NURS 3314 - Chapter 7 - Client's Response to
Illness questions and answers with solutions
2025/2026
T/F: Unnatural or personal beliefs attribute the cause of illness to the
purposeful intervention of an outside agent. - ANSWER True
_________ is the ability to resist illness when under stress. - ANSWER
Hardiness
When a person feels a sense of connectedness with a larger social
system or environment, then the person is said to have a sense of
__________. - ANSWER Belonging
T/F: Ethnic groups can differ in their response to psychotropic
medications. - ANSWER True
T/F: A client's age can affect how he or she will express the signs and
symptoms of a mental illness. - ANSWER True
_________ is the belief that personal abilities and efforts affect the
events in our lives. - ANSWER Self-efficacy
, T/F: Time orientation variations in cultures can be sources of
misunderstandings in the health care system. - ANSWER True
T/F: Touch is universally used social contexts as a communication tool
among most cultures. - ANSWER False
Having a healthy response to stressful circumstances or risky situations
is defined as exhibiting __________. - ANSWER Resilience
__________ is the term used to describe all the socially learned
behaviors, values, beliefs, customs, and ways of thinking of a population
that guide its members' views of themselves and their world. - ANSWER
Culture
Examples of Individual Factors that affect coping and expression of
illness - ANSWER Age, growth, and development
Family history and background is important for assessments because: -
ANSWER -Research has identified genetic links to several disorders
-Genetics affect a person's response to illness and treatment
If someone has a slower metabolism... - ANSWER The dose of medication
needs to be lowered.
Illness questions and answers with solutions
2025/2026
T/F: Unnatural or personal beliefs attribute the cause of illness to the
purposeful intervention of an outside agent. - ANSWER True
_________ is the ability to resist illness when under stress. - ANSWER
Hardiness
When a person feels a sense of connectedness with a larger social
system or environment, then the person is said to have a sense of
__________. - ANSWER Belonging
T/F: Ethnic groups can differ in their response to psychotropic
medications. - ANSWER True
T/F: A client's age can affect how he or she will express the signs and
symptoms of a mental illness. - ANSWER True
_________ is the belief that personal abilities and efforts affect the
events in our lives. - ANSWER Self-efficacy
, T/F: Time orientation variations in cultures can be sources of
misunderstandings in the health care system. - ANSWER True
T/F: Touch is universally used social contexts as a communication tool
among most cultures. - ANSWER False
Having a healthy response to stressful circumstances or risky situations
is defined as exhibiting __________. - ANSWER Resilience
__________ is the term used to describe all the socially learned
behaviors, values, beliefs, customs, and ways of thinking of a population
that guide its members' views of themselves and their world. - ANSWER
Culture
Examples of Individual Factors that affect coping and expression of
illness - ANSWER Age, growth, and development
Family history and background is important for assessments because: -
ANSWER -Research has identified genetic links to several disorders
-Genetics affect a person's response to illness and treatment
If someone has a slower metabolism... - ANSWER The dose of medication
needs to be lowered.
