Which model of health is most likely used by a person who does not believe in preventive health care?
- A. Clinical model
- B. Role performance model
- C. Adaptive model
- D. Eudaimonistic model
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The clinical model views the absence of disease as health, and people using this model typically wait until they are very ill to seek care.
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A nurse is caring for a woman who is in labor and the fetus descends to the lower birth canal. The woman is in which of the following stages of labor?
- A. First
- B. Second
- C. Third
- D. Fourth
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The second stage of labor is marked by fetal descent into the lower birth canal.
When assessing a person’s nutritional-metabolic pattern, which objective finding would have implications for nursing intervention?
- A. The person’s 24-hour diet diary
- B. The person’s dentition
- C. The person’s food preferences
- D. The person’s financial status
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Dentition is an objective measure, which can be validated during a physical exam and influences nutritional care.
Which of the following disorders is characterized by males having an extra chromosome, typically being tall and initially thin, and not developing secondary sex characteristics?
- A. Gynecomastia
- B. Menstruation
- C. Turner syndrome
- D. Klinefelter syndrome
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Klinefelter syndrome occurs in males with an extra X chromosome, affecting their secondary sex characteristics.
A major cause of death in the early twentieth century was:
- A. Cancer
- B. Cerebrovascular disease
- C. Heart disease
- D. Infections
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Infections were the leading cause of death in the early twentieth century before the advent of antibiotics and vaccines.
A nurse is assessing a community’s exposure to pollutants by examining contaminated soil, air, water, and food. Which functional health pattern is being assessed by the nurse?
- A. Nutritional-metabolic pattern
- B. Elimination pattern
- C. Health-perception–health management pattern
- D. Values-beliefs pattern
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The elimination pattern includes exposure to pollutants, which impacts health through contaminated environmental factors.