NURSING 203 UNIT 1 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026
Client - Answers the concentric circles surrounding a core, the person, an unlimited entity with an
active personality system, whose evolution follows principles symbolism, and systemic organizations,
any system that interacts with the environment, influences it and influenced by it
Basic structure - Answers the core, the person, an unlimited entity with an active personality system
Lines of resistance - Answers closest to the basic structure, protective mechanism, protect the
integrity of the basic structure, activate after stressor invasion
Normal line of defense - Answers the clients usual state of wellness, the baseline, develops overtime,
impacted by internal and external factors, if hit by stressor reaction occurs
Flexible line of defense - Answers forms the outer boundary of the client, protects the normal line of
defense (usual state of wellness), a buffer for the client and stressors, improve wellness
Variables - Answers can be at all different levels, there is unlimited potential for interaction among
the five variables
Physiological - Answers relating to body structure and function
Psychological - Answers dealing with mental processes and relationships
Developmental - Answers including life developmental processes, life stages (Erickson),
age/job/education
Sociocultural - Answers focusing on social and cultural influences
Spiritual - Answers incorporating the belief influences, creative aspects, and essence of life
Environment - Answers those forces surrounding man, both internal and external, that may have
positive or negative influences on a client
Internal - Answers all internal forces or interactive influences, the result of relationships among the
subsystems
External - Answers interpersonal or extra personal nature, influences outside the boundaries of the
client
Created - Answers the clients attempt to create a safe setting for functioning, its created if the client
perceives a threat to the basic structure and function of the system
Stressors - Answers are apart of the environment, tension producing stimuli with the potential for
causing disequilibrium, multiple can impact the client at a time, stressors effect is based on its
strength and number, and how the client protects themselves
Intrapersonal - Answers internal environmental interaction forces occurring within the boundary of
the client, between client subsystems (self/self)
Interpersonal - Answers external environmental interaction forces occurring outside the boundary of
the client but at proximal range, self/close other
Extra personal - Answers external environmental interaction forces occurring outside the boundary of
the client at distal range, self/far other
Wellness - Answers health and wellness are considered to be the same, it is a condition where all
subsystems are in balance and harmony with the whole of the client
Entropy - Answers when the system produces less energy than is required, illness
Negentropy - Answers when more energy is produced than used, a wellness state
Nursing intervention - Answers nursing's goal is to keep the client stable, the maintenance of stability
requires that interventions are directed toward counteracting movement toward entropy
Primary intervention - Answers intervention protecting the normal line of defense (increasing flexible
line of defense's ability, and decreasing risk factors), exercise and diet
Secondary intervention - Answers when the normal line of defense is disrupted, resulting in
symptoms (strengthens the systems lines of resistance, protecting basic structure), pain meds
Tertiary intervention - Answers helping the client regain or return to a wellness state following
treatment (might not be the same, ex. stroke patient, and those in palliative care)
Reconstitution - Answers the process of returning to a wellness state
metaparadigm - Answers an overarching set of concepts that provide the broad conceptual
boundaries of a discipline
person environment nursing health - Answers the metaparadigm for nursing is _____ ______ ______
and ______
conceptual model - Answers collection of interrelated concepts that provides direction for nursing
practice, research, and education
Client - Answers the concentric circles surrounding a core, the person, an unlimited entity with an
active personality system, whose evolution follows principles symbolism, and systemic organizations,
any system that interacts with the environment, influences it and influenced by it
Basic structure - Answers the core, the person, an unlimited entity with an active personality system
Lines of resistance - Answers closest to the basic structure, protective mechanism, protect the
integrity of the basic structure, activate after stressor invasion
Normal line of defense - Answers the clients usual state of wellness, the baseline, develops overtime,
impacted by internal and external factors, if hit by stressor reaction occurs
Flexible line of defense - Answers forms the outer boundary of the client, protects the normal line of
defense (usual state of wellness), a buffer for the client and stressors, improve wellness
Variables - Answers can be at all different levels, there is unlimited potential for interaction among
the five variables
Physiological - Answers relating to body structure and function
Psychological - Answers dealing with mental processes and relationships
Developmental - Answers including life developmental processes, life stages (Erickson),
age/job/education
Sociocultural - Answers focusing on social and cultural influences
Spiritual - Answers incorporating the belief influences, creative aspects, and essence of life
Environment - Answers those forces surrounding man, both internal and external, that may have
positive or negative influences on a client
Internal - Answers all internal forces or interactive influences, the result of relationships among the
subsystems
External - Answers interpersonal or extra personal nature, influences outside the boundaries of the
client
Created - Answers the clients attempt to create a safe setting for functioning, its created if the client
perceives a threat to the basic structure and function of the system
Stressors - Answers are apart of the environment, tension producing stimuli with the potential for
causing disequilibrium, multiple can impact the client at a time, stressors effect is based on its
strength and number, and how the client protects themselves
Intrapersonal - Answers internal environmental interaction forces occurring within the boundary of
the client, between client subsystems (self/self)
Interpersonal - Answers external environmental interaction forces occurring outside the boundary of
the client but at proximal range, self/close other
Extra personal - Answers external environmental interaction forces occurring outside the boundary of
the client at distal range, self/far other
Wellness - Answers health and wellness are considered to be the same, it is a condition where all
subsystems are in balance and harmony with the whole of the client
Entropy - Answers when the system produces less energy than is required, illness
Negentropy - Answers when more energy is produced than used, a wellness state
Nursing intervention - Answers nursing's goal is to keep the client stable, the maintenance of stability
requires that interventions are directed toward counteracting movement toward entropy
Primary intervention - Answers intervention protecting the normal line of defense (increasing flexible
line of defense's ability, and decreasing risk factors), exercise and diet
Secondary intervention - Answers when the normal line of defense is disrupted, resulting in
symptoms (strengthens the systems lines of resistance, protecting basic structure), pain meds
Tertiary intervention - Answers helping the client regain or return to a wellness state following
treatment (might not be the same, ex. stroke patient, and those in palliative care)
Reconstitution - Answers the process of returning to a wellness state
metaparadigm - Answers an overarching set of concepts that provide the broad conceptual
boundaries of a discipline
person environment nursing health - Answers the metaparadigm for nursing is _____ ______ ______
and ______
conceptual model - Answers collection of interrelated concepts that provides direction for nursing
practice, research, and education
