NURS 3730 TEST 1 SLIDES MATERIAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | NURS 3730 STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST
2026/2027
What is the definition of persistent illness? - ✔✔Persistent illness is a health condition that develops
over time, has a prolonged duration, and is rarely cured completely.
What are the factors contributing to the prevalence of persistent illness in Canada? - ✔✔Four major
modifiable health risk behaviors, such as smoking and unhealthy diet, are responsible for substantial
amounts of persistent disease diagnosis and death. Approximately 44% of Canadian adults 20+ are living
with at least one of 10 common persistent conditions.
Disease - ✔✔A health condition that a practitioner views from a pathophysiological/model perspective.
What are the differences between episodic (acute) and persistent (chronic) illness? - ✔✔Episodic
illnesses have a sudden onset and short duration, usually infectious, and end in a relatively short time.
Persistent illnesses develop over time, have a prolonged duration, and are usually non-infectious.
Chronic Diseases - ✔✔Leading causes of death and disability worldwide, linked by common
preventable risk factors.
What are the social determinants of health that can impact health equity? - ✔✔Socially determined
circumstances such as race, ethnicity, sex, age, education, socioeconomic status, social class, and sexual
orientation.
Health Equity - ✔✔Achieved when every person has a fair opportunity to attain their full health
potential, and no one is disadvantaged because of socially determined circumstances.
What challenges are associated with living with persistent illness? - ✔✔Challenges of living with
persistent illness include symptom management, adjusting to disabilities, following treatment regimens,
validating self-worth, managing threats to identity, and maintaining quality of life.
Self-management - ✔✔Self-management refers to the ability of an active, responsible, informed, and
autonomous person to live with the medical, role, and emotional consequences of their chronic
condition in partnership with their social network and healthcare providers.
Comorbidity - ✔✔The presence of simultaneous acute and chronic illnesses in a person.
What are some challenges of living with a persistent illness? - ✔✔Challenges include managing
symptoms, adjusting to disabilities, carrying out treatment regimens, validating self-worth, managing
threats to identity, and accessing equity-oriented healthcare.
Caregiver Burden - ✔✔The overall physical, emotional, and financial costs of caregiving for someone
with a persistent illness.
ANSWERS | NURS 3730 STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST
2026/2027
What is the definition of persistent illness? - ✔✔Persistent illness is a health condition that develops
over time, has a prolonged duration, and is rarely cured completely.
What are the factors contributing to the prevalence of persistent illness in Canada? - ✔✔Four major
modifiable health risk behaviors, such as smoking and unhealthy diet, are responsible for substantial
amounts of persistent disease diagnosis and death. Approximately 44% of Canadian adults 20+ are living
with at least one of 10 common persistent conditions.
Disease - ✔✔A health condition that a practitioner views from a pathophysiological/model perspective.
What are the differences between episodic (acute) and persistent (chronic) illness? - ✔✔Episodic
illnesses have a sudden onset and short duration, usually infectious, and end in a relatively short time.
Persistent illnesses develop over time, have a prolonged duration, and are usually non-infectious.
Chronic Diseases - ✔✔Leading causes of death and disability worldwide, linked by common
preventable risk factors.
What are the social determinants of health that can impact health equity? - ✔✔Socially determined
circumstances such as race, ethnicity, sex, age, education, socioeconomic status, social class, and sexual
orientation.
Health Equity - ✔✔Achieved when every person has a fair opportunity to attain their full health
potential, and no one is disadvantaged because of socially determined circumstances.
What challenges are associated with living with persistent illness? - ✔✔Challenges of living with
persistent illness include symptom management, adjusting to disabilities, following treatment regimens,
validating self-worth, managing threats to identity, and maintaining quality of life.
Self-management - ✔✔Self-management refers to the ability of an active, responsible, informed, and
autonomous person to live with the medical, role, and emotional consequences of their chronic
condition in partnership with their social network and healthcare providers.
Comorbidity - ✔✔The presence of simultaneous acute and chronic illnesses in a person.
What are some challenges of living with a persistent illness? - ✔✔Challenges include managing
symptoms, adjusting to disabilities, carrying out treatment regimens, validating self-worth, managing
threats to identity, and accessing equity-oriented healthcare.
Caregiver Burden - ✔✔The overall physical, emotional, and financial costs of caregiving for someone
with a persistent illness.
