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Galen NUR 155 Exam 1 (Lab And Theory) – Qs And As
Galen NUR 155 Exam 1 (Lab And Theory) – Qs And As
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Galen NUR 155 Exam 1 (Lab And Theory) – Qs And AsDefine health ✔️Ans -presence or absence of disease
Define wellness ✔️Ans -overall state of well-being or total health
What are the 7 components of wellness? ✔️Ans -environmental
occupational
intellectual
spiritual
physical
emotional
social
Define environmental wellness ✔️Ans -ability to promote health
measures that improve standard of living and quality of life
define occupational wellness ✔️Ans -ability to achieve a balance
between work and leisure time
define intellectual wellness ✔️Ans -ability to learn and use info
effectively for personal, family and career development
define spiritual wellness ✔️Ans -the belief in some force that serves to
unite human beings and provide meaning and purpose to life
define physical wellness ✔️Ans -ability to carry out daily tasks, achieve
fitness, maintain adequate nutrition and proper body fat, avoid abusing
drugs and alcohol or using tobacco products and generally practicing
positive lifestyle habits
Define role performance model ✔️Ans -ability to fulfill societal roles
How does the health-illness model work? ✔️Ans -health and
illness/disease are opposite ends of a health continuum. Your everyday
decisions influence where you end up.
,examples of internal variables influencing health status, beliefs and
practices? ✔️Ans -biologic dimension, psychological dimension,
cognitive dimension
examples of external variables influencing health status, beliefs and
practices? ✔️Ans -physical environment, standards of living, family and
cultural beliefs, and social support network
define disease ✔️Ans -a systematic problem and usually shows evidence
define illness ✔️Ans -a personal state or feeling
define acute illness ✔️Ans -comes and goes quickly
define chronic illness ✔️Ans -lasts greater than 6 months. includes
remission and exacerbation
What are the 5 stages of illness? ✔️Ans -1. symptoms
2. sick role
3. seeking care
4. dependent patient role
5. recovery
illness impacts who? ✔️Ans -the patient and family
define holism ✔️Ans -view individual as a whole
define homeostasis ✔️Ans -maintain equilibrium or balance
What is the highest priority according to maslow's? ✔️Ans -
physiological needs
What are the 3 levels of prevention? ✔️Ans -primary, secondary, tertiary
Define primary prevention ✔️Ans -education to prevent a problem from
happening
Define secondary prevention ✔️Ans -early identification and early
intervention to detect issues
, Define tertiary prevention ✔️Ans -occurs after the illness has appeared
to prevent complications
define medical asepsis ✔️Ans -clean technique
confining microorganisms
define surgical asepsis ✔️Ans -sterile technique
destroys all microorganisms
what are the 6 types of infection? ✔️Ans -local, systemic, bacteremia,
septicemia, acute and chronic
define local infection ✔️Ans -pathogens are limited to a small area of the
body
swelling, redness, etc.
List the 5 levels of Maslow's Hiearchy of needs: From lowest to highest
✔️Ans -1. physiological needs
2. safety and security needs
3. love and belonging needs
4. self-esteem needs
5. self-actualization needs
Define systemic infection ✔️Ans -an infection throughout the body
Define bacteremia ✔️Ans -presence of bacteria in the blood
define septicemia ✔️Ans -blood poisoning
define a nosocomial infection ✔️Ans -hospital acquired infection
what are the 6 chains of infection? ✔️Ans -etiologic agent, reservoir,
portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry and susceptible host
define etiologic agent ✔️Ans -how a microorganism gets in
define reservoir ✔️Ans -where microorganisms live; carrier
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