Ch. 2 Health and Wellness Skills

Understanding how the choices you make can affect your health and wellness comes naturally and does not take special skills.

• True

• False

After researching and evaluating each alternative, you should rank your alternatives based on effectiveness and favorability.

• True

• False

Decisions-making becomes easier with more perspectives, so you should involve as many people when using collaborative decision-making.

• True

• False

Reaching a long-term goal can take months or years and involves achieving a series of short-term goals.

• True

• False

Newspapers and magazines produced by businesses that earn profits from the healthcare industry are more reliable than articles written by experts.

• True

• False

Health information is constantly changing, which creates an opportunity to engage in lifelong learning about how to improve your health.

• True

• False

Access to healthcare has a major impact on overall health outcomes.

• True

• False

A nurse practitioner possesses advanced nursing education, but cannot provide any of the same services as a primary care physician.

• True

• False

According to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, private health information can be shared with doctors or family members without consent.

• True

• False

Schools, scientists, healthcare professionals, and community residents work together to promote community health.

• True

• False