4.  Secondary Illness

• An illness that results from or is caused by a primary illness.

1.  Acute Illness

• An illness that develops suddenly and resolves in short time.

2.  Chronic Illness

• An illness that develops slowly over a long period and lasts throughout life.

3.  Primary Illness

• An illness that develops without being caused by another health problem.

5.  Idiopathic Illness

• An illness for which there is no known etiology (cause).

6.  Illness Stages

• transition (onset)
• acceptance (sick role)
• convalescence (recovery)

7.  Being healthy

• Being able to function well physically and mentally and to express the full range of one's potentialities within the environment in which one is living.

8.  Factors that influence a person's state of health 

• personal
• psychosocial
• spiritual

9.  Nursing Theory

• Nursing is concerned with helping people cope with adverse factor responses to illness.

10.  Health Behavior

• Any action undertaken in order to promote health, prevent disease, or detect disease in an early, asymptomatic stage.

11.  Holistic Approach

• An approach that considers the biologic, psychological, sociologic, and spiritual aspects and needs of the person.

12.  Abraham Maslow

• Identified basic needs necessary for existence and higher level needs for healthy integration of the whole being.

13.  Self-actualization

• self-knowledge and acceptance
• achievement
• openness, flexibility
• universal knowledge
• aesthetics (artistic appreciation, talent)

14.  Self-esteem

• independence
• competence
• exploration
• roles
• motivation
• learning
• leisure
• spiritual beliefs

15.  Love

• loving: giving and receiving
• affection
• intimacy
• sexual expression

16.  Security

• psychological comfort
• assistance in meeting needs
• comfortable environment

17.  Belonging

• social interaction
• communication
• human caring
• family community

18.  Self-actualization

• reaching one's full potential
• not met until certain beliefs and value are met. 

19.  Homeostasis

• the tendency of biologic systems to maintain stability of the internal environment by continually adjusting to changes necessary for survival.

20.  Stress

• The sum of biologic reactions that take place in response to any adverse stimulus.
• Disturbs homeostasis