NU 136 GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING
EXAM 5 ACTUAL TEST PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Secondary illness. Answer: Results from or is caused by a primary
illness
⩥ Stages of Illness. Answer: Transition, Acceptance, Convalescence
⩥ Transition Stage. Answer: May deny feeling ill, but recognize
symptoms of illness are present
⩥ Acceptance Stage. Answer: Acknowledge illness and take measures to
become well
⩥ Convalescence Stage. Answer: Recovering after the illness and
regaining health
⩥ Adaptation. Answer: The adjustment or changes in behavior,
physiology, and structure
ie: Exercise and good nutrition when you develop diabetes
⩥ Maladaptation. Answer: Lack of adjustment
,ie: "I know I have diabetes now so I'll just take an insulin pump instead
of trying to exercise and eat right"
⩥ Health Behavior. Answer: Any action taken that promotes good
health, prevents disease, or detects disease in early, asymptomatic stages
ie: watching nutrition, exercise, obtaining immunizations, having regular
check ups
⩥ Illness Behavior. Answer: Ways in which people monitor their bodies,
define and interpret their symptoms, take remedial actions, and use the
health care system.
ie: seeing the doctor and taking prescribed meds after sickness has
occured
⩥ Holistic Approach. Answer: Considers biologic, psychological,
sociologic, spiritual needs
⩥ Five areas of need (Maslow). Answer: -Physiologic
-Safety and Security
-Love and Belonging
-Self-esteem
-Self-actualization
, ⩥ Examples of stress-related diseases/disorders. Answer: Headaches,
gastritis, asthma, lumbar pain, ulcerative colitis, IBS, allergies, HTN,
cancer, sexual dysfunction, Crohns,
⩥ General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS). Answer: Selye's concept of the
body's adaptive response to stress in three phases—alarm, resistance,
exhaustion.
⩥ Alarm Stage. Answer: -The first stage of the general adaptation
syndrome, in which the person experiences a burst of energy that aids in
dealing with the stressful situation.
-Hormonal release mobilizes body's defense mechanisms
-Temp increase, malaise, appetite loss
⩥ Resistance Stage. Answer: -The second stage of the general adaptation
syndrome, when there are intense physiological efforts to either resist or
adapt to the stressor.
-If prolonged, responce becomes maladaptive and a pathologic condition
can occur -> "stress related disorder"
⩥ Exhaustion Stage. Answer: -The third stage of the GAS, characterized
by weakened resistance and possible deterioration.
-Critical Illness or death
EXAM 5 ACTUAL TEST PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Secondary illness. Answer: Results from or is caused by a primary
illness
⩥ Stages of Illness. Answer: Transition, Acceptance, Convalescence
⩥ Transition Stage. Answer: May deny feeling ill, but recognize
symptoms of illness are present
⩥ Acceptance Stage. Answer: Acknowledge illness and take measures to
become well
⩥ Convalescence Stage. Answer: Recovering after the illness and
regaining health
⩥ Adaptation. Answer: The adjustment or changes in behavior,
physiology, and structure
ie: Exercise and good nutrition when you develop diabetes
⩥ Maladaptation. Answer: Lack of adjustment
,ie: "I know I have diabetes now so I'll just take an insulin pump instead
of trying to exercise and eat right"
⩥ Health Behavior. Answer: Any action taken that promotes good
health, prevents disease, or detects disease in early, asymptomatic stages
ie: watching nutrition, exercise, obtaining immunizations, having regular
check ups
⩥ Illness Behavior. Answer: Ways in which people monitor their bodies,
define and interpret their symptoms, take remedial actions, and use the
health care system.
ie: seeing the doctor and taking prescribed meds after sickness has
occured
⩥ Holistic Approach. Answer: Considers biologic, psychological,
sociologic, spiritual needs
⩥ Five areas of need (Maslow). Answer: -Physiologic
-Safety and Security
-Love and Belonging
-Self-esteem
-Self-actualization
, ⩥ Examples of stress-related diseases/disorders. Answer: Headaches,
gastritis, asthma, lumbar pain, ulcerative colitis, IBS, allergies, HTN,
cancer, sexual dysfunction, Crohns,
⩥ General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS). Answer: Selye's concept of the
body's adaptive response to stress in three phases—alarm, resistance,
exhaustion.
⩥ Alarm Stage. Answer: -The first stage of the general adaptation
syndrome, in which the person experiences a burst of energy that aids in
dealing with the stressful situation.
-Hormonal release mobilizes body's defense mechanisms
-Temp increase, malaise, appetite loss
⩥ Resistance Stage. Answer: -The second stage of the general adaptation
syndrome, when there are intense physiological efforts to either resist or
adapt to the stressor.
-If prolonged, responce becomes maladaptive and a pathologic condition
can occur -> "stress related disorder"
⩥ Exhaustion Stage. Answer: -The third stage of the GAS, characterized
by weakened resistance and possible deterioration.
-Critical Illness or death
