NURS 518 EXAM 1 CH.1-6 EXAM WITH
CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS
MERGED WITH CORRECT COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS || ALREADY GRADED A+
|| 2026-2027 LATEST UPDATE!!!
World Health Organization definition of health - ANSWER-a state of
complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity
Healthy People 2020 Health Definition - ANSWER-Health is an
interaction between an individual's biology and behavior, physical and
social environments, government policies and interventions, and
access to quality health care.
Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability,
injury, and premature death.
Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of
all groups.
Create social and physical environments that promote good health for
all.
,Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors
across all life stages.
Physiology - ANSWER-The study of body function
Pathophysiology - ANSWER-is the study of the body's response to
dysfunction or disease
disease - ANSWER-An abnormal state in which the body is not
functioning normally. Interruption, cessation, or disorder of a body
system or organ structure.
Etiology
Pathogenesis
Morphological changes
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Clinical Course - ANSWER-Aspects of the disease process? (6)
Biological agents: bacteria, viruses
Physical: traumas, radiation, burns
Chemical agents: poisons, alcohol
Genetic inheritance
Nutritional excesses or deficits: obesity - ANSWER-Etiology Factors of
Disease? (5)
Diagnostic Reasoning - ANSWER-Hallmark of clinical judgment and
requires careful analysis. Method of collecting and analyzing clinical
, information with the following components: (1) attending to initially
available cues, (2) formulating diagnostic hypotheses, (3) gathering
data relative to the tentative hypotheses, (4) evaluating each
hypothesis with the new data collected, and (5) arriving at a final
diagnosis.
Symptom Analysis - ANSWER-Assessment and clinical decision
making. The fixed properties of a diagnostic test relate to its
sensitivity and specificity.
Epidemiology - ANSWER-The study of disease occurrence in a
population
Diagnosis - ANSWER-designation as to the nature or cause of a health
problem
History
Physical Exam
Diagnostic Tests - ANSWER-The diagnostic process requires? (3)
History (Hx) - ANSWER-used to obtain a person's account of their
symptoms and their progression and the factors that contribute to a
diagnosis
Physical Exam (PE) - ANSWER-Done to observe for signs of altered
body structure or function
Diagnostic Tests - ANSWER-Ordered to validate what is thought to be
the problem; also ordered to determine other possible health
problems that were not obtained from the Hx and PE but may be
present given the signs and symptoms.
CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS
MERGED WITH CORRECT COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS || ALREADY GRADED A+
|| 2026-2027 LATEST UPDATE!!!
World Health Organization definition of health - ANSWER-a state of
complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity
Healthy People 2020 Health Definition - ANSWER-Health is an
interaction between an individual's biology and behavior, physical and
social environments, government policies and interventions, and
access to quality health care.
Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability,
injury, and premature death.
Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of
all groups.
Create social and physical environments that promote good health for
all.
,Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors
across all life stages.
Physiology - ANSWER-The study of body function
Pathophysiology - ANSWER-is the study of the body's response to
dysfunction or disease
disease - ANSWER-An abnormal state in which the body is not
functioning normally. Interruption, cessation, or disorder of a body
system or organ structure.
Etiology
Pathogenesis
Morphological changes
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnosis
Clinical Course - ANSWER-Aspects of the disease process? (6)
Biological agents: bacteria, viruses
Physical: traumas, radiation, burns
Chemical agents: poisons, alcohol
Genetic inheritance
Nutritional excesses or deficits: obesity - ANSWER-Etiology Factors of
Disease? (5)
Diagnostic Reasoning - ANSWER-Hallmark of clinical judgment and
requires careful analysis. Method of collecting and analyzing clinical
, information with the following components: (1) attending to initially
available cues, (2) formulating diagnostic hypotheses, (3) gathering
data relative to the tentative hypotheses, (4) evaluating each
hypothesis with the new data collected, and (5) arriving at a final
diagnosis.
Symptom Analysis - ANSWER-Assessment and clinical decision
making. The fixed properties of a diagnostic test relate to its
sensitivity and specificity.
Epidemiology - ANSWER-The study of disease occurrence in a
population
Diagnosis - ANSWER-designation as to the nature or cause of a health
problem
History
Physical Exam
Diagnostic Tests - ANSWER-The diagnostic process requires? (3)
History (Hx) - ANSWER-used to obtain a person's account of their
symptoms and their progression and the factors that contribute to a
diagnosis
Physical Exam (PE) - ANSWER-Done to observe for signs of altered
body structure or function
Diagnostic Tests - ANSWER-Ordered to validate what is thought to be
the problem; also ordered to determine other possible health
problems that were not obtained from the Hx and PE but may be
present given the signs and symptoms.
