HA FINAL EXAM REVIEW
Primary Health Promotion - Answer -Preventing disease from developing through
promoting healthy lifestyle. Protection to prevent occurrence of disease. (ex:
Immunizations, nutrition, exercise).
Secondary Health Promotion - Answer -Screening efforts to promote early detection of
disease. Early identification of disease (before it becomes symptomatic). (ex: Screening
examinations and self-examination practices (e.g., colorectal screening, mammography,
blood pressure screening).
Tertiary Health Promotion - Answer -Minimizing disability from acute or chronic illness
or injury and allowing for the most productive life within limitations. (ex: Rehabilitation,
disease management programs)
Symptom - Answer -What the patient feels/communicates (subjective).
Sign - Answer -Clinical findings (objective) collected during physical examination.
Clinical Manifestations - Answer -Signs and/or symptoms collected utilizing inspection,
palpation, percussion, and auscultation.
Comprehensive Health Assessment - Answer -A thorough evaluation that gathers
extensive information about the patient's health.
Problem-based Health Assessment - Answer -Focused assessment that addresses a
specific health issue.
Episodic Assessment - Answer -Assessment conducted for a specific episode of care.
Shift Assessment - Answer -Assessment performed at the beginning of a shift to gather
current patient information.
Screening Assessment - Answer -Assessment aimed at identifying potential health
issues in asymptomatic individuals.
Documentation of Data - Answer -Improves plan of care and serves as a legal
document of patient's health status.
Open-ended Questions - Answer -Questions that encourage a free-flowing, open
response from the patient.
Directive Questions - Answer -Questions that lead the patient to focus on one set of
thoughts (also called 'closed-ended questions').
Introduction Phase of Interview - Answer -Prepare the patient for what to expect.
, Discussion Phase of Interview - Answer -Facilitate, collect, and record health history
and data, keeping it patient-centered.
Summary Phase of Interview - Answer -Data collected is the foundation for
personalized and effective health care, providing closure.
Standard Precautions - Answer -Includes hand hygiene, use of personal protective
equipment, and proper handling of patient care equipment.
Environmental Control - Answer -The process of decontaminating the patient care
environment through routine cleaning and disinfection.
Contact Precautions - Answer -Precautions for known or suspected infection with
increased risk for contact transmission (e.g., Clostridium difficile, E. coli).
Droplet Precautions - Answer -Precautions for known or suspected infection with
pathogens transmitted by respiratory droplets (e.g., common cold, influenza).
Airborne precautions - Answer -Known or suspected infection with pathogens
transmitted by the airborne route.
Inspection - Answer -Data obtained by a visual examination of the body, including body
movement and posture, as well as that obtained by smell.
Palpation - Answer -Involves using the hands to feel texture, size, shape, consistency,
pulsation, and location of certain parts of the patient's body.
Percussion - Answer -Performed to evaluate the size, borders, and consistency of
internal organs; detect tenderness; and determine the extent of fluid in a body cavity.
Direct percussion - Answer -Involves striking a finger or hand directly against the
patient's body.
Auscultation - Answer -Involves listening to sounds within the body, usually facilitated
by a stethoscope.
Systolic Blood Pressure - Answer -Maximum pressure exerted on the arteries when the
ventricles contract and eject blood; the top number in a BP reading (e.g., 120/80
mmHg).
Diastolic Blood Pressure - Answer -Minimum pressure in the arteries when the
ventricles relax; the bottom number in a BP reading.
Pulse Pressure - Answer -The difference between systolic and diastolic pressures;
normal range: 30-40 mmHg.
Primary Health Promotion - Answer -Preventing disease from developing through
promoting healthy lifestyle. Protection to prevent occurrence of disease. (ex:
Immunizations, nutrition, exercise).
Secondary Health Promotion - Answer -Screening efforts to promote early detection of
disease. Early identification of disease (before it becomes symptomatic). (ex: Screening
examinations and self-examination practices (e.g., colorectal screening, mammography,
blood pressure screening).
Tertiary Health Promotion - Answer -Minimizing disability from acute or chronic illness
or injury and allowing for the most productive life within limitations. (ex: Rehabilitation,
disease management programs)
Symptom - Answer -What the patient feels/communicates (subjective).
Sign - Answer -Clinical findings (objective) collected during physical examination.
Clinical Manifestations - Answer -Signs and/or symptoms collected utilizing inspection,
palpation, percussion, and auscultation.
Comprehensive Health Assessment - Answer -A thorough evaluation that gathers
extensive information about the patient's health.
Problem-based Health Assessment - Answer -Focused assessment that addresses a
specific health issue.
Episodic Assessment - Answer -Assessment conducted for a specific episode of care.
Shift Assessment - Answer -Assessment performed at the beginning of a shift to gather
current patient information.
Screening Assessment - Answer -Assessment aimed at identifying potential health
issues in asymptomatic individuals.
Documentation of Data - Answer -Improves plan of care and serves as a legal
document of patient's health status.
Open-ended Questions - Answer -Questions that encourage a free-flowing, open
response from the patient.
Directive Questions - Answer -Questions that lead the patient to focus on one set of
thoughts (also called 'closed-ended questions').
Introduction Phase of Interview - Answer -Prepare the patient for what to expect.
, Discussion Phase of Interview - Answer -Facilitate, collect, and record health history
and data, keeping it patient-centered.
Summary Phase of Interview - Answer -Data collected is the foundation for
personalized and effective health care, providing closure.
Standard Precautions - Answer -Includes hand hygiene, use of personal protective
equipment, and proper handling of patient care equipment.
Environmental Control - Answer -The process of decontaminating the patient care
environment through routine cleaning and disinfection.
Contact Precautions - Answer -Precautions for known or suspected infection with
increased risk for contact transmission (e.g., Clostridium difficile, E. coli).
Droplet Precautions - Answer -Precautions for known or suspected infection with
pathogens transmitted by respiratory droplets (e.g., common cold, influenza).
Airborne precautions - Answer -Known or suspected infection with pathogens
transmitted by the airborne route.
Inspection - Answer -Data obtained by a visual examination of the body, including body
movement and posture, as well as that obtained by smell.
Palpation - Answer -Involves using the hands to feel texture, size, shape, consistency,
pulsation, and location of certain parts of the patient's body.
Percussion - Answer -Performed to evaluate the size, borders, and consistency of
internal organs; detect tenderness; and determine the extent of fluid in a body cavity.
Direct percussion - Answer -Involves striking a finger or hand directly against the
patient's body.
Auscultation - Answer -Involves listening to sounds within the body, usually facilitated
by a stethoscope.
Systolic Blood Pressure - Answer -Maximum pressure exerted on the arteries when the
ventricles contract and eject blood; the top number in a BP reading (e.g., 120/80
mmHg).
Diastolic Blood Pressure - Answer -Minimum pressure in the arteries when the
ventricles relax; the bottom number in a BP reading.
Pulse Pressure - Answer -The difference between systolic and diastolic pressures;
normal range: 30-40 mmHg.
