HONDROS NUR 163 FINAL PAPER 1 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Wellness. Answer: A way of life oriented toward optimal health
and well-being.
◉ Nourishment. Answer: Life and wellness require nourishment.
Nourishment comes in the form of food, exercise, sleep,
relationships, meaningful work, the environment, and memories.
◉ A person with an illness rarely describes the illness in terms of
their diagnosis. Instead, they describe the illness as:. Answer: The
way it makes them feel. (Pain, sadness, loss, fatigue, overwhelmed)
◉ Normalcy. Answer: One aspect of persevering in illness and life
disruption is maintaining as much normalcy as possible. Normalcy
helps clients cope with illness.
◉ People who are suffering experience:. Answer: Loneliness. Part of
aloneness can be related to the actual physical separation, part of it
from a sense of the world going on without them, and part of it from
a sense of no one really being in their world.
,◉ What factors can influence a person's response to disruptions?.
Answer: Age
Family patterns
Culture
Hardiness
Support
Access to healthcare resources
The stage and nature of the illness and the intensity, duration, and
multiplicity of the disruption.
◉ What is a large and growing healthcare concern, especially among
older adults?. Answer: Chronic illness
◉ Name the top three risks for functional decline.. Answer: 1.
Cognitive impairment
2. Depression
3. Disease burden
◉ What are some ways we can ease patients' disruptions as a result
of admission, transfers, and discharge from a healthcare setting?.
Answer: Discharge planning, communication, coordination, and
teaching.
,◉ How does the World Health Organization define health?. Answer:
>The World Health Organization (WHO) initially defined health as "a
state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (WHO, 1948).
>In 1986 WHO redefined health as "a resource for everyday life, not
the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing
social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities".
◉ How does Traditional Chinese medicine define health?. Answer: A
balance between yin and yang.
◉ How does Ayurveda describe health?. Answer: Describes health as
the trinity of body, mind, and spiritual awareness.
◉ How did Florence Nightingale (1859) define health?. Answer: She
believed that health was the prevention of disease through the use of
fresh air, pure water, efficient drainage, cleanliness, and light.
◉ How did nursing theorist Jean Watson (1979) describe health?.
Answer: She believed that health implies at least three elements: (1)
a high level of overall physical, mental, and social functioning; (2) a
general adaptive-maintenance level of daily functioning; and (3) the
absence of illness (or the presence of efforts that lead to its
absence).
, ◉ Explain how full-spectrum nurses define health and illness..
Answer: Nurses understand health and illness as individual
experiences, emerging from each patient's unique responses.
◉ Identify factors that disrupt health.. Answer: Factors that disrupt
health include physical disease, injury, mental illness, pain, loss,
impending death, competing demands, the unknown, imbalance, and
isolation.
◉ Define hardiness.. Answer: Hardiness has been described as
developing a very strong positive force to live—and enjoying the
fight. It also involves willingness to draw on resources from within
oneself or from others to break out of old patterns of living when life
situations change. Hardy people seek information and take initiative
in dealing with life situations. They have an "I can deal with this"
attitude.
◉ Explain how you can promote patient trust during admissions,
transfers, and discharges.. Answer: Patient trust can be promoted by
supporting patients through transitions such as admission, transfer,
and discharge from the institution—in helping them adjust to the
new environment. Trust is built on the relationship you begin
building with your first patient contact. You need to have plans in
place and have supplies and equipment already prepared for each of
these transitions. Patient and family teaching are essential. Greet the
client and introduce yourself; keep the patient informed about what
to expect and what is expected of him or her. Establish a relationship
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Wellness. Answer: A way of life oriented toward optimal health
and well-being.
◉ Nourishment. Answer: Life and wellness require nourishment.
Nourishment comes in the form of food, exercise, sleep,
relationships, meaningful work, the environment, and memories.
◉ A person with an illness rarely describes the illness in terms of
their diagnosis. Instead, they describe the illness as:. Answer: The
way it makes them feel. (Pain, sadness, loss, fatigue, overwhelmed)
◉ Normalcy. Answer: One aspect of persevering in illness and life
disruption is maintaining as much normalcy as possible. Normalcy
helps clients cope with illness.
◉ People who are suffering experience:. Answer: Loneliness. Part of
aloneness can be related to the actual physical separation, part of it
from a sense of the world going on without them, and part of it from
a sense of no one really being in their world.
,◉ What factors can influence a person's response to disruptions?.
Answer: Age
Family patterns
Culture
Hardiness
Support
Access to healthcare resources
The stage and nature of the illness and the intensity, duration, and
multiplicity of the disruption.
◉ What is a large and growing healthcare concern, especially among
older adults?. Answer: Chronic illness
◉ Name the top three risks for functional decline.. Answer: 1.
Cognitive impairment
2. Depression
3. Disease burden
◉ What are some ways we can ease patients' disruptions as a result
of admission, transfers, and discharge from a healthcare setting?.
Answer: Discharge planning, communication, coordination, and
teaching.
,◉ How does the World Health Organization define health?. Answer:
>The World Health Organization (WHO) initially defined health as "a
state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (WHO, 1948).
>In 1986 WHO redefined health as "a resource for everyday life, not
the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing
social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities".
◉ How does Traditional Chinese medicine define health?. Answer: A
balance between yin and yang.
◉ How does Ayurveda describe health?. Answer: Describes health as
the trinity of body, mind, and spiritual awareness.
◉ How did Florence Nightingale (1859) define health?. Answer: She
believed that health was the prevention of disease through the use of
fresh air, pure water, efficient drainage, cleanliness, and light.
◉ How did nursing theorist Jean Watson (1979) describe health?.
Answer: She believed that health implies at least three elements: (1)
a high level of overall physical, mental, and social functioning; (2) a
general adaptive-maintenance level of daily functioning; and (3) the
absence of illness (or the presence of efforts that lead to its
absence).
, ◉ Explain how full-spectrum nurses define health and illness..
Answer: Nurses understand health and illness as individual
experiences, emerging from each patient's unique responses.
◉ Identify factors that disrupt health.. Answer: Factors that disrupt
health include physical disease, injury, mental illness, pain, loss,
impending death, competing demands, the unknown, imbalance, and
isolation.
◉ Define hardiness.. Answer: Hardiness has been described as
developing a very strong positive force to live—and enjoying the
fight. It also involves willingness to draw on resources from within
oneself or from others to break out of old patterns of living when life
situations change. Hardy people seek information and take initiative
in dealing with life situations. They have an "I can deal with this"
attitude.
◉ Explain how you can promote patient trust during admissions,
transfers, and discharges.. Answer: Patient trust can be promoted by
supporting patients through transitions such as admission, transfer,
and discharge from the institution—in helping them adjust to the
new environment. Trust is built on the relationship you begin
building with your first patient contact. You need to have plans in
place and have supplies and equipment already prepared for each of
these transitions. Patient and family teaching are essential. Greet the
client and introduce yourself; keep the patient informed about what
to expect and what is expected of him or her. Establish a relationship
