Nur 212 Final Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Describe the valparaiso university college of nursing's model of professional nursing - CORRECT
ANSWER BSN Nursing "graduates must be able to use evidence based practice ensure patients
safety, use clinical reasoning, work as a member of an interprofessional team and have a basic
knowledge of genetics and genomics"
Define each of the 4 major concepts in the metaparadigm - CORRECT ANSWER -
Professional Nursing: how nurses are prepared at VU
- Health: Dynamic processes in which person is moving towards well being or a state by which the
client measures their health by professional or individual standards- brings nurse and patient together
- Environment: context in which nurse and patient interact
- Person: individuals, families, and communities
Describe, apply, and give examples of the three levels of health prevention: primary - CORRECT
ANSWER - Health promotion and education- promote health before any disease occurs
- Individuals, families, or communities must be active participants
- Ex: physical exams, handwashing, sex ed
Describe, apply, and give examples of the three levels of health prevention: secondary - CORRECT
ANSWER - Screening for early detection and prompt intervention
- Preventing complications by early detection
- Ex: scoliosis screening, mammogram, blood sugar testing, self detection exams
Describe, apply, and give examples of the three levels of health prevention: tertiary - CORRECT
ANSWER - Maximize recovery and rehabilitation after injury or illness
- Help the person return to highest level of functioning possible
- Include lifestyle changes for adaptation to disability
- Monitoring and rehab
Define community - CORRECT ANSWER - A people, location and social system. A strong
family unit is the basic building block for a strong community.
,- Boundaries: geographic, political (wards, counties, and cities) and may be fluid
Describe characteristics, interventions, and settings of community based nursing - CORRECT
ANSWER oriented toward managing acute or chronic conditions and promoting self-care
among individual clients and families. The nursing care is family centered. Throughout care delivery,
the nurse teaches and counsels clients so that they can more fully develop their own ways of taking
care of themselves.
Describe characteristics, interventions, and settings of community health nursing - CORRECT
ANSWER operate from a health care focus based on an understanding of broad community
needs. They focus on health promotion, health education, disease prevention, and coordination of
health care for members of the community to the benefit of the entire community. They also work to
identify high-risk groups in the community.
Describe the characteristics of a healthy community - CORRECT ANSWER - Individual health
is closely linked to community health
- Individual choices are important however factors in the social environment are what determines
access to health services and influence lifestyle choices
- Individual health affects community health affects national health
Define and describe the ANA code of ethics for nursing - CORRECT ANSWER - Describe
how members of the nursing professions ought to act given the goals and purposes of the profession
related to individuals and society.
- Includes nursing's foundational ethical principles
- Provides direction and expression of "expectations of ethical behavior"
- Represents "professions promise to society"
- "Makes explicit the primary goals, values and obligations of the profession"
Discuss the role of healthy people 2020 - CORRECT ANSWER - Federal Government
Program
- Developed in 1979 by US - Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
- Emphasis on health promotion updated periodically with new goals
- Roadmap to improve the nation's health and provides science based goals and objectives for
promoting health, preventing disease and health protection
- Commitment of the Nation
, Discuss the 4 goals of healthy people 2020 - CORRECT ANSWER - Attain higher 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.
Discuss the 5 missions of healthy people 2020 - CORRECT ANSWER - Identify nationwide
health improvement priorities
- Increase public awareness and understanding of determinants to health, disease, and disability and
the opportunities for progress
- Strive to provide measurable objectives and goals applicable at the national, state, and local level
- Engage multiple sectors to take actions to strengthen policies and improve practices that are driven
by the best available evidence and knowledge
- Initiate attempts to identify crucial research, evaluation, and data collection needs
Differentiate between health promotion, disease prevention, and heath protection - CORRECT
ANSWER - Health Promotion: making a person who is already healthy feel better; relate to
lifestyle issues
- Disease Prevention: Identify actual or potential risk factors; Includes counseling and screening
- Health Protection: Strategies that relate to environmental and regulatory agencies to protect the
larger population
Discuss differences in the definitions/concepts of value, beliefs, and attitude - CORRECT ANSWER
- belief: something that is accepted as true
- value: beliefs about the worth of something and serve as standards that influence behavior and
thinking
Define health - CORRECT ANSWER - a resource for everyday living, a positive idea
- Health is high level wellness or well-being
- To be healthy means to have life satisfaction and quality of life as a positive state
- includes the ability to function and perform adls
- Health is an individuals responsibility
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Describe the valparaiso university college of nursing's model of professional nursing - CORRECT
ANSWER BSN Nursing "graduates must be able to use evidence based practice ensure patients
safety, use clinical reasoning, work as a member of an interprofessional team and have a basic
knowledge of genetics and genomics"
Define each of the 4 major concepts in the metaparadigm - CORRECT ANSWER -
Professional Nursing: how nurses are prepared at VU
- Health: Dynamic processes in which person is moving towards well being or a state by which the
client measures their health by professional or individual standards- brings nurse and patient together
- Environment: context in which nurse and patient interact
- Person: individuals, families, and communities
Describe, apply, and give examples of the three levels of health prevention: primary - CORRECT
ANSWER - Health promotion and education- promote health before any disease occurs
- Individuals, families, or communities must be active participants
- Ex: physical exams, handwashing, sex ed
Describe, apply, and give examples of the three levels of health prevention: secondary - CORRECT
ANSWER - Screening for early detection and prompt intervention
- Preventing complications by early detection
- Ex: scoliosis screening, mammogram, blood sugar testing, self detection exams
Describe, apply, and give examples of the three levels of health prevention: tertiary - CORRECT
ANSWER - Maximize recovery and rehabilitation after injury or illness
- Help the person return to highest level of functioning possible
- Include lifestyle changes for adaptation to disability
- Monitoring and rehab
Define community - CORRECT ANSWER - A people, location and social system. A strong
family unit is the basic building block for a strong community.
,- Boundaries: geographic, political (wards, counties, and cities) and may be fluid
Describe characteristics, interventions, and settings of community based nursing - CORRECT
ANSWER oriented toward managing acute or chronic conditions and promoting self-care
among individual clients and families. The nursing care is family centered. Throughout care delivery,
the nurse teaches and counsels clients so that they can more fully develop their own ways of taking
care of themselves.
Describe characteristics, interventions, and settings of community health nursing - CORRECT
ANSWER operate from a health care focus based on an understanding of broad community
needs. They focus on health promotion, health education, disease prevention, and coordination of
health care for members of the community to the benefit of the entire community. They also work to
identify high-risk groups in the community.
Describe the characteristics of a healthy community - CORRECT ANSWER - Individual health
is closely linked to community health
- Individual choices are important however factors in the social environment are what determines
access to health services and influence lifestyle choices
- Individual health affects community health affects national health
Define and describe the ANA code of ethics for nursing - CORRECT ANSWER - Describe
how members of the nursing professions ought to act given the goals and purposes of the profession
related to individuals and society.
- Includes nursing's foundational ethical principles
- Provides direction and expression of "expectations of ethical behavior"
- Represents "professions promise to society"
- "Makes explicit the primary goals, values and obligations of the profession"
Discuss the role of healthy people 2020 - CORRECT ANSWER - Federal Government
Program
- Developed in 1979 by US - Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
- Emphasis on health promotion updated periodically with new goals
- Roadmap to improve the nation's health and provides science based goals and objectives for
promoting health, preventing disease and health protection
- Commitment of the Nation
, Discuss the 4 goals of healthy people 2020 - CORRECT ANSWER - Attain higher 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.
Discuss the 5 missions of healthy people 2020 - CORRECT ANSWER - Identify nationwide
health improvement priorities
- Increase public awareness and understanding of determinants to health, disease, and disability and
the opportunities for progress
- Strive to provide measurable objectives and goals applicable at the national, state, and local level
- Engage multiple sectors to take actions to strengthen policies and improve practices that are driven
by the best available evidence and knowledge
- Initiate attempts to identify crucial research, evaluation, and data collection needs
Differentiate between health promotion, disease prevention, and heath protection - CORRECT
ANSWER - Health Promotion: making a person who is already healthy feel better; relate to
lifestyle issues
- Disease Prevention: Identify actual or potential risk factors; Includes counseling and screening
- Health Protection: Strategies that relate to environmental and regulatory agencies to protect the
larger population
Discuss differences in the definitions/concepts of value, beliefs, and attitude - CORRECT ANSWER
- belief: something that is accepted as true
- value: beliefs about the worth of something and serve as standards that influence behavior and
thinking
Define health - CORRECT ANSWER - a resource for everyday living, a positive idea
- Health is high level wellness or well-being
- To be healthy means to have life satisfaction and quality of life as a positive state
- includes the ability to function and perform adls
- Health is an individuals responsibility
