HEALTH ASSESSMENT EVOLVE QUESTIONS EXAM #1 REVIEW

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HEALTH ASSESSMENT EVOLVE QUESTIONS EXAM #1 REVIEW CHAPTER 1: 1) According to the holistic model, a narrow definition of holistic health includes: A) an optimal functioning of mind, body, and spiri... t within the environment. B) the absence of disease C) the response of the whole person to actual or potential problems D) the internal and external environment. Rationale: From a biomedical perspective, health is defined as the absence of disease or elimination of symptoms and signs of disease, whereas a holistic model approach examines mind, body, and spirit working interdependently within the environment to maintain health and well- being. Nursing has an expanded concept of health; holistic health includes the mind, body, and spirit as interdependent and functioning as a whole within the environment. Nursing diagnoses are clinical judgments about a person’s response to an actual or potential health state. In a holistic model approach to health, both the internal and the external environment affect a patient’s health and well-being. 2) What type of database is most appropriate when rapid collection of data is required and often compiled concurrently with lifesaving measures? A) Episodic B) Follow-Up C) Emergency D) Complete Rationale: An emergency database includes rapid collection of data often obtained concurrently with lifesaving measures. An episodic database is for a limited or short-term problem; this database concerns mainly one problem, one cue complex, or one body system. A followup database is used to follow up short-term or chronic health problems; the statuses of identified problems are evaluated at regular and appropriate intervals. A complete database includes a complete health history and a full physical examination; it describes the current and past health state and forms a baseline against which all future changes can be measured. 3) A medical diagnosis is used to evaluate: A) person’s state of health. B) the response of the whole person to actual or potential health problems C) a person’s culture D) the cause of disease [Show More]

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