NU 116 Module I Exam Questions and Answers| New Update with 100% Correct Answers
Nursing the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of
illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human
response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (level 1) Physiological Needs, (level 2) Safety and Security,
(level 3) Relationships, Love and Affection, (level 4) Self Esteem, (level 5) Self Actualization
health A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
Wellness an overall state of well-being or total health
health promotion behavior of an individual motivated by a personal desire to increase well-
being and health potential
Components of health promotion Self-responsibility
Nutritional awareness
Stress reduction and management
Physical fitness
preventive care Primary prevention: health promotion and prevention
Secondary prevention: health maintenance and early detection
Tertiary prevention: minimizing deterioration/improving quality of life
critical thinking purposeful, reasoned, goal-directed thinking that involves solving problems,
formulating inferences, working with probabilities, and making carefully thought-out decisions
components of critical thinking Identify priorities
, Gather and validate info
Analyze info
Draw out past experiences/knowledge
Maintain flexibility/consider alternatives
Formulate decisions
Nursing Process a deliberate problem-solving approach for meeting people's health care and
nursing needs; common components are assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and
evaluation
Assessment Health history
Physical assessment
Ongoing
Relevant info from friends, family, colleagues, medical record
EMR
Health History Conducted to determine a person's state of wellness or illness
effective communication Establish rapport
Eye contact
Listen
Nonverbal
Consider patient's education and culture
Language proficiency
Avoid medical jargon
Summarize
Nursing the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of
illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human
response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (level 1) Physiological Needs, (level 2) Safety and Security,
(level 3) Relationships, Love and Affection, (level 4) Self Esteem, (level 5) Self Actualization
health A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
Wellness an overall state of well-being or total health
health promotion behavior of an individual motivated by a personal desire to increase well-
being and health potential
Components of health promotion Self-responsibility
Nutritional awareness
Stress reduction and management
Physical fitness
preventive care Primary prevention: health promotion and prevention
Secondary prevention: health maintenance and early detection
Tertiary prevention: minimizing deterioration/improving quality of life
critical thinking purposeful, reasoned, goal-directed thinking that involves solving problems,
formulating inferences, working with probabilities, and making carefully thought-out decisions
components of critical thinking Identify priorities
, Gather and validate info
Analyze info
Draw out past experiences/knowledge
Maintain flexibility/consider alternatives
Formulate decisions
Nursing Process a deliberate problem-solving approach for meeting people's health care and
nursing needs; common components are assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and
evaluation
Assessment Health history
Physical assessment
Ongoing
Relevant info from friends, family, colleagues, medical record
EMR
Health History Conducted to determine a person's state of wellness or illness
effective communication Establish rapport
Eye contact
Listen
Nonverbal
Consider patient's education and culture
Language proficiency
Avoid medical jargon
Summarize
