NE 108 Final Exam Questions and Graded Answers, 100 %
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Define Health - ✔✔a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Define Illness - ✔✔a state in which a person's physical, emotional, intellectual, social,
developmental, or spiritual functioning is diminished or impaired
Define health continuum - ✔✔a sliding scale of your overall state of health
Define Disease - ✔✔a medical condition that causes distress for a person in the form of its
symptoms
Define health promotion - ✔✔helps individuals maintain or enhance their resent health;
includes activities such as routine exercise and good nutrition
Define primary prevention - ✔✔True prevention that lowers the chances that a disease will
develop
Health education, good nutrition based developmental stage, provision of adequate
housing, recreation and working conditions, marriage counselling, sex education, and
genetic screening.
Define Secondary prevention - ✔✔focuses on those who have health problems or illnesses
and are at risk or developing complications or worsening conditions
Prevention of spreading the disease
Define tertiary prevention - ✔✔occurs when a defect or disability is permanent or
irreversible
activities are directed at preventing complication and deterioration
, What are the 5 stages of Illness - ✔✔Stage 1: Incubation (pathogens enter body and
multiply)
Stage 2: prodromal (experience non-specific symptoms)
Stage 3: Illness (characteristic symptoms)
Stage 4: decline (body fights off illness)
Stage 5: convalescence (recovery and repair)
What is the purpose of the nurse in terms of consent? - ✔✔Nurse witness the signature and
reinforce teaching
Can only reinforce information
if the pt or POA states that they do not understand the procedure the doctor will have to
come back in and clarify
True or False: The student nurse cannot witness informed consent - ✔✔True
What is the doctor’s role with consent - ✔✔gives the informed consent (makes patient or
caregiver aware of what procedure the risk and benefits)
What are meds given during pre-op - ✔✔Spinal anaesthetics - lidocaine
Benzodiazepines - decreases anxiety, diazepam
Anticholinergics - decrease oral secretions, glycopyrrolate
NSAIDS - treat mild/moderate pain, tordol
Serotonin receptor antagonist - suppress nausea, zofran
Barbiturates - produce anaesthesia, thiopental sodium
General anaesthetics - produce lack of responsiveness
Antibiotics - 30 min before surgical incision to prevent infection, prophylactic (Ancef)
Antacids - decrease gastric acid, Pepcid or protonic
What are some pre-op labs that should be taken? - ✔✔Prothrombin
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Define Health - ✔✔a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Define Illness - ✔✔a state in which a person's physical, emotional, intellectual, social,
developmental, or spiritual functioning is diminished or impaired
Define health continuum - ✔✔a sliding scale of your overall state of health
Define Disease - ✔✔a medical condition that causes distress for a person in the form of its
symptoms
Define health promotion - ✔✔helps individuals maintain or enhance their resent health;
includes activities such as routine exercise and good nutrition
Define primary prevention - ✔✔True prevention that lowers the chances that a disease will
develop
Health education, good nutrition based developmental stage, provision of adequate
housing, recreation and working conditions, marriage counselling, sex education, and
genetic screening.
Define Secondary prevention - ✔✔focuses on those who have health problems or illnesses
and are at risk or developing complications or worsening conditions
Prevention of spreading the disease
Define tertiary prevention - ✔✔occurs when a defect or disability is permanent or
irreversible
activities are directed at preventing complication and deterioration
, What are the 5 stages of Illness - ✔✔Stage 1: Incubation (pathogens enter body and
multiply)
Stage 2: prodromal (experience non-specific symptoms)
Stage 3: Illness (characteristic symptoms)
Stage 4: decline (body fights off illness)
Stage 5: convalescence (recovery and repair)
What is the purpose of the nurse in terms of consent? - ✔✔Nurse witness the signature and
reinforce teaching
Can only reinforce information
if the pt or POA states that they do not understand the procedure the doctor will have to
come back in and clarify
True or False: The student nurse cannot witness informed consent - ✔✔True
What is the doctor’s role with consent - ✔✔gives the informed consent (makes patient or
caregiver aware of what procedure the risk and benefits)
What are meds given during pre-op - ✔✔Spinal anaesthetics - lidocaine
Benzodiazepines - decreases anxiety, diazepam
Anticholinergics - decrease oral secretions, glycopyrrolate
NSAIDS - treat mild/moderate pain, tordol
Serotonin receptor antagonist - suppress nausea, zofran
Barbiturates - produce anaesthesia, thiopental sodium
General anaesthetics - produce lack of responsiveness
Antibiotics - 30 min before surgical incision to prevent infection, prophylactic (Ancef)
Antacids - decrease gastric acid, Pepcid or protonic
What are some pre-op labs that should be taken? - ✔✔Prothrombin
