assesses a new patient for the use of alternative therapies. Such remedies have become widely used because these protocols what?

have become very popular as they focus on health promotion

Information about morbidity and mortality gives the health-care worker data to identify what?

high risk age groups for certain disease or disasters

According to the video, what were some reasons the tuberculosis rate dropped in the United States between 1900 and 1940?

infected people were removed & isolated

Changes in health-care delivery systems have been influenced primarily by what?

institution of various systems to provide cost-effective health care

what does the Latino paradox from the 1960s describe?

latino immigrants have lower rates of psychiatric illness despite having lower education and income

The young, female health-care worker who is giving admission information to an elderly Muslim man feels he is ignoring her because he what?

looks at the floor rather than at her

Healthy People 2020 endorses the completion of a high school education primarily to enable a person to what?

make healthy lifestyle choices

After 5 years in the United States, what were some health effects on some Latino immigrants?

1 ½ times more likely to have obesity and hypertension

what is the range of comfortable space in the US?

1.5-4 feet

Compared to college graduates, high school graduates live how long?

2 ½ years shorter on average

According to the video, what is the percent of diabetes in the Marshalls Islands?

30%

Because age differences between siblings may affect family dynamics, there is more affection and less rivalry and hostility between siblings whose ages differ by what?

5 or more years

An older adult was admitted to a long-term care facility for difficulties with activities of daily living. Based on Erikson's psychosocial stages of development, which intervention would the nurse use to assist the client to fulfill her or his developmental task?

Engage the client in reminiscence about past achievements.

The parents of two children, ages 7 and 2, are concerned about the language development of their 2-year-old. They tell the health-care worker that their older child began talking in two- or three-word phrases by age 2, but their younger child is still using mostly one-word sentences. The best response by the health-care worker is what?

First-born children generally have a larger vocabulary and better conversational skills at an earlier age

Which situation would the nurse address to meet the safety and security needs of the client according to Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

I do not want to talk to any stranger because I fear that they might take away my things

An adolescent tells the nurse, "I do not go to parties that serve alcohol, not because my dad doesn't like it, but because I know this is not right." What STAGE does the statement indicate according to Lawrence Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development?

Society-maintaining orientation

In the cold virus study, they found that what?

The more years a person's parents owned a home, the less likely it would be that the person would get a cold when exposed to a cold virus