NUR 105 Exam 2 Review Questions with Correct Answers 2024 Age, race, gender, and genetic inheritance are examples of what human dimension that influence a person's health status and health practices - Correct Answer Physical Dimension Which model of health and illness places high-level health and death on opposite ends of a graduated scale? - Correct Answer The health-illness continuum Which activity related to respiratory health is an example of tertiary health promotion and illness prevention? - Correct Answer Administering a nebulized bronchodilator to a patient who is short of breath.What is the Agent-Host-Environment Model of health promotion and illness prevention? - Correct Answer useful for examining the cause of disease in an individual.How do individuals who live with chronic conditions view themselves, despite some limitations? - Correct Answer People with chronic illness often grieve over losses or changes in physical structure and function, worry about their finances, status, roles, dignity, and face the possibility of an earlier death.How is health defined? - Correct Answer "a state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" How is illness defined? - Correct Answer An illness is the response of the person to a disease; it is an abnormal process in which the person's level of functioning is changed when compared with a previous level.What are some considerations for chronic illness and understanding it? - Correct Answer To help to meet the chronic disease burden, the CDC uses four cross-cutting strategies: (1) epidemiology and surveillance to monitor trends and inform programs; (2) environmental approaches that promote health and support healthy behaviors; (3) health system interventions to improve the effective use of clinical and other preventive services; and (4) community resources linked to clinical services that sustain improved management of chronic conditions.It is a permanent change.It causes, or is caused by, irreversible alterations in normal anatomy and physiology.It requires special patient education for rehabilitation. 1 / 2
It requires a long period of care or support.What happens when a person assumes the sick role? - Correct Answer The person now self-defines as being sick, seeks validation of this experience from others, gives up normal activities, and assumes a "sick role." At this stage, most people focus on their symptoms and bodily functions.What may happen to the family when one of the family members suffers an illness? - Correct Answer A chronic illness creates stress for the patient and family because of possible lifelong alterations in roles or lifestyle, frequent hospitalizations, economic problems, and decreased social interactions among family members.What is self- concept and how does it apply to people who are overweight for example? - Correct Answer which incorporates both how they feel about themselves (self-esteem) and the way they perceive their physical self (body image). Self-concept has both physical and emotional aspects and is an important factor in the way a person reacts to stress and illness.Someone who recognizes themselves as overweight may affect their self-esteem negatively.What are primary preventive care activities? Know examples. - Correct Answer Nursing activities at the primary level may focus on individuals or groups. Examples are immunization clinics, family planning services, providing poison-control information, counseling about obesity and smoking cessation, and accident-prevention education.Inclusion of the family in the plan of care of a child meets which of Maslow's basic human needs? - Correct Answer Love and belonging needs include the understanding and acceptance of others in both giving and receiving love, and the feeling of belonging to families, peers, friends, a neighborhood, and a community.A 2-year-old child arrives at the emergency department of a local hospital with difficulty breathing from an asthmatic attack. What is the priority nursing intervention? - Correct Answer assessing respirations and administering oxygen The home health nurse makes a home assessment that will be used to design interventions to meet which priority needs for a client post fall? - Correct Answer Safety and Security needs.Know the definition and characteristics of a community. - Correct Answer is a specific population or group of people living in the same geographic area under similar regulations and having common values, interests, and needs.
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