BRIGHTSTARS EXAM STUDY SOLUTIONS 8/15/2024 2:05 PM
NR 222-Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Definitions of Health - answer✔✔-A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
and the merely absence of disease.
-Both individual and societal.
-State of being that people define in relation to their own values, personality, and lifestyle.
-Individuals responsibility but it also requires collection action to ensure a society and an
environment in which people can act responsibly to support health.
Health Promotion - answer✔✔-Helps individuals maintain or enhance their present health.
-Motivates people to engage in healthy activities such as routine exercise & good nutrition to
reach more stable levels of health.
-The model details individual characteristics & experiences, behavior-specific cognitions, &
affect, as well as behavior outcomes.
-End result is a commitment to a plan of action or promoting health behaviors.
Hx of Health - answer✔✔-Before 1940=absence of disease.
-Infectious diseases were prominent.
-Physician: independent primary practitioner.
-Government: start public health/welfare.
-1940s-1950s=ability to fulfill roles.
-Physicals for fitness.
-Physicians linked to hospital services.
-Increased federal role: hospital expansion, federal programs.
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-1960s-present=adaptation & reaction to environment.
-Disease prevention/health promotion.
-Emphasis on individual responsibility/lifestyle choices.
-Growing number/diversity of primary providers.
-Government: control costs.
-Quality of life seen as component of health
Illness - answer✔✔-A state in which a person's physical, emotional, intellectual, social,
developmental, or spiritual functioning is diminished or impaired.
-Person can feel ill in the presence or absence of disease.
-Composed of the subjective experience of individual & physical manifestation of disease.
Disease - answer✔✔-Failure of a persons adaptive mechanisms.
-Results in functional or structural disturbances.
External Variables - answer✔✔-Family practices.
-Socioeconomic factors.
-Cultural background.
Internal Variables - answer✔✔-Developmental stage.
-Intellectual background.
-Perception of functioning.
-Emotional factors.
-Spiritual factors.
Models of Health - answer✔✔-Clinical: absence of disease; prevention not emphasized. Only
seek help when needed.
-Role performance: health based on whether person can perform societal roles.
-Adaptive: ability to adapt positively to change.
-Eudaimonistic: exuberant well-being; interaction and interrelationships in multiple aspects of
life. Mind-body connection. Typically uses holistic measures.
Health Belief Model - answer✔✔-Addresses the relationship between a person's beliefs and
behaviors.
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-3 components:
1.) individuals perception of susceptibility to an illness.
2.) individuals perception of the seriousness of the illness.
3.) likelihood that a person will take preventive action.
Health Promotion Model - answer✔✔-Promotes healthy living.
-Focuses on:
1.) individual characteristics & experiences.
2.) behavior-specific cognitions & affect.
3.) behavior outcomes.
-end result: commitment to a plan of action or health promoting behaviors.
-Adapts as an individual develops over a lifetime.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - answer✔✔-Used to understand the interrelationships of basic
human needs.
-Considers individual experiences which are always unique to that individual.
-Categories:
1.) Physiological: breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, homeostasis, excretion.
2.) Safety/security: security of body. employment, resources, morality, family, health, property.
3.) Love belonging: friendship, family, sexual intimacy.
4.) Esteem: self-esteem, confidence, achievement, respect of others, respect by others.
5.) Self-actualization: morality, creativity, spontaneity, problem solving, lack of prejudice,
acceptance of facts.
6.) Self-transcendence: higher level of self-actualization; offering yourself to the service of
others or selflessly dedicating yourself to a greater cause..
Holistic Health Model - answer✔✔-Promotes a patients optimal level of health by considering
dynamic interactions among the emotional, spiritual, social, cultural, & physical aspects of an
individuals wellness.
-Holistic interventions: meditation, music therapy, reminiscence, relaxation therapy, therapeutic
touch, & guided imagery.
HP 2020 Overarching Goals - answer✔✔1.) Attain high quality, longer lives free of preventable
disease, disability, injury, & premature death.
