NURS 287 Final questions with accurate answers
1 in 4 Ans✓✓✓ The projected shift from 1 in 7 of seniors in the
population
2 in 10 Ans✓✓✓ Hospital admissions for diabetes or diabetes-related
complications
2.4 million Ans✓✓✓ ______Canadians live with diabetes
20% Ans✓✓✓ ____ of Canadians will personally experience a mental
illness in their lifetime
570,000 Ans✓✓✓ _______ Canadians have undiagnosed type 2
diabetes
6 million Ans✓✓✓ ______ Canadians with pre-diabetes or at high risk
of type 2 diabetes
60% of the worlds total new annual cases And 70% of the worlds cancer
deaths Ans✓✓✓ Occur in Africa, Asia and Central and South America
ABCDES^3 Ans✓✓✓ Acronym for diabetes care
Addiction Ans✓✓✓ Some brains are more vulnerable to _____ than
others
,Apoptosis Ans✓✓✓ programmed cell death; cancer cells cannot do this
Asthma Ans✓✓✓ - 3rd most common chronic disease in Canada
- 40% more prevalent among First Nations than the general Canadian
population
• A chronic respiratory condition that causes inflammation and
narrowing of the bronchial tubes
• Characterized by wheeling, coughing, tightness of chest, shortness of
breath
Asthma risk factors Ans✓✓✓ - Genetics
- Age at onset of disease
- Levels of allergen exposure
- Urban residence
- Exposure to air pollution, tobacco smoke and environmental tobacco
smoke
- Other environmental allergens - mould, dust, pollen, animal dander
- Recurrent respiratory tract viral infections
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Obesity
Asymptomatic Ans✓✓✓ Most chlamydia infections are _____
,At risk A1C test Ans✓✓✓ 5.5-5.9%
At risk FPG test Ans✓✓✓ 5.6-6.0mmol/L
B-cell dysfunction Ans✓✓✓ characterized by a decrease in the first
phase of insulin secretion after food consumption. This typically occurs
before the diagnosis of diabetes and is one of the contributing factors in
the development of impaired glucose tolerance
basal and prandial insulin Ans✓✓✓ The insulin regimens of choice for
all adults with type 1 diabetes
Benefits of a healthy workplace Ans✓✓✓ - improved employee
engagement
- "healthy culture" (values, company profile, protection, promotion,
enhancement)
- health outcomes improve
Biological therapy Ans✓✓✓ Stimulating ones own system to attack the
cancer (immunotherapy); biggest emerging class of cancer treatment
Built environment Ans✓✓✓ The way we design and build our
communities and neighbourhoods
Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Ans✓✓✓ • Large, national,
long-term study
, • Collect information on the changing, biological, medical,
psychological, social and economic aspects of peoples lives
• Understand why, to look at who to maintain health and prevent the
development of disease and disability as people age
Canadian strategy for cancer control (CSCC) goal Ans✓✓✓ • Decrease
the expected # of Canadians being diagnosed with cancer
• Lessen the severity of the illness
• Enhance the quality of life of those with cancer
• Decrease the likelihood of dying of cancer
• Base care on knowledge and evidence
Reduce fragmentation in the system
Cancer death rates Ans✓✓✓ Are decreasing
Cancer prevalence difficulty Ans✓✓✓ as the individual lives longer
there is an increase risk that more treatment will be needed, or that the
disease will reoccur which leads to a higher burden of cancer within our
population
Carcinoma Ans✓✓✓ the most common, affecting the cells that line the
organs and cover the surface of the body ie., breast, lung
Categories of the environment Ans✓✓✓ - Chemical, physical and
biological factors
1 in 4 Ans✓✓✓ The projected shift from 1 in 7 of seniors in the
population
2 in 10 Ans✓✓✓ Hospital admissions for diabetes or diabetes-related
complications
2.4 million Ans✓✓✓ ______Canadians live with diabetes
20% Ans✓✓✓ ____ of Canadians will personally experience a mental
illness in their lifetime
570,000 Ans✓✓✓ _______ Canadians have undiagnosed type 2
diabetes
6 million Ans✓✓✓ ______ Canadians with pre-diabetes or at high risk
of type 2 diabetes
60% of the worlds total new annual cases And 70% of the worlds cancer
deaths Ans✓✓✓ Occur in Africa, Asia and Central and South America
ABCDES^3 Ans✓✓✓ Acronym for diabetes care
Addiction Ans✓✓✓ Some brains are more vulnerable to _____ than
others
,Apoptosis Ans✓✓✓ programmed cell death; cancer cells cannot do this
Asthma Ans✓✓✓ - 3rd most common chronic disease in Canada
- 40% more prevalent among First Nations than the general Canadian
population
• A chronic respiratory condition that causes inflammation and
narrowing of the bronchial tubes
• Characterized by wheeling, coughing, tightness of chest, shortness of
breath
Asthma risk factors Ans✓✓✓ - Genetics
- Age at onset of disease
- Levels of allergen exposure
- Urban residence
- Exposure to air pollution, tobacco smoke and environmental tobacco
smoke
- Other environmental allergens - mould, dust, pollen, animal dander
- Recurrent respiratory tract viral infections
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Obesity
Asymptomatic Ans✓✓✓ Most chlamydia infections are _____
,At risk A1C test Ans✓✓✓ 5.5-5.9%
At risk FPG test Ans✓✓✓ 5.6-6.0mmol/L
B-cell dysfunction Ans✓✓✓ characterized by a decrease in the first
phase of insulin secretion after food consumption. This typically occurs
before the diagnosis of diabetes and is one of the contributing factors in
the development of impaired glucose tolerance
basal and prandial insulin Ans✓✓✓ The insulin regimens of choice for
all adults with type 1 diabetes
Benefits of a healthy workplace Ans✓✓✓ - improved employee
engagement
- "healthy culture" (values, company profile, protection, promotion,
enhancement)
- health outcomes improve
Biological therapy Ans✓✓✓ Stimulating ones own system to attack the
cancer (immunotherapy); biggest emerging class of cancer treatment
Built environment Ans✓✓✓ The way we design and build our
communities and neighbourhoods
Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Ans✓✓✓ • Large, national,
long-term study
, • Collect information on the changing, biological, medical,
psychological, social and economic aspects of peoples lives
• Understand why, to look at who to maintain health and prevent the
development of disease and disability as people age
Canadian strategy for cancer control (CSCC) goal Ans✓✓✓ • Decrease
the expected # of Canadians being diagnosed with cancer
• Lessen the severity of the illness
• Enhance the quality of life of those with cancer
• Decrease the likelihood of dying of cancer
• Base care on knowledge and evidence
Reduce fragmentation in the system
Cancer death rates Ans✓✓✓ Are decreasing
Cancer prevalence difficulty Ans✓✓✓ as the individual lives longer
there is an increase risk that more treatment will be needed, or that the
disease will reoccur which leads to a higher burden of cancer within our
population
Carcinoma Ans✓✓✓ the most common, affecting the cells that line the
organs and cover the surface of the body ie., breast, lung
Categories of the environment Ans✓✓✓ - Chemical, physical and
biological factors
