NUR 155 Exam 1: Health/Illness/Wellness
(Ch. 17)
B. Chronic illnesses are considered incurable.
(Rationale: By definition, a chronic illness has no known cure, the person will
always have it to some degree.)
(A. Although acute illnesses may have severe symptoms, many chronic illnesses
also have severe symptoms.)
(C. Although signs and symptoms of chronic illnesses may never go completely
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away, they can get better and worse at different times.)
(D. Chronic illnesses can be treated, just not cured.) - -A client recently
diagnosed with a chronic illness asks for help in understanding the term chronic.
It would be correct for the nurse to say which of the following?
A. Symptoms are always less severe than with an acute illness.
B. Chronic illnesses are considered incurable.
C. Signs and symptoms of chronic illnesses tend to be stable for many years.
D. Chronic illnesses have no effective treatments.
Social Wellness - ✅✅-Seven components of wellness:
The ability to relate to and connect with other people in our world. Our ability to
establish and maintain positive relationships with family, friends and co-workers.
Emotional Wellness - ✅✅-Seven components of wellness:
The ability to understand ourselves and cope with the challenges life can bring.
The ability to acknowledge and share feelings of anger, fear, sadness or stress;
hope, love, joy and happiness in a productive manner.
Spiritual Wellness - ✅✅-Seven components of wellness:
, The ability to establish peace and harmony in our lives. The ability to develop
congruency between values and actions and to realize a common purpose that
binds creation together.
Environmental Wellness - ✅✅-Seven components of wellness:
The ability to recognize our own responsibility for the quality of the air, the water
and the land that surrounds us. The ability to make a positive impact on the
quality of our environment, be it our homes, our communities or our planet.
C. A client expresses frustration with her partner's substance abuse.
Rationale: Frustration is an example of an emotion. The client who chooses
healthy foods (option A) represents the physical component, taking parenting
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classes enhances the intellectual component (option B), and the bowling league
(option D) enhances both the physical and social components. - -Which
one of the following is an example of the emotional component of wellness?
A. The client chooses health foods.
B. A new father decides to take parenting classes.
C. A client expresses frustration with her partner's substance abuse.
D. A widow with no family decides to join a bowling league.
Occupational Wellness - ✅✅-Seven components of wellness:
The ability to get personal fulfillment from our jobs or our chosen career fields
while still maintaining balance in our lives. Our desire to contribute in our careers
to make a positive impact on the organizations we work in and to society as a
whole.
Intellectual Wellness - ✅✅-Seven components of wellness:
The ability to open our minds to new ideas and experiences that can be applied
to personal decisions, group interaction and community betterment. The desire to
learn new concepts, improve skills and seek challenges in pursuit of lifelong
learning.
(Ch. 17)
B. Chronic illnesses are considered incurable.
(Rationale: By definition, a chronic illness has no known cure, the person will
always have it to some degree.)
(A. Although acute illnesses may have severe symptoms, many chronic illnesses
also have severe symptoms.)
(C. Although signs and symptoms of chronic illnesses may never go completely
✅✅
away, they can get better and worse at different times.)
(D. Chronic illnesses can be treated, just not cured.) - -A client recently
diagnosed with a chronic illness asks for help in understanding the term chronic.
It would be correct for the nurse to say which of the following?
A. Symptoms are always less severe than with an acute illness.
B. Chronic illnesses are considered incurable.
C. Signs and symptoms of chronic illnesses tend to be stable for many years.
D. Chronic illnesses have no effective treatments.
Social Wellness - ✅✅-Seven components of wellness:
The ability to relate to and connect with other people in our world. Our ability to
establish and maintain positive relationships with family, friends and co-workers.
Emotional Wellness - ✅✅-Seven components of wellness:
The ability to understand ourselves and cope with the challenges life can bring.
The ability to acknowledge and share feelings of anger, fear, sadness or stress;
hope, love, joy and happiness in a productive manner.
Spiritual Wellness - ✅✅-Seven components of wellness:
, The ability to establish peace and harmony in our lives. The ability to develop
congruency between values and actions and to realize a common purpose that
binds creation together.
Environmental Wellness - ✅✅-Seven components of wellness:
The ability to recognize our own responsibility for the quality of the air, the water
and the land that surrounds us. The ability to make a positive impact on the
quality of our environment, be it our homes, our communities or our planet.
C. A client expresses frustration with her partner's substance abuse.
Rationale: Frustration is an example of an emotion. The client who chooses
healthy foods (option A) represents the physical component, taking parenting
✅✅
classes enhances the intellectual component (option B), and the bowling league
(option D) enhances both the physical and social components. - -Which
one of the following is an example of the emotional component of wellness?
A. The client chooses health foods.
B. A new father decides to take parenting classes.
C. A client expresses frustration with her partner's substance abuse.
D. A widow with no family decides to join a bowling league.
Occupational Wellness - ✅✅-Seven components of wellness:
The ability to get personal fulfillment from our jobs or our chosen career fields
while still maintaining balance in our lives. Our desire to contribute in our careers
to make a positive impact on the organizations we work in and to society as a
whole.
Intellectual Wellness - ✅✅-Seven components of wellness:
The ability to open our minds to new ideas and experiences that can be applied
to personal decisions, group interaction and community betterment. The desire to
learn new concepts, improve skills and seek challenges in pursuit of lifelong
learning.
