NURS 201 EXAM 4 | NURSING STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE QUESTIONS
2026/2027
health - correct answer ✔✔a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely
the absence of disease or infirmity
illness - correct answer ✔✔the unique response of a person to a disease; an abnormal process involving
changed levels of function
wellness - correct answer ✔✔an active state of being healthy by living a lifestyle promoting good
physical, mental, and emotional health
illness continuum - correct answer ✔✔conceptualizes a persons level of health, views health as a
constantly changing state with high level wellness and death on opposite side of continuum, illustrates
the dynamic ever changing state of health
acute illness - correct answer ✔✔A disease with an abrupt onset and, usually, a short course.
chronic illness - correct answer ✔✔one lasting 3 months or more, generally cannot be prevented by
vaccines or medication, this does not go away
illness behavior - correct answer ✔✔stage 1: experiencing symptoms
stage 2: assuming the sick role
stage 3: assuming dependent role
stage 4: achieving recovery and rehab
social determination of health - correct answer ✔✔Conditions: born, grow, live, work and age
Distributions: money, power, resources
Healthy People 2020 - correct answer ✔✔Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease,
disability, injury, and premature death.
Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups.
Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all.
Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages.
primary health promotion - correct answer ✔✔directed toward promoting health and preventing the
development of disease processes or injury
secondary health promotion - correct answer ✔✔focus on screening for early detection of disease with
prompt diagnosis and treatment of any found
tertiary health promotion - correct answer ✔✔begins after an illness is diagnosed and treated, with the
goal of reducing disability and helping rehabilitate patients to a maximum level of functioning
factors affecting health and illness - correct answer ✔✔1. Basic human needs
2. The human dimensions
, 3. Self-concept
4. Risk factors for illness and injury
The Human Dimensions Affecting Health - correct answer ✔✔1. Intellectual
2. environment
3. spiritual
4. sociocultural
5. emotional
6. physical
self-concept - correct answer ✔✔how a person feels about themselves, and the way a person portrays
their physical self. important factor in the way a person reacts to illness, follows self care health
practices, and relates to others
health promotion and maintenance - correct answer ✔✔Services that assist patients to remain healthy,
prevent disease and injuries, detect diseases early, and promote healthier lifestyles
assumption - correct answer ✔✔patients who adopt health behaviors and more likely to avoid certain
illnesses
illness prevention - correct answer ✔✔illness prevention services address health problems after risk
identified.
promoting cessation of alcohol use in patients with known liver disease
Diagnosis and treatment - correct answer ✔✔Modern technology helps refine methods of diagnosing
and managing illnesses. High technology services can lead to dehumanization of patients
rehab and long term care - correct answer ✔✔disease management, helping people live with chronic
illness, use of all therapies, reach maximum health level. long term care provides services that the
patient or family cannot provide but at levels that maintain individual independence as long as possible
Federal Angencies - correct answer ✔✔centers of medicare and medicaid services, us department of
health and human services, center of disease control
State Agencies - correct answer ✔✔state health department, regulatory bodies that regulate and license
health professionals such as sate board for nursing, agencies that administer medical aides programs for
families and individuals in poverty
Local Agencies - correct answer ✔✔Public health department
voluntary agencies - correct answer ✔✔private agencies, American heart association, American red
cross, American cancer society
Non-governemental organization - correct answer ✔✔international committee of the red cross, doctors
with out boarder
non profit - correct answer ✔✔
2026/2027
health - correct answer ✔✔a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely
the absence of disease or infirmity
illness - correct answer ✔✔the unique response of a person to a disease; an abnormal process involving
changed levels of function
wellness - correct answer ✔✔an active state of being healthy by living a lifestyle promoting good
physical, mental, and emotional health
illness continuum - correct answer ✔✔conceptualizes a persons level of health, views health as a
constantly changing state with high level wellness and death on opposite side of continuum, illustrates
the dynamic ever changing state of health
acute illness - correct answer ✔✔A disease with an abrupt onset and, usually, a short course.
chronic illness - correct answer ✔✔one lasting 3 months or more, generally cannot be prevented by
vaccines or medication, this does not go away
illness behavior - correct answer ✔✔stage 1: experiencing symptoms
stage 2: assuming the sick role
stage 3: assuming dependent role
stage 4: achieving recovery and rehab
social determination of health - correct answer ✔✔Conditions: born, grow, live, work and age
Distributions: money, power, resources
Healthy People 2020 - correct answer ✔✔Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease,
disability, injury, and premature death.
Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups.
Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all.
Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages.
primary health promotion - correct answer ✔✔directed toward promoting health and preventing the
development of disease processes or injury
secondary health promotion - correct answer ✔✔focus on screening for early detection of disease with
prompt diagnosis and treatment of any found
tertiary health promotion - correct answer ✔✔begins after an illness is diagnosed and treated, with the
goal of reducing disability and helping rehabilitate patients to a maximum level of functioning
factors affecting health and illness - correct answer ✔✔1. Basic human needs
2. The human dimensions
, 3. Self-concept
4. Risk factors for illness and injury
The Human Dimensions Affecting Health - correct answer ✔✔1. Intellectual
2. environment
3. spiritual
4. sociocultural
5. emotional
6. physical
self-concept - correct answer ✔✔how a person feels about themselves, and the way a person portrays
their physical self. important factor in the way a person reacts to illness, follows self care health
practices, and relates to others
health promotion and maintenance - correct answer ✔✔Services that assist patients to remain healthy,
prevent disease and injuries, detect diseases early, and promote healthier lifestyles
assumption - correct answer ✔✔patients who adopt health behaviors and more likely to avoid certain
illnesses
illness prevention - correct answer ✔✔illness prevention services address health problems after risk
identified.
promoting cessation of alcohol use in patients with known liver disease
Diagnosis and treatment - correct answer ✔✔Modern technology helps refine methods of diagnosing
and managing illnesses. High technology services can lead to dehumanization of patients
rehab and long term care - correct answer ✔✔disease management, helping people live with chronic
illness, use of all therapies, reach maximum health level. long term care provides services that the
patient or family cannot provide but at levels that maintain individual independence as long as possible
Federal Angencies - correct answer ✔✔centers of medicare and medicaid services, us department of
health and human services, center of disease control
State Agencies - correct answer ✔✔state health department, regulatory bodies that regulate and license
health professionals such as sate board for nursing, agencies that administer medical aides programs for
families and individuals in poverty
Local Agencies - correct answer ✔✔Public health department
voluntary agencies - correct answer ✔✔private agencies, American heart association, American red
cross, American cancer society
Non-governemental organization - correct answer ✔✔international committee of the red cross, doctors
with out boarder
non profit - correct answer ✔✔
