NUR 155 WEEK 10 PRE-CLASS ASSIGNMENT
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE AND NURSING
FOUNDATIONS REVIEW 2026
◉ define wellness
Answer: overall state of well-being or total health
◉ What are the 7 components of wellness?
Answer: environmental
occupational
intellectual
spiritual
physical
emotional
social
◉ Define environmental wellness
Answer: ability to promote health measures that improve standard
of living and quality of life
◉ define occupational wellness
,Answer: ability to achieve a balance between work and leisure time
◉ define intellectual wellness
Answer: ability to learn and use info effectively for personal, family
and career development
◉ define spiritual wellness
Answer: the belief in some force that serves to unite human beings
and provide meaning and purpose to life
◉ define physical wellness
Answer: ability to carry out daily tasks, achieve fitness, maintain
adequate nutrition and proper body fat, avoid abusing drugs and
alcohol or using tobacco products and generally practicing positive
lifestyle habits
◉ Define role performance model
Answer: ability to fulfill societal roles
◉ How does the health-illness model work?
Answer: health and illness/disease are opposite ends of a health
continuum. Your everyday decisions influence where you end up.
,◉ examples of internal variables influencing health status, beliefs
and practices?
Answer: biologic dimension, psychological dimension, cognitive
dimension
◉ examples of external variables influencing health status, beliefs
and practices?
Answer: physical environment, standards of living, family and
cultural beliefs, and social support network
◉ define disease
Answer: a systematic problem and usually shows evidence
◉ define illness
Answer: a personal state or feeling
◉ define acute illness
Answer: comes and goes quickly
◉ define chronic illness
Answer: lasts greater than 6 months. includes remission and
exacerbation
, ◉ What are the 5 stages of illness?
Answer: 1. symptoms
2. sick role
3. seeking care
4. dependent patient role
5. recovery
◉ illness impacts who?
Answer: the patient and family
◉ define holism
Answer: view individual as a whole
◉ define homeostasis
Answer: maintain equilibrium or balance
◉ What is the highest priority according to maslow's?
Answer: physiological needs
◉ What are the 3 levels of prevention?
Answer: primary, secondary, tertiary
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE AND NURSING
FOUNDATIONS REVIEW 2026
◉ define wellness
Answer: overall state of well-being or total health
◉ What are the 7 components of wellness?
Answer: environmental
occupational
intellectual
spiritual
physical
emotional
social
◉ Define environmental wellness
Answer: ability to promote health measures that improve standard
of living and quality of life
◉ define occupational wellness
,Answer: ability to achieve a balance between work and leisure time
◉ define intellectual wellness
Answer: ability to learn and use info effectively for personal, family
and career development
◉ define spiritual wellness
Answer: the belief in some force that serves to unite human beings
and provide meaning and purpose to life
◉ define physical wellness
Answer: ability to carry out daily tasks, achieve fitness, maintain
adequate nutrition and proper body fat, avoid abusing drugs and
alcohol or using tobacco products and generally practicing positive
lifestyle habits
◉ Define role performance model
Answer: ability to fulfill societal roles
◉ How does the health-illness model work?
Answer: health and illness/disease are opposite ends of a health
continuum. Your everyday decisions influence where you end up.
,◉ examples of internal variables influencing health status, beliefs
and practices?
Answer: biologic dimension, psychological dimension, cognitive
dimension
◉ examples of external variables influencing health status, beliefs
and practices?
Answer: physical environment, standards of living, family and
cultural beliefs, and social support network
◉ define disease
Answer: a systematic problem and usually shows evidence
◉ define illness
Answer: a personal state or feeling
◉ define acute illness
Answer: comes and goes quickly
◉ define chronic illness
Answer: lasts greater than 6 months. includes remission and
exacerbation
, ◉ What are the 5 stages of illness?
Answer: 1. symptoms
2. sick role
3. seeking care
4. dependent patient role
5. recovery
◉ illness impacts who?
Answer: the patient and family
◉ define holism
Answer: view individual as a whole
◉ define homeostasis
Answer: maintain equilibrium or balance
◉ What is the highest priority according to maslow's?
Answer: physiological needs
◉ What are the 3 levels of prevention?
Answer: primary, secondary, tertiary
