HEALTH PROCTORED 2024/2025
VERIFIED Q & A| LATEST EXAMS
WITH NGN
Health Belief Model - ANSWER-Addresses the
relationship between a person's beliefs and behaviors
1. Modifying variables
2. Perceived ability/susceptibility
3. Perceived Benefits vs Barriers
4. Cues to action
Modifying variables (HBM) - ANSWER-An individual's
personal factors that affect whether the new behavior is
adopted
(Race, gender, age, economy and education)
Florence Nightingale's Environment Theory - ANSWER-
Impact of environment on health. Focus on preventative
care:
Wash hands etc.
,Perceived ability and susceptibility of getting a disease -
ANSWER-If they feel like they are more likely to get it the
more likely they will take action
Perceived Benefits vs Barriers of taking action -
ANSWER-See more benefits than barriers then they will
take action, vice versa
Cues to action (HBM) - ANSWER-Factors that activate
"readiness to change"
Advice from doctors, seeing advertisements, etc
Community-oriented nursing - ANSWER-Focus on
communities, populations
- health promotion, disease prevention, education
- indirect nursing activities
(PHN)
Community-based nursing - ANSWER-Acute and chronic
care of individuals and families to strengthen their capacity
for self-care and promote independence in decision
making.
(Home health nurse)
Respect for autonomy - ANSWER-refers to respecting
patients' rights to make decisions about their own
healthcare
Nonmaleficence - ANSWER-do no harm
Beneficence - ANSWER-Doing good or causing good to
be done; kindly action
, Distributive Justice - ANSWER-Perceived fairness of the
amount and allocation of rewards among individuals
Epidemiology Triangle - ANSWER-agent, host,
environment
Agent
(Epidemiological Triangle) - ANSWER-Animate or
inanimate factor that must be present of lacking for a
condition/ disease to develop. The agent is what is
causing the problem.
Ex. leak of a dangerous chemical, outbreak of Ebola virus
Host
(Epidemiological Triangle) - ANSWER-A living species
(human/ animal) that is capable of being infected or
affected by the agent.
Individual exposed to agent resulting in a condition/
disease. (age, sex, race, lifestyle, immune status)
Environment
(Epidemiological Triangle) - ANSWER-All that is internal or
external to a given host or agent that is affected by the
agent.
External conditions (physical, biological, education,
socioeconomic status, healthcare access, social support,
culture, climate).