NURS 299 Exam 1 Study Guide Questions And
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Self-Efficacy ANS -Ones perception of our ability to have power over our lives and behaviors
Positive Self-efficacy is believing that ones personal behaviors can be changed and has control over
ones life.
Negative Self-efficacy is the feeling that one is powerless, with little control over circumstances
Modifying Nutrition Lifestyles ANS Modifying behaviors means changing lifestyles.
-health care professionals need to be concerned with their own diet as well as their clients.
Clients- individual cared for by health professional to maintain health
Patient- those who are Ill or recuperating from illness
Disease prevention/ Levels of prevention ANS Primary prevention- consists of activities to avert
the initial development of disease or poor health.
-Precedes disease/dysfunction
-Health promotion
Examples of Primary Prevention; Eating a variety of foods, Adopting a low-fat, high fiber eating
style, Immunizations
Secondary Prevention-
-Involves early detection to halt or reduce effects of disease or illness
-early detection can minimize negative effects, treatment in early stages
Example/application; Secondary prevention strategies are useful in reducing effects of chronic diet-
related diseases, Reducing sodium intake with hypertension.
Tertiary prevention-
-after disease,disorder develops
-the main purpose is to minimize the complications and assist in restoration of health.
Example/application; Continued medical care, Education on disorder for patient and family,diet
therapy, nutrition counseling.
, Healthy People 2020 Overarching goals ANS -Attain high-quality, longer lives free of
preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death
-Achieve healthy equity, eliminate disparities, and improve health of all groups
-Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all
-promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across al stages of life
Define Health ANS Textbook definition-Health is a quality of life involving social, emotional,
mental, spiritual, and biological fitness on the part of the individual, which results from adaptations
to the environment.
-Notes definition; A State of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning within a
developmental context.
Define Wellness ANS -Wellness is a lifestyle/pattern of behaviors that enhance the level of
health.
-Individuals engaged in wellness lifestyles feel a sense of competency and achievement in their
ability to modify their behaviors to increase or maintain positive levels of health.
Emotional Health ANS The capacity to easily express or suppress emotions appropriately
Health promotion ANS -consists of strategies used to raise the level of health for individuals,
families, groups, and communities.
-educate patients and community
3 parts
Knowledge- learning new info about the benefits or risks of health-related behaviors
Techniques- applying new knowledge to everyday life; developing ways to modify current life style
Community Supports- availability of environmental or regulatory measures to support new health
promoting behaviors within a social context.
Health Literacy ANS -the ability to acquire,comprehend, communicate, and apply basic health
information and services, such as nutrition,and apply them to ones own health decisions.
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