Exam 3 Study Guide – SP 2025 NUR304 Fundamentals in Nursing Practice

These flashcards cover essential terms and definitions related to health and nursing practices discussed in the lecture.

Primary Prevention

Prevention of disease before it occurs, focusing on reducing risk factors and promoting health.

Secondary Prevention

Detection and treatment of existing disease early to halt or slow its progress.

Tertiary Prevention

Reducing the impact of long-term illness or disability.

Health Promotion

Encourages individuals to maintain or improve their current health.

Health Education

Provides information and skills needed to make healthy choices.

Learning

Acquiring new knowledge, skills, and/or attitudes that can be measured.

Teaching

The concept of imparting knowledge through a series of directed activities.

Motivation to Learn

An internal state that helps arouse, direct, and sustain human behavior.

Cognitive Learning

Refers to the process of gaining knowledge through thought, experience, and the senses.

Affective Learning

Involves changes in feelings, beliefs, attitudes, and values.

Psychomotor Learning

Involves both mental and physical activity, requiring sensory awareness and skill performance.

Urinary Retention

Accrual of urine; inability to empty the bladder.

Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)

Infections that can cause symptoms like dysuria, frequency, and urgency.

Urinary Incontinence

Involuntary leakage or loss of urine.

Informed Consent

Documentation of consent required for surgical procedures.

Braden Scale

Used to predict pressure injury risk based on 6 categories.