Community health nurses have long recognized the need to shift the emphasis of health care from illness to wellness. The biomedical model
1. Explains why some individuals exposed to illness-producing stressors remain healthy
2. Defines health as the absence of disease
3. Discusses illness-producing stressors
4. Defines illness and disease states
ANS: 2
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A novice nurse notices the medication nurse hurriedly gathering medications to be administered for the entire day, removing them from the packages, and placing them in a paper cup with the patient's name and room number on the cup
When one of the patients points at a pill and asks, "What is this?" and "What does this do?" the medication nurse is uncertain, because it has long since been removed from the packaging. The novice nurse speaks to the nurse manager about her observations and describes her concerns. The novice nurse has assumed the role of: a. loner. b. "rutter." c. change agent. d. "native."
The nurse and a client talk about the signs and symptoms of acute mania. The client states, "When I am feeling really good and don't need to sleep, I am manic, but the last thing I want is treatment."
The nurse recognizes that this experience is indicative of the need for: A) Right to treatment. B) Informed consent. C) Competency. D) Advance directive for psychiatric care.
Devastated parents ask the nurse why their child has cerebral palsy when they are completely healthy. The nurse replies that the appearance of an inherited trait is the result of:
a. Two dominant genes for the trait b. One dominant gene and one recessive gene for the trait c. Two recessive genes for the trait d. Heterozygous genes for the trait
The nurse is teaching a class for clients who recently have been diagnosed with epilepsy. The nurse determines that learning has occurred when the clients make which statements?
Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. "Epilepsy can be caused by a head injury." 2. "With some cases of epilepsy, the cause is never determined." 3. "Excessive stress levels cause disruptions in how the brain receives oxygen, leading to epilepsy." 4. "Eating disorders like anorexia nervosa increase the risk for developing epilepsy." 5. "A stroke, or brain attack, could increase the risk for developing epilepsy."