EPIC NURSE EXAM SCRIPT 2026 TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ A closed system- Answer: Does not interact with other systems or
with the surrounding environment.
Matter, energy, and information do not flow into or out of a closed
system
◉ Key concepts about systems (picture) Answer:
◉ Homeostasis Answer: A dynamic balance achieved by effectively
functioning open systems
In humans, it is attained by coordinated responses of organ systems
that automatically compensate for environmental changes.
◉ Concept of Nursing- Environment Answer: The suprasystem in
which a person lives in
Includes all the circumstances, influences, and conditions that
surround and affect individuals, families, and groups.
Includes cultural systems, social systems, and community systems
Can either promote or interfere with homeostasis and the well-being
of individuals
,◉ Nurses potential impact on the environment/Supra-system:
Answer: Ecological health
Healthy work environments
WHO training modules including mercury poisoning
Health Care Without Harm to reduce hazardous waste
Luminary project
◉ Different definitions of health Answer: Smuts (1926)- holism
Parsons (1956)- health as optimum ability
Dunn (1961)- high-level wellness
Pender et al (2006)- health promotion (approach behaviors) and
disease prevention (avoidance behaviors)
◉ How is considered the patient's family? Answer: Whoever the
patient says is family *is* family.
(Do not necessarily involved "blood relatives")
◉ Nuclear family Answer: Parents and their children
◉ Three aspects of social systems Answer: *Social change*- death of
a loved one, divorce, job change
*Social support*- emotional, companionship, informational, and
material
, *Poverty*- living with deprivation and the scarcity of necessities
(such as food and adequate housing). Diminished access to health
care
◉ Concept of Nursing- Health Answer: A continuum
An individual's health status varies from day today depending on a
variety of factors, such as rest, nutrition, and stressors.
◉ Community Systems Answer: The types and availability of jobs,
housing, schools, and healthcare, as well as overall economic well-
being.
◉ The definition of health as defined by the World Health
Organization (WHO)- Answer: "A state of complete physical, mental,
and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity."
◉ Health behaviors Answer: The choices and habitual actions that
promote or diminish health, such as eating habits, frequency of
exercise, use of tobacco products and alcohol, sexual practices, and
adequacy of rest and sleep.
◉ Rosenstock's health belief model included three components-
Answer: 1. An evaluation of one's vulnerability to a condition and
the seriousness of that condition.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ A closed system- Answer: Does not interact with other systems or
with the surrounding environment.
Matter, energy, and information do not flow into or out of a closed
system
◉ Key concepts about systems (picture) Answer:
◉ Homeostasis Answer: A dynamic balance achieved by effectively
functioning open systems
In humans, it is attained by coordinated responses of organ systems
that automatically compensate for environmental changes.
◉ Concept of Nursing- Environment Answer: The suprasystem in
which a person lives in
Includes all the circumstances, influences, and conditions that
surround and affect individuals, families, and groups.
Includes cultural systems, social systems, and community systems
Can either promote or interfere with homeostasis and the well-being
of individuals
,◉ Nurses potential impact on the environment/Supra-system:
Answer: Ecological health
Healthy work environments
WHO training modules including mercury poisoning
Health Care Without Harm to reduce hazardous waste
Luminary project
◉ Different definitions of health Answer: Smuts (1926)- holism
Parsons (1956)- health as optimum ability
Dunn (1961)- high-level wellness
Pender et al (2006)- health promotion (approach behaviors) and
disease prevention (avoidance behaviors)
◉ How is considered the patient's family? Answer: Whoever the
patient says is family *is* family.
(Do not necessarily involved "blood relatives")
◉ Nuclear family Answer: Parents and their children
◉ Three aspects of social systems Answer: *Social change*- death of
a loved one, divorce, job change
*Social support*- emotional, companionship, informational, and
material
, *Poverty*- living with deprivation and the scarcity of necessities
(such as food and adequate housing). Diminished access to health
care
◉ Concept of Nursing- Health Answer: A continuum
An individual's health status varies from day today depending on a
variety of factors, such as rest, nutrition, and stressors.
◉ Community Systems Answer: The types and availability of jobs,
housing, schools, and healthcare, as well as overall economic well-
being.
◉ The definition of health as defined by the World Health
Organization (WHO)- Answer: "A state of complete physical, mental,
and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity."
◉ Health behaviors Answer: The choices and habitual actions that
promote or diminish health, such as eating habits, frequency of
exercise, use of tobacco products and alcohol, sexual practices, and
adequacy of rest and sleep.
◉ Rosenstock's health belief model included three components-
Answer: 1. An evaluation of one's vulnerability to a condition and
the seriousness of that condition.
