Health Behavior: Habits that Heal

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1. It is amazing that the simple act of writing about your _____ can improve some areas of your mental or physical health.
  a. problems
  b. emotions
  c. health
  d. daily activities
2. Health-Script may include
  a. journaling
  b. letter writing
  c. poetry writing
  d. all 3
3. The target of a Health-Script may be
  a. self
  b. friend
  c. God
  d. any of the 3
4. Your emotional reaction to the event is the ___ part of your Health-Script.
  a. 1st
  b. 2nd
  c. 3rd
  d. 4th
5. What have I done for myself today? That is a ___ journaling question.
  a. good
  b. bad
  c. senseless
  d. inappropriate
6. Types of journals include the reader response journal or literature log, the _____ journal.
  a. learning
  b. reflective
  c. electronic
  d. all 3
7. The NIHR has defined spirituality as " the feelings, thoughts, experiences and behaviors that arise from a search for ____" (Larson et al., 1997, p.21).
  a. God
  b. god
  c. the sacret
  d. faith
8. The spiritual life tries to impose a sense of _____ on the unpredictableness and seemingly randomness of life.
  a. order
  b. purpose
  c. meaning
  d. predictableness
9. ___________ can include rituals, ceremonies and contemplation of things beyond the boundaries of our human existence. It deals with listening and speaking within the inner self and with supernatural forces.
  a. meditation
  b. religion
  c. spirituality
  d. faith
10. A spiritually healthy person
  a. accepts guidance from God
  b. is honest
  c. serves others
  d. all 3
11. Dealing with Your Kids' 7 Biggest Troubles includes
  a. lying
  b. cheating
  c. violence
  d. all 3
12. Spirituality includes the capacity to love, to express compassion, empathy, to give and forgive, to enjoy life, and to find peace of mind and fulfillment in living. It deals with ______ that have their source outside of the individual.
  a. values
  b. issues
  c. concerns
  d. resources
13. THE PURPOSE OF THE Spiritual JOURNEY is to move from resentment to resolution, from arms length relationships to
  a. love

  b. service
  c. intimacy
  d. friendship
14. One of the first step in healing in a spiritual emergency is an acceptance of the fact that life at present is
  a. difficult
  b. not fair
  c. a pain
  d. what you make it
15. Stress is the internal or external force that causes a person to become tense, upset or anxious. Meditation is one of the forces that counteracts stress. It does so by bringing the body, mind, _____ into peaceful harmony.
  a. thinking
  b. faith
  c. spirit
  d. all 3
16. In meditation, you move from the physical, through the mental, to the spiritual. Thus you first orient yourself to meditation, then arrange your setting, choose your involvement and then
  a. focus yourself
  b. empty yourself
  c. fill yourself
  d. listen to God
18. More Ways to Meditate are
  a. singing hymns
  b. gospel poetry
  c. exploring nature
  d. all 3
19. From Mind to Hand: ______is listening to self. Meditating…is listening to God. Praying…is talking to God. Serving…is working with God.
  a. daydreaming
  b. thinking about your work
  c. reading
  d. none of the above
20. In Eastern meditation, you ____ your mind and yourself.
  a. consider
  b. fill
  c. empty
  d. think about
21. Meditation is one of the forces that counteracts
  a. stress
  b. problems
  c. difficulties
  d. most diseases
17. With 10 weeks of meditation, 2/3’s of chronic pain patients had a 30% reduction in pain, and half had more than a ___% reduction.
  a. 40
  b. 50
  c. 60
  d. 70
22. Make your home safer. About ___ of all falls happen at home.
  a. a quarter
  b. half
  c. three quarters
  d. none of the above
23. Have ____ put next to your toilet and in the tub or shower.
  a. mat
  b. rack
  c. grab bar
  d. radio
24. Wear shoes that give good support and have ____ non-slip soles. Avoid wearing slippers and athletic shoes with deep treads.
  a. thin
  b. thick
  c. heavy
  d. light
25. In the 5 stages of grief, anger is number
  a. 1
  b. 2
  c. 3
  d. 4
26. _______ occurs with time. The realization sets in that the situation is not going to be the same as before, or that the person is not going to return and there is nothing that could have been done to change the outcome.
  a. anger

  b. acceptance
  c. denial
  d. bargening
27. Keep water in the fridge instead of letting the tap run to let it get cold.
  a. always
  b. never
  c. sometimes
  d. that is no great help
28. Repair or purchase used items instead of buying new ones. That is environmental care.
  a. yes
  b. no
  c. that goes too far
  d. that is more expensive in the long run
29. _______doctors. Is my current doctor on the plan's list of doctors? Can my doctor get on the list? Is my hospital on the list?
  a. eligible
  b. point-of-service
  c. co-payment
  d. all of the above
30. Many of the disorders of old age, including some of the most common and debilitating, have been traced to pathological processes rather than normal ___.
  a. wear and tear
  b. living
  c. aging
  d. all of the above
31. The science of aging indicates that chronic disease and disability are ___
  a. inevitable
  b. not inevitable
  c. normal
  d. to be accepted
32. Using fun, everyday mental activities, exercise, and meditation, the effects of aging can be delayed and maybe ____.
  a. canceled
  b. reduced
  c. reversed
  d. none of the above
33. _____ is the most important factor in successfully coping with aging.
  a. wellness
  b. fitness
  c. health
  d. mental health
34. In aging, there is a ____ decrease in heart output and an increase in blood pressure, and a slow decline in endurance.
  a. very slow
  b. slow
  c. fast
  d. very fast
35. By the age of ___, most people will have lost 30-50% of their strength, associated with loss of muscle mass or sarcopenia.
  a. 50
  b. 60
  c. 70
  d. 80
36. A study in JAMA reports that those in the 70 to 90 age range have a ___% lower death rate from all causes if they do the following: 1. Adhere to a Mediterranean diet 2. Use alcohol moderately 3. Be physically active 4. Do not smoke.
  a. 40
  b. 50
  c. 60
  d. 70
37. The terms bereavement, grief, and mourning are often used in place of each other, but they have _______ meanings.
  a. the same
  b. similar
  c. not similar
  d. different
38. Grief is the normal process of reacting to ____.
  a. problems
  b. loss
  c. emergencies
  d. difficulties
38. Denial allows the ____ assimilation of the loss.
  a. fast
  b. normal
  c. slow
  d. difficult
40. ____ includes physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological reactions to loss, and is not limited to feelings about death.
  a. grief
  b. an emergency
  c. sorrow
  d. pain
41. Take care of your health. Maintain regular contact with your family physician and be sure to eat well and get plenty of rest. Be aware of the danger of developing a dependence on medication or _____ to deal with your grief.
  a. friends
  b. drugs
  c. alcohol
  d. food
42. Grief ______ emphasizes the need to increase the reality of loss, to help the client deal with expressed and latent affect and overcome various impediments to readjustment, and to encourage the client to make a healthy emotional withdrawal from the deceased and feel comfortable reinvesting in another relationship.
  a. counseling
  b. therapy
  c. help
  d. visiting
43. Aristotle believed that literature had _____ effects and the ancient Romans also recognized that there was some relationship between medicine and reading.
  a. good
  b. healing
  c. helpful
  d. positive
44. Today, school media specialists, counselors, librarians, or teachers may incorporate bibliotherapy into their programs. During the ____s, group reading was added to the treatment of alcoholism.
  a. 1950's
  b. 1960's
  c. 1970's
  d. 1980's
45. Simply stated, bibliotherapy can be defined as the use of books to help people solve ____.
  a. crisis
  b. problems
  c. difficulties
  d. health problems
46. Bibliotherapy uses most often
  a. self-help books
  b. fiction
  c. poetry
  d. literture
47. Bibliotherapeutic intervention may be undertaken for many reasons: to develop an individual's ____
  a. self-concept
  b. understanding of motivation
  c. self-appraisal
  d. all three
48. _____ 's book, "Bibliotherapy Handbook," is considered a good all-around introduction to bibliotherapy
  a. Miller
  b. Howard
  c. Hynes
  d. Smither
49. Self-talk, or inner _____, can help change people's health stat
  a. talk
  b. thinking
  c. speech
  d. meditation
50. Our speech is mainly a result of our _____.
  a. reading
  b. thinking
  c. listening
  d. reasoning
51. ________ skills are closely related to critical thinking in communication because listening requires that the interactants understand the words and phrases used and be able to concentrate on and effectively evaluate messages.
  a. Listening
  b. Thinking
  c. Speaking
  d. Reading
52. How we think, eat, move and touch greatly influences our mental and _______ health.
  a. social
  b. physical
  c. psychological
  d. spiritual
53. Stop unhealthy talk:
  a. don't blame
  b. don't gossip
  c. don't be sarcastic
  d. all 3
54. Use healing talk. I try to listen ____ as much as I speak. I compromise when appropriate.
  a. about
  b. twice
  c. half
  d. trice
55. Healing humor is the appreciation of incongruous elements in events or ideas that generate spontaneous pleasure. It is a sudden release from
  a. pain
  b. problems
  c. difficulties
  d. stress
56. Humor can bring out truths that may be hard to communicate in other ways. But whatever it does, it generally leads one way, and then _______ and concludes on the punchline.
  a. abruptly turns
  b. goes on
  c. stops
  d. slows down
57. Humor uses meaning, movement, position, ____ or association to express the amusing.
  a. amounts
  b. immagination
  c. size
  d. order
58. HARMFUL (or _____) HUMOR is insensitive, malicious, exclusive and sarcastic. It ridicules, slanders, belittles and puts down people.
  a. sick
  b. bad
  c. old
  d. comic
59. Most healing humor arises spontaneously out of
  a. reading
  b. conversations
  c. situations
  d. listening
60. The past cannot be changed. What is done is done. But the perception of the past can be
  a. cancelled
  b. enlarged
  c. modified
  d. erased
61. Laughter and tears are expressions of related emotions. Both can cause one to cry. Both can bring
  a. rest
  b. healing
  c. stress-relieve
  d. wellness
62. Florence Nightingale wrote that, "The needs of the ____ are as critical to health as those individual organs which make up the body",
  a. soul
  b. mind

  c. emotions
  d. spirit
63. Govier (2000), has identified the five R's of spiritual care. The 2nd is:
  a. religion
  b. relationships
  c. recreating
  d. reflection
64. Recognizing and meeting the diversity of spiritual needs in our clients will call for a _____ centered, flexible approach. It will also require teamwork and unity in order to provide comprehensive, consistent and ongoing spiritual care.
  a. system
  b. staff
  c. person
  d. client
65. Spiritual pain is thinking about failing ____, who loves you so much, by selfishness and sinfulness. It occurs whenever one sees evil in the world.
  a. family
  b. coworkers
  c. friends
  d. God
66. Nursing diagnoses: spiritual ____, as evidenced by expression of frustration or outrage at God for having allowed illness or other trials, comments about the "unfairness" of God, and/or negative remarks about institutionalized religion and/or its ministers or spiritual care givers.
  a. dissapointment
  b. anger
  c. hate
  d. rage
67. Spiritual ____: Do you ever feel that you have lost God's love? That you have broken or weakened your relationship with God? Has God turned His back on you?
  a. pain
  b. anger
  c. guilt
  d. loss
68. The 4th language of caring is
  a. talk
  b. touch
  c. listening
  d. action