Approved means certified by a state agency for having met minimum standards;
accredited means certified by the NLN for having met more complex standards.
Provisional and exemplified are not terms used in regard to nursing program
certification.
Patient care emphasis on wellness, rather than illness, begins as a result of:
- improved insurance payments.
- increased education concerning causes of illness.
- decentralized care centers.
- increased number of health care givers. - correct answer-increased education
concerning causes of illness.
, The acute awareness of preventive medicine has resulted in today's emphasis on
education about issues such as smoking, heart disease, drug and alcohol abuse,
weight control, and mental health and wellness promotion activities. This preventive
education has resulted in an emphasis on wellness, rather than illness. Improved
insurance payments, decentralized care centers, and increased numbers of health
care givers did not influence an emphasis on wellness.
What premise is Maslow's hierarchy of needs based on?
- All needs are equally important.
- Individuals prioritize needs the same way.
- Self-actualization is a primary need.
- Basic needs must be met before the next level of needs can be met. - correct
answer-Basic needs must be met before the next level of needs can be met.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs is based on the premise that basic needs must be met
first. It is not based on all needs being equally important or that individuals prioritize
needs the same way. Self-actualization is not a primary need according to Maslow.
What must the nurse realize when assessing physical and social environmental
factors affecting health and illness?
- They affect one another.
- They can be separated.
- They cause patients to react similarly.
- They cause illness. - correct answer-They affect one another
Physical and social factors affect each other, cannot be separated, and cause each
patient to react in a unique manner. They do not necessarily cause illness or cause
patients to react similarly, and they cannot be separated.
What is the wellness/illness continuum defined as?
- A concept that never changes
- A continuum influenced only by one's physical condition
- An idea that focuses strictly on an individual's social well-being
- The range of a person's total health - correct answer-The range of a person's total
health
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