GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING (NUR 155 )
EXAM 2024/2025 WITH ACCURATE
SOLUTIONS
Acute illness - CORRECT ANSWER An illness typically characterized by an
abrupt onset and short duration.
Less than 6 months
Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System (BRFSS) - CORRECT ANSWER
Ann ongoing, state...
GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING (NUR 155 )
EXAM 2024/2025 WITH ACCURATE
SOLUTIONS
Acute illness - CORRECT ANSWER An illness typically characterized by an
abrupt onset and short duration.
Less than 6 months
Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System (BRFSS) - CORRECT ANSWER
Ann ongoing, state-based, random- digit- dialed telephone survey of
the noninstitutionalized U.S population over 18 years old.
The BEFSS collects data on health risk behaviors and preventive
health services related to leading causes of death.
Chronic illness - CORRECT ANSWER Any condition characterized by a loss
or abnormality of body function that requires on going care.
More than 6 months
Exacerbation - CORRECT ANSWER worsening of clinical manifestations
Genetic Vulnerability - CORRECT ANSWER The risk of Disease expression
based on genotype.
Health - CORRECT ANSWER A state of complete physical, mental, and
social well- being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Health Belief Model (HBM) - CORRECT ANSWER A model developed by
psychologist hochbaum, rosenstock, and kegels that explores the
relationship between patient attitudes and beliefs and how those
factors predict health behavior.
Health Promotion - CORRECT ANSWER Behavior motivated by the desire to
increase well-being and optimize health status
,Health Promotion Model (HMP) - CORRECT ANSWER A health model by
Pender that relies on the premise that a multidimensional interaction
exists between an individual and the environment in which health
promotion consists of a collection of behaviors directed at improving
the individual's well being
Health Protection - CORRECT ANSWER includes intentional behaviors
aimed at circumventing illness, detecting it early, and maintaining the
best possible level of mental and physiologic function within the
boundaries of illness
Healthy People 2030 - CORRECT ANSWER An initiative designed to track,
over 10 year increments, risk factors and personal behaviors related to
physical activity, access to health services, tobacco use, substance
use, responsible sexual behavior, mental health, immunizations, injury,
and violence prevention.
Holistic Health Models - CORRECT ANSWER Models based on the
philosophy that a synergistic relationship exists between the body and
the environment.
Humanistic - CORRECT ANSWER The promotion of human welfare
Illness - CORRECT ANSWER A state of health characterized by decreased
or impaired abilities to engage in physical or mental functioning that
was previously experienced
Maslow's Hierarchy of needs - CORRECT ANSWER A model of human needs
developed by Abraham Maslow, to understand the interrelationship
between the elements of basic requirements for survival and the
desires that drive personal growth and development
Opportunistic Infections - CORRECT ANSWER Harmless organism that
becomes pathogenic
,Preventive Action - CORRECT ANSWER A lifestyle change along with
information gathering about a health topic that leads to actual change
in behavior.
Primary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER the stage of an individual's health
when it is possible to keep disease from becoming established, either
by removing the potential causes or by increasing resistance.
Remission - CORRECT ANSWER A period of relief from symptoms during
chronic illness
Risk Factor Reduction - CORRECT ANSWER The step by step improvement
of individual health factors that, when combined, lower the likelihood
of developing a certain disease.
Secondary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER involves early detection and
diagnosis of health problems before the patient exhibits symptoms of
the disease in order to prevent complications
Self-Actualization - CORRECT ANSWER the highest level of optimal
functioning that involves the integration of cognition, consciousness,
and physiologic utility into a single entity
Self- Concept - CORRECT ANSWER the way in which individuals perceive
unchanging aspects of themselves, such as social character or
abilities, physical appearance, body image, and ways of thinking
Self- Efficacy - CORRECT ANSWER the belief in one's own ability to
preform a task
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) - CORRECT ANSWER identifiable
variables that affect health and wellness that are key components inn
guiding health promotion activities and preventive behaviors
Stages of illness model - CORRECT ANSWER A model that best describes
illness behavior and how individuals arrive at the coping mechanisms
necessary for the management of disease conditions.
, Tertiary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER Occurs when a condition or
illness is permanent and irreversible.
The aim of care is to reduce the number and impact of complications
and disabilities the individual experiences as a result of the disease
process or medical condition.
Wellness - CORRECT ANSWER active process of self- care through being
aware of and making choices toward a healthy life.
Active Range of Motion - CORRECT ANSWER Demonstration of full,
independent movement of each joint.
Aerobic Exercise - CORRECT ANSWER Physical activity that requires
increased work by the heart and lungs for oxygen metabolism to
produce energy
Anaerobic Exercise - CORRECT ANSWER Physical activity that does not
require oxygen metabolism
Atrophy - CORRECT ANSWER wasting away of muscles; a decrease in
muscle mass
Contracture - CORRECT ANSWER Permanent fixation of a joint
Dangling - CORRECT ANSWER Sitting up on the side of the bed prior to
standing
Disuse Osteoporosis - CORRECT ANSWER loss of bone mass due to lack of
activity
Equilibrium - CORRECT ANSWER A state of Balance
Flaccidity - CORRECT ANSWER lack of muscle tone
Footdrop - CORRECT ANSWER a common joint contracture that results in
permanent plantar flexion
Friction - CORRECT ANSWER Rubbing
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