NURS 1385 Midterm UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Week 1 - CORRECT ANSWER -
At what age do children experience separation anxiety? - CORRECT ANSWER -occurs in children from age 6 to
30 months
What are the 3 stages of separation anxiety? - CORRECT ANSWER -Protest, Despair, Detachment/Denial
What are the different pain assessments scale used for children? - CORRECT ANSWER -- descriptive word scale
- FACES pain rating scale
- visual analog scale
- neonatal/infant pain scale
- PICIC (pain indicator for communicatively impaired children
- FLACC (face, legs, activity, crying, consolability)
What are some medications used for pain relief in children? - CORRECT ANSWER -- for mild to moderate pain:
acetaminophen, NSAIDS
- for moderate to severe: Opioids
- local anaesthetics
- topical anaesthetics
- patient controlled analgesia
- conscious sedation
What should you learn regarding the developmental history of a child? - CORRECT ANSWER -- family
relationships/support system
- cultural needs
- nicknames, rituals, routines
- developmental level and abilities
- personality, coping skills
- past experiences, divorce, new siblings
- previous separations (vacations, hospitalization)
- impact of current health issue on growth
What are chronic illnesses? - CORRECT ANSWER -Non-communicable health problems that persist over
extended periods of time
What are some chronic illnesses? - CORRECT ANSWER -- cardiovascular disease
- diabetes
- arthritis
- cancers
- chronic lung disease
- chronic neurological disorders
What percentage of Canadians over the age of 20 are living with at least one chronic condition? - CORRECT
ANSWER -50%
Which disease is responsible for the highest proportion of global deaths? - CORRECT ANSWER -cardiovascular
disease
What is morbidity? - CORRECT ANSWER -the rates of disease in a population
What is mortality? - CORRECT ANSWER -the rates of deaths in a population
Which group of people are most affected by chronic diseases? - CORRECT ANSWER -Canada's Indigenous
peoples
, What are the most common chronic conditions in Indigenous peoples? - CORRECT ANSWER -Asthma
Diabetes
Heart disease
High BP
What is the definition of health? - CORRECT ANSWER -a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-
being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
What are the determinants of health? - CORRECT ANSWER -the range of personal, social, economic, individual
and environmental factors that influence health status
What is a disease? - CORRECT ANSWER -is a condition that a practitioner views from a pathophysiological
model
What is an illness? - CORRECT ANSWER -is the human experience of symptoms and suffering (refers to how the
disease is perceived, lived with, and responded to by individuals and their families)
What is acute illness? - CORRECT ANSWER -Typically characterized by a sudden onset, with signs (objective)
and symptoms (subjective) related to the disease process itself
What is comorbidity? - CORRECT ANSWER -the co-occurrence of two or more chronic illnesses in a single
individual
What is multimorbidity? - CORRECT ANSWER -simultaneous occurrence of several chronic medical conditions
in the same person, may or may not be related to each other
What are some factors contributing to Chronic illness? - CORRECT ANSWER -- lifestyle
- genetics
- age
- environmental factors
What is a disability? - CORRECT ANSWER -disability is a term whose definition continues to be refined after
significant global debate (interaction b/w health conditions, personal factors and the environment)
What are models of disability? - CORRECT ANSWER -- medical (caused by disease, trauma, other health
conditions; requires treatment)
- social (socially created problems)
- bio-psycho-social (integration of medical and social)
What is an informal caregiver? - CORRECT ANSWER -anyone who provides care without pay and usually has
personal ties to the care recipient
What percentage of Canadians over the age of 65 years old are caregivers? - CORRECT ANSWER -25%
What factors that increase caregiver burden? - CORRECT ANSWER -- caregiver has a poorer sense of well-being
- physical demands of caregiving role
- lack of time for self-care and health promotion
- physiological sequelae of psychological distress
- increased risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease
what is self-management in terms of health? - CORRECT ANSWER -is the daily activities that individuals
undertake to keep the illness under control, minimize its impact on physical health status and functioning, and cope with
the psychosocial sequelae of the illness
What 4 tasks must be mastered in order to achieve successful self-management? - CORRECT ANSWER -1.
processing emotions
2. adjusting to changes to self and life
3. integrating illness into daily life
4. determining the meaning of illness to base decisions
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Week 1 - CORRECT ANSWER -
At what age do children experience separation anxiety? - CORRECT ANSWER -occurs in children from age 6 to
30 months
What are the 3 stages of separation anxiety? - CORRECT ANSWER -Protest, Despair, Detachment/Denial
What are the different pain assessments scale used for children? - CORRECT ANSWER -- descriptive word scale
- FACES pain rating scale
- visual analog scale
- neonatal/infant pain scale
- PICIC (pain indicator for communicatively impaired children
- FLACC (face, legs, activity, crying, consolability)
What are some medications used for pain relief in children? - CORRECT ANSWER -- for mild to moderate pain:
acetaminophen, NSAIDS
- for moderate to severe: Opioids
- local anaesthetics
- topical anaesthetics
- patient controlled analgesia
- conscious sedation
What should you learn regarding the developmental history of a child? - CORRECT ANSWER -- family
relationships/support system
- cultural needs
- nicknames, rituals, routines
- developmental level and abilities
- personality, coping skills
- past experiences, divorce, new siblings
- previous separations (vacations, hospitalization)
- impact of current health issue on growth
What are chronic illnesses? - CORRECT ANSWER -Non-communicable health problems that persist over
extended periods of time
What are some chronic illnesses? - CORRECT ANSWER -- cardiovascular disease
- diabetes
- arthritis
- cancers
- chronic lung disease
- chronic neurological disorders
What percentage of Canadians over the age of 20 are living with at least one chronic condition? - CORRECT
ANSWER -50%
Which disease is responsible for the highest proportion of global deaths? - CORRECT ANSWER -cardiovascular
disease
What is morbidity? - CORRECT ANSWER -the rates of disease in a population
What is mortality? - CORRECT ANSWER -the rates of deaths in a population
Which group of people are most affected by chronic diseases? - CORRECT ANSWER -Canada's Indigenous
peoples
, What are the most common chronic conditions in Indigenous peoples? - CORRECT ANSWER -Asthma
Diabetes
Heart disease
High BP
What is the definition of health? - CORRECT ANSWER -a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-
being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
What are the determinants of health? - CORRECT ANSWER -the range of personal, social, economic, individual
and environmental factors that influence health status
What is a disease? - CORRECT ANSWER -is a condition that a practitioner views from a pathophysiological
model
What is an illness? - CORRECT ANSWER -is the human experience of symptoms and suffering (refers to how the
disease is perceived, lived with, and responded to by individuals and their families)
What is acute illness? - CORRECT ANSWER -Typically characterized by a sudden onset, with signs (objective)
and symptoms (subjective) related to the disease process itself
What is comorbidity? - CORRECT ANSWER -the co-occurrence of two or more chronic illnesses in a single
individual
What is multimorbidity? - CORRECT ANSWER -simultaneous occurrence of several chronic medical conditions
in the same person, may or may not be related to each other
What are some factors contributing to Chronic illness? - CORRECT ANSWER -- lifestyle
- genetics
- age
- environmental factors
What is a disability? - CORRECT ANSWER -disability is a term whose definition continues to be refined after
significant global debate (interaction b/w health conditions, personal factors and the environment)
What are models of disability? - CORRECT ANSWER -- medical (caused by disease, trauma, other health
conditions; requires treatment)
- social (socially created problems)
- bio-psycho-social (integration of medical and social)
What is an informal caregiver? - CORRECT ANSWER -anyone who provides care without pay and usually has
personal ties to the care recipient
What percentage of Canadians over the age of 65 years old are caregivers? - CORRECT ANSWER -25%
What factors that increase caregiver burden? - CORRECT ANSWER -- caregiver has a poorer sense of well-being
- physical demands of caregiving role
- lack of time for self-care and health promotion
- physiological sequelae of psychological distress
- increased risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease
what is self-management in terms of health? - CORRECT ANSWER -is the daily activities that individuals
undertake to keep the illness under control, minimize its impact on physical health status and functioning, and cope with
the psychosocial sequelae of the illness
What 4 tasks must be mastered in order to achieve successful self-management? - CORRECT ANSWER -1.
processing emotions
2. adjusting to changes to self and life
3. integrating illness into daily life
4. determining the meaning of illness to base decisions
