FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING: HEALTH & WELLNESS EXAM
| 2025/2026 EDITION | VERIFIED EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is used to: - CORRECT ANSWERS-understand the
interrelationships of basic human needs
Internal Variables influencing Health and Health Beliefs and Practices: DIPES - CORRECT
ANSWERS-1. Developmental Stage
2. Intellectual Background
3. Perception of Functioning
4. Emotional Factors
5. Spiritual Factors
Developmental Stage - CORRECT ANSWERS-a person's thought and behavior patterns change
throughout life; the nurse must consider the patient's level of growth and development when using his
or her health beliefs and practices as a basis for planning care.
Intellectual Background - CORRECT ANSWERS-a person's beliefs about health are shaped in
part by the person's knowledge, lack of knowledge, or incorrect information about body functions and
illnesses, educational background, and past experiences
Perception of Functioning - CORRECT ANSWERS-subjective data about the way the patient
perceives physical functioning such as level of fatigue, shortness of breath, or pain; also obtain objective
data about actual functioning, such as blood pressure, height measurements, and lung sound
assessment
Emotional Factors - CORRECT ANSWERS-the patient's degree of stress, depression, or fear can
influence health beliefs and practices
, Spiritual Factors - CORRECT ANSWERS-how a person lives his or her life, including the values
and beliefs exercised, the relationships established with family and friends, and the ability to find hope
and meaning in life
External Variables influencing Health and Health Beliefs and Practices: - CORRECT ANSWERS-
1. Family Practices
2. Psychosocial and Socioeconomic Factors
3. Cultural Background
Family Practices - CORRECT ANSWERS-the way in which patients' families use health care
services generally affects their health practices
- Their perceptions of the seriousness of diseases and their history of preventive care behaviors (or lack
of them) influence how patients think about health.
Psychosocial and Socioeconomic Factors - CORRECT ANSWERS-the stability of the person's
marital or intimate relationship, lifestyle habits
Cultural Background - CORRECT ANSWERS-influences beliefs, values, and customs that
influence their personal health practices, their approach to the system, and the nurse-patient
relationship.
The four overarching goals of Healthy People 2020 are: (4) - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Attain
*high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease.* disability, injury, and premature death
- Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve health of all groups
- Create social and physical, mental, and social *well-being*
- Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages
Definition of Health - CORRECT ANSWERS-state of complete *physical, mental, and social
well-being*, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
- A state of being that people define in relation to their own values, personality and lifestyle.
Health Belief Model: - CORRECT ANSWERS-
| 2025/2026 EDITION | VERIFIED EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is used to: - CORRECT ANSWERS-understand the
interrelationships of basic human needs
Internal Variables influencing Health and Health Beliefs and Practices: DIPES - CORRECT
ANSWERS-1. Developmental Stage
2. Intellectual Background
3. Perception of Functioning
4. Emotional Factors
5. Spiritual Factors
Developmental Stage - CORRECT ANSWERS-a person's thought and behavior patterns change
throughout life; the nurse must consider the patient's level of growth and development when using his
or her health beliefs and practices as a basis for planning care.
Intellectual Background - CORRECT ANSWERS-a person's beliefs about health are shaped in
part by the person's knowledge, lack of knowledge, or incorrect information about body functions and
illnesses, educational background, and past experiences
Perception of Functioning - CORRECT ANSWERS-subjective data about the way the patient
perceives physical functioning such as level of fatigue, shortness of breath, or pain; also obtain objective
data about actual functioning, such as blood pressure, height measurements, and lung sound
assessment
Emotional Factors - CORRECT ANSWERS-the patient's degree of stress, depression, or fear can
influence health beliefs and practices
, Spiritual Factors - CORRECT ANSWERS-how a person lives his or her life, including the values
and beliefs exercised, the relationships established with family and friends, and the ability to find hope
and meaning in life
External Variables influencing Health and Health Beliefs and Practices: - CORRECT ANSWERS-
1. Family Practices
2. Psychosocial and Socioeconomic Factors
3. Cultural Background
Family Practices - CORRECT ANSWERS-the way in which patients' families use health care
services generally affects their health practices
- Their perceptions of the seriousness of diseases and their history of preventive care behaviors (or lack
of them) influence how patients think about health.
Psychosocial and Socioeconomic Factors - CORRECT ANSWERS-the stability of the person's
marital or intimate relationship, lifestyle habits
Cultural Background - CORRECT ANSWERS-influences beliefs, values, and customs that
influence their personal health practices, their approach to the system, and the nurse-patient
relationship.
The four overarching goals of Healthy People 2020 are: (4) - CORRECT ANSWERS-- Attain
*high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease.* disability, injury, and premature death
- Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve health of all groups
- Create social and physical, mental, and social *well-being*
- Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages
Definition of Health - CORRECT ANSWERS-state of complete *physical, mental, and social
well-being*, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
- A state of being that people define in relation to their own values, personality and lifestyle.
Health Belief Model: - CORRECT ANSWERS-
