Medical-Surgical Nursing- Chapters 1-4
What is WHO - Answer-Word Health Organization
Define health - Answer-A state of complete physical, mental and social well being and
not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
What is Etiology - Answer-The cause of a disease
What is holism - Answer-Viewing a persons health as a balance of body, mind and spirit
Define wellness - Answer-A state of being. It is a constant and intentional effort to stay
healthy and achieve the highest potential for total well-being
What refers to a state of being sick - Answer-Illness
What is disease - Answer-A pathologic condition of the body that presents with clinical
signs and symptoms and changes in laboratory values
A client with chronic illness always reports feeling great. What does this say about the
client - Answer-They are able to engage in meaningful activities
Types of illness - Answer-Catastrophic (sudden)
Acute (quick)
Chronic (Long-term)
Terminal (Cancer, death)
What considers levels of health - Answer-The health-illness continuum
What are the levels of the health-illness continuum - Answer-High level wellness
Good health
Normal health
Illness
Critical Illness
Death
What is protecting ones current level of health by preventing illness or deterioration -
Answer-Health maintenance
Can people still have high level of wellness with disease process - Answer-yes
Strategies to enhance health, like exercise - Answer-Health promotion
Identifying risk factors such as family history of hypertension and reducing effects of risk
factors on one's health - Answer-Illness prevention
, What uses screening diagnostic tests and procedures to identify a disease process
earlier - Answer-Early detection
What is a client - Answer-An active partner in nursing care
Define incidence - Answer-Frequency of a particular disease
What is the number of sick persons with a particular disease - Answer-Morbidity
What is mortality - Answer-Death rate or ratio
Study of how disease alters normal physiologic processes - Answer-Pathophysiology
What is prevalence - Answer-The number of causes of a disease
Prevention of the development of disease in a susceptible or potentially susceptible
population - Answer-Primary prevention
Early diagnosis in treatment to shorten duration and severity of an illness - Answer-
Secondary prevention
What is Sign - Answer-Objective manifestation of a disease; can be seen, heard,
measured or felt
Define symptom - Answer-Subjective manifestation of a disease of illness; what the
client relates in happening
Tertiary prevention is - Answer-Healthcare to limit the degree of disability or promote
rehabilitation in chronic, irreversible diseases
Consists of specially trained personnel who work together to help clients meet their
healthcare needs - Answer-Healthcare team
What is healthcare delivery system - Answer-Full range of services available to people
seeking prevention, identification, treatment or rehabilitation of health problems
The first resource person or agency that clients contact about a health need - Answer-
Primary Care
Referrals to facilities for additional testing such as cardiac catheterization - Answer-
Secondary care
More complex medical and surgical interventions, cancer care, rehab services etc -
Answer-Tertiary care
What is WHO - Answer-Word Health Organization
Define health - Answer-A state of complete physical, mental and social well being and
not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
What is Etiology - Answer-The cause of a disease
What is holism - Answer-Viewing a persons health as a balance of body, mind and spirit
Define wellness - Answer-A state of being. It is a constant and intentional effort to stay
healthy and achieve the highest potential for total well-being
What refers to a state of being sick - Answer-Illness
What is disease - Answer-A pathologic condition of the body that presents with clinical
signs and symptoms and changes in laboratory values
A client with chronic illness always reports feeling great. What does this say about the
client - Answer-They are able to engage in meaningful activities
Types of illness - Answer-Catastrophic (sudden)
Acute (quick)
Chronic (Long-term)
Terminal (Cancer, death)
What considers levels of health - Answer-The health-illness continuum
What are the levels of the health-illness continuum - Answer-High level wellness
Good health
Normal health
Illness
Critical Illness
Death
What is protecting ones current level of health by preventing illness or deterioration -
Answer-Health maintenance
Can people still have high level of wellness with disease process - Answer-yes
Strategies to enhance health, like exercise - Answer-Health promotion
Identifying risk factors such as family history of hypertension and reducing effects of risk
factors on one's health - Answer-Illness prevention
, What uses screening diagnostic tests and procedures to identify a disease process
earlier - Answer-Early detection
What is a client - Answer-An active partner in nursing care
Define incidence - Answer-Frequency of a particular disease
What is the number of sick persons with a particular disease - Answer-Morbidity
What is mortality - Answer-Death rate or ratio
Study of how disease alters normal physiologic processes - Answer-Pathophysiology
What is prevalence - Answer-The number of causes of a disease
Prevention of the development of disease in a susceptible or potentially susceptible
population - Answer-Primary prevention
Early diagnosis in treatment to shorten duration and severity of an illness - Answer-
Secondary prevention
What is Sign - Answer-Objective manifestation of a disease; can be seen, heard,
measured or felt
Define symptom - Answer-Subjective manifestation of a disease of illness; what the
client relates in happening
Tertiary prevention is - Answer-Healthcare to limit the degree of disability or promote
rehabilitation in chronic, irreversible diseases
Consists of specially trained personnel who work together to help clients meet their
healthcare needs - Answer-Healthcare team
What is healthcare delivery system - Answer-Full range of services available to people
seeking prevention, identification, treatment or rehabilitation of health problems
The first resource person or agency that clients contact about a health need - Answer-
Primary Care
Referrals to facilities for additional testing such as cardiac catheterization - Answer-
Secondary care
More complex medical and surgical interventions, cancer care, rehab services etc -
Answer-Tertiary care
