ATI RN ADULT MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING CHAPTER 1 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!

T or F: Illness and disease are synonymous - ANSWER F Disease - ANSWER A condition that results in the physiological alteration in the composition of the body Modifiable variables - ANSWER Can be changed, such as smoking, nutrition, access to health education, sexual practices, and exercise Nonmodifiable variables - ANSWER Cannot be changed, such as sex, age, developmental level, and genetic traits Aspects of health and wellness - ANSWER Physical (activities of daily living) Emotional (adapts to stress; express and identifies emotions) Social (interacts successfully with others) Intellectual (effectively learns and disseminates information) Spiritual (adopts a belief that provides meaning to life) Occupational (balances occupational activities with leisure time) Environmental (creates measures to improve standards of living and quality of life) A patient's state of ____ and ____ is constantly changing and ____ to continually fluctuating external and internal ____ - ANSWER Health Wellness Adapting Environment The external environment - ANSWER Social (crime vs. safety, poverty vs. prosperity, peace vs. social unrest, and presence vs. absence of support from social networks) Physical (access to health care, sanitation, availability of clean water, and geographic location Illness-Wellness Continuum - ANSWER An assessment tool used to measure the level of wellness to premature death Can be useful as an assessment guide or a tool to set goals and find ways to improve a patient's state of health or to have the patient return to a previous state of health, which can include an illness within an optimal wellness At the center of the continuum is the patient's normal state of health The range of wellness and illness runs from optimal wellness to severe illness The degree of wellness is relative to the usual state of wellness for a patient and is achieved through the awareness, education, and personal growth Factors that may influence a patient's response to illness - ANSWER Degree of physical changes as a result of a disease process Perceptions by self and others of the illness, which can be influenced by various reliable and unreliable sources of information, such as friends, magazines, TV, and the internet Obstacles to compliance and adherence - ANSWER Perceptions of illness Confidence in the provider Belief in the prescribed therapy Availability of support sys