Nursing NUR401 Exam 2 – Practice Questions and Answers Study Guide
Define Health - correct answer ✔✔a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being,
not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
What should a nurses' attitude toward health and illness consider? - correct answer ✔✔the
total person, as well as the environment in which the person lives
What does Healthy People 2020 promote? - correct answer ✔✔a society in which all people live
long, healthy lives
What are the 4 overarching goals of Healthy People 2020? - correct answer ✔✔1. attain high-
quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death
2. achieve high equity, eliminate disparities and improve the health of all groups
3. create social and physical environments that promote good health for all
4. promote quality of life, healthy development and healthy behaviors across all life stages
What is a model? - correct answer ✔✔a theoretical way of understanding a concept or idea;
models represent different ways of approaching complex issues
Health beliefs - correct answer ✔✔a person's ideas, convictions, and attitudes about health and
illness
Positive Health behaviors - correct answer ✔✔activities related to maintaining, attaining, or
regaining health and preventing illness
EXAMPLES --> immunizations, exercise, adequate amount of sleep
Negative Health Behaviors - correct answer ✔✔practices potentially or actually harmful to your
health
, EXAMPLES --> drugs, alcohol, poor diet
Who created the health belief model? - correct answer ✔✔Rosenstoch, Becker, and Miaman
What is the focus of Rosenstoch, Becker, and Miaman's Health belief model? - correct answer
✔✔- address the relationship between a person's beliefs and behaviors
- the health belief model helps you understand factors influencing patient's perceptions, beliefs,
and behavior to plan care that will most effectively assist patient's in maintaining or restoring
health and preventing illness
What are the 3 components of the Health Belief Model? - correct answer ✔✔1. Involves an
individual's perception of susceptibility to an illness
2. An individual's perception of the seriousness of the illness
3. the likelihood that a person will take preventative action-results from a person's perception
of the benefits and barriers to taking action
What is Pender's Health Promotion model? - correct answer ✔✔- Notes that each person has
unique personal characteristics and experiences that affect subsequent actions
- Defines health as a positive, dynamic state, not merely the absence of disease
- health promotion is directed as increasing a patient's level of well-being
What 3 areas of the main focus in Pender's Health Promotion Model? - correct answer ✔✔1.
Individual characteristics and experiences
2. Behavior specific knowledge and effect
3. Behavioral outcomes
** These variables can be modified through nursing actions
____________-_______________ _______________ is the desired behavioral outcome and is
the end point in the HPM - correct answer ✔✔Health-promoting behavior
Define Health - correct answer ✔✔a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being,
not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
What should a nurses' attitude toward health and illness consider? - correct answer ✔✔the
total person, as well as the environment in which the person lives
What does Healthy People 2020 promote? - correct answer ✔✔a society in which all people live
long, healthy lives
What are the 4 overarching goals of Healthy People 2020? - correct answer ✔✔1. attain high-
quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death
2. achieve high equity, eliminate disparities and improve the health of all groups
3. create social and physical environments that promote good health for all
4. promote quality of life, healthy development and healthy behaviors across all life stages
What is a model? - correct answer ✔✔a theoretical way of understanding a concept or idea;
models represent different ways of approaching complex issues
Health beliefs - correct answer ✔✔a person's ideas, convictions, and attitudes about health and
illness
Positive Health behaviors - correct answer ✔✔activities related to maintaining, attaining, or
regaining health and preventing illness
EXAMPLES --> immunizations, exercise, adequate amount of sleep
Negative Health Behaviors - correct answer ✔✔practices potentially or actually harmful to your
health
, EXAMPLES --> drugs, alcohol, poor diet
Who created the health belief model? - correct answer ✔✔Rosenstoch, Becker, and Miaman
What is the focus of Rosenstoch, Becker, and Miaman's Health belief model? - correct answer
✔✔- address the relationship between a person's beliefs and behaviors
- the health belief model helps you understand factors influencing patient's perceptions, beliefs,
and behavior to plan care that will most effectively assist patient's in maintaining or restoring
health and preventing illness
What are the 3 components of the Health Belief Model? - correct answer ✔✔1. Involves an
individual's perception of susceptibility to an illness
2. An individual's perception of the seriousness of the illness
3. the likelihood that a person will take preventative action-results from a person's perception
of the benefits and barriers to taking action
What is Pender's Health Promotion model? - correct answer ✔✔- Notes that each person has
unique personal characteristics and experiences that affect subsequent actions
- Defines health as a positive, dynamic state, not merely the absence of disease
- health promotion is directed as increasing a patient's level of well-being
What 3 areas of the main focus in Pender's Health Promotion Model? - correct answer ✔✔1.
Individual characteristics and experiences
2. Behavior specific knowledge and effect
3. Behavioral outcomes
** These variables can be modified through nursing actions
____________-_______________ _______________ is the desired behavioral outcome and is
the end point in the HPM - correct answer ✔✔Health-promoting behavior
