BSN 225 Concepts of Nursing – Health Promotion Exam Week 6 (Latest Update 2025 / 2026) Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Nightingale
Week 6 - Health Promotion
Question:
A nurse is providing tertiary prevention for a patient with a stroke that resulted in left-sided weakness. Which concept describes the focus of the nurse's interventions?
- Early diagnosis
- Prompt detection
- Health promotion
- Rehabilitation efforts
Answer:
Rehabilitation efforts Nursing care focused on rehabilitation efforts occurs during tertiary prevention.
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Question:
Which term refers to the risk for disease expression passed on involuntarily from biologic parents to offspring?
- Clinical genetics
- Genetic susceptibility
- Genetic vulnerability
- Epigenetics
Answer:
Genetic vulnerability Genetic vulnerability, or risk for disease expression based on genotype, is a determinant of health involuntarily passed from biologic parents to their offspring.
Question:
Which patient factors are considered biologic determinants of health?Select all that apply.
- Occupation
- Education level
- Age
- Living condition
- Bone density
- Respiratory function
- Not Sure
Answer:
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Age is a biologic determinant of health. Biologic and genetic determinants of health include age, sex, and genetics.
Bone density Bone density is a biologic determinant of health because it is considered a component of an individual's physical composition.
Respiratory function Respiratory function refers to a process that occurs organically in the body and is considered a biologic determinant of health.
Question:
Which condition is an example of a chromosomal disorder?
- Down syndrome
- Breast cancer
- Hyperlipidemia
- Sickle cell anemia
Answer:
Down syndrome A chromosomal disorder is a disease or defect caused by an excess or lack of genes contained in a whole chromosome or chromosome segment. Down syndrome (trisomy 21) is caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21.
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Question:
Which population has the greatest risk for opportunistic infections?
- Middle-age women
- Older adults
- Young adult males
- Teenagers
Answer:
Older adults Older adults have the greatest risk for opportunistic infections caused by harmless organisms that become pathogenic; older adults have decreased immune system function as a result of the aging process.
Question:
Which statement is true regarding biologic and genetic determinants of health?
- They include environmental factors as well as inherited factors.
- Some can be altered or modified.
- They have a limited role in determining life span.
- They are acquired rather than inherited.
Answer:
Some can be altered or modified.Biologic and genetic determinants that relate to body structure or body functioning are adaptable.
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