MS Reviewer (the first choice is the right answer)
1.
According to Maslow, which of the following categories of needs represents the most basic?
Physiologic needs
Physiologic needs must be met before an individual is able to move toward psychological health and well-being.
Self-actualization
Self-actualization is the highest level of need
Safety and security needs
Safety and security needs, while lower level, are not essential to physiologic survival.
Belongingness
Belongingness and affection needs are not essential to physiologic survival.
2.
Which of the following statements reflects the World Health Organization's definition of health?
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.
Such a definition, however, does not allow for any variations in the degrees of wellness or illness.
A condition of homeostatis and adaptation.
The WHO definition addresses physical, mental, and social dimensions of being.
An individual's location along a wellness--illness continuum.
The concept of a health--illness continuum allows for a greater range in describing a person's health than the definition provided by the WHO.
A fluid, ever-changing balance reflected through physical, mental, and social behavior.
The WHO definition does not allow for any variations in the degrees of wellness and illness.
3.
Which of the following statements defines culture?
The learned patterns of behavior, beliefs, and values that can be attributed to a particular group of people.
Included among characteristics that distinguish cultural groups are manner of dress, values, artifacts, and health beliefs and practices.
A group of people distinguished by genetically transmitted material.
A group of people distinguished by genetically transmitted material describes the term race.
The status of belonging to a particular region by origin, birth, or naturalization.
The status of belonging to a particular region by origin, birth, or naturalization describes the term nationality.
The classification of a group based upon certain distinctive characteristics.
The classification of a group based upon certain distinctive characteristics describes the term ethnicity.
4.
The reason that case management has gained such prominence in health care can be traced to
decreased cost of care associated with inpatient stay.
The reasons case management has gained such prominence can be traced to the decreased cost of care associated with decreased length of hospital stay, coupled with rapid and frequent inter-unit transfers from specialty to standard care units.
increased length of hospital stay.
In general, length of hospital stay has decreased over the past 5 years.
