Health, Illness, and Wellness Definitions

What is the purpose of the health assessment mentioned in the text?

Which technique of physical examination involves listening to sounds produced within the body?

What is included in the health history of an individual as mentioned in the text?

What is the primary focus of the physical assessment mentioned in the text?

What is illness according to the given text?

What is the role of the nurse in health assessment as mentioned in the text?

What does the World Health Organization (WHO) define as health?

What is the nurse's role in health promotion?

In addition to physiological needs, what other realms do basic needs occur in according to the given text?

Illness: is the inability of an individual’s adaptive responses to maintain physical and emotional balance with following damage of ______ abilities.

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”

According to the text, what does health promotion enable individuals to do?

Wellness: is the condition in which an individual functions at ______ levels.

Health promotion: enables the individual to develop behavior patterns that promote a healthy lifestyle and reduce the risk of ______.

According to Maslow (1970), the most basic needs serve as the foundation of the hierarchy, including physiological needs such as oxygen, water, food, and ____________.

Since human beings are not just physiological beings, basic needs occur in the emotional, sociocultural, intellectual, and ______ realms as well as the physiological realm.

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.

The role of the nurse in health assessment includes obtaining the patient’s health history and performing a ____________ assessment.

The health history includes biographical data, chief complaint, present health concern, past history, family history, and review of ____________.

The physical examination involves four techniques: inspection, palpation, percussion, and ____________.