MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING BY WORKMAN
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ How is wellness defined?
Answer: Wellness is defined by the individual and involves actions
taken to maintain health.
◉ What are nonmodifiable factors influencing health?
Answer: Age and genetics.
◉ What are modifiable factors influencing health?
Answer: Lifestyle changes and environmental changes.
◉ What is the difference between acute and chronic illness?
Answer: Acute illness is contained to one area and responds to
specific treatment; chronic illness involves multiple systems with
outcomes depending on treatment adherence.
◉ What is the leading cause of mortality in the U.S.?
Answer: Heart disease and stroke.
, ◉ What percentage of adults have at least one chronic health
condition?
Answer: Nearly half of all adults.
◉ What are some major health concerns in the U.S.?
Answer: Tobacco use, substance abuse, poor nutrition, obesity, and
low physical activity.
◉ What is Healthy People 2030?
Answer: A nationwide initiative aimed at addressing major health
problems in the U.S. by 2030.
◉ What are leading health indicators?
Answer: Metrics used to assess health outcomes and guide health
improvement efforts.
◉ What is Nightingale's theory of nursing?
Answer: The goal of nursing is to put patients in the best condition
for nature to act upon them.
◉ What does the American Nurses Association focus on?
Answer: Protection, promotion, and optimization of health, as well
as prevention of illness and injury.
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ How is wellness defined?
Answer: Wellness is defined by the individual and involves actions
taken to maintain health.
◉ What are nonmodifiable factors influencing health?
Answer: Age and genetics.
◉ What are modifiable factors influencing health?
Answer: Lifestyle changes and environmental changes.
◉ What is the difference between acute and chronic illness?
Answer: Acute illness is contained to one area and responds to
specific treatment; chronic illness involves multiple systems with
outcomes depending on treatment adherence.
◉ What is the leading cause of mortality in the U.S.?
Answer: Heart disease and stroke.
, ◉ What percentage of adults have at least one chronic health
condition?
Answer: Nearly half of all adults.
◉ What are some major health concerns in the U.S.?
Answer: Tobacco use, substance abuse, poor nutrition, obesity, and
low physical activity.
◉ What is Healthy People 2030?
Answer: A nationwide initiative aimed at addressing major health
problems in the U.S. by 2030.
◉ What are leading health indicators?
Answer: Metrics used to assess health outcomes and guide health
improvement efforts.
◉ What is Nightingale's theory of nursing?
Answer: The goal of nursing is to put patients in the best condition
for nature to act upon them.
◉ What does the American Nurses Association focus on?
Answer: Protection, promotion, and optimization of health, as well
as prevention of illness and injury.
