Health Promotion And Maintenance Practice Quiz 3
Is your knowledge about the foundation of nursing well and sound? This quiz will question your ability to handle different nursing procedures, and other concepts covered by Fundamentals of Nursing.
Topics
Topics or concepts included in this exam are:
- Health Promotion
- Health Maintenance
Guidelines
To make the most out of this exam, follow the guidelines below:
- Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.
- You are given one minute per question. Spend your time wisely!
- Answers and rationales (if any) are given below. Be sure to read them.
- If you need more clarifications, please direct them to the comments section.
What does Health Promotion and Maintenance Mean?
Let’s start at the beginning. What does Health Promotion and Maintenance mean from a nursing perspective? Nurses are engaged with clients in all aspects of development. From in utero development through the process of death and dying, nurses are there. One way of thinking of health promotion and maintenance is to think about these stages of development and consider the role of the nurse in identifying norms in development, promotion of healthy behaviors, and early disease detection and intervention. This is indeed a big umbrella of information but we can take apart nursing knowledge to put it into this context.
Q.1 Which nursing intervention would be a priority during the care of a 2 month old after surgery?
A. Minimize stimuli for the infant
B. Restrain all extremities
C. Encourage stroking of the infant
D. Demonstrate to the mother how she can assist with her infant’s care.
View AnswerQ.2 The nurse should recognize that all of the following physical changes of the head and face are associated with the aging client except:
A. pronounced wrinkles on the face.
B. decreased size of the nose and ears.
C. increased growth of facial hair.
D. neck wrinkles.
View AnswerQ.3 Which of the following materials would the graduate nurse require to test the function of a patient’s glossopharyngeal nerve?
A. Soft cotton swab and a toothpick.
B. A stethoscope.
C. Tongue depressor.
D. A handheld mirror.
View AnswerQ.4 A nurse works with four patients at an outpatient health center. Which of the patients most concerns the nurse?
A. A 36 y/o African American male who has been trying to eat a healthier diet.
B. A 50 y/o Asian female who weighs 100lbs and is 5 feet in height.
C. A 50 y/o Caucasian male who has been weight-lifting at the gym two times per week.
D. A 24 y/o Caucasian woman who enjoys swimming on a daily basis.
View AnswerQ.5 The nurse supervises care of a client who is receiving enteral feeding via a nasogastric tube. The nurse determines that care is appropriate if which of the following is observed?
A. The nursing assistant checks the residual and records it before returning it to the patient.
B. The nursing assistant elevates the head of the bed approximately 15 degrees during the tube feeding.
C. The nursing assistant listens for a “puff” of air in the patient’s stomach to check tube placement.
D. The nursing assistant uses a stethoscope to listen for bowel sounds.
View AnswerQ.6 A client receives a PPD test. He returns to the clinic 24 hours later and shows the inoculated arm, which has no induration or redness. Which of the following statements, if made by the nurse, is a CORRECT interpretation of the results?
A. “This is a negative result. We will follow up with a chest x-ray to be sure.”
B. “This is a negative result. I will mark it in your chart.”
C. “This is a positive reaction. I will refer you for further evaluation.”
D. “You will need to return in another day for me to correctly assess the site.”
View AnswerQ.7 The nurse works in an outpatient sexual health clinic. A patient asks the nurse what the absolute method is to prevent pregnancy. The nurse knows that the absolute method is
A. Abstinence.
B. Condoms.
C. Religion.
D. Coitus interruptus.
View AnswerQ.8 A student nurse interns at an outpatient health center. Which of the following responsibilities of the student nurse are considered tertiary prevention strategies?
A. The student nurse administers a PPD test for employment.
B. The student nurse prepares a sterile field before cleaning the inner cannula of a tracheostomy.
C. The student nurse gives Bactrim to a patient with a UTI.
D. The student nurse gives a presentation on diet and exercise.
View AnswerQ.9 A patient with rheumatoid arthritis complains to the nurse that exercise is very painful for her. What does the nurse recommend to the patient?
A. “Use ice packs on the joints that hurt after you exercise.”
B. “Try taking a warm bath in the morning before you begin your exercise.”
C. “Do not exercise if your joints hurt. Instead, try again the next day.”
D. “I’m sure it doesn’t hurt that much to exercise, right?”
View AnswerQ.10 The home health nurse visits a patient with HIV who lives alone in her apartment. Which of the following observations the nurse makes while in the patient’s home is MOST concerning?
A. The dishwasher is broken and the patient complains that she has low water pressure throughout the whole apartment.
B. The patient has a cat who purrs loudly.
C. The patient has a bowl of fake fruit on the table.
D. There is an open container of food in the refrigerator.
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