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The nurse is involved in an organization whose goal is to help children make the decision not use tobacco. Which type of health organization does this represent?
 
  1. Health protection
  2. Health restoration
  3. Preventive health services
  4. Health promotion

Question 2

The nurse is teaching a client to self-inject insulin. Whenever the client completes a step of the process correctly, the nurse smiles and says, Good, good, you are learning this well.
 
  Whose learning theory is this nurse using?
  1. Gagne
  2. Piaget
  3. Skinner
  4. Lewin



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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 4

Health promotion includes individual and community activities to promote a healthful lifestyle. Examples of these health-promotion activities include improving nutrition, preventing alcohol and drug misuse, restricting smoking, maintaining fitness, and exercising. Health protection includes actions by government and industry to minimize environmental health threats. Preventative health services include actions that healthcare providers take to prevent health problems. Health restoration is restoring clients to optimal health once disease has occurred.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 3

This nurse is using operant conditioning, a theory developed by Skinner. In this approach, the nurse reinforces desired responses by giving positive feedback. Gagne's theory explains information processing. Piaget's theory discusses the phases of cognitive development. Lewin's theory is focused on change.



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