QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Epilepsy ANSW✅✅Surges in electrical signals inside the brain, causing recurring seizures
Glucose ANSW✅✅Simple sugar, the form in which all carbs are used as the body's principal
energy source
Hypertension ANSW✅✅Blood pressure 140/90
Neurotransmitter ANSW✅✅Chemical substance that transmits nerve impulses across a synapses.
Dopamine or acetylcholine
Satiety ANSW✅✅Feeling of fullness
Scope of Practice ANSW✅✅Range and limit of responsibilities normally associated with a specific
job or profession
SOAP Note ANSW✅✅Communication tool used by healthcare professionals
Stroke ANSW✅✅Sudden and often severe attack due to blockage of an artery into the brain
Operant behavior ANSW✅✅Law of effect. Actions that were rewarded tend to be repeated.
Opposite - actions that were punished tend to cause person to avoid behavior or exhibit fear and
anxiety
Anxiety ANSW✅✅Uneasiness, apprehension
Bio-mechanics ANSW✅✅The mechanics of biological & muscular activity
, Cholesterol ANSW✅✅Fat like substance found in blood & body tissues and some food. Can
accumulate in arteries and lead to narrowing
Depression ANSW✅✅Emotional dejection and withdrawal. Sadness greater and more prolonged
than normal
Electrolyte ANSW✅✅Mineral that exists as a charged ION in the body, extremely important for
normal cellular function
Behaviorism ANSW✅✅Pavlov (1925) surmised that animals can be trained to respond to stimuli
in predictable ways. External stimuli can induce a change in behavior
Lifestyle ANSW✅✅The typical way of life of a person, group or culture. Attitudes, choices,
standard, economic status, and other factors that are personal and unique
HC is seen as a subset of a larger scope of practice ANSW✅✅Personal or life coaching
TTM identifies what ANSW✅✅Number of stages that people will experience as they progress
through their lifestyle modifications
Key to effective coaching ANSW✅✅Continually improve the action process and maintain the
results without regressing to old behaviors
A potential client has moved from what to what by the time they contacted a HC ANSW✅✅Pre-
contemplation to contemplation
What factors ingrained in the client will move them toward or away from success
ANSW✅✅Insight into real or perceived barriers
HC by actively listening and asking engaging questions can ANSW✅✅Assist the client in
identifying patterns of past successes or barriers. Create awareness to those patterns. HC can
develop a plan and identify goals that are manageable and have measurable results. Assist and
empower the person to make the necessary changes
When is a clients stage of change determined (does not have to know exact stage)
ANSW✅✅During the initial assessment