NSG 300 Sherpath Questions and 100% Correct Answers
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NSG 300
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NSG 300
According to the WHO, what is the definition of health? Complete physical, mental, and social well-being
What is the contemplative state Patient considers changing their behavior
How would a patient in the precontemplation stage act? Patients may become defensive about their behaviors and refuse ...
NSG 300 Sherpath Questions and 100%
Correct Answers
According to the WHO, what is the definition of health? ✅Complete physical, mental,
and social well-being
What is the contemplative state ✅Patient considers changing their behavior
How would a patient in the precontemplation stage act? ✅Patients may become
defensive about their behaviors and refuse to change them
Which concept describes the nurse providing information to a group of healthy
adolescents about contraception and the risk of HIV? ✅Primary prevention
Which term describes people reacting in different ways because of attitudes and
behaviors? ✅Illness behavior
What is the difference between health belief and Illness behavior? ✅Illness behavior
(Action based) affects how people monitor their bodies, define and interpret their
symptoms, take remedial actions, and use health care resources. Health beliefs
(thought based) are a person's ideas, conviction, and attitudes about health and illness.
What is the name of the model that outlines the steps in behavior change?
✅Transtheoretical Model of Change
What is an active strategy of health promotion and what is an example? ✅Active
strategies of health promotion, require a person to be actively involves in the measure
taken to improve a condition and reduce the risk of disease.
Example: A weight reduction program for people who are overweight is an active
strategy
What is a passive strategy of health promotion and what is an example? ✅Passive
strategies of health promotion allow individuals to gain from activities of other without
acting themselves.
Examples: Interventions such as fortification of milk with Vitamin D, fluoridation of
municipal water, and production of cereals with Vitamin A.
In which stage of the Transtheoretical Model of Change would a patient display
defensive behavior when the nurse provides information about limiting alcohol use?
Why? ✅Precontemplation
, In the precontemplation stage, a patient is not interested in the information provided and
may exhibit defensive behaviors when the nurse tries to explain the benefits of a
behavioral change.
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What would a patient do in the preparation stage as part of the Transtheoretical Model
of Change? ✅In the preparation stage, the patient understands the advantages of
making the change and begins to make small changes; the patient does not become
defensive.
In which stage of the Transtheoretical Model of Change would a patient have mixed
feeling about quitting smoking? ✅Contemplation-
Which patient behavior indicates that a patient who smokes is in the preparation stage
of the Transtheoretical Model of Change? ✅Thinks the advantages of quitting smoking
outweigh the disadvantages
What are the 5 stages of the Transtheoretical Model?
List them ✅1. Pre Contemplation
2. Contemplation
3. Preparation
4. Action
5. Maintenance
According to the Transtheoretical Model of Change, during which stage of change
would the nurse help a patient integrate lifestyle changes? Explain ✅Maintenance
A patient in the maintenance stage integrates changes into lifestyle behaviors. Lifestyle
change is longterm vs active stage is beginning to implement changes
According to the Transtheoretical model what What would a patient do in the
maintenance stage vs active stage? ✅A patient in the maintenance stage integrates
changes in lifestyle behaviors while a person in the active stages actively engages in
making changes for 6 months and is committed to the changes.
The nurse is assessing the rectal temperature of a patient with an electronic
thermometer. Which patient would promote comfort? ✅Side Lying position with the
upper leg flexed to promote comfort.
When should a patient be placed in a high Fowler's position to improve ventilation?
✅In a patient with oxygen saturation of less than 90%
Which vital sign can be altered because of a decrease in sweat glad reactivity in older
adults? ✅Body Temperature
What will decreased vessel elasticity alter? ✅Systolic blood pressure
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