INSTRUCTIONS. The following exercises are to be answered by completing the incomplete statement or by writing the answer in the space provided at the end of the question. After you have completed all the exercises, scroll to the bottom of this page and check your answers.
1. Health can be defined as a state of complete physical, mental, and ______________________ well-being, not merely the absence of disease or
___________________________________________________________.
2. Total health includes the following aspects:
a. ________________________ health.
b. ________________________ health.
c. ________________________ health.
d. ________________________ health.
3. An individual experiences various states of health and illness that fluctuate throughout his life. This is referred to as the health-illness _________________.
4. It is our ____________________or ________________________ to change (rather than the change itself) that affects our health.
5. The individual’s state of health is determined by the ability to adapt to changes in which dimensions?
a. __________________________________________
b. __________________________________________
c. __________________________________________
d. __________________________________________
6. What are the three main categories of basic human needs?
a. ___________________ needs.
b. ___________________ needs.
c. ___________________ needs
7. Name three physical needs.
a. __________________________________________
b. __________________________________________
c. __________________________________________
8. Name two emotional needs.
a. ____________________________________
b. ____________________________________
9. Name two social needs.
a. ____________________________________
b. ____________________________________
10. Name the six categories contained in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
a. ______________________________________
b. ______________________________________
c. ______________________________________
d. ______________________________________
e. ______________________________________
f. ______________________________________
11. The major purpose of communication is to send, receive, interpret, and ______________ appropriately and clearly to a message, an ___________________ of information.
12. The means of transmitting an idea is called the __________________
13. The response to a message is called _____________
14. Rapport is the harmonious feeling experienced by two people who hold one
another in mutual respect, acceptance, and _________________
15. If you must ask a patient a personal or embarrassing question, explain _______ and keep it short and matter-of-fact.
16. When speaking to a patient, is it best to sit or stand? ___________________
17. If you have three questions to ask your patient, is it better to ask all three of the questions and then let him answer or to ask him one question at a time? ________________________________.
18. If you use the technique of reflection during an interview, you might reflect on what the patient has actually said or on what you think the patient is _______________.
19. An occasional brief response during an interview, such as a nod of the head or saying “I see” is called_________________________.
20. If you find that your needs conflict with those of your patient’s, what should you do? ____________________________________________________________.
21. When you enter the room of a patient who is blind, what is the first thing you should do? _____________________________________________________.
22. Before touching a patient who is blind, be sure to ______________________
23. Do not cover your mouth when you are speaking with a patient who is deaf because he/she may ____________________.
24. If you need a translator in order to communicate with a patient who speaks a foreign language, you may find assistance at _______________________or _______________________________.
25. Name two factors, which influence whether a person will seek or avoid professional help.
a. _________________________________________________________.
b. _________________________________________________________.
26. Name three factors, which cause stress to hospitalized patients.
a. _________________________________________________________.
b. _________________________________________________________.
c. _________________________________________________________.
27. In the first stage of illness, the patient may refuse to get the care, which he needs. What is the name of this stage? _______________________________________
28. In the second stage of illness, the patient focuses his attention on his symptoms and his illness and often feels dependent on health care personnel. What is this stage called? __________________________
29. In the third and final stage of illness, the patient “learns to live with” his perceived loss or impairment of function. What is the name of this stage of illness?
__________________________________________________________
30. Name three common emotional reactions to illness and hospitalization.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
31. What is the term used to describe a state of alertness and readiness for action in order to avoid or escape harm? ___________________________________
32. Does a person experiencing anxiety generally know why he is feeling anxious?
__________________________________________
33. Name four common physiologic symptoms of anxiety.
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
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34. Stress may be experienced as a result of a situation, which requires an increased, and often ________________________ effort to adjust.
35. If you are facing an unpleasant experience, and there is nothing you can do to change the situation, you may experience feelings of ______________________.
36. What is one thing that all aspects of trans-cultural nursing must have in common?
_________________________________________
37. Name two disorders, which are specific to cultural groups.
a. __________________________.
b. __________________________.
38. A traditional belief of the Japanese Shintoist is that illness is a result of contact with ____________________________________________________.
39. Native Americans view a person’s health in terms of his relationship with nature and the ________________________________
40. What is the name of the 40-day period (from Ash Wednesday to Easter) in which many Catholics abstain from or restrict their intake of meat?
Lesson 1: Self-Test
1. Social, infirmity.
2. Social.
Mental.
Emotional.
Spiritual.
3. Continuum.
4. Adaptation, response.
5. Developmental.
Psychosocial.
Cultural.
Physiological.
6. Physical.
Emotional.
Social.
7. A correct answer consists of any three of the following:
Food.
Water.
Oxygen.
Elimination.
Clothing and shelter.
Activity or sensory and motor stimulation.
8. A correct answer consists of any two of the following:
Love.
Importance.
Adequacy.
Productivity.
9. A correct answer consists of any two of the following:
Identification or belonging.
Education or learning.
Recreation or play.
Religion or worship.
10. Physiological.
Safety.
Love and belonging.
Esteem and recognition.
Self-actualization.
Aesthetic.
11. Respond, interchange.
12. Channel.
13. Feedback.
14. Undertaking.
15. Why.
16. Sit.
17. One question at a time.
18. Feeling.
19. Facilitation.
20. Find sources other than the therapeutic relationship to meet your own needs.
21. Speak to the patient so he will know who is there.
22. Speak to the patient.
23. Read lips.
24. The Red Cross or the Patient Administration Division (PAD).
25. A correct answer consists of any two of the following:
The degree and extent of symptom distress.
Expectation of return to health if treatment is instituted.
Fear of diagnostic and treatment procedures.
Fear of discovery of serious illness.
The self-concept that one is always healthy.
26. A correct answer consists of any three of the following:
Unfamiliarity of surroundings.
Loss of independence.
Separation from spouse.
Separation from family.
Financial problems.
Isolation from other people.
Lack of information.
Threat of severe illness.
Problems with medications.
27. Denial (or disbelief in being ill).
28. Acceptance (of being ill).
29. Recovery, rehabilitation, or convalescence.
30. A correct answer consists of any three of the following:
Fear.
Anxiety.
Stress.
Over dependency or feelings of helplessness.
31. “Fight or flight” reaction.
32. No.
33. A correct answer consists of any four of the following:
Fatigue.
Insomnia.
Diarrhea or constipation.
Urgency.
Nausea.
Anorexia.
Excessive perspiration.
34. Prolonged.
35. Helplessness.
36. Respect for the patient.
37. Tay-Sachs and sickle cell anemia.
38. Pollutants (such as blood or a corpse).
39. Universe.
40. Lent.