Exam 1 – Common Health Needs – Study Guide and Practice Questions
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social detriments of health - ANS ✔✔Economic stability
Education access and quality
Health-care access and quality
Neighborhood and built environment
Social and community context
Primary level of health promotion - ANS ✔✔Activities that keep us well: vaccines
Secondary level of health promotion - ANS ✔✔Screening for problems: mammograms, regular
blood testing
Tertiary level of health promotion - ANS ✔✔Activities that promote living well after a diagnosis:
chemotherapy, rehabilitation
Adherence to therapeutic regimen - ANS ✔✔Taking medication
Following a prescribed diet
Health literacy - ANS ✔✔Capacity to get, process, and understand basic health info and make
decisions
Factors that affect health literacy - ANS ✔✔Demographics: age race gender
Illness: severity
Psychosocial: intelligence, motivation, support, attitude,
Financial
, What tests are in a cbc - ANS ✔✔Complete blood count:
Wbc
Hcr
Hgb
Platelets
RBC
reticulocytes
BMP - ANS ✔✔Basic metabolic panel:
NA+
K+
Cl
Ca
CO2
Glucose
BUN
creatinine
What tests check kidney function? - ANS ✔✔Bun
Creatinine
Gfr
What tests are considered electrolytes ? - ANS ✔✔Sodium, potassium, chloride, magnesium,
calcium, phosphorus
Review Material
social detriments of health - ANS ✔✔Economic stability
Education access and quality
Health-care access and quality
Neighborhood and built environment
Social and community context
Primary level of health promotion - ANS ✔✔Activities that keep us well: vaccines
Secondary level of health promotion - ANS ✔✔Screening for problems: mammograms, regular
blood testing
Tertiary level of health promotion - ANS ✔✔Activities that promote living well after a diagnosis:
chemotherapy, rehabilitation
Adherence to therapeutic regimen - ANS ✔✔Taking medication
Following a prescribed diet
Health literacy - ANS ✔✔Capacity to get, process, and understand basic health info and make
decisions
Factors that affect health literacy - ANS ✔✔Demographics: age race gender
Illness: severity
Psychosocial: intelligence, motivation, support, attitude,
Financial
, What tests are in a cbc - ANS ✔✔Complete blood count:
Wbc
Hcr
Hgb
Platelets
RBC
reticulocytes
BMP - ANS ✔✔Basic metabolic panel:
NA+
K+
Cl
Ca
CO2
Glucose
BUN
creatinine
What tests check kidney function? - ANS ✔✔Bun
Creatinine
Gfr
What tests are considered electrolytes ? - ANS ✔✔Sodium, potassium, chloride, magnesium,
calcium, phosphorus
