NUR 245 Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
biomedical model the Western European/North American tradition that views health as the absence
of disease
complete database a complete health history and full physical examination
diagnostic reasoning the method of collecting and analyzing clinical information with the following
components:
1) attending to initially available cues
2) formulating diagnostic hypotheses
3) gathering data relative to the tentative hypotheses
4) evaluating each hypothesis with the new data colleceted
5) arriving at a final diagnosis
emergency database rapid collection of the database, often compiled concurrently with lifesaving
measures
enivronment the total of all the conditions and elements that make up the surroundings and
influence the development of a person
evidence-based practice a systematic approach emphasizing the best research evidence, the clinician's
experience, patient preferences and values, physical examination, and assessment
focused database used for a limited or short-term problem; concerns mainly one problem, one cue
complex, or one body system
follow-up database used in all settings to monitor progress of short-term or chronic health problems
holistic health the view that the mind, body, and spirit are interdependent and function as a
whole within the environment
nursing process method of collecting and analyzing clinical information with the following
components:
1) assessment
2) diagnosis
3) outcome identification
4) planning
5) implementation
6) evaluation
objective data what the health professional observes by inspecting, palpating, percussing, and
auscultating during the physical examination
prevention any action directed toward promoting health and preventing the occurrence of
disease
, subjective data what the person says about himself or herself during history taking
wellness a dynamic process and view of health; a move toward optimal functioning
acculturation process of social and psychological exchanges with encounters between persons
of different cultures, resulting in changes in either group
culture the nonphysical attributes of a person--the thoughts, communications, actions,
beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups
ethnicity a social group within the social system that claims to possess variable traits such
as a common geographic origin, migratory status, and religion
ethnocentrism tendency to view your own way of life as the most desirable, acceptable, or best
and to act superior to another culture's way of life
folk healer lay healer in the person's culture apart from the biomedical or scientific health
care system
health or illness the balance or imbalance of the person, both within one's being (physical, mental,
and/or spiritual) and in the outside world (natural, communal, and/or
metaphysical)
religion an organized systems of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the
universe, as well as attendance at regular services
socialization the process of being raised within a culture and acquiring the characteristics of
that group
spirituality a broad term focused on the connection to something larger than oneself, and a
belief in transcendence
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 a federal law that mandates that when people with limited English proficiency
(LEP) seek health care in health care settings such as hospitals, nursing homes,
clinics, daycare centers, and mental health centers, services cannot be denied to
them
values a desirable or undesirable state of affairs and a universal feature of all cultures
Ad hoc interpreter using a patient's family member, friend, or child as interpreter for a patient with
limited English proficiency (LEP)
animism imagining that inanimate objects (e.g., blood pressure cuff) come alive and have
human characteristics
biomedical model the Western European/North American tradition that views health as the absence
of disease
complete database a complete health history and full physical examination
diagnostic reasoning the method of collecting and analyzing clinical information with the following
components:
1) attending to initially available cues
2) formulating diagnostic hypotheses
3) gathering data relative to the tentative hypotheses
4) evaluating each hypothesis with the new data colleceted
5) arriving at a final diagnosis
emergency database rapid collection of the database, often compiled concurrently with lifesaving
measures
enivronment the total of all the conditions and elements that make up the surroundings and
influence the development of a person
evidence-based practice a systematic approach emphasizing the best research evidence, the clinician's
experience, patient preferences and values, physical examination, and assessment
focused database used for a limited or short-term problem; concerns mainly one problem, one cue
complex, or one body system
follow-up database used in all settings to monitor progress of short-term or chronic health problems
holistic health the view that the mind, body, and spirit are interdependent and function as a
whole within the environment
nursing process method of collecting and analyzing clinical information with the following
components:
1) assessment
2) diagnosis
3) outcome identification
4) planning
5) implementation
6) evaluation
objective data what the health professional observes by inspecting, palpating, percussing, and
auscultating during the physical examination
prevention any action directed toward promoting health and preventing the occurrence of
disease
, subjective data what the person says about himself or herself during history taking
wellness a dynamic process and view of health; a move toward optimal functioning
acculturation process of social and psychological exchanges with encounters between persons
of different cultures, resulting in changes in either group
culture the nonphysical attributes of a person--the thoughts, communications, actions,
beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups
ethnicity a social group within the social system that claims to possess variable traits such
as a common geographic origin, migratory status, and religion
ethnocentrism tendency to view your own way of life as the most desirable, acceptable, or best
and to act superior to another culture's way of life
folk healer lay healer in the person's culture apart from the biomedical or scientific health
care system
health or illness the balance or imbalance of the person, both within one's being (physical, mental,
and/or spiritual) and in the outside world (natural, communal, and/or
metaphysical)
religion an organized systems of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the
universe, as well as attendance at regular services
socialization the process of being raised within a culture and acquiring the characteristics of
that group
spirituality a broad term focused on the connection to something larger than oneself, and a
belief in transcendence
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 a federal law that mandates that when people with limited English proficiency
(LEP) seek health care in health care settings such as hospitals, nursing homes,
clinics, daycare centers, and mental health centers, services cannot be denied to
them
values a desirable or undesirable state of affairs and a universal feature of all cultures
Ad hoc interpreter using a patient's family member, friend, or child as interpreter for a patient with
limited English proficiency (LEP)
animism imagining that inanimate objects (e.g., blood pressure cuff) come alive and have
human characteristics
