QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Health continuum - CORRECT ANSWER Health is viewed on a continuum
representing degrees of wellness or illness that the individual may experience at any given
time. Describes interaction of environment with well being and illness. A way to measure a
person's health .
Student Learning Outcomes - CORRECT ANSWER To think critically and utilize the
nursing process
To be aware of own behaviors and influence on others
To utilize communication and interventions to meet patient needs
To collaborate in a variety of settings
To behave ethically and legally
course objectives - CORRECT ANSWER Know the 3 components of the SWIC
curriculum
Know therapeutic/non-therapeutic communication techniques
Interviewing and teaching
Basic needs across developmental stages
Recognize changes, assessments and interventions for a dying patient
Apply QSEN Competencies and National Patient Safety Goals
11 Basic needs - CORRECT ANSWER activity and mobility
oxygen
sexuality
safety
comfort
communication
elimination
,love and belonging
nutrition
rest and sleep
self awareness and self esteem
Health - CORRECT ANSWER defined by the faculty as the individual functioning
within his/her environment to successfully meet their needs.
illness - CORRECT ANSWER when there is an altheration int he ability to meet basic
needs the individual moves toward illness on the continuum
The nursing process involves - CORRECT ANSWER assessment, diagnosis, planning,
implementation, evaluation
The nursing process is used to - CORRECT ANSWER promting, maintaining, or
resotring the individual to his/her health potential
cirriculum sub concepts are - CORRECT ANSWER personal growth
legal and ethical aspects
developmental stages
health teaching
pharmacology
sociocultrual aspects
nursing and caring are considered to be - CORRECT ANSWER synonymous
The nursing education program offers curriculum based on the following concepts -
CORRECT ANSWER the health continuum
the nursing process
basic needs
, wellness - CORRECT ANSWER an overall state of well being or total health
illness - CORRECT ANSWER a state in which a person physical, emotional, social,
developmental, spiritual, or intellectual functioning is deminished or impared. Failure to
maintain health
Nurses help - CORRECT ANSWER patients to meet basic needs to keep them in
health.
holistic health model - CORRECT ANSWER focuas on overall state of wellness on all
levels of your being: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual
the health continuum model - CORRECT ANSWER premature death
lost of health and wellness
free from aches and pain
improved health wellness
high health
position is continually changing
Internal variables affecting health Factors you CAN'T Change - CORRECT
ANSWER heredity
developmental stage
intellectual background
spiritual functions
External variables affecting health You CAN change - CORRECT
ANSWER behavioral factors (smoking, drugs, alcohol)
environmental