Chapter 3 fundies
Which of the following is an example of a characteristic of Stage 2 of illness?
A person tells his family that he is sick and allows them to take care of him.
Which is an example of the sociocultural dimension influencing a person's health-illness status?
A single mother of two applies for food stamps in order to feed her family
An exacerbation refers to the reactivation of a disease. Which condition is associated with exacerbation?
Chronic illness
The definition of chronic conditions can be complex. Which factors would a nurse expect to be included in the definition of chronic conditions? (Select all that apply.)
Diseases that do not resolve spontaneously Diseases that have a prolonged course Diseases where complete cures are rare
The nursing student who has diarrhea before every test and every clinical understands that this is not a healthy behavior. The student is aware that this negative effect can impact overall health. The nurse recognixed thet this student needs to focus if which of the following dimensions of health ?
Emotional dimension
Risk factors for illness are divided into six categories. Working with carcinogenic chemicals is an example of which type of risk factor?
Environmental risk factor
The nurse practitioner is discussing health promotion with a group of senior nursing students. What would be the best example of secondary health promotion?
Family counseling
What is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity?
Health
A client who has recently been diagnosed with a chronic illness appears to be depressed. When the nurse asks if there is something wrong, the client states, "Nothing will ever be the same for me since I have this disease." Which of the following is the most appropriate response for the nurse?
If you maintain a positive self-concept, you can live as normally as possible.
The health belief model is useful when educating individuals about health and illness. Why would this be?
It allows yo u to assess the client's beliefs and structure goals so he can meet health needs.
The nurse is giving a talk to a local community group on the harms of smoking. The nurse tells the group that a risk factor is something that increases a person's chances for illness or injury. What type of risk factor is smoking?
Modifiable
The nurse who is working in a long-term care facility is talking with a group of healthcare workers. One of the healthcare workers asks about current trends in health care. Which of the ollowing trends should the nurse base the response on?
More people with chronic illnesses
The nurse's community outreach class is giving a presentation on seat belts and child safety seats at the local firehouse every weekend in October. What level(s) of health promotion is this an example of?
Primary
What level of prevention is noted when the nurse educates a group of mothers of school-age children on self breast examinations
Primary prevention
Which is an example tertiary health promotion?
Rehabilitation
A woman over the age of 40 years has an annual mammogram. What level of prevention does this represent?
Secondary prevention
A nurse is caring for a female client age 17 years whose left leg was amputated after being crushed in a motor vehicle accident. Which of the following interventions might the nurse perform to accommodate the cleint's intellectual dimension?
Teaching her how to care for the stump and explaining the rehabilitation program
The nurse is educating a client with diabetes on how to better control blood sugar levels and recognize the symptoms ssociated with both hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. The client is frequently admitted to the hospitak die ti elevated blood sugars. This education is an example of which leave of health promotion
Tertiary
Which model is most useful in examining the cause of disease in an individual, based upon external factors?
The Agent-Host-Environment Model
A client arrives at a health care facility complaining of pain in the abdomen and diarrhea. The physician diagnoses the client with colitis, an acute illness. Why is colitis considered an acute illness?
The onset is sudden.
Which definition best describes acute illness?
The rapid onset of symptoms lasting a relatively short time.
Primary health promotion is an integral part of health care. What is the purpose of primary health promotion?
To promote health and prevent disease or injury.
nurse has chosen to characterize a new initiative as "wellness promotion" rather than "health promotion. Which statement best describes the difference between the concept of wellness and the concept of health?
Wellness is an active State, whereas health is a more passive state dependent on the absence of disease
A community health nurse arranges for a dental checkup camp for the local children in the school district. Which of the following would most likely be the nurse's goal for this health camp?
health promotion
A group of students is reviewing the various levels of illness prevention. The students demonstrate understanding when they identify which of the foll owing as a goal of tertiary prevention of illness?
minimizing complications
While providing client care, a nurse determines that a client adheres to the health belief model. Wha t would the nurse need to assess as a factor possibly affecting the client's response to illness?
personality characteristics
A client comes to the emergency room complaining of abdominal pain, fever, chills, and nausea. Upon further examination the client is diagnosed with appendicitis. What type of illness does the nurse identify this client to have?
Acute
A rapid onset of symptoms that lasts a relatively short time indicates what health problem?
An acute illness
The nursing instructor informs the students that there are many factors that affect a person's health. Which of the following does the nursing instructor tell the students that is essential for physiological health and survival?
Basic human needs
A client makes a decision to quit smoking and joins a smoking cessation class. This ts an example of which of Dunn's processes that helps a person know who and what he is?
Befitting
