ECPI NUR 164 Chapters 1–7 (McDonough) 2026 – Complete
Nursing Concepts I Study Guide, Practice Questions & Exam
Review
1. Acute illness: rapid onset, short duration
2. Adaptation theory: adaptation as the adjustment of living matter to other living
things and to environmental conditions
3. Advocate-role of nurse: The protection of human or legal rights & the security
of care for all patients based on the belief that patients have the right to make
informed decisions about their own health & lives.
4. The birth of modern nursing (health & illness): Florence Nightingale
5. Established the Red Corss: Clara Barton
6. Reform of treatment of mental ill: Dorothea Dix
7. Public health nursing, Henry street settelment: Lillian Wald
8. Active in underground RR: Harriet Tubman
9. Civil War & women's movement: Sojourner Truth
10. Frontier nursing & nurse midwives: Mary Breckenridge
11. Traditional Knowledge: Passed from one generation to the next.
12. Authoritative Knowledge: Comes from an expert & is accepted as truth.
13. Scientific Knowledge: Obtained through scientific method.
14. Steps of the Quantitative Research Process
• State Problem.
• Define purpose of study.
• Review related literature.
, • Formulate Hypotheses & Variables.
• Select Research Design.
• Select Population & Sample.
• Collect Data.
• Analyze Data.
• Communicate Findings & Conclusions.
15. Qualitative Research: To gain insight by discovering meaning (reality is based
on perceptions), researcher primarily analyzes words or narratives that numbers.
16. Informed consent: Patients right to consent knowledgeable to participate in a
study
17. Morbidity: how frequently a disease occurs
18. Mortality: The number of deaths caused by a disease.
19. Wellness: Active state
20. Good health: Passive state
21. Chronic illness: irreversible illness that causes permanent physical impairment
and requires long-term health care
22. Illness: response of the person to a disease
23. Primary: Reducing risk factors
24. Secondary: Screen & catch early
25. Tertiary: Treatment
26. Precontemplation: no intention of changing behavior
27. Contemplation: considering change
28. Determination: Decision is made
29. Action: Implementing a plan
30. Maintenance: Sustain new behavior, 6mon-5years
Nursing Concepts I Study Guide, Practice Questions & Exam
Review
1. Acute illness: rapid onset, short duration
2. Adaptation theory: adaptation as the adjustment of living matter to other living
things and to environmental conditions
3. Advocate-role of nurse: The protection of human or legal rights & the security
of care for all patients based on the belief that patients have the right to make
informed decisions about their own health & lives.
4. The birth of modern nursing (health & illness): Florence Nightingale
5. Established the Red Corss: Clara Barton
6. Reform of treatment of mental ill: Dorothea Dix
7. Public health nursing, Henry street settelment: Lillian Wald
8. Active in underground RR: Harriet Tubman
9. Civil War & women's movement: Sojourner Truth
10. Frontier nursing & nurse midwives: Mary Breckenridge
11. Traditional Knowledge: Passed from one generation to the next.
12. Authoritative Knowledge: Comes from an expert & is accepted as truth.
13. Scientific Knowledge: Obtained through scientific method.
14. Steps of the Quantitative Research Process
• State Problem.
• Define purpose of study.
• Review related literature.
, • Formulate Hypotheses & Variables.
• Select Research Design.
• Select Population & Sample.
• Collect Data.
• Analyze Data.
• Communicate Findings & Conclusions.
15. Qualitative Research: To gain insight by discovering meaning (reality is based
on perceptions), researcher primarily analyzes words or narratives that numbers.
16. Informed consent: Patients right to consent knowledgeable to participate in a
study
17. Morbidity: how frequently a disease occurs
18. Mortality: The number of deaths caused by a disease.
19. Wellness: Active state
20. Good health: Passive state
21. Chronic illness: irreversible illness that causes permanent physical impairment
and requires long-term health care
22. Illness: response of the person to a disease
23. Primary: Reducing risk factors
24. Secondary: Screen & catch early
25. Tertiary: Treatment
26. Precontemplation: no intention of changing behavior
27. Contemplation: considering change
28. Determination: Decision is made
29. Action: Implementing a plan
30. Maintenance: Sustain new behavior, 6mon-5years
