1) According to the holistic model, a narrow definition of holistic health includes:
A) an optimal functioning of mind, body, and spirit within the
... [Show More] 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 follow- up 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
Rationale: Medical diagnoses [Show Less]