HHE 300 EXAM 3 STUDY GUIDE UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

HHE 300 EXAM 3 STUDY GUIDE UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. Four Key Factors That Define Chronic Disease
Answer:
Long Duration, Slow Progression, Requires Ongoing Management, Limits Daily Activities or Quality of
Life

Question:
2. Traditional Care Model vs. Chronic Care Model
Answer:
Traditional Care Model = "Treat it." Chronic Care Model = "Manage it."

Question:
3. Which statement best describes the Chronic Care Model?
Answer:
It emphasizes ongoing management, prevention, patient self-management, and coordinated care for people
with chronic diseases.

Question:
4. Blood Pressure
Answer:
The force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood throughout the body.

Question:
5. How is BP measured?
Answer:
In millimeters of mercury (mmHg) and is written as systolic/diastolic

Question:
6. Systolic BP (top number)
Answer:
When the heart contracts (beats) and pumps blood out to the body. The heart squeezes blood out.

Question:
7. Diastolic BP (bottom number)
Answer:
When the heart relaxes between beats and fills with blood. Diastolic = Resting The heart relaxes and fills
with blood.

Question:
8. Normal BP
Answer:
Less than 120 systolic AND less than 80 diastolic <120/<80 mmHg

, Question:
9. Elevated BP
Answer:
120-129 systolic AND less than 80 diastolic

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10. Stage 1 Hypertension
Answer:
130-139 systolic OR 80-89 diastolic

Question:
11. Stage 2 Hypertension
Answer:
140 or higher systolic OR 90 or higher diastolic

Question:
12. Hypertensive Crisis
Answer:
180 systolic and/or 120 diastolic or higher A dangerously high blood pressure that can damage organs and
requires immediate medical attention.

Question:
13. Lifestyle Causes of High Blood Pressure
Answer:
Poor Diet High Sodium Intake Physical Inactivity Obesity Smoking Chronic Stress Poor Sleep Excess
Alcohol Consumption

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14. Kidneys
Answer:
filter the blood and help keep the body's internal environment balanced. (body's natural filters) "Filter the
blood, make the urine"

Question:
15. How does high blood pressure damage the kidneys?
Answer:
High blood pressure damages the kidneys' small blood vessels, reducing their ability to filter blood. Over
time, this can lead to chronic kidney disease or kidney failure.

Question:
16. Cholesterol
Answer:
Waxy substance needed to build cell membranes, produce hormones, make vitamin D, and produce bile
acids.

Question:
17. LDL (Lousy)