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- Concept which when applied to nursing emphasizes nurses must keep the whole person in mind and strive to understand how one area of concern relates to the whole person.
- The relationship between the individual and the external environment and to others must also be considered.
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- describes the relativeconstancy of the internal processes of the body
- Includes blood 02 and CO2 levels, BP, body temp, blood glucose, and fluid/electrolyte balance.
- Goal is obtaining equilibruim
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- Self regulating
- Compensatory
- Tend to be regulated by neg feedback system
- May require several feedback systems to correct a single imbalance
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- homeostatic mechanisms come into play automatically in a healthy person
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Compensatory (Homeostatic mechanisms) |
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- Homeostatic mechanisms are compensatory because they tend to counter-act conditions that are abnormal for the person.
- Example: Drop in air temp cause peripheral blood vessels to constrict -> diverts blood internally -> increases muscular activity -> shivering = heat.
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Physiological System (Homeostasis) |
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- a set of interacting identifiable parts or components.
- Fundamental components: matter, energy,& communication.
- Boundary: differentiates systems by a real or imaginary line.
- Closed and open systems.
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- Does not exchange energy, matter, or information with its environment. Does not receive or give.
- Does not exist in reality.
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- Energy, matter, and information move in and out of the system through the system boundary.
- All living systems.
- Depends of quality of input, output, and feedback.
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- The mechanism by which some of the output of a system is returned to the system as input.
- Negative feedback: inhibits change
- Positive feedback: stimulates change.
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Psychological homeostasis |
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- Refers to emotional or psychologic balance or a state of mental well-being.
- Maintained by a variety of mechanisms.
- Acquired or learned through experience of living and interacting with other.
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Needs Theory and Maslow's needs |
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- Needs theory ranks humans needs on an ascending scale accoriding to how essential they are for survival
- Maslow's five levels: 1. Physiological needs, 2. Safety and security needs, 3. Love and belonging needs, 4. Self-esteem needs, 5. Self-actualization.
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- focuses on (a) health promotion and (b) protection against specific health problems
- Purpose is to decrease the risk or exposure of the individual or community to disease.
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- focuses on (a) early identification of health problems and (b) prompt intervention to alleviate health problems.
- Goal is to identify individuals in an early stage of a disease process and to limit future disability.
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- Focuses on restoration and rehabilitation with the goal of returning the individual to an optimal level of funtioin
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- Behavior motivated by the desire to increase well-being and actualize human health potential
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Disease prevention/Health protection |
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- Behavior motivated by a desire to actively avoid illnes, detect it early, or maintain functioning within the constraints of illness.
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Transtheorectical Model (Stages of Health Behavior Change) |
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- a. Precontemplation
- b. Contemplation
- c. Preparation
- d. Action
- e. Maintenance
- f. Termination
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- The person does not think about changing their behavior in the next six months.
- May be uninformed or underinformed about consquences.
- Avoids thinking, reading, and talking about high-risk behaviors.
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- The person acknowledges having a proble, seriously considers changing a behavior, actively gathers information, and verbalizes plans to change the behavior in the near future.
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- Occurs when the person intends to take action in the immediate future.
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- Occurs when the person actively implements behavioral and cognitive strategies of the action plan to interupt previous health risk behaviors and adopt new ones.
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- Person strives to prevent relapse by integrating newly adopted behaviors inot his or her lifestyle.
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- the ultimate goal where the individual has complete confidence that the problem is no longer a temptation or threat.
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- an assessment and educational tool that indicates a client's risk for disease or injury during the next 10 years by comparing the client's risk with the mortality risk of the corresponding age, sex, and racial group.
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- Describes human responses to levels of wellnes in an individual, family, or community that have a readiness for enhancement.
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