Unit 2, Section 1 (Human Response: Theory)

Question 1

Who defines nursing as “…the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential health problems.”

Answer 1

ANA (American Nurses Association), 1980

Question 2

Who defines nursing as “The protection and optimization of health and abilities of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human responses and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.”

Answer 2

ANA (American Nurses Association), 2010

Question 3

Define Human Response

Answer 3

The Response of an individual, families, and communities to interaction with the environment.

Question 4

True or False: Human Response is unconscious.

Answer 4

False, human response can be both conscious and unconscious.

Question 5

Name the two goals of nursing.

Answer 5

Facilitate health promotion and disease prevention. HP/DP

Question 6

What does HP/DP stand for?

Answer 6

Health Promotion/Disease Prevention

Question 7

Define ‘response’.

Answer 7

The reaction of an individual to a specific condition/health problem.

Question 8

Define ‘health problem’.

Answer 8

Stimulus

Question 9

Define ‘stressor’.

Answer 9

Internal or external stimulus

Question 10

What is the action of a ‘stressor’

Answer 10

Cause a response or imbalance that affects the individuals health status

Question 11

What does ‘event’ refer to in regards to human response theory?

Answer 11

‘Event’ may refer to infection or injury, illness, or health deficit.

Question 12

Define ‘Actual Health Problems’

Answer 12

Illness or unhealthy pattern of behavior.

Question 13

Define ‘Potential Health Problems’

Answer 13

Anticipated illness or unhealthy state.

Assessment finding indicative of a future actual health problem.

Question 14

Name the four Human Response Perspectives

Answer 14

Physiological
Pathophysiological
Behavioral
Experiential

Question 15

Define the Physiological perspective of human response.

Answer 15

Predictable biological response, normal functioning of the body.

Question 16

Define the Pathophysiological perspective of human response.

Answer 16

Tissue response to stressors.

Measurable (Vital Signs)

Question 17

Define the Behavioral perspective of human response.

Answer 17

Measurable/Observable.

Verbal and Motor Occurences

Question 18

Define the Experiential perspective of human response.

Answer 18

Subjective statements, personal experience. Measured by self report.

Question 19

What human response perspective is influenced by cultural and social meaning of the experience?

Answer 19

Experiential

Question 20

What human response perspective is indicative of decompensation (ability to maintain homeostasis)?

Answer 20

Pathophysiological