Test Bank: Chapter 01: Wellness Nutrition. Questions and Answers.
1. Informal education includes education experiences that occur through daily
... [Show More] activities, such as
a. attending a workshop on coronary artery disease sponsored by the American Heart
Association.
b. watching a television show about diabetes.
c. learning about food safety techniques in a high school economics course.
d. completing a first aid course at the local Red Cross facility.
ANS: B
Watching a television show about diabetes is an example of informal education. Attending a
workshop would be considered nonformal education; a high school course or a Red Cross first
aid course would be considered formal education.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 2
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: Client Needs: Health promotion and maintenance
2. Health is the merging and balancing of five physical and psychologic dimensions of health
that include
a. psychologic, physical, anthropometric, social, and spiritual dimensions.
b. financial, emotional, ethnic, spiritual, and mental dimensions.
c. physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions.
d. physical, economic, ethnic, emotional, and anthropometric dimensions.
ANS: C
The five physical and psychologic dimensions of health are physical health, intellectual
health, emotional health, social health, and spiritual health.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 3
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Health promotion and maintenance
3. An example of poor eating habits that may affect emotional health is
a. eating late at night at the pizza parlor.
b. eating six small meals throughout the day.
c. eating three meals a day plus two snacks.
d. missing meals because of poor planning or being too busy to eat.
ANS: D
Missing meals may cause low blood sugar which can cause anxiety or confusion or make it
difficult to control emotions.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 4
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial integrity
4. A group of strategies used to increase the level of health of individuals, families, groups, and
communities is known as [Show Less]