Midterm Exam - NURS 1100 Questions
With Correct Answers
What is the WHO definition of health? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a state
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of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the
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absence of disease or infirmity
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What is the difference between disease and illness? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-disease: objective state of ill health, the pathological | | | | | | | |
process of which can be detected by medical science
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illness: subjective experience of loss of health
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What is the definition of wellness? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-subjective
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human experience of health
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What are social determinants of health? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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economic and social conditions that shape the health of individuals,
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communities, and jurisdictions as a whole | | | | |
What is a risk factor? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-condition that increases a
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person's susceptibility to develop a disease
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,What are psychosocial risk factors? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-complex
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psychological experiences that result from social circumstances
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(isolation, lack of social support, low self-esteem, self-blame, perceived
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power)
What are socioenvironmental risk factors? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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social and environmental living conditions (poverty, low
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educational/occupational status, dangerous or stressful work,
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dangerous physical environments, pollution, discrimination, relative
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political powerlessness, income inequalities)
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What is structural vulnerability? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-societal
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systems (economic, political, cultural) create patterns of disadvantage,
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making certain groups more susceptible to negative outcomes (poor
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health, violence, poverty) even when institutions aim to help
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Definition: health differences closely linked to social, economic, and/or
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environmental disadvantages that adversely affect groups that have
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systematically experienced greater obstacles to health? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-health disparities |
Definition: systematic, avoidable differences in health status or
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outcomes between population groups? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-health
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inequalities
,Definition: absence of unfair systems and policies that cause health
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inequalities, seeks to increase access to opportunities/conditions
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conducive to health for all? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-health equity
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What is the negative definition of health? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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absence of disease (health and illness on a continuum with maximum
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health at one end and death at the other)
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What is the positive definition of health? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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health and illness are distinct but interrelated concepts → person can
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have a disease yet possess healthy characteristics
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What are some multidimensional components of health? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-physical, mental, social, spiritual | | |
Which conceptualization of health: maintenance of physiological,
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functional, social norms? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-health as stabiity
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Which conceptualization of health: attaining human potential
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(health/wellness used interchangeably)? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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health as actualization
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Which conceptualization of health: ability to meet demands of everyday
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life? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-health as actualization AND stability
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, Which conceptualization of health: allows person to fulfill roles, meet
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demands, and engage in the activities of everyday living? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-health as resource | |
Which conceptualization of health: reflecting the whole person as
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process and is synonymous with self-transcendence? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-health as unity | |
What is the conceptualization of health referred to by most
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contemporary nursing theorists? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-health as
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stability or actualization
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What are the 3 major models of health? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.
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medical (biomedical model)
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2. behavioural
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3. socioenvironmental
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What is a downstream approach to health? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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focuses on individual health concerns, treatment, and care
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Which model of health places responsibility for health on the individual
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(health promotion)? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-behavioural
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With Correct Answers
What is the WHO definition of health? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a state
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of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the
| | | | | | | | | | |
absence of disease or infirmity
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What is the difference between disease and illness? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-disease: objective state of ill health, the pathological | | | | | | | |
process of which can be detected by medical science
| | | | | | | |
illness: subjective experience of loss of health
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What is the definition of wellness? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-subjective
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human experience of health
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What are social determinants of health? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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economic and social conditions that shape the health of individuals,
| | | | | | | | | |
communities, and jurisdictions as a whole | | | | |
What is a risk factor? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-condition that increases a
| | | | | | | | | |
person's susceptibility to develop a disease
| | | | | |
,What are psychosocial risk factors? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-complex
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psychological experiences that result from social circumstances
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(isolation, lack of social support, low self-esteem, self-blame, perceived
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power)
What are socioenvironmental risk factors? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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social and environmental living conditions (poverty, low
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educational/occupational status, dangerous or stressful work,
| | | | | | |
dangerous physical environments, pollution, discrimination, relative
| | | | | |
political powerlessness, income inequalities)
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What is structural vulnerability? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-societal
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systems (economic, political, cultural) create patterns of disadvantage,
| | | | | | | |
making certain groups more susceptible to negative outcomes (poor
| | | | | | | | |
health, violence, poverty) even when institutions aim to help
| | | | | | | |
Definition: health differences closely linked to social, economic, and/or
| | | | | | | | |
environmental disadvantages that adversely affect groups that have
| | | | | | | |
systematically experienced greater obstacles to health? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-health disparities |
Definition: systematic, avoidable differences in health status or
| | | | | | | |
outcomes between population groups? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-health
| | | | | | |
inequalities
,Definition: absence of unfair systems and policies that cause health
| | | | | | | | | |
inequalities, seeks to increase access to opportunities/conditions
| | | | | | |
conducive to health for all? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-health equity
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What is the negative definition of health? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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absence of disease (health and illness on a continuum with maximum
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health at one end and death at the other)
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What is the positive definition of health? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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health and illness are distinct but interrelated concepts → person can
| | | | | | | | | | |
have a disease yet possess healthy characteristics
| | | | | |
What are some multidimensional components of health? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-physical, mental, social, spiritual | | |
Which conceptualization of health: maintenance of physiological,
| | | | | | |
functional, social norms? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-health as stabiity
| | | | | | |
Which conceptualization of health: attaining human potential
| | | | | |
(health/wellness used interchangeably)? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | |
health as actualization
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Which conceptualization of health: ability to meet demands of everyday
| | | | | | | | |
life? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-health as actualization AND stability
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, Which conceptualization of health: allows person to fulfill roles, meet
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demands, and engage in the activities of everyday living? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-health as resource | |
Which conceptualization of health: reflecting the whole person as
| | | | | | | | |
process and is synonymous with self-transcendence? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-health as unity | |
What is the conceptualization of health referred to by most
| | | | | | | | | |
contemporary nursing theorists? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-health as
| | | | | | |
stability or actualization
| |
What are the 3 major models of health? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.
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medical (biomedical model)
| |
2. behavioural
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3. socioenvironmental
|
What is a downstream approach to health? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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focuses on individual health concerns, treatment, and care
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Which model of health places responsibility for health on the individual
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(health promotion)? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-behavioural
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