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NUR3138 Week 2 Exam Practice
Questions and Answers
Contrast older definitions of health (the absence of illness) with newer descriptions (multidimensional
concept). - Ans:✔✔-In the past most people viewed good health as the absence of disease. Now health
is regarded a multidimensional including spiritual, emotional, social, etc. and strives towards optimal
level of functioning
What do you see as the government's efforts to encourage health. Compare and contrast the differences
between Healthy People 2010 and 2020. What role does outcome measurement play in each? - Ans:✔✔-
Healthy People documents helped increase the focus on health promotion and disease prevention.
Healthy People 2010 emphasized the link btwn individual and community health and proposed that the
health of communities determined the overall health status of the nation. Healthy people 2020
promotes a society in which all people live long, healthy lives.
Define "health" and "wellness." - Ans:✔✔-Health is a state of being that people define in relation to their
own values, personality, and lifestyle. Each person has a personal concept of health.
Describe several risk factors and how their modification adds to health and wellness - Ans:✔✔-
sunbathing, smoking, poor diet, emotional and physical stress
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WHO definition of health - Ans:✔✔-State of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely
the absence of disease of infirmity
Pender, Murdaugh, Parsons definition of health - Ans:✔✔-actualization of inherent and acquired human
potential through goal-directed behavior, competent self-care, and satisfying relationships with others
while adjustments are made as needed to maintain structural integrity and harmony with the
environment
What are the four models presented? - Ans:✔✔-Health Belief Model (Rosenstoch's), Health Promotion
Model (Pender), Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, Holistic
What is the goal of Rosenstoch's Health Belief Model - Ans:✔✔-address the relationships between a
person's beliefs and behaviors. helps understands factors influencing pt's perceptions, beliefs, and
behavior to plan effective care
What are the three components in the Health Belief Model? - Ans:✔✔-1) Individual's perception of
susceptibility to an illness (pt. recognizes link for coronary artery disease in family- risk)
2) Individual's perception of the seriousness of the illness (pt. may not believe CV diseases is serious; can
be influenced by social groups/media)
3) Individual's perception of the benefits of and barriers to taking action (how likely a person will be to
take preventative action- lifestyle changes, therapy adherence)
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What was the HPM modeled designed to be? How does it define health, where is it directed? - Ans:✔✔-
1) complementary counterpart to models of health protection
2) positive, dynamic state, not merely the absence of disease
3) increasing a patent's level of well-being
What three areas does the health promotion model focus on - Ans:✔✔-1) individual characteristics and
experiences
2) behavior-specific knowledge and affect (can be modified through nursing action)
3) behavioral outcomes (goal: health promoting behaviors)
Maslow's Hierarchy of needs - Ans:✔✔-certain basic (universal) human needs must be met before other
needs
1) physiological (02, fluid, nutriton, temp. elimination, shelter, sex)
2) safety and security (physical and psychological)
third: love and belonging needs
4) self-esteem
5) self-acutalization- highest expression of one's individual potential and allows for continual discovery of
self
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NUR3138 Week 2 Exam Practice
Questions and Answers
Contrast older definitions of health (the absence of illness) with newer descriptions (multidimensional
concept). - Ans:✔✔-In the past most people viewed good health as the absence of disease. Now health
is regarded a multidimensional including spiritual, emotional, social, etc. and strives towards optimal
level of functioning
What do you see as the government's efforts to encourage health. Compare and contrast the differences
between Healthy People 2010 and 2020. What role does outcome measurement play in each? - Ans:✔✔-
Healthy People documents helped increase the focus on health promotion and disease prevention.
Healthy People 2010 emphasized the link btwn individual and community health and proposed that the
health of communities determined the overall health status of the nation. Healthy people 2020
promotes a society in which all people live long, healthy lives.
Define "health" and "wellness." - Ans:✔✔-Health is a state of being that people define in relation to their
own values, personality, and lifestyle. Each person has a personal concept of health.
Describe several risk factors and how their modification adds to health and wellness - Ans:✔✔-
sunbathing, smoking, poor diet, emotional and physical stress
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WHO definition of health - Ans:✔✔-State of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely
the absence of disease of infirmity
Pender, Murdaugh, Parsons definition of health - Ans:✔✔-actualization of inherent and acquired human
potential through goal-directed behavior, competent self-care, and satisfying relationships with others
while adjustments are made as needed to maintain structural integrity and harmony with the
environment
What are the four models presented? - Ans:✔✔-Health Belief Model (Rosenstoch's), Health Promotion
Model (Pender), Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, Holistic
What is the goal of Rosenstoch's Health Belief Model - Ans:✔✔-address the relationships between a
person's beliefs and behaviors. helps understands factors influencing pt's perceptions, beliefs, and
behavior to plan effective care
What are the three components in the Health Belief Model? - Ans:✔✔-1) Individual's perception of
susceptibility to an illness (pt. recognizes link for coronary artery disease in family- risk)
2) Individual's perception of the seriousness of the illness (pt. may not believe CV diseases is serious; can
be influenced by social groups/media)
3) Individual's perception of the benefits of and barriers to taking action (how likely a person will be to
take preventative action- lifestyle changes, therapy adherence)
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What was the HPM modeled designed to be? How does it define health, where is it directed? - Ans:✔✔-
1) complementary counterpart to models of health protection
2) positive, dynamic state, not merely the absence of disease
3) increasing a patent's level of well-being
What three areas does the health promotion model focus on - Ans:✔✔-1) individual characteristics and
experiences
2) behavior-specific knowledge and affect (can be modified through nursing action)
3) behavioral outcomes (goal: health promoting behaviors)
Maslow's Hierarchy of needs - Ans:✔✔-certain basic (universal) human needs must be met before other
needs
1) physiological (02, fluid, nutriton, temp. elimination, shelter, sex)
2) safety and security (physical and psychological)
third: love and belonging needs
4) self-esteem
5) self-acutalization- highest expression of one's individual potential and allows for continual discovery of
self
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