Health and wellness EXAM 1 questions
with correct answers
HEALTHY PEOPLE 2020 - correct answer ✔✔National 10 year health promotion for Americans, Assess
health risks, public priorities, preparedness and prevention
EVIDENCED- BASED PRACTICE - correct answer ✔✔problem solving approach that involves the use of
current best evidence, along with clinical expertise and client preferences and values in making decision
about client care
HEALTH - correct answer ✔✔A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity
HEALTH ASSESSMENT - correct answer ✔✔A systematic method of collecting data about a client for the
purpose of determining the client's current and ongoing health status, predicting risks to health, and
identifying health-promoting activities.
NURSING PROCESS - correct answer ✔✔1) Assessment - Collects information. 2) Nursing Diagnosis -
Describes health problems. 3) Planning - Setting priorities and goals. 4) Implementation - Carries out the
plan (goals). 5) Evaluation - Measures if the goals of the planning step were met.
Serves as the organizational framework for the practice of nursing. --- A systematic method by which
nurses plan & provide care for pts. --- Consists of 6 dynamic & interrelated phases: assessment,
diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, & evaluation.
CRITICAL THINKING - correct answer ✔✔Is rationally deciding what to believe or what to do. When one
rationally decides something, he or she evaluates information to see if it makes sense, whether it's
coherent, and whether the argument is well founded on evidence.
Set of skills for evaluating all claims in an open-minded and careful fashion
Making reasoned judgments about claims.
, ROLE OF THE PROFESSIONAL NURSE - correct answer ✔✔(1) Teacher (2) Caregiver (3)Advanced Practice
Roles: Researcher, Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Administrator, Educator
caregiver, advocate, educator, leader, manager, researcher.
ASSESSMENT - correct answer ✔✔An evaluation technique for technology that requires analyzing
benefits and risks, understanding the trade-offs, and then determining the best action to take in order to
ensure that the desired positive outcomes outweigh the negative consequences.
CLIENT RECORD - correct answer ✔✔A legal document used to plan care, to communicate information
between and among healthcare providers, and to monitor quality of care.
COMMUNICATION - correct answer ✔✔Effective communication may enable a peace officer to gain
cooperation and voluntarily compliance in stressfull situation.
FOCUSED INTERVIEW - correct answer ✔✔An interview that enables the nurse to clarify points, to
obtain missing information, and to follow up on verbal and nonverbal cues identified in the health
history
CONFIDENTIALITY - correct answer ✔✔the act of holding information in confidence, not to be released
to unauthorized individuals
FORMAL TEACHING - correct answer ✔✔occurs in response to an identified learning need of an
individual, group, or community.
HEALTH HISTORY - correct answer ✔✔Includes information about a patient's physical and developmental
status, emotional health, social practices and resources, goals, values, lifestyle, and expectations about
the health care system.
HOLISM - correct answer ✔✔A concept that considers the whole person; the whole person has physical,
social, psychological, and spiritual parts that are woven together and cannot be separated
INFORMAL TEACHING - correct answer ✔✔Occurs as a natural part of a client encounter, may provide
instructions, explain a question or procedure, or reduce anxiety. glossary