NURS 1170 MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2026
Definition of Health - ANS A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not
merely the absence of disease and infirmity.
Etiology - ANS study of the cause of disease
Health Promotion - ANS the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to
improve, their health
a complementary process
Objective Data - ANS Based on Facts ( ex Lab tests)
Subjective Data - ANS based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions (Ex
How someone is feeling today)
Health Perception - ANS an individual's perceived health and wellbeing
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,Primary Prevention - ANS Activities that protect against a disease before signs and symptoms
occur
precedes disease of dysfunction.
generally applies to healthy people.
Secondary Prevention - ANS Early identification or detection of health problems
Pathogenesis has occurred, Halts disease
Promote early detection of disease so prompt treatment can be initiated
Example as Breast self-exam, BP screening, blood sugar screening, TSE
Tertiary Prevention - ANS Restoration/rehabilitation
actions taken to contain damage or live a new normal once a disease or disability has
progressed beyond its early stages
Five Levels of Care - ANS Health promotion
Disease prevention
Curative-Diagnosis and Treatment
Rehabilitative
Supportive
First Level of Care - ANS Health Promotion in the client.
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, Second Level of Care - ANS Preventive-Disease Prevention in the client
Third Level of Care - ANS Three sub levels
1. Primary Care First contact with client
2.Secondary care- hospital/home setting
3rd Tertiary care- specialized highly technical care (CAT,CT,XRAY ECT
Fourth Level of Care - ANS Rehabilitative
Fifth Level of Care - ANS Supportive
Metaparadigm of Nursing - ANS consists of the major concepts of the discipline: person,
environment, health, and nursing
Three Major Approaches of Health - ANS Medical
Behavioral
Socio-Environmental
Medical Approach to Health - ANS Stability-oriented
Dominated western thinking for most of the 20th century
Emphasizes the physiological
Focuses on pathology (the precise study and diagnosis of disease)
Medical (doctor) intervention restores health
Behavioral Approach to Health - ANS Healthy lifestyle choices, health education
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2026
Definition of Health - ANS A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not
merely the absence of disease and infirmity.
Etiology - ANS study of the cause of disease
Health Promotion - ANS the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to
improve, their health
a complementary process
Objective Data - ANS Based on Facts ( ex Lab tests)
Subjective Data - ANS based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions (Ex
How someone is feeling today)
Health Perception - ANS an individual's perceived health and wellbeing
@COPYRIGHT 2026/2027 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
1
,Primary Prevention - ANS Activities that protect against a disease before signs and symptoms
occur
precedes disease of dysfunction.
generally applies to healthy people.
Secondary Prevention - ANS Early identification or detection of health problems
Pathogenesis has occurred, Halts disease
Promote early detection of disease so prompt treatment can be initiated
Example as Breast self-exam, BP screening, blood sugar screening, TSE
Tertiary Prevention - ANS Restoration/rehabilitation
actions taken to contain damage or live a new normal once a disease or disability has
progressed beyond its early stages
Five Levels of Care - ANS Health promotion
Disease prevention
Curative-Diagnosis and Treatment
Rehabilitative
Supportive
First Level of Care - ANS Health Promotion in the client.
@COPYRIGHT 2026/2027 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
2
, Second Level of Care - ANS Preventive-Disease Prevention in the client
Third Level of Care - ANS Three sub levels
1. Primary Care First contact with client
2.Secondary care- hospital/home setting
3rd Tertiary care- specialized highly technical care (CAT,CT,XRAY ECT
Fourth Level of Care - ANS Rehabilitative
Fifth Level of Care - ANS Supportive
Metaparadigm of Nursing - ANS consists of the major concepts of the discipline: person,
environment, health, and nursing
Three Major Approaches of Health - ANS Medical
Behavioral
Socio-Environmental
Medical Approach to Health - ANS Stability-oriented
Dominated western thinking for most of the 20th century
Emphasizes the physiological
Focuses on pathology (the precise study and diagnosis of disease)
Medical (doctor) intervention restores health
Behavioral Approach to Health - ANS Healthy lifestyle choices, health education
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