155-Lab1 Terms- Critical Thinking In Health Assessment - Randy Nguyen

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Assessment

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the collection of data about an individuals's health state

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Behavioural model

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moves health beyond treating disease to include secondary and primary preventions with emphasis give to changing behaviours

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Biomedical model

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the Western Euroean/North American trdition that views health as the absense of disease

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Complete database

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a complete health history and full physical examination

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Critical thinking

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simultaneously problem-solving while improving one's own thinking ability

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Diagnostic reasoning

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method of collecting and analyzing clinical information with the following components:

1- attending to intially abailable cues

2-formulating diagnostic hypotheses

3- gathering data relative to the tentative hypotheses

4- evaluating each hypothesis with the new data collected

5- arriving at a final diagnosis

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Emergency database

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rapid collection of the database, often compiled concurrently with lifesaving measures

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Episodic database

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one used for a limited or short term problem; concerns mainly one problem, one cue complex or one boy system

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Follow up database

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used in all settings to monitor progress on short term or chronic health problems

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Health promotion

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a comprehensive social and political process of enabling ppl to increase control over the determinants of health and therefore improve their health

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Medical diagnosis

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used to evaluate the casues and etiology of disease; focus is on the function or malfunction of a specific organ system

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Nursing diagnosis

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used to evaluate the response of the hole person to actual or potential health problems

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Nursing process

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a method of collecting and analyzing clinical information with following components

1-assessment
2-diagnosis
3-outcome identification
4-planning
5-implementation
6-evaluation

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Objective data

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what the health professional observes by inspecting, palpating, percussing, and auscultating during the physical examination

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Relational practice

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recognizes that health, illness and the meanings they hold for a person are shaped by ones social, sultural, family, historical, and geographical contexts as well as one's age, gender, ability and so on

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Social determinants of health

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the social, economic, and political conditions that shap the health of individuals, families, and communities

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Socioenvironmental model

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incorporates sociological and environmental aspects of health as well as biomedical and behavioral ones

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Subjective data

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what the person says about himself or herself during history taking

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Wellness

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a dynamic process and view of health; a move towards optimal functioning