NUR 304 Exam 1 – Study Guide and Exam Review Material
Adaptive model of health - correct answer ✔✔people's ability to adjust positively to social,
mental, and physiologic change is the measure of their health
Applied research - correct answer ✔✔Applied research is done to directly affect clinical
practice. It emphasizes the use of the best evidence available to answer clinical questions and
explore the next best evidence when appropriate
Asset planning - correct answer ✔✔is an approach that focuses on the building blocks of the
future. It focuses on applying the assets/strengths of the individual, the family & the community
to improve or maintain the current level of functioning
Clinical model of health - correct answer ✔✔health is defined by the absence of signs and
symptoms of disease
Community-based care - correct answer ✔✔provided in a non-traditional health care setting
somewhere in the community, usually in the home
Cultural competence - correct answer ✔✔the ability to understand and interact effectively with
people from other cultures. As well as be aware of the influence their own culture has on others
and vice versa
Disease - correct answer ✔✔literally means "without ease." It can be defined as the failure of a
person's adaptive mechanisms to counteract stimuli and stresses adequately...which results in
functional/structural disturbances
Ecological model of health - correct answer ✔✔how health impacts a person on all
environmental levels from individual to the policy level
,Empathy - correct answer ✔✔the ability to view other people's situations from their
perspective and share the feelings of another
Epidemiology - correct answer ✔✔the study of health & disease in society
Ethnocentrism - correct answer ✔✔the assumption that an individual's own perspective is
correct and shared by others
Eudaimonistic - correct answer ✔✔good spirits and living exuberantly
Eudaimonistic model of health - correct answer ✔✔emphasizes the interactions between
physical, social, psychological, and spiritual aspects of life and the environment that contribute
to goal attainment and create meaning. Illness is reflected by a lack of involvement with life.
Example- a person dying of cancer may consider themselves healthy if they are finding a
meaning in life
Evidence-based practice - correct answer ✔✔applying research findings in daily patient care
practices and clinical decision making
Functional health - correct answer ✔✔the ability to perform daily activities required to meet
basic needs, fulfill usual roles and function in society
Health - correct answer ✔✔A core concept in society that has many qualifiers such as excellent,
good, fair, or poor. These factors may include age, sex, race or ethnic heritage, comparison
group, current health or physical condition, past conditions, social or economic situation,
geographical location, or the demands of various roles in society
, Health disparity - correct answer ✔✔a difference in treatment based on race, gender, and
ability to pay; as well as issues such as urban vs rural health, insurance coverage and
reimbursement for care
Health in all policies - correct answer ✔✔a collaborative attempt to consider social
determinants that influence the health of communities when creating and enacting any policy
Health promotion - correct answer ✔✔the science and art of helping people change their
lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health.
Other definitions are the process of advocating for health to support positive health practices so
they become a societal norm.
Healthy peoples definition of health promotion is any planned combination of educational,
political, regulatory, and organizational support for actions and conditions of living conducive to
the health of individuals, groups, or communities.
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) - correct answer ✔✔an individual or group perception of
their physical and mental health over time
High-level wellness - correct answer ✔✔conceptualized as a sense of well-being, life satisfaction
and quality of life.
The other end includes adaptation to disease and disability through various levels
Illness - correct answer ✔✔Illness occurs when the person fails to adapt or becomes
maladaptive to these changes. (adaptive model of health) symptoms of disease (clinical model)
It is composed of the subjective experience of the individual and the physical manifestation of
disease
Adaptive model of health - correct answer ✔✔people's ability to adjust positively to social,
mental, and physiologic change is the measure of their health
Applied research - correct answer ✔✔Applied research is done to directly affect clinical
practice. It emphasizes the use of the best evidence available to answer clinical questions and
explore the next best evidence when appropriate
Asset planning - correct answer ✔✔is an approach that focuses on the building blocks of the
future. It focuses on applying the assets/strengths of the individual, the family & the community
to improve or maintain the current level of functioning
Clinical model of health - correct answer ✔✔health is defined by the absence of signs and
symptoms of disease
Community-based care - correct answer ✔✔provided in a non-traditional health care setting
somewhere in the community, usually in the home
Cultural competence - correct answer ✔✔the ability to understand and interact effectively with
people from other cultures. As well as be aware of the influence their own culture has on others
and vice versa
Disease - correct answer ✔✔literally means "without ease." It can be defined as the failure of a
person's adaptive mechanisms to counteract stimuli and stresses adequately...which results in
functional/structural disturbances
Ecological model of health - correct answer ✔✔how health impacts a person on all
environmental levels from individual to the policy level
,Empathy - correct answer ✔✔the ability to view other people's situations from their
perspective and share the feelings of another
Epidemiology - correct answer ✔✔the study of health & disease in society
Ethnocentrism - correct answer ✔✔the assumption that an individual's own perspective is
correct and shared by others
Eudaimonistic - correct answer ✔✔good spirits and living exuberantly
Eudaimonistic model of health - correct answer ✔✔emphasizes the interactions between
physical, social, psychological, and spiritual aspects of life and the environment that contribute
to goal attainment and create meaning. Illness is reflected by a lack of involvement with life.
Example- a person dying of cancer may consider themselves healthy if they are finding a
meaning in life
Evidence-based practice - correct answer ✔✔applying research findings in daily patient care
practices and clinical decision making
Functional health - correct answer ✔✔the ability to perform daily activities required to meet
basic needs, fulfill usual roles and function in society
Health - correct answer ✔✔A core concept in society that has many qualifiers such as excellent,
good, fair, or poor. These factors may include age, sex, race or ethnic heritage, comparison
group, current health or physical condition, past conditions, social or economic situation,
geographical location, or the demands of various roles in society
, Health disparity - correct answer ✔✔a difference in treatment based on race, gender, and
ability to pay; as well as issues such as urban vs rural health, insurance coverage and
reimbursement for care
Health in all policies - correct answer ✔✔a collaborative attempt to consider social
determinants that influence the health of communities when creating and enacting any policy
Health promotion - correct answer ✔✔the science and art of helping people change their
lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health.
Other definitions are the process of advocating for health to support positive health practices so
they become a societal norm.
Healthy peoples definition of health promotion is any planned combination of educational,
political, regulatory, and organizational support for actions and conditions of living conducive to
the health of individuals, groups, or communities.
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) - correct answer ✔✔an individual or group perception of
their physical and mental health over time
High-level wellness - correct answer ✔✔conceptualized as a sense of well-being, life satisfaction
and quality of life.
The other end includes adaptation to disease and disability through various levels
Illness - correct answer ✔✔Illness occurs when the person fails to adapt or becomes
maladaptive to these changes. (adaptive model of health) symptoms of disease (clinical model)
It is composed of the subjective experience of the individual and the physical manifestation of
disease
