Exam 20: Health Risks Across the Life Span

A nurse wants to establish a program to decrease the death rate among adolescents. Which of the following programs should be developed?

Which of the following will provide the highest benefit to an older adult's well-being?

Which of the following interventions would the nurse most likely implement when addressing the problem of asthma among school-aged children? (Select all that apply.)

A school nurse wants to decrease the rate of obesity among children. Which of the following actions in the community would be most effective?

Toward whom is the TLC model targeted?

A nurse is implementing a tertiary prevention program to promote health among middle-aged women with diabetes. Which of the following best describes the intervention being implemented by the nurse?

A health care provider is working with elderly clients who have ongoing chronic disease. Which of the following strategies can best assist them with healing? (Select all that apply.)

A client has designated someone else to make health care decisions when he or she is unable to do so. Which of the following methods is the client using to make health care decisions?

A nurse is performing a health assessment on a young adult female. Which of the following comments by the client would cause the nurse to be concerned?

Which of the following behaviors results in men being less healthy than women?

Which of the following is the best way to ensure good nutrition in infants?

A mother says, "My son wants me to let him buy a car. I must admit, I certainly get tired of driving him around to all his sports and other activities. Do you think I should let him have a car?" Which of the following statements would be the best response by the nurse?

An elderly person is in the last stages of dying. Which type of care would be the best for him?

A nurse is working with incarcerated adults who are being released from prison. Which of the following nursing interventions would be most appropriate for the nurse to implement?

Which of the following is of the greatest concern for the nurse who works with high school students?

Which of the following children is most at risk for being abused?

After seeing a public education program on the need for screening colonoscopy and the dangers of colorectal cancer, an older friend asks the nurse, "I'm really scared of getting cancer. What can I do to avoid that kind of cancer?" Which of the following recommendations should be made by the nurse? (Select all that apply.)