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| Need to understand clients as individuals, unique beings, different from every other. |
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Nurses must keep the whole person in mind and strive to understand how one area of concern relates to the whole person.
Mind/body/spirit |
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| Relative constancy of the internal processes of the body. The tendency of the body to maintain a state of balance while continually changing. |
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| Components of Homeostasis |
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Physiological - automatic, self-regulatory, compensatory, multiple feedback systems.
Psychological - power of the mind to maintain health |
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| Maslow's Hierarchy of Human Needs |
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Please Shoot Lazy Sloppy Students!
Physiological - air/food/water/shelter/rest/sleep/activity
Safety and Security - feel safe both in environment and relationships
Love and Belonging - giving and receiving affection; attaining a place in a group
Self-esteem - feelings of self-esteem and esteem from others
Self-actualization - only achieved after self-esteem need is satisfied; innate need to develop one's potential and realize one's abilities and qualities. |
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| Goals of Healthy People 2020 |
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1. Eliminate PREVENTABLE disease/disability.
2. Achieve HEALTH EQUITY.
3. Create SOCIAL and PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS that promote good health for all.
4. Promote healthy development/behaviors across EVERY LIFE STAGE. |
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-Not disease oriented
- Motivated by personal, positive "approach" to wellness
- Seeks to expand positive potential for health |
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| Health Protection/Illness Prevention |
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- Illness of injury specific
- Motivated by "avoidance" of illness
- Detects illness early
- Maintains functioning within constraints of illness |
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| Main difference between Health Promotion and Health Protection/Illness Prevention |
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| The MOTIVATION for the behavior |
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Generalized health promotion and specific protection against disease. PRECEDES disease and is applied to generally healthy people. Examples:
Education about poison prevention
Immunizations
Family planning
Risk assessments for specific disease
Environmental sanitation/adequate housing |
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Emphasizes the early detection of disease, prompt intervention and health maintenance for individuals experiencing health problems. Also prevention of complications and disabilities. Examples:
Screening surveys
Regular medical and dental check-ups
Self-exam
Assessing growth and development of children
Pap smear
PSA test |
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Begins after an illness, when a disability or defect is fixed, stabilized, or determined to be irreversible. Focus is on rehabilitation; restore client to optimum level of functioning within the constraints of the disability. Examples:
Referring a colostomy patient to a support group
Teaching a diabetes patient how to identify and prevent complications
Referring a spinal cord injury to rehab |
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| Nurse's Role in Health Promotion |
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1. Model healthy lifestyles and attitudes
2. Promote client involvement
3. Teach self-care strategies
4. Assist individuals, families, communities to increase their level of health, develop and choose health-promoting options, develop problem-solving behaviors
5. Educate
6. Reinforce
7. Advocate |
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| Nursing Process and Health Promotion |
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Assessment - health history, physical assessment, etc.
Diagnoses - wellness
Planning - needs, desires, priorities of client; collaborative; nurse as a resource; explore available resources
Implementation
Evaluation |
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