2025 Update) Health Assessment | Guide with
Questions and Verified Answers| 100%
Correct| Grade A – Fortis
Q: Patient-centered care
Answer:
providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and
values and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions
Understand and respect the pts own definition of health and responses to illness
Q: Illness on the family
Answer:
Daily life changes for the pt and family
Response to illness by family is individualized
Q: Care for family caregivers
Answer:
Engage in self-compassion—be kind to yourself
Practice gratitude
Do something for yourself daily
Ask for help
Find a support group
Seek professional help for yourself if needed
Check out available resources
Be realistic about expectations
,Q: Health equity
Answer:
Attainment of the highest level of health for all people
Q: Health disparity
Answer:
Particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or
environmental disadvantage
Influenced by race and ethnicity, poverty, sex at birth, age, mental health, educational level,
disabilities, sexual orientation, health insurance, and access to health care
Q: Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)
Answer:
Conditions in the environment in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age
that affect a wide range of health, functioning and quality of life outcomes and risks
-economic stability
-neighborhood and physical environment
-education
-food
-community and social context
-health care systems
The above can affect health outcomes such as:
-mortality
-morbidity
-life expectancy
-health care expenditures
-health status
-functional limitations
Q: Risk factors of Illness or Diseases
, Answer:
Basic human needs
Human dimensions
Self-concept
Risk factors for illness and injury: age, genetic factors, physiologic factors, health habits,
lifestyle, environment
Q: Modifiable risk factors
Answer:
Things a person can change
Q: Non-modifiable risk factors
Answer:
Things that cannot be changed
Q: Stages of the Change Model
Answer:
Pre-contemplation: no intention on changing behavior
Contemplation: aware problem exists but with no commitment to action
Preparation: Intent on taking action to address the problem
Action: active modification of behavior
Maintenance: sustained change new behavior replaces old
Relapse: fall back to old patterns of behavior
-Upward spiral/recycling stage: learn from each relapse
Q: Role of nurse in promoting health, preventing illness, and addressing disparities in health
care