Health Promotion

Question 1

Primary prevention

Answer 1

Focus on health promotion and protection against specific health problems. Prevent or slow disease onset.
Examples maintain a healthy weight, exercise, protecting skin with sunscreen, wearing seatbelt

Question 2

Secondary prevention

Answer 2

Focus on early identification of health problems and prompt intervention.
For example blood pressure screening, mammogram, colonoscopy

Question 3

Tertiary prevention

Answer 3

Focus is slowing progression of disease and returning individual to pre-illness phase.
For example :assisting patient who is recovering from a hip replacement to regain strength and ambulation.

Question 4

Nursing assessment is a collection of comprehensive patient centered data to be used as the basis for identifying patient needs.
What kinds of data should be done/ taken for this step?

Answer 4

Health history including subjective data, 
past health history, 
family health history, 
social history, 
medication history, 
review of body systems

Question 5

Assessment: using nursing knowledge, assessment Techniques for example inspection, auscultation, palpitation, percussion and olfaction
4 physical exam qualities

Answer 5

1-Modification for different age groups
2-Distinguish normal from abnormal findings,
3-head to toe examination of body systems,
4-vital sign assessment

Question 6

Identify nursing diagnoses that address Health promotion and maintenance (2)

Answer 6

Sedentary lifestyle,

ineffective health maintenance

Question 7

nursing diagnoses that address alterations in vital signs (2)

Answer 7

Ineffective peripheral tissue perfusion,

ineffective breathing pattern

Question 8

Nursing diagnoses: Some statements to know (3)

Answer 8

1-Derived from nursing assessment data,
2-revised as new or additional assessment data becomes available,
3-prioritized based on assessment