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Nursing 288 U of C
Midterm 1
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Nursing
Undergraduate 2
02/12/2013

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Explain the LaLonde Report.
Definition

1974: Shifted national thinking toward health promotion; focus of lifestyle; led to canada as a leader of health promotion worldwide; stimulated world-wide action; lifestyle programs (tobacco, smoking, alcohol)

 

Term
Explain the Epp report.
Definition
1986; achieving health for all; a framework for health promotion; a new direction; agreed to host 1st international conference of HP in Ottawa; Jack Epp (minister); reducing inequity; increase prevention; self-care; strategies - public participation, strengthening community health services, coordinating public policy
Term
Explain the Ottawa Charter.
Definition
1986; most influential HP document worldwide; formed the basis of poplation health promotion model.
Term
Explain the difference between health and health promotion.
Definition
Health promotion is action orientated; works with people not for people; social and political process; strengthening skills and capabilities of individuals; process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health. Health is an asset/resource for everyday living; subjective sense of well being.
Term
What are the 3 basic HP strategies of the Ottawa Charter?
Definition
Enable, Mediate, Advocate.
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What are the 5 elements of the Ottawa Charter?
Definition
create supportive env'ts, develop personal skills, reorient health serviecs, strengthen community action, building healthy public policy.
Term
What is the foundation of the cube (PHPM)?
Definition
evidence based decision making, research, ecperiental learning, evaluation, values + assumptions.
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What are the 4 sides of the cube? (PHPM)
Definition
determinents of health, HP action strategies, levels of action, evidence based/values and assumptions foundations.
Term
what is population HP?
Definition
taking action on the interrelated conditions (sedoh) that affect a populations health to create healthy change.
Term
what is population health?
Definition
maintaining and improving health of entire populations and reducing inequities in health status among population groups.
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What is primary health care?
Definition
health care made universally accesible to individuals and families through their full participation and at a cost the community and country can afford.
Term
what are the 2 values underlying PHC?
Definition
social justice and equity
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What are the 5 principles of PHC?
Definition
accessibility, public participation, HP, appropriate technology, intersectoral cooperation
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What are the 8 elements of PHC?
Definition
education about health problems and prevention techniques, promotion of food supply and proper nutrition, adequate safe water and basic sanitation, maternal and child health care/family planning, immunization against major infectious disease, prevention and control of locally endemic diseases, appropriate treatment of common diseases and injuries, provision of essential drugs.
Term
what are the 3 levels of prevention? explain each.
Definition

primary: true avoidance of an illness or adverse health condition through hP activites and protective actions

secondary: early detection and treatment of adverse conditions; may result in cure of illness that would be incurable at later stages

tertiary: used after diseases or events have already resulted in damade or harm to individuals; purpose to limit disability + rehabilitate affected people to max capability

Term
What is a downstream approach?
Definition
improve individuals health by focusing on curative and research initiatives ex: surgery, rehab - an individual focused orientation to treatment and care
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what is a upstream approach?
Definition
improve individuals well being; extend beyond an individuals treatment ex: adding fluorine to source of drinking water - healthy public policies, programs and services deal with macrolevel issues of employment, education, and reimbursement mechanism that affect all in a community ex universal health care.
Term
what prevention approaches link with an upstream approach?
Definition
primary and secondary prevention
Term
what is social justice?
Definition
the degree of equal opportunity made available by the political, social, and economic structures and values of a society; influences well being of entire population; address root cause not symptoms
Term
explain the link of the following nurses with social justice: florence nightingale, lillian wald, lavinia dock, and margaret sanger.
Definition
-nightingale: social movement and reform; focused on hospitals and relationship between individual and hospital
-wald: focused on relationship b/w nurse and the public; used activism as a public health intervention
-dock: forefront of the fight for womens right to vote; served time in prison due to activism
-sanger: in jail for efforts to distribute birth control - invented the term birth control
Term
what are the 10 defining attributes of social justice? (CHEAPJEEPD)
Definition
capacity building, human rights, equity, advocacy, poverty reduction, just institutions, enabling env'ts. ethical practice, partnership, democracy and civil rights
Term
what is the CNA definition of equity?
Definition
overall equity is based on the fulfillment of each individuals needs as well as that individuals opportunity to reach full potential as a human being.
Term
what is health equity?
Definition
Equity in health means that all people, irrespective of ethnic or socio-economic status, sex or age, have an equal opportunity to develop and maintain health through fair and just access to resources for health.
Term
what is civilized oppression?
Definition
forms of oppression that we see in everyday life.
Term
why is social justice good for our hearts?
Definition
social exclusion leads to or can be caused by low income which can lead to CV diseases
-low income causes: material deprivation, excessive psychosocial stress, adoption of health threatening behaviors
Term
what is community development?
Definition
nurses involve a community in identifying and reinforcing those aspects of everyday life, culture, and political activity that are conducive to health; uses empowering strategies
-you need: trust, effective communitycaion, levels and mix of skills, preparedness to engage with stakeholders, shared commitment, have a plan B, and ability to sustain outcomes.
Term
what is pharmacology?
Definition
the study of drugs that alter function of living organisms
Term
what is pharmacotherapy? what is needed for by nurses?
Definition
use of drugs to prevent, diagnost, or treat signs/symptoms, and disease processes; needed for nurses in order for patient counselling/teaching; medication administration; assessment
Term
What are the 4 roles of nurses in med. admin.?
Definition
safety, patient advocacy, education, critical thinking/decision making
Term
what are the 5 rights of nursing responsibility?
Definition
right med, right dose, right route, right time, right client.
Term
what are the 2 drug laws and standards that provide guidelines for prescribers and public safety?
Definition
controlled drugs and substances act and food and drug regulations act
Term
what is pharmacokinetics? and what are the 4 sub groups?
Definition
how drugs move through the body
-absorption: how well drugs are absorbed in the bloodstream depending on the route by which you give it
-distribution: involves transportation of drug molecules within the body - protein binding, blood brain barrier
-metabolism: method by which most drugs are inactivated by the body; major site is liver
-excretion: elimination of a drug from the body - kidney is primary organ but liver and bowel are also important
Term
what are the 3 routes of drug admin in absorption?
Definition
-enteral/oral: tablets, pills, syrups, elixers; surface area for absorption; blood flow to the gut; liquid fastest and coated tablet slowest
-topical: creams, patches, inhalers, sprays; rapid absorption through mucous membrane; hydrated skin more permeable than dry skin
-parenteral: injectable forms - any route other than GI tract - believed 100% absorption will occur
Term
what is a therapeutic drug level?
Definition
the optimal level of drug in the blood; varties to each medication; determined at times by drawing blood and checking or by assumptions made on previous drug testing and known safe doses
Term
what is half-life?
Definition
the time it takes for 1/2 at a given amount of drug in the body to be removed. it is a measure of the rate at which a drug is eliminated from the body.
Term
what is the onset of action?
Definition
time required for the drug to elicit a therapeutic response
Term
what is the peak effect?
Definition
the time a drug needs to reach its max therapeutic respone
Term
what is pharmacodynamics?
Definition
drug actions on target cells ie "what the drug does to the body" - the goal: therapeutic effect
Term
what are the 3 different ways drugs can exert actions?
Definition
receptors, enzymes, nonselective interactions
Term
how are drugs classified?
Definition
1) effects on particular body systems 2) therapeutic uses 3) chemical characteristics
Term
what are laxatives NOT used for?
Definition
drug allergies or bowel complications
Term
what vitamins are water soluble? which ones have storage in our bodies?
Definition
B+C are water soluble so we need extra because they get excreted - E,P,K have storage in body so we dont need as much
Term
what is active immunity?
Definition
protection from a disease produced by a persons own immune system in response to a disease caused by exposure to a specific antigen ex: flu vaccine produces active immunity - agents: vaccines, toxoids
Term
what are antibodies and antigens?
Definition
-antibodies: proteins called immunoglobins that interact with specific antigens
-antigens: foreign substances that initiate immune response
Term
what is an immune response?
Definition
biochemical events that occur in the body in response to entry into the body of an antigen
Term
what is positive immunity?
Definition
immunity to an antigen is achieved not by host producing own immunity but by administering agents that confer immunity. agents: immune serums, immunoglobins
Term
Frankish, Moultan, Rootman, Cole, & Gray (2006) Setting a foundation: Underlying values and structures of health promotion in primary health care settings, state that the definition of health promotion is...
Definition
process of enabling people to increase control over the determinants of health and thereby improve their health.
Term
what is the framework of HP in PHC according to Frankish et al.
Definition
values, structures, strategies, processes, and outcomes.
Term
define values and structures in HP in PHC
Definition
values: people working in PHC and HP share common values regarding health care services
structures: describe characteristics of PHC settings that have supportive environments for HP.
Term
PHC VS PC?
Definition
PHC is more involved with HP than conventional primary care.
-primary care is concerned with biomedical and disease focus - individual is targeted rather than social and environment
Term
what is social justice according to Stamler + Yiu?
Definition
fair distribution of societys benefits, responsibility and their consequences. it focuses on the relative positon of one social group in relationship to others in society as well as on the root causes of disparities and what can be done to eliminate them.
Term
what are the 3 social justice approaches according to Stamler + Yiu?
Definition
1) ethical use of power in health care 2) view persons as unique, interdependent 3) elicit concern for issues of everyday life ->ethical dilemmas
Term
what is health according to the medical model presented by stamler + yiu?
Definition
the absence of disease; biomedical; diagnose and fix; body conceptualized as a machine
Term
what is the systems view of health according to stamler + yui?
Definition
state of complete physical, mental, and social well being, not merely the absence of disease and infirmity - embraced by community and public health - stimulated by LaLonde Report
Term
What 4 elements does the LaLonde Report say health is a result of?
Definition
human biology, lifestyle, environment, health care.
Term
what is an ecological perspective?
Definition
reflects a systems view; health is the consequence of interdependence between humans and their social and physical environment
Term
what are the 5 different health perceptions?
Definition
abiding vitality, transitional harmony, rhythmical connectedness, unfolding fulfillment, active optimism
Term
what is a mid stream approach?
Definition
support at the community and organization level for creating environments conducive to living healthfully ex prenatal care programs
Term
what phase of prevention does intervention occur at according to Keith A King's article, postvention?
Definition
Secondary prevention and tertiary prevention
Term
What are the 2 types of conflict according the article by Sessa. describe each.
Definition
task oriented: concerned with task functions and address issues concerning resources and activites - leads to better team performance - more long term satisfaction than people oriented.

people oriented: relationships, personality, results in developing team norms, roles and social skills.
Term
what is perspective taking?
Definition
engaging in communication that allows an accurate understand of others responses1) self disclosure 2) role reversal 3) active listening - this in turn creates more tolerance
Term
what are the 2 components of emotion?
Definition
tone and arousal

-tone = positive or negative tone
-too much arousal creates difficulty in concentration, however emotional arousal may increase participation
-tone influences specific activities within an orientation
-+ tone leads to helping behaviors
- negative tone leads to withdrawal behavior
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