Health Promo, Safety, and Education

Question 1

An illness lasting less than 6 months. Reversible, abrubt, and which eventually subsides

Answer 1

Acute Illness

Question 2

An illness lasting longer than 6 months or that is irreversible

Answer 2

Chronic Illness

Question 3

What are the 3 ways that nurses care for people who aren’t sick

Answer 3

Health Promotion (maintainace)
Health Education (Develop understanding of health)
Illness prevention (Protection of patients)

Question 4

Health promotion and true prevention of diseases

Answer 4

Primary (prevent) disease prevention

Question 5

Focuses on preventing worsening of disease/illness/infection

Answer 5

Secondary (slows) disease prevention

Question 6

When a defect or disability is permanent or irreversible, goal is to minimize effect of disability

Answer 6

Tertiary (treat) disease prevention

Question 7

Ability of an individual to find, understand, and use information and services to make health informed decisions

Answer 7

Health literacy

Question 8

What are 3 ways to evaluate patient learning?

Answer 8

Verbalizing understanding, written validation, teach back or return demonstration

Question 9

What are the 4 p’s of hourly rounding

Answer 9

Potty
Pain
Position
Possessions/Placement