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340 - Final Exam Study Guide (Latest Update )
Questions with Answers Grade A 100% Correct
Licensing requirements for registered nurses - ANSWER -
Diploma
- Associate degree
- Baccalaureate program
→ Pass NCLEX **administered & licensed by state**
Oversight of practical nurses - ANSWER LPNs work under the
direction of a healthcare provider or RN to give direct care to
patients, focusing on meeting health care needs in hospitals,
long-term care facilities, and home health facilities.
Nursing roles - ANSWER - Caregiver
- Communicator
- Teacher/educator
- Counselor
- Leader
- Researcher
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- Advocate
- Collaborator
Classification of illness - ANSWER Acute: Rapid onset of
symptoms and lasts only a relatively short time.
Chronic: Usually have a slow onset & can have periods of
remission or exacerbation
Encompasses a number of different physical and mental
alterations in health, each having one or more of the following
characteristics:
- It is a permanent change.
- It causes, or is caused by, irreversible alterations in normal
anatomy and physiology.
- It requires special patient education for rehabilitation.
- It requires a long period of care or support
Levels of Health Promotion (primary) - ANSWER Directed
toward promoting health and preventing the development of
disease processes or injury
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Examples: Weight loss/diet, exercise, smoking cessation,
immunization clinics, family planning services, and safer sex
practices.
Direct nursing interventions: Teaching about a healthy diet, the
importance of regular exercise, safety in industry and farms,
using seat belts, providing poison-control information or
accident-prevention education.
Levels of Health Promotion (secondary) - ANSWER Focus on
screening for early detection of disease with prompt diagnosis
and treatment of any found. (Proposals to repeal the ACA are
placing these preventive care options in jeopardy)
Examples: Assessing children for normal growth &
development, encouraging regular medical, dental, and vision
examinations. Screenings (blood pressure, cholesterol, skin
cancer), recommending gynecologic examinations &
mammograms for women at appropriate ages, and teaching
breast/testicular self-examination
Direct nursing interventions: Performing screenings,
administering medications, & caring for wounds.
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Sociocultural dimensions of health and illness - ANSWER Health
practices & beliefs are strongly influenced by the person's
economic level, lifestyle, family, & culture.
In general, low-income & underserved populations are less
likely to seek medical care to prevent illness and have fewer
treatment options.
Levels of Health Promotion (tertiary) - ANSWER Begins after an
illness is diagnosed & treated, with the goal of reducing
disability and helping rehabilitate patients to a maximum level
of functioning
Examples: Teaching a patient with diabetes how to recognize
and prevent complications, using physical therapy to prevent
contractures in a patient who has had a stroke or spinal cord
injury, and referring a woman to a support group after removal
of a breast because of cancer
Direct nursing interventions: Monitor patient response, provide
services to facilitate recovery or improve quality of life.
340 - Final Exam Study Guide (Latest Update )
Questions with Answers Grade A 100% Correct
Licensing requirements for registered nurses - ANSWER -
Diploma
- Associate degree
- Baccalaureate program
→ Pass NCLEX **administered & licensed by state**
Oversight of practical nurses - ANSWER LPNs work under the
direction of a healthcare provider or RN to give direct care to
patients, focusing on meeting health care needs in hospitals,
long-term care facilities, and home health facilities.
Nursing roles - ANSWER - Caregiver
- Communicator
- Teacher/educator
- Counselor
- Leader
- Researcher
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- Advocate
- Collaborator
Classification of illness - ANSWER Acute: Rapid onset of
symptoms and lasts only a relatively short time.
Chronic: Usually have a slow onset & can have periods of
remission or exacerbation
Encompasses a number of different physical and mental
alterations in health, each having one or more of the following
characteristics:
- It is a permanent change.
- It causes, or is caused by, irreversible alterations in normal
anatomy and physiology.
- It requires special patient education for rehabilitation.
- It requires a long period of care or support
Levels of Health Promotion (primary) - ANSWER Directed
toward promoting health and preventing the development of
disease processes or injury
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Examples: Weight loss/diet, exercise, smoking cessation,
immunization clinics, family planning services, and safer sex
practices.
Direct nursing interventions: Teaching about a healthy diet, the
importance of regular exercise, safety in industry and farms,
using seat belts, providing poison-control information or
accident-prevention education.
Levels of Health Promotion (secondary) - ANSWER Focus on
screening for early detection of disease with prompt diagnosis
and treatment of any found. (Proposals to repeal the ACA are
placing these preventive care options in jeopardy)
Examples: Assessing children for normal growth &
development, encouraging regular medical, dental, and vision
examinations. Screenings (blood pressure, cholesterol, skin
cancer), recommending gynecologic examinations &
mammograms for women at appropriate ages, and teaching
breast/testicular self-examination
Direct nursing interventions: Performing screenings,
administering medications, & caring for wounds.
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Sociocultural dimensions of health and illness - ANSWER Health
practices & beliefs are strongly influenced by the person's
economic level, lifestyle, family, & culture.
In general, low-income & underserved populations are less
likely to seek medical care to prevent illness and have fewer
treatment options.
Levels of Health Promotion (tertiary) - ANSWER Begins after an
illness is diagnosed & treated, with the goal of reducing
disability and helping rehabilitate patients to a maximum level
of functioning
Examples: Teaching a patient with diabetes how to recognize
and prevent complications, using physical therapy to prevent
contractures in a patient who has had a stroke or spinal cord
injury, and referring a woman to a support group after removal
of a breast because of cancer
Direct nursing interventions: Monitor patient response, provide
services to facilitate recovery or improve quality of life.
