معلومات مقرر دراسي

Targeted Population The students in the first stage for nursing department

Rational This unit designed to learn:

definitions for the terms health and illness

the importance of health promotion in patient care.

Central Ideas

 Health definition

 Factors affecting health

 Nursing Process

Objectives after studying this unit, you’ll learn:

Roles and functions of a medical-surgical nurse

Definitions for the terms health and illness

The importance of health promotion in patient care.

Pre-Test

1. A nurse in a health care clinic is evaluating the level of wellness for patient

using the health/wellness/illness continuum tool. Which of the following clients is

measured at the center of the continuum?

A. A college student who has influenza

B. An older adult who is newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus

C. A new mother who has a urinary tract infection

D. A young male who has a long history of well-controlled rheumatoid arthritis

2. A nurse is evaluating patient at a health fair for modifiable variables affecting

health and wellness. The nurse identifies which of the following as a modifiable

variable?

A. A male who smokes on social occasions

C. An adult with alopecia

D. An adolescent with Trisomy 21