Test Bank for Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging in Canada 3rd Edition

1. A man is terminally ill with end-stage prostate cancer. What is the best statement about this man’s wellness?

a. Wellness is not possible, because the patient uses medication to assist in management of his medical care.
b. Wellness is unfortunately not a real option for the patient.
c. Wellness is the same thing as faith healing, and if the patient were more receptive, he could be back at work in a few weeks.
d. Nursing interventions can help empower a patient to achieve a higher level of wellness.

ANS: D
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A Incorrect. An individual can achieve wellness even if using medications.
B Incorrect. All persons, regardless of age or life–health situation, can be helped to achieve a higher level of wellness.
C Incorrect. Biomedical approaches and other treatments and techniques are used to achieve realistic improvements in wellness.
D Correct. A nurse can foster wellness at all levels of the needs hierarchy.
PTS: 1 DIF: Application OBJ: 2
TOP: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance

2. In differentiating between health and wellness in health care, which of the following statements is true?

a. Health is a broad term encompassing attitudes and behaviours.
b. The concept of wellness was rarely or never considered by previous generations.
c. Wellness and self-actualization develop simultaneously through learning and compromise.
d. It is impossible to have wellness when one’s health is compromised.

ANS: A
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A Correct. Holistically, health includes wellness, which involves one’s whole being.
B Incorrect. Throughout history, basic self-care requirements have been recognized.
C Incorrect. As basic needs are met, higher level needs can be satisfied in turn, with ever-deepening richness to life.
D Incorrect. Even with chronic illness, with multiple disabilities, or in dying, movement toward higher wellness is possible.