NURS C475 NURSING ALL FILES 4
FLASHCARDS AND HIGH-YIELD TOPICS 2026
◉ stages-of-illness behaviors. Answer: Stage 1: experiencing
symptoms
Stage 2: assuming the sick role
Stage 3: assuming a dependent role
Stage 4: achieving recovery and rehabilitation
◉ primary health promotion. Answer: directed towards
PROMOTING health and PREVENTING the development of disease
processes or injury; example: immunization clinic, family planning
services, accident prevention education
◉ secondary health promotion. Answer: focus on SCREENING for
early detection of disease with prompt diagnosis and treatment of
any found; example: assessing children for normal growth and
development and encourage regular medical, dental and vision
exams
◉ tertiary health promotion. Answer: after an illness is diagnosed
and treated;
,example: teaching a patient with diabetes how to recognize and
prevent complications, refer woman to support group after removal
of breast due to cancer
◉ maslow hierarchy of needs. Answer: provides a framework for
nursing assessment and for understanding the needs of patients at
all levels; many nursing interventions are aimed at meeting patients'
basic human needs
◉ Maslows level 1: physiologic needs. Answer: oxygen, food, water,
sex, rest, physical activity; physiologic needs are highest priority
◉ Maslows level 2: safety and security needs. Answer: both physical
and emotional components; being protected from potential or actual
harm
◉ Maslows level 3: love and belonging needs. Answer: often called
higher-level needs; understanding and acceptance of others in both
giving and receiving love; feeling of belonging; unmet needs produce
loneliness and isolation
◉ Maslows level 4: self-esteem needs. Answer: need for a person to
feel good about oneself, to feel pride and a sense of accomplishment,
and to believe that others also respect and appreciate those
accomplishments; positive self-esteem facilitates the person's
confidence and independence
, ◉ Maslows level 5: Self-Actualization. Answer: acceptance of self and
others as they are; each lower level must be met; focus of interest on
problems outside oneself; respect for all people; focus on strengths
and possibilities vs problems
◉ autonomy. Answer: respect rights of patients to make health care
decisions
◉ nonmaleficence. Answer: avoid causing harm
◉ beneficence. Answer: benefit the patient; balance benefits against
risks and harms
◉ nurse practice acts. Answer: each state has its own; protects
public with legal scope of nursing practice
◉ standards. Answer: used as guidelines for peer review (ANA)
◉ establishing an effective nurse-patient relationship. Answer: -
reduce anxiety through therapeutic communication, teaching, and
acceptance
-remember that the patient has concerns and needs other medical
ones
FLASHCARDS AND HIGH-YIELD TOPICS 2026
◉ stages-of-illness behaviors. Answer: Stage 1: experiencing
symptoms
Stage 2: assuming the sick role
Stage 3: assuming a dependent role
Stage 4: achieving recovery and rehabilitation
◉ primary health promotion. Answer: directed towards
PROMOTING health and PREVENTING the development of disease
processes or injury; example: immunization clinic, family planning
services, accident prevention education
◉ secondary health promotion. Answer: focus on SCREENING for
early detection of disease with prompt diagnosis and treatment of
any found; example: assessing children for normal growth and
development and encourage regular medical, dental and vision
exams
◉ tertiary health promotion. Answer: after an illness is diagnosed
and treated;
,example: teaching a patient with diabetes how to recognize and
prevent complications, refer woman to support group after removal
of breast due to cancer
◉ maslow hierarchy of needs. Answer: provides a framework for
nursing assessment and for understanding the needs of patients at
all levels; many nursing interventions are aimed at meeting patients'
basic human needs
◉ Maslows level 1: physiologic needs. Answer: oxygen, food, water,
sex, rest, physical activity; physiologic needs are highest priority
◉ Maslows level 2: safety and security needs. Answer: both physical
and emotional components; being protected from potential or actual
harm
◉ Maslows level 3: love and belonging needs. Answer: often called
higher-level needs; understanding and acceptance of others in both
giving and receiving love; feeling of belonging; unmet needs produce
loneliness and isolation
◉ Maslows level 4: self-esteem needs. Answer: need for a person to
feel good about oneself, to feel pride and a sense of accomplishment,
and to believe that others also respect and appreciate those
accomplishments; positive self-esteem facilitates the person's
confidence and independence
, ◉ Maslows level 5: Self-Actualization. Answer: acceptance of self and
others as they are; each lower level must be met; focus of interest on
problems outside oneself; respect for all people; focus on strengths
and possibilities vs problems
◉ autonomy. Answer: respect rights of patients to make health care
decisions
◉ nonmaleficence. Answer: avoid causing harm
◉ beneficence. Answer: benefit the patient; balance benefits against
risks and harms
◉ nurse practice acts. Answer: each state has its own; protects
public with legal scope of nursing practice
◉ standards. Answer: used as guidelines for peer review (ANA)
◉ establishing an effective nurse-patient relationship. Answer: -
reduce anxiety through therapeutic communication, teaching, and
acceptance
-remember that the patient has concerns and needs other medical
ones
