NU 136 Exam 1 Questions Fully Solved Latest Update 2025
Primary illness - Answers Develops without being caused by another health problem
Secondary illness - Answers Results from or is caused by a primary illness
Stages of Illness - Answers Transition, Acceptance, Convalescence
Transition Stage - Answers May deny feeling ill, but recognize symptoms of illness are present
Acceptance Stage - Answers Acknowledge illness and take measures to become well
Convalescence Stage - Answers Recovering after the illness and regaining health
Adaptation - Answers The adjustment or changes in behavior, physiology, and structure
ie: Exercise and good nutrition when you develop diabetes
Maladaptation - Answers Lack of adjustment
ie: "I know I have diabetes now so I'll just take an insulin pump instead of trying to exercise and eat
right"
Health Behavior - Answers Any action taken that promotes good health, prevents disease, or detects
disease in early, asymptomatic stages
ie: watching nutrition, exercise, obtaining immunizations, having regular check ups
Illness Behavior - Answers Ways in which people monitor their bodies, define and interpret their
symptoms, take remedial actions, and use the health care system.
ie: seeing the doctor and taking prescribed meds after sickness has occured
Holistic Approach - Answers Considers biologic, psychological, sociologic, spiritual needs
Five areas of need (Maslow) - Answers -Physiologic
-Safety and Security
-Love and Belonging
-Self-esteem
-Self-actualization
Examples of stress-related diseases/disorders - Answers Headaches, gastritis, asthma, lumbar pain,
ulcerative colitis, IBS, allergies, HTN, cancer, sexual dysfunction, Crohns,
, General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) - Answers Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress
in three phases—alarm, resistance, exhaustion.
Alarm Stage - Answers -The first stage of the general adaptation syndrome, in which the person
experiences a burst of energy that aids in dealing with the stressful situation.
-Hormonal release mobilizes body's defense mechanisms
-Temp increase, malaise, appetite loss
Resistance Stage - Answers -The second stage of the general adaptation syndrome, when there are
intense physiological efforts to either resist or adapt to the stressor.
-If prolonged, responce becomes maladaptive and a pathologic condition can occur -> "stress related
disorder"
Exhaustion Stage - Answers -The third stage of the GAS, characterized by weakened resistance and
possible deterioration.
-Critical Illness or death
Miller-Keane dictionary defines health as: - Answers A relative state in which one is able to function well
physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually in order to express the full range of one's unique
potentialities within the environment in which one is living
Acute illness - Answers Develops suddenly and resolves in a short time
ie: Flu, Appendicitis
Chronic Illness - Answers -Develops slowly
-Can be controlled but not cured
-Long lasting
ie: Diabete, HTN
Terminal Illness - Answers Illness for which there is no cure and ends in death
ie: Cancers
4 basic physiologic needs - Answers Food
Water
Air
Rest
Primary illness - Answers Develops without being caused by another health problem
Secondary illness - Answers Results from or is caused by a primary illness
Stages of Illness - Answers Transition, Acceptance, Convalescence
Transition Stage - Answers May deny feeling ill, but recognize symptoms of illness are present
Acceptance Stage - Answers Acknowledge illness and take measures to become well
Convalescence Stage - Answers Recovering after the illness and regaining health
Adaptation - Answers The adjustment or changes in behavior, physiology, and structure
ie: Exercise and good nutrition when you develop diabetes
Maladaptation - Answers Lack of adjustment
ie: "I know I have diabetes now so I'll just take an insulin pump instead of trying to exercise and eat
right"
Health Behavior - Answers Any action taken that promotes good health, prevents disease, or detects
disease in early, asymptomatic stages
ie: watching nutrition, exercise, obtaining immunizations, having regular check ups
Illness Behavior - Answers Ways in which people monitor their bodies, define and interpret their
symptoms, take remedial actions, and use the health care system.
ie: seeing the doctor and taking prescribed meds after sickness has occured
Holistic Approach - Answers Considers biologic, psychological, sociologic, spiritual needs
Five areas of need (Maslow) - Answers -Physiologic
-Safety and Security
-Love and Belonging
-Self-esteem
-Self-actualization
Examples of stress-related diseases/disorders - Answers Headaches, gastritis, asthma, lumbar pain,
ulcerative colitis, IBS, allergies, HTN, cancer, sexual dysfunction, Crohns,
, General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) - Answers Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress
in three phases—alarm, resistance, exhaustion.
Alarm Stage - Answers -The first stage of the general adaptation syndrome, in which the person
experiences a burst of energy that aids in dealing with the stressful situation.
-Hormonal release mobilizes body's defense mechanisms
-Temp increase, malaise, appetite loss
Resistance Stage - Answers -The second stage of the general adaptation syndrome, when there are
intense physiological efforts to either resist or adapt to the stressor.
-If prolonged, responce becomes maladaptive and a pathologic condition can occur -> "stress related
disorder"
Exhaustion Stage - Answers -The third stage of the GAS, characterized by weakened resistance and
possible deterioration.
-Critical Illness or death
Miller-Keane dictionary defines health as: - Answers A relative state in which one is able to function well
physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually in order to express the full range of one's unique
potentialities within the environment in which one is living
Acute illness - Answers Develops suddenly and resolves in a short time
ie: Flu, Appendicitis
Chronic Illness - Answers -Develops slowly
-Can be controlled but not cured
-Long lasting
ie: Diabete, HTN
Terminal Illness - Answers Illness for which there is no cure and ends in death
ie: Cancers
4 basic physiologic needs - Answers Food
Water
Air
Rest
