20 Questions
What is the purpose of the health assessment mentioned in the text?
To identify the patient's physical, psychological, and emotional needs
Which technique of physical examination involves listening to sounds produced within the body?
Auscultation
What is included in the health history of an individual as mentioned in the text?
Immunization status and known allergies
What is the primary focus of the physical assessment mentioned in the text?
Assessing the patient's physical condition using techniques like inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation
What is illness according to the given text?
The inability of adaptive responses to maintain physical and emotional balance
What is the role of the nurse in health assessment as mentioned in the text?
Obtaining the patient’s health history and performing a physical assessment
What does the World Health Organization (WHO) define as health?
The state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
What is the nurse's role in health promotion?
Assisting individuals in developing behavior patterns that promote a healthy lifestyle
In addition to physiological needs, what other realms do basic needs occur in according to the given text?
Emotional, sociocultural, intellectual, and spiritual realms
Illness: is the inability of an individual’s adaptive responses to maintain physical and emotional balance with following damage of ______ abilities.
functional
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as a “state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of ______ and infirmity”
disease
According to the text, what does health promotion enable individuals to do?
Reduce the risk of disease
Wellness: is the condition in which an individual functions at ______ levels.
optimal
Health promotion: enables the individual to develop behavior patterns that promote a healthy lifestyle and reduce the risk of ______.
disease
According to Maslow (1970), the most basic needs serve as the foundation of the hierarchy, including physiological needs such as oxygen, water, food, and ____________.
temperature (shelter and clothing)
Since human beings are not just physiological beings, basic needs occur in the emotional, sociocultural, intellectual, and ______ realms as well as the physiological realm.
spiritual
Health assessment requires the use of vision, hearing, touch, and smell, as well as the appropriate interview skills and techniques to identify the patient’s physical, psychological, and emotional state that indicate a need for ____________ care.
nursing
The role of the nurse in health assessment includes obtaining the patient’s health history and performing a ____________ assessment.
physical
The health history includes biographical data, chief complaint, present health concern, past history, family history, and review of ____________.
systems
The physical examination involves four techniques: inspection, palpation, percussion, and ____________.
auscultation
This quiz covers the definitions of health, illness, and wellness according to the World Health Organization. It discusses the holistic approach to health and the impact on an individual's well-being.
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