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Health, Wellness & Illness
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
03/07/2011

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Term
Illness Behaivor
Definition
Ways Individuals Describe, Monitor & Interpret Symptoms, Take Action & Uses The Health Care System
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Health
Definition
Dynamic State Of Being In Which The Developmental & Behaivoral Potential Of An Individual Is Realized To The Fullest Extent Possible
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Health Promotion
Definition
Activity Undertaken For The Purpose Of Achieving A Higher Level Of Health & Well-Being
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Holism
Definition
All Living Organisms Are Seen As Interacting; A Unified Whole That Is More Than The Sum Of Its Parts
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Homeostasis
Definition
The Tendency Of The Body To Maintain A State Of Balance While Continually Changing-Deviations From Normal Are Sensed & Counteracted
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Developmental Stage
Definition
Level Of Achievement For A Particular Segment Of A Person's Life
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Health Protection
Definition
Behaivor Motivated By A Desire To Actvely Avoid Illness, Detect It Early, Or Maintain Functioning Within The Constraint Of Illness
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Health Behaivor
Definition
Actions a Person Takes To Understand Health State, Maintain An Optimal State Of Health, Prevent Illness & Injury, & Reach Maximum Potential
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Teaching
Definition
System Of Activities Intended To Produce Learning
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Advocate
Definition
Individual Who Pleads The Cause Of Another, Or Argues For A Cause Or Proposal
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Health Status
Definition
The Health Of a Person At A Given Time
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Wellness
Definition
State Of Well-Being
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Well-Being
Definition
A Subjective Perception Of Balance, Harmony, & Vitality
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Health Promotion Model
Definition
Any Activity Undertaken For The Purpose Of Achieving A Higher Level Of Health & Well-Being
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Health Belief
Definition
Concepts About Health That An Individual Believes Are True
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Adherence
Definition
The Extent To Which An Individual's Behaivor Coincides With Health Advice
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Illness
Definition
A Personal State In Which The Person Feels Unhealthy Or Ill, Or May Be Related To Disease
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Disease
Definition
An Alteration In Body Function Resulting In Reduced Capacities Or Shortening Of The Life Span
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Acute Illness
Definition
Typically Characterized By Severe Symptoms Of Relatively Short Duration
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Chronic Illness
Definition
Illness That Lasts For An Extended Period Of Time, Usually Greater Than 6 Months
Term
Body Temperature
Definition
Balance Between The Heat Produced By The Body & The Heat Lost From The Body
Term
Core Temperature
Definition
Temperature Of The Deep Tissue Of The Body
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Surface Temperature
Definition
Temperature Of Tissue, Such As Subcutaneous Tissue & Fat
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Radiation
Definition
Transfer Of Heat From The Surface Of One Object To The Surface Of Another Without Contact Between The Two Objects
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Conduction
Definition
Transfer Of Heat From One Molecule To Another In Direct Contact
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Convection
Definition
Dispersion Of Heat Through Air Currents
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Vaporization
Definition
Continuous Evaporation Of Moisture From The Respiratory Tract, Oral Mucosa, & Skin
Term
Insensible Water Loss
Definition
Continuous & Unnoticed Water Loss
Term
Insensible Heat Loss
Definition
Heat Loss That Occurs From Evaporation Of Moisture From The Respiratory Tract, Mucosa Of The Mouth, & The Skin
Term
Pyrexia
Definition
Body Temperature Above The Normal Range: Fever
Term
Hypothermia
Definition
Core Body Temp Below The Lower Limit Of Normal
Term
Hyperthermia
Definition
Extremely High Core Body Temp
Term
Pulse
Definition
Wave Of Blood Within An Artery That Is Created By Contraction Of The Left Ventricle Of The Heart
Term
Respiration
Definition
Act Of Breathing, Transport Of Oxygen From The Atmosphere To ThenBody Cells & Of Carbon Dioxide From The Cells to The Atmosphere
Term
Blood Pressure
Definition
Force Exerted On Arterial Walls By Blood Flowing Within The Vessels
Term
Apical Pulse
Definition
Central Pulse Located At The Apex Of The Heart
Term
Pulse Deficit
Definition
Differance Between The Apical & Radial Pulse
Term
Adventitious Breath Sounds
Definition
Abnormal Or Acquired Breath Sounds
Term
Palpation
Definition
Examination Of the Body Using the Sense of Touch
Term
Percussion
Definition
A Method in Which the Body Surface Is Struck To Elicit Sounds Or Vibrations
Term
Auscultation
Definition
The Process of Listening to Sounds Produced within the Body
Term
Korotkoff Sounds 
Definition
A Series of Five Sounds Produced By Blood Within the Artery with Each Ventricular Contraction
Term
Systolic Pressure
Definition
The Pressure Of The Blood Against the Arterial Walls When the Heart Contracts
Term
Diastolic Pressure
Definition
The Pressure of the Blood Against the Arterial Walls When the Heart Is at Rest
Term
Pulse Pressure
Definition
The Difference between the Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure
Term
Coping
Definition
Dealing with Change
Term
Burnout
Definition
Complex Syndrome of Behaviors That Can Be Likened to the Exhaustion Stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome
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