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| State of complete physical mental and social well being. A state of being that people define in relation to their own values, personality, and lifestyle. |
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| activities related to maintaining attaining or regaining good health and preventing illness. Examples include immunizations, proper sleep patterns, adequate exercise, and nutrition. |
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| relationship b/w a person's beliefs and behaviors. Provides a way of understanding and predicting how clients will behave in relation to their health and how they will comply with health care therapies. A: individual's perception of susceptibility to an illness. B: Their perception of the seriousness of the illness. C: likelihood that a person will take preventative action. |
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| defines health as a positive dynamic state not merely the absence of disease. Directed at increasing clients level of well being. Model focuses on A: individual experiences and characteristics, B: behavior specific knowledge and affect, and C: behavioral outcomes. |
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| hierarchy of needs, and the extent to which basic needs are met is a major factor in determining a person's level of health. Food, water, safety and love. In all cases emergent physiological needs take precedence over a higher level need. |
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| Nurses using nursing process consider clients the ultimate experts regarding their health, and respect the subjective experience as relevant in maintaining health or assisting in healing. CLIENTS ARE INVOLVED IN THEIR HEALING PROCESS and assume responsibility for health maintenance. |
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| Stages of Health Behavior Change |
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1. Precontemplation: not intending to make changes in the next 6 months.
2. Contemplation: considering change in next 6 months.
3. Preparation: making small changes in preparation for a change in the next month.
4. Action: actively engaged in strategies to change behavior may last up to 6 months.
5. Maintenance: sustained change over time and begins 6months after actions have started, continues indefinitely. |
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| Internal variables influencing health beliefs and practices |
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| Developmental stage, intellectual background, perception of functioning, emotional factors, spiritual factors. |
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| External variables influencing health beliefs and practices |
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| Family practices, socioeconomic factors, cultural background. |
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| Passive strategies of health promotion |
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| individuals gain from the activities of others without acting themselves. Ex: fluoridation of the drinking water. |
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| Active strategies of health promotion |
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| Individuals are motivated to adopt specific health programs. Ex: weight reduction and smoking cessation programs. |
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| true prevention, precedes disease or dysfunction and is applied to clients considered physically and emotionally healthy. Examples include: health education programs, immunization programs, physical and nutritional fitness activities. |
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| Individuals who are experiencing health problems or illnesses and are at risk for developing complications or worsening conditions. Activities include diagnosis and prompt intervention to reduce severity and enable them to return to a healthy state. Includes screening techniques and treating early stages of the disease to limit disability by averting or delaying consequences of advanced disease. |
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| occurs when a defect or disability is permanent or irreversible and involves minimizing effects of long term disease or disability by interventions directed at preventing complications and deterioration. REHAB activities called preventative care to maintain highest level of functioning possible. |
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| change involves movement through a series of stages, precontemplation - maintenance. |
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| State in which a person's physical emotional intellectual social developmental or spiritual functioning is diminished or impaired compared with previous experiences. NOT SYNONYMOUS WITH DISEASE. This is nursing's main focus because we are concerned with functioning and well being in all directions. |
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| short duration and is severe, symptoms appear abruptly, are intense, and often subside after a relatively short period. CAN EFFECT FUNCTIONING IN ANY DIMENSION. |
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| Persists longer than 6 months, can also affect functioning in any dimension, however client fluctuates between maximal functioning and serious health relapses that can be life threatening. GOAL: reduce occurrence of symptoms or to improve the tolerance of symptoms. |
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| How people monitor their bodies, define and interpret their symptoms, take remedial actions, and use the health care system. |
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