NURS 6670 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
STUDY RESOURCE
●● Define homeostasis and describe how it relates to health.
Answer: Balance
In health-forces that work together need to be balanced to achieve
wellness
●● What were the Elizabethan Poor Laws? Describe how the carryover
of these laws has impacted health care delivery in the United States.
Answer: Access to very poor & those unable to work due to
illness/disability
This is the basis of many welfare programs available today
●● Identify two major scientific discoveries that have had a major
impact on health and health care delivery.
Answer: multiple discoveries noted. Some include:
Pasteur-pasteurization,
Lister-antisepsis/sterilization,
Small pox Vaccine - Edward Jenner
and Fleming-Penicillin (PCN)
,●● Name three notable nurses and describe the contribution that they
made to health and health care delivery.
Answer: Some include:
Florence Nightingale- Mother of Nursing
Clara Barton-American Red Cross
Lillian Wald-created Henry Street Settlement House/Public Health
Nursing
Harriet Tubman-Civil war nurse, Abolitionist Breckenridge-Frontier
Nursing Service Dorothea Dix- Advocate for the mentally ill, army nurse
corps during civil war Mary Adelaide Nutting- 1st professor of nursing
Lavinia Dock- Nurse academician, Women suffrage
●● 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)
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
STUDY RESOURCE
●● Define homeostasis and describe how it relates to health.
Answer: Balance
In health-forces that work together need to be balanced to achieve
wellness
●● What were the Elizabethan Poor Laws? Describe how the carryover
of these laws has impacted health care delivery in the United States.
Answer: Access to very poor & those unable to work due to
illness/disability
This is the basis of many welfare programs available today
●● Identify two major scientific discoveries that have had a major
impact on health and health care delivery.
Answer: multiple discoveries noted. Some include:
Pasteur-pasteurization,
Lister-antisepsis/sterilization,
Small pox Vaccine - Edward Jenner
and Fleming-Penicillin (PCN)
,●● Name three notable nurses and describe the contribution that they
made to health and health care delivery.
Answer: Some include:
Florence Nightingale- Mother of Nursing
Clara Barton-American Red Cross
Lillian Wald-created Henry Street Settlement House/Public Health
Nursing
Harriet Tubman-Civil war nurse, Abolitionist Breckenridge-Frontier
Nursing Service Dorothea Dix- Advocate for the mentally ill, army nurse
corps during civil war Mary Adelaide Nutting- 1st professor of nursing
Lavinia Dock- Nurse academician, Women suffrage
●● 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)
