PN1004 FINAL EXAM #3 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
What is holistic health care?
this takes into account all aspects of a person's, psychological, physical, spiritual, cultural and
social needs
What are harm reduction strategies that can be used in relation to substance abuse?
Explain harm reduction.
Safe injection sights, provision of clean needles, overdose prevention and EDUCATION
- Harm reduction is a public health approach that aims to reduce harms related to substance use.
Harm reduction includes many options and approaches. It may include abstinence, or not using
substances at all
What is the definition of growth? Examples for childhood and adulthood
Quantifiable (numerical) change in structure
Childhood: Physical changes measured/charted regularly
Adulthood: Assess systems undergoing change
What is the definition of health functioning?
Levels reflected in terms of performance/social expectations; loss indicator of need for nursing
intervention
What is high level wellness?
Sense of well-being, life satisfaction, quality of life
What is health promotion? and why is it important in nursing?
helping people change their lifestyle to move towards a state of optimal health, EDUCATION!!
- This is important in nursing to promote heathy living habits
Why is education and counselling important aspects of nursing?
- Professional resource to facilitate change through education
- Health-education principles provide tools and strategies to assess readiness; facilitate change
What is health education?
Any combination of planned learning experiences based on sound theories that provide
individuals, groups, and communities with the opportunity to acquire the information and skills
needed to make quality health decisions
What are the patient outcomes when they receive education and councelling?
, 1. Change health behaviors Encourage positive, informed changes in lifestyle
Empower the individual
2. Improve health status Prevent acute and chronic disease
Decrease disability
Enhance wellness
Levels of Prevention: primary and examples
(before disease or illness) health promotion and specific prevention and reduction of risk factors.
ex. immunizations, health education, therapeutic treatments, nut free schools
Levels of Prevention: secondary and examples
early diagnosis screenings (mammograms, PAP test), treating early stages of disease and limiting
disability
Levels of Prevention: tertiary and examples
(When disease is permanent and irreversible) Restoration and rehabilitation, minimizing the
effects of the disease or disability by observing and maintenance activities, preventing
deterioration.
ex. rehabilitation, comfort measures
Examples of determinants of health
health behaviour, Income and social status.
Employment and working conditions.
Education and literacy.
Childhood experiences.
Physical environments.
Social supports and coping skills.
health education
Access to health services.
What is holistic health?
System of preventative care that takes into account the whole individual, one's responsibility for
ones health, and all the influences: psychological, environmental, nutrition, exercise, mental
relaxation.
caring for the whole person- the mind as well as the body
What is the indigenous population at greater risk for? And why?
Diabetes, HIV/AIDS, Suicide
- they do not have the same access to health care and are discriminated against
What should nurses communicate and take into account when caring for the indigenous
population?
VERIFIED ANSWERS
What is holistic health care?
this takes into account all aspects of a person's, psychological, physical, spiritual, cultural and
social needs
What are harm reduction strategies that can be used in relation to substance abuse?
Explain harm reduction.
Safe injection sights, provision of clean needles, overdose prevention and EDUCATION
- Harm reduction is a public health approach that aims to reduce harms related to substance use.
Harm reduction includes many options and approaches. It may include abstinence, or not using
substances at all
What is the definition of growth? Examples for childhood and adulthood
Quantifiable (numerical) change in structure
Childhood: Physical changes measured/charted regularly
Adulthood: Assess systems undergoing change
What is the definition of health functioning?
Levels reflected in terms of performance/social expectations; loss indicator of need for nursing
intervention
What is high level wellness?
Sense of well-being, life satisfaction, quality of life
What is health promotion? and why is it important in nursing?
helping people change their lifestyle to move towards a state of optimal health, EDUCATION!!
- This is important in nursing to promote heathy living habits
Why is education and counselling important aspects of nursing?
- Professional resource to facilitate change through education
- Health-education principles provide tools and strategies to assess readiness; facilitate change
What is health education?
Any combination of planned learning experiences based on sound theories that provide
individuals, groups, and communities with the opportunity to acquire the information and skills
needed to make quality health decisions
What are the patient outcomes when they receive education and councelling?
, 1. Change health behaviors Encourage positive, informed changes in lifestyle
Empower the individual
2. Improve health status Prevent acute and chronic disease
Decrease disability
Enhance wellness
Levels of Prevention: primary and examples
(before disease or illness) health promotion and specific prevention and reduction of risk factors.
ex. immunizations, health education, therapeutic treatments, nut free schools
Levels of Prevention: secondary and examples
early diagnosis screenings (mammograms, PAP test), treating early stages of disease and limiting
disability
Levels of Prevention: tertiary and examples
(When disease is permanent and irreversible) Restoration and rehabilitation, minimizing the
effects of the disease or disability by observing and maintenance activities, preventing
deterioration.
ex. rehabilitation, comfort measures
Examples of determinants of health
health behaviour, Income and social status.
Employment and working conditions.
Education and literacy.
Childhood experiences.
Physical environments.
Social supports and coping skills.
health education
Access to health services.
What is holistic health?
System of preventative care that takes into account the whole individual, one's responsibility for
ones health, and all the influences: psychological, environmental, nutrition, exercise, mental
relaxation.
caring for the whole person- the mind as well as the body
What is the indigenous population at greater risk for? And why?
Diabetes, HIV/AIDS, Suicide
- they do not have the same access to health care and are discriminated against
What should nurses communicate and take into account when caring for the indigenous
population?
