NUR 304 Exam 1 questions with correct answers
Preventative Care Correct Answer-disease prevention
• Adult screenings for blood pressure, cholesterol, tobacco use, and
cancer
• Pediatric screenings for hearing, vision, autism, and developmental
disorders
• HIV screening for adults at higher risk
• Wellness visits
• Immunizations
• Diet counseling
• Mental health counseling and crisis prevention
• Community legislation (seat belts, car seats for children, bike helmets)
Primary Care Correct Answer-Health Promotion
focuses on improved health outcomes for an entire population
• Diagnosis and treatment of common illnesses
• Ongoing management of chronic health problems
• Prenatal care
• Well-baby care
• Family planning
• Patient-centered medical home
,Secondary Care Correct Answer-Acute Care (curing of disease)
provided by a specialist or agency upon referral by a primary health care
provider
• Urgent care; hospital emergency care
• Acute medical-surgical care: ambulatory care, outpatient surgery,
hospital
• Radiological procedures
Tertiary Care Correct Answer-reducing complications
• Highly specialized: intensive care, inpatient psychiatric facilities
• Specialty care (such as neurology, cardiology, rheumatology,
dermatology, oncology)
Restorative Care Correct Answer-• Rehabilitation programs (such as
cardiovascular, pulmonary, orthopedic)
• Sports medicine
• Spinal cord injury programs
• Home care
Continuing Care
• Long-term care: assisted living, nursing centers
,• Psychiatric and older-adult day care
• In restorative care settings, nurses know that success depends on their
effective and early partnering with patients and their families.
Holistic model of care Correct Answer-is used within integrated health
care systems and delivers a coordinated continuum of services that
supports patients with chronic conditions and improves the health of
specific populations.
Integrated Health Care Delivery Correct Answer-"a network of
organizations that provides or arranges to provide a coordinated
continuum of services to a defined population and is willing to be held
clinically and fiscally accountable for the outcomes and health status of
the population served" . IHCDs were developed with a primary focus on
improving health care quality and decreasing overall health care costs.
Occupational Health Correct Answer-The workplace is an important
setting for delivering comprehensive health-protection, health-promotion
and disease/accident-prevention programs.
Block and parish nursing Correct Answer-Nurses deliver health care
services to patients (e.g., older adults or those unable to leave their
homes) within their own religious communities. Provides services that
are unavailable in traditional health care system.
, Discharge planning Correct Answer-a coordinated, interprofessional
process that develops a plan for continuing care after a patient leaves a
health care agency
discharge planning with coordination of services must begin the moment
a patient is admitted to a hospital
• Determining the appropriate post-hospital destination for a patient.
• Identifying a patient's needs for a smooth and safe transition from the
acute care hospital/post-acute care agency to his or her discharge
destination
• Beginning the process of meeting a patient's needs while the patient is
still hospitalized, with approaches such as early mobility protocols,
health education, and new medication regimens.
Palliative Care Correct Answer-a holistic, patient- and family-centered
care approach with a goal of improving the quality of life of patients and
families who are experiencing problems related to life-threatening
illnesses.
Palliative care is delivered through the continuum of illness with a focus
on early identification and treatment of physical, psychosocial, and
spiritual problems; relief of pain and suffering; continuity of care; and
helping patients and families make informed decisions
Preventative Care Correct Answer-disease prevention
• Adult screenings for blood pressure, cholesterol, tobacco use, and
cancer
• Pediatric screenings for hearing, vision, autism, and developmental
disorders
• HIV screening for adults at higher risk
• Wellness visits
• Immunizations
• Diet counseling
• Mental health counseling and crisis prevention
• Community legislation (seat belts, car seats for children, bike helmets)
Primary Care Correct Answer-Health Promotion
focuses on improved health outcomes for an entire population
• Diagnosis and treatment of common illnesses
• Ongoing management of chronic health problems
• Prenatal care
• Well-baby care
• Family planning
• Patient-centered medical home
,Secondary Care Correct Answer-Acute Care (curing of disease)
provided by a specialist or agency upon referral by a primary health care
provider
• Urgent care; hospital emergency care
• Acute medical-surgical care: ambulatory care, outpatient surgery,
hospital
• Radiological procedures
Tertiary Care Correct Answer-reducing complications
• Highly specialized: intensive care, inpatient psychiatric facilities
• Specialty care (such as neurology, cardiology, rheumatology,
dermatology, oncology)
Restorative Care Correct Answer-• Rehabilitation programs (such as
cardiovascular, pulmonary, orthopedic)
• Sports medicine
• Spinal cord injury programs
• Home care
Continuing Care
• Long-term care: assisted living, nursing centers
,• Psychiatric and older-adult day care
• In restorative care settings, nurses know that success depends on their
effective and early partnering with patients and their families.
Holistic model of care Correct Answer-is used within integrated health
care systems and delivers a coordinated continuum of services that
supports patients with chronic conditions and improves the health of
specific populations.
Integrated Health Care Delivery Correct Answer-"a network of
organizations that provides or arranges to provide a coordinated
continuum of services to a defined population and is willing to be held
clinically and fiscally accountable for the outcomes and health status of
the population served" . IHCDs were developed with a primary focus on
improving health care quality and decreasing overall health care costs.
Occupational Health Correct Answer-The workplace is an important
setting for delivering comprehensive health-protection, health-promotion
and disease/accident-prevention programs.
Block and parish nursing Correct Answer-Nurses deliver health care
services to patients (e.g., older adults or those unable to leave their
homes) within their own religious communities. Provides services that
are unavailable in traditional health care system.
, Discharge planning Correct Answer-a coordinated, interprofessional
process that develops a plan for continuing care after a patient leaves a
health care agency
discharge planning with coordination of services must begin the moment
a patient is admitted to a hospital
• Determining the appropriate post-hospital destination for a patient.
• Identifying a patient's needs for a smooth and safe transition from the
acute care hospital/post-acute care agency to his or her discharge
destination
• Beginning the process of meeting a patient's needs while the patient is
still hospitalized, with approaches such as early mobility protocols,
health education, and new medication regimens.
Palliative Care Correct Answer-a holistic, patient- and family-centered
care approach with a goal of improving the quality of life of patients and
families who are experiencing problems related to life-threatening
illnesses.
Palliative care is delivered through the continuum of illness with a focus
on early identification and treatment of physical, psychosocial, and
spiritual problems; relief of pain and suffering; continuity of care; and
helping patients and families make informed decisions
