NURS 421: Exam #1 questions with correct answers
match the following terms with its appropriate example
1. health outcomes
2. health indicator
3. health disparity
4. social determinant of health
a. 32% poverty rate
b. 3.4% higher death rate in uninsured v insured
c. lung cancer
d. health care access Correct Answer-•Health outcomes: lung cancer
•Health indicator: 32% poverty rate
•Health disparity: 3.4 % higher death rate in uninsured v insured
•Social determinant of health: health care access
whats an example of a community-oriented/ focused nurse? Correct
Answer-correctional nurse
whats an example of a community-based nurse? Correct Answer-home
health nurse
Which of the following are social determinants of health SATA:
A. access to health foods
b. educational opportunities
,c. transportation
d. cancer
e. discrimination Correct Answer-a, b, c, e
Match the intervention to the level of prevention for DM
1. primary
2. secondary
3. tertiary
a. A1C
b. teach 15 by 15 rule for low BG
c. teaching healthy lifestyles Correct Answer-- primary: teaching healthy
lifestyles
-Secondary: A1C
-Tertiary: teach 15 by 15 rule for hypoglycemia
A 46 y/o goes to the primary clinic for an annual exam. The nurse takes
the pts BP twice & obtains the following results:
1000 BP 136/81
1020 BP 134/82
The nurse knows these BP would be considered
a.Low BP
b.Normal BP
c.Elevated BP
,d. High BP Correct Answer-d
a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity Correct Answer-health
(individual)
a community that is continually creating and improving those physical
and social environments and expanding those community resources
which enable people to mutually support each other in performing all the
functions of life and developing to their maximum potential. Correct
Answer-health (community)
health plus the capacity to develop a person's potential leading to a
fulfilling and productive life. Correct Answer-wellness
state of being relatively unhealthy. Correct Answer-illness
how ppl feel Correct Answer-subjective dimension on health continuum
how ppl fxn in their environment Correct Answer-objective dimension
on health continuum
characteristics of a health community
•Appropriate _________
•High standards of personal ______ in the community
, •Accessibility for all to _____ ____ facilities and providers
•______ Environment
•Positive ________ relationships among members
•Sound communication _________
•Promotion of health _______ Correct Answer-housing
hygiene
health care
safe
interpersonal
infrastructure
equity
Collection of people who interact with one another and whose common
interests or characteristics form the basis for a sense of unity or
belonging: Texans, Houstonians, Aggies (Geographic, Common-
Interest, Community of Solution) Correct Answer-community
all the people who inhabit a geographic area or have the one or more
personal or environmental characteristic. People don't necessarily
interact with one another or share a sense of belonging to the group. (Ex.
People born before 1965, Women between the ages of 18-24) Correct
Answer-population
"a mass or grouping of distinct individuals who are considered as a
whole or who are loosely associated with one another." Communities
and populations are types of this Correct Answer-aggregates
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