CONCEPTS FOR NURSING PRACTICE GIDDENS
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS
◉ What is Health People 2020? Identify the main overall objectives.
Answer: global priority health-related concerns AND specific
concerns within US
Objective: increase healthy years of living & minimize health care
disparities
◉ What health-related issues were addressed by the Social Security
Act of 1935? Please be specific.
Answer: young children—adequate nutrition and medical care
Healthcare providers—properly educated & licensed
◉ Compare and contrast Smith's Model of Health with Travis' Model
of Health
Answer: Smith model looking at how an individual moves through
the stages of illness back to health
#1-no signs/symptoms
#2-signs/symptoms present but able to work as before
#3-needs to adapt to signs/symptoms of illness
,#4-exuberent sense of well-being
Travis model shows health as a dynamic movement. One with no
sign/symptoms of disease can move toward wellness. If
sign/symptom are present—treatment will move individual toward
wellness (no s/s). Failure to complete treatment can lead the
opposite direction towards premature death.
◉ Identify and describe the five stages of illness behavior as
explained by Suchman.
Answer: #1 no signs/symptoms (S/S)
#2-Sick role (self-medicate)
#3-medical care contract (seek physician)
#4-dependent role (follows physician diagnosis/prescription plan)
#5-recover & rehabilitation phase (returns to normal everyday
activities)
◉ Differentiate complementary and alternative health care practices
and give two examples of each.
Answer: Complimentary -works with US protocols
NutritionSupplements,massage/aroma/spiritual/chiropractic
therapy, mind-body interventions
Alternative—instead of US protocols
, Acupressure, Acupuncture, Reflexology, electromagnetic
◉ Which of the following has been a health care practice since very
early in history?
Answer: Burial of the dead
◉ Which of the following health-related practices has been
consistently present throughout history?
Answer: Hand Washing
◉ Which of the following was enacted to counter the thinking that
being poor and/or unable to work was a personal moral failing?
Answer: Elizabethan Poor Laws
◉ Which of the following health care practices are considered
complementary to Western medical practices in the United States
today? Choose all that apply.
Answer: Biofeedback
Guided imagery
◉ In the US, which federal department oversees the health of the
nation? And which other departments/ agencies are accountable to
them?
Answer: Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS)
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS
◉ What is Health People 2020? Identify the main overall objectives.
Answer: global priority health-related concerns AND specific
concerns within US
Objective: increase healthy years of living & minimize health care
disparities
◉ What health-related issues were addressed by the Social Security
Act of 1935? Please be specific.
Answer: young children—adequate nutrition and medical care
Healthcare providers—properly educated & licensed
◉ Compare and contrast Smith's Model of Health with Travis' Model
of Health
Answer: Smith model looking at how an individual moves through
the stages of illness back to health
#1-no signs/symptoms
#2-signs/symptoms present but able to work as before
#3-needs to adapt to signs/symptoms of illness
,#4-exuberent sense of well-being
Travis model shows health as a dynamic movement. One with no
sign/symptoms of disease can move toward wellness. If
sign/symptom are present—treatment will move individual toward
wellness (no s/s). Failure to complete treatment can lead the
opposite direction towards premature death.
◉ Identify and describe the five stages of illness behavior as
explained by Suchman.
Answer: #1 no signs/symptoms (S/S)
#2-Sick role (self-medicate)
#3-medical care contract (seek physician)
#4-dependent role (follows physician diagnosis/prescription plan)
#5-recover & rehabilitation phase (returns to normal everyday
activities)
◉ Differentiate complementary and alternative health care practices
and give two examples of each.
Answer: Complimentary -works with US protocols
NutritionSupplements,massage/aroma/spiritual/chiropractic
therapy, mind-body interventions
Alternative—instead of US protocols
, Acupressure, Acupuncture, Reflexology, electromagnetic
◉ Which of the following has been a health care practice since very
early in history?
Answer: Burial of the dead
◉ Which of the following health-related practices has been
consistently present throughout history?
Answer: Hand Washing
◉ Which of the following was enacted to counter the thinking that
being poor and/or unable to work was a personal moral failing?
Answer: Elizabethan Poor Laws
◉ Which of the following health care practices are considered
complementary to Western medical practices in the United States
today? Choose all that apply.
Answer: Biofeedback
Guided imagery
◉ In the US, which federal department oversees the health of the
nation? And which other departments/ agencies are accountable to
them?
Answer: Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS)
