GALEN NUR 210 PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
● define health. Answer: presence or absence of disease
● define wellness. Answer: overall state of well-being or total health
● What are the 7 components of wellness?. Answer: environmental occupational intellectual
spiritual physical emotional social
● Define environmental wellness. Answer: ability to promote health measures that improve
standard of living and quality of life
● define occupational wellness. Answer: ability to achieve a balance between work and
leisure time
● define intellectual wellness. Answer: ability to learn and use info effectively for personal,
family and career development
● define spiritual wellness. Answer: the belief in some force that serves to unite human
beings and provide meaning and purpose to life
● define physical wellness. Answer: ability to carry out daily tasks, achieve fitness, maintain
adequate nutrition and proper body fat, avoid abusing drugs and alcohol or using tobacco
products and generally practicing positive lifestyle habits
● Define role performance model. Answer: ability to fulfill societal roles
● How does the health-illness model work?. Answer: health and illness/disease are opposite
ends of a health continuum. Your everyday decisions influence where you end up.
● examples of internal variables influencing health status, beliefs and practices?. Answer:
biologic dimension, psychological dimension, cognitive dimension
● examples of external variables influencing health status, beliefs and practices?. Answer:
physical environment, standards of living, family and cultural beliefs, and social support
network
● define disease. Answer: a systematic problem and usually shows evidence
, ● define illness. Answer: a personal state or feeling
● define acute illness. Answer: comes and goes quickly
● define chronic illness. Answer: lasts greater than 6 months. includes remission and
exacerbation
● What are the 5 stages of illness?. Answer: 1. symptoms 2. sick role 3. seeking care 4.
dependent patient role 5. recovery
● illness impacts who?. Answer: the patient and family
● define holism. Answer: view individual as a whole
● define homeostasis. Answer: maintain equilibrium or balance
● What is the highest priority according to maslow's?. Answer: physiological needs
● What are the 3 levels of prevention?. Answer: primary, secondary, tertiary
● Define primary prevention. Answer: education to PREVENT a problem from happening
● Define secondary prevention. Answer: early identification and early intervention to detect
issues
● Define tertiary prevention. Answer: occurs after the illness has appeared to prevent
complications, TREAT
● define medical asepsis. Answer: clean technique confining microorganisms
● define surgical asepsis. Answer: sterile technique destroys all microorganisms
● what are the 6 types of infection?. Answer: local, systemic, bacteremia, septicemia, acute
and chronic
● define local infection. Answer: pathogens are limited to a small area of the body swelling,
redness, etc.
● List the 5 levels of Maslow's Hiearchy of needs: From lowest to highest. Answer: 1.
physiological needs 2. safety and security needs 3. love and belonging needs 4. self-esteem
needs 5. self-actualization needs
● Define systemic infection. Answer: an infection throughout the body
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
● define health. Answer: presence or absence of disease
● define wellness. Answer: overall state of well-being or total health
● What are the 7 components of wellness?. Answer: environmental occupational intellectual
spiritual physical emotional social
● Define environmental wellness. Answer: ability to promote health measures that improve
standard of living and quality of life
● define occupational wellness. Answer: ability to achieve a balance between work and
leisure time
● define intellectual wellness. Answer: ability to learn and use info effectively for personal,
family and career development
● define spiritual wellness. Answer: the belief in some force that serves to unite human
beings and provide meaning and purpose to life
● define physical wellness. Answer: ability to carry out daily tasks, achieve fitness, maintain
adequate nutrition and proper body fat, avoid abusing drugs and alcohol or using tobacco
products and generally practicing positive lifestyle habits
● Define role performance model. Answer: ability to fulfill societal roles
● How does the health-illness model work?. Answer: health and illness/disease are opposite
ends of a health continuum. Your everyday decisions influence where you end up.
● examples of internal variables influencing health status, beliefs and practices?. Answer:
biologic dimension, psychological dimension, cognitive dimension
● examples of external variables influencing health status, beliefs and practices?. Answer:
physical environment, standards of living, family and cultural beliefs, and social support
network
● define disease. Answer: a systematic problem and usually shows evidence
, ● define illness. Answer: a personal state or feeling
● define acute illness. Answer: comes and goes quickly
● define chronic illness. Answer: lasts greater than 6 months. includes remission and
exacerbation
● What are the 5 stages of illness?. Answer: 1. symptoms 2. sick role 3. seeking care 4.
dependent patient role 5. recovery
● illness impacts who?. Answer: the patient and family
● define holism. Answer: view individual as a whole
● define homeostasis. Answer: maintain equilibrium or balance
● What is the highest priority according to maslow's?. Answer: physiological needs
● What are the 3 levels of prevention?. Answer: primary, secondary, tertiary
● Define primary prevention. Answer: education to PREVENT a problem from happening
● Define secondary prevention. Answer: early identification and early intervention to detect
issues
● Define tertiary prevention. Answer: occurs after the illness has appeared to prevent
complications, TREAT
● define medical asepsis. Answer: clean technique confining microorganisms
● define surgical asepsis. Answer: sterile technique destroys all microorganisms
● what are the 6 types of infection?. Answer: local, systemic, bacteremia, septicemia, acute
and chronic
● define local infection. Answer: pathogens are limited to a small area of the body swelling,
redness, etc.
● List the 5 levels of Maslow's Hiearchy of needs: From lowest to highest. Answer: 1.
physiological needs 2. safety and security needs 3. love and belonging needs 4. self-esteem
needs 5. self-actualization needs
● Define systemic infection. Answer: an infection throughout the body
