NMNC 1110 Intro to Nursing Concepts
Exam 3 (Fall) Test Questions with
Complete Solutions.
Health - Answer a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely
the absence of disease or infirmity
Illness - Answer a state in which a person's physical, emotional, intellectual, social,
developmental, or spiritual functioning is diminished or impaired
acute - Answer short duration & severe
chronic - Answer persists longer than 6 months
Health promotion - Answer the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to
improve, their health
Primary prevention - Answer True prevention that lowers the chances that a disease will
develop
secondary prevention - Answer Screening
Focuses on those who have health problems or illnesses and are at risk for developing
complications or worsening conditions
tertiary prevention - Answer Restoration/Disease Management
Occurs when a defect or disability is permanent or irreversible
optimization of health - Answer Maintain high-level wellness, prevent illness, early detection
and management of disease
Enculturation - Answer cultural competence/sensitivity to varying cultures
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Answer used to understand the interrelationships of basic
human needs
Holistic health model - Answer attempts to create conditions that promote optimal health
, Individual assessment - Answer Age, health status, presence of risk factors, health
preferences and values, social relationships
Family Assessment - Answer Risk factors, family strengths, relationships among family
members, genetics
community assessment - Answer Structure of community, community census, population
demographics, morbidity/mortality statistics, community resources
thranstheoretical model of change - Answer 1. precontemplation
2. contemplation
3. preparation
4. action
5. maintenance
Illness behavior - Answer Involves how people monitor their bodies and define and interpret
their symptoms
internal & external variables
Gas exchange - Answer the process by which oxygen is transported to cells and carbon
dioxide is transported from cells
respiratory physiology - Answer The exchange of respiratory gases occurs between the
environment and the blood
Respiration is the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide during cellular metabolism
The airways of the lung transfer oxygen from the atmosphere to the alveoli, where the oxygen is
exchange for carbon dioxide
Through the alveolar capillary membrane, oxygen transfers to the blood, and carbon dioxide
transfers from the blood to the alveoli
Ventillation - Answer movement of air into and out of the lungs
Perfusion - Answer The ability of the cardiovascular system to pump oxygenated blood to the
tissues and return deoxygenated blood to the lungs
The flow of blood through arteries and capillaries, delivering nutrients and oxygen to cells
Diffusion - Answer Exchange of respiratory gases in the alveoli and capillaries
respiratory gas exchange
Exam 3 (Fall) Test Questions with
Complete Solutions.
Health - Answer a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely
the absence of disease or infirmity
Illness - Answer a state in which a person's physical, emotional, intellectual, social,
developmental, or spiritual functioning is diminished or impaired
acute - Answer short duration & severe
chronic - Answer persists longer than 6 months
Health promotion - Answer the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to
improve, their health
Primary prevention - Answer True prevention that lowers the chances that a disease will
develop
secondary prevention - Answer Screening
Focuses on those who have health problems or illnesses and are at risk for developing
complications or worsening conditions
tertiary prevention - Answer Restoration/Disease Management
Occurs when a defect or disability is permanent or irreversible
optimization of health - Answer Maintain high-level wellness, prevent illness, early detection
and management of disease
Enculturation - Answer cultural competence/sensitivity to varying cultures
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Answer used to understand the interrelationships of basic
human needs
Holistic health model - Answer attempts to create conditions that promote optimal health
, Individual assessment - Answer Age, health status, presence of risk factors, health
preferences and values, social relationships
Family Assessment - Answer Risk factors, family strengths, relationships among family
members, genetics
community assessment - Answer Structure of community, community census, population
demographics, morbidity/mortality statistics, community resources
thranstheoretical model of change - Answer 1. precontemplation
2. contemplation
3. preparation
4. action
5. maintenance
Illness behavior - Answer Involves how people monitor their bodies and define and interpret
their symptoms
internal & external variables
Gas exchange - Answer the process by which oxygen is transported to cells and carbon
dioxide is transported from cells
respiratory physiology - Answer The exchange of respiratory gases occurs between the
environment and the blood
Respiration is the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide during cellular metabolism
The airways of the lung transfer oxygen from the atmosphere to the alveoli, where the oxygen is
exchange for carbon dioxide
Through the alveolar capillary membrane, oxygen transfers to the blood, and carbon dioxide
transfers from the blood to the alveoli
Ventillation - Answer movement of air into and out of the lungs
Perfusion - Answer The ability of the cardiovascular system to pump oxygenated blood to the
tissues and return deoxygenated blood to the lungs
The flow of blood through arteries and capillaries, delivering nutrients and oxygen to cells
Diffusion - Answer Exchange of respiratory gases in the alveoli and capillaries
respiratory gas exchange
