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Nu 136 Exam 1 Questions With Verified Answers. Primary illness - answerDevelops without being caused by another health problem Secondary illness - answerResults from or is caused by a primary illness Stages of Illness - answerTransition, Acceptance, Convalescence Transition Stage - answerMay d...

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Nu 136 Exam 1 Questions With Verified
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Primary illness - answer✔✔Develops without being caused by another health problem

Secondary illness - answer✔✔Results from or is caused by a primary illness

Stages of Illness - answer✔✔Transition, Acceptance, Convalescence

Transition Stage - answer✔✔May deny feeling ill, but recognize symptoms of illness are present

Acceptance Stage - answer✔✔Acknowledge illness and take measures to become well

Convalescence Stage - answer✔✔Recovering after the illness and regaining health

Adaptation - answer✔✔The adjustment or changes in behavior, physiology, and structure

ie: Exercise and good nutrition when you develop diabetes

Maladaptation - answer✔✔Lack of adjustment

ie: "I know I have diabetes now so I'll just take an insulin pump instead of trying to exercise and
eat right"

Health Behavior - answer✔✔Any action taken that promotes good health, prevents disease, or
detects disease in early, asymptomatic stages
ie: watching nutrition, exercise, obtaining immunizations, having regular check ups

Illness Behavior - answer✔✔Ways in which people monitor their bodies, define and interpret
their symptoms, take remedial actions, and use the health care system.
ie: seeing the doctor and taking prescribed meds after sickness has occured

Holistic Approach - answer✔✔Considers biologic, psychological, sociologic, spiritual needs

Five areas of need (Maslow) - answer✔✔-Physiologic

-Safety and Security
-Love and Belonging

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-Self-esteem
-Self-actualization

Examples of stress-related diseases/disorders - answer✔✔Headaches, gastritis, asthma, lumbar
pain, ulcerative colitis, IBS, allergies, HTN, cancer, sexual dysfunction, Crohns,

General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) - answer✔✔Selye's concept of the body's adaptive
response to stress in three phases—alarm, resistance, exhaustion.

Alarm Stage - answer✔✔-The first stage of the general adaptation syndrome, in which the
person experiences a burst of energy that aids in dealing with the stressful situation.
-Hormonal release mobilizes body's defense mechanisms
-Temp increase, malaise, appetite loss

Resistance Stage - answer✔✔-The second stage of the general adaptation syndrome, when
there are intense physiological efforts to either resist or adapt to the stressor.
-If prolonged, responce becomes maladaptive and a pathologic condition can occur -> "stress
related disorder"

Exhaustion Stage - answer✔✔-The third stage of the GAS, characterized by weakened
resistance and possible deterioration.
-Critical Illness or death

Miller-Keane dictionary defines health as: - answer✔✔A relative state in which one is able to
function well physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually in order to express the full range of
one's unique potentialities within the environment in which one is living

Acute illness - answer✔✔Develops suddenly and resolves in a short time
ie: Flu, Appendicitis

Chronic Illness - answer✔✔-Develops slowly

-Can be controlled but not cured
-Long lasting
ie: Diabete, HTN

Terminal Illness - answer✔✔Illness for which there is no cure and ends in death

ie: Cancers

4 basic physiologic needs - answer✔✔Food

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