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ACTIVE STRATEGIES OF HEALTH PROMOTION
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ACTIVITIES THAT DEPEND ON THE CLIENT BEING MOTIVATED TO ADOPT A SPECIFIC HEALTH PROGRAM
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ACUTE ILLNESS
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ILLNESS CHARACTERIZED BY SYMPTOMS THAT ARE OF RELATIVELY SHORT DURATION, ARE USUALLY SEVERE AND AFFECT THE FUNCTIONING OF THE CLIENT IN ALL DIMENSIONS
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CHRONIC ILLNESS
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ILLNESS THAT PERSISTS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND AFFECTS PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL, AND SPIRITUAL FUNCTIONING
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HEALTH
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A STATE OF COMPLETE PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING NOT MERELY THE ABSENCE OF DISEASE OR INFIRMITY
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HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE
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FIVE STAGES OF CHANGE FROM NO INTENTION TO CHANGE TO MAINTAING A CHANGED BEHAVIOR
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HEALTH BEHAVIORS
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ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH A PERSON MAINTAINS ATTAINS OR REGAINS GOOD HEALTH AND PREVENTS ILLNESS
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HEALTH BELIEF MODEL
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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK THAT PREDICTS A PERSON'S HEALTH BEHAVIOR AS AN EXPRESSION OF PERSONNAL HEALTH BELIEFS
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HEALTH PROMOTION
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THE CONCEPT OF MOTIVATION PEOPLE TO SEEK WAYS OF DECREASING THE INCIDENCE AND MINIMIZING THE RESULTS OF ILLNESS OR DISABILITY
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HOLISTIC HEALTH MODEL
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THIS MODEL ATTEMPTS TO CREATE CONDITIONS THAT PROMOTE OPTIMAL HEALTH.
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ILLNESS
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ABNORMAL PROCESS IN WHICH ANY ASPECT OF A PERSON'S FUNCTIONING IS DIMINISHED OR IMPAIRED AS COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS CONDITION
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ILLNESS BEHAVIOR
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WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE MONITOR THEIR BODIES DEFINE AND INTERPRET THEIR SYMPTOMS TAKE REMEDIAL ACTIONS AND USE THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
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ILLNESS PREVENTION
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HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES DIRECTED TOWARD PROTECTING CLIENTS FROM THREATS OR POTENTIAL THREATS TO HEALTH AND TOWARD MINIMIZING RISK FACTORS
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PASSIVE STRATEGIES OF HEALTH PROMOTION
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ACTIVITIES THAT INVOLVE THE CLIENT AS THE RECIPIENT OF ACTIONS BY HEALTH CARE PROESSIONALS
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PRIMARY PREVENTION
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PRECEDES DISEASE OR DYSFUNCTION AND IS APPLIED TO CLIENTS CONSIDERED PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY
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RISK FACTOR
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ANY INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL VARIABLE THAT MAKES A PERSON OR GROUP MORE VULNERABLE TO ILLNESS OR AN UNHEALTHY EVENT
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SECONDARY PREVENTION
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FOCUSES ON INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HEALTH PROBLEMS OR ILLNESS AND WHO ARE AT RISK FOR DEVELOPING COMPLICATIONS OR WORSENING CONDITIONS
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TERTIARY PREVENTION
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A DEFET OR DISABILITY IS PERMANENT AND IRREVERSIBLE. IT INVOLVES MINIMIZING THE EDDECTS OF LONG-TERM DISEASE OR DISABILITY BY INTERVENTIONS DIRECTED AT PREVENTING COMPLICATIONS AND DETERIORATION
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WELLNESS
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BEING HEALTHY
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CARING
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SENSE OF DEDICATION TO ANOTHER PERSON
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COMFORTING
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SKILLFUL AND GENTLE PERFORMANCE OF A NURSING PROCEDURE
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ETHIC OF CARE
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DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE BASED ON ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS OF CARE
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PRESENCE
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PERSON TO PERSON ENCOUNTER THAT CONVEYS A CLOSENESS AND SENSE OF SECURITY
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TRANSCULTURAL
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THE CONCEPT OF CARE AS THE ESSENCE AND CENTRAL UNIFYING AND DOMINANT DOMAIN THAT DISTINGUISHES NURSING FROM OTHER HEALTH DISCIPLINES
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TRANSFORMATIVE
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AN INTERCONNECTEDNESS BETWEEN THE ONE CARED FOR AND THE ONE CARING
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FAHREHEIT
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SCALE OF MEASUREMENT OF TEMPERATURE IN WHICH THE BOILING POINT OF WATER IS 212 DEGREES AND THE FREEZING POINT IS 32 DEGREES AT SEA LEVEL
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FEBILE
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PERTIANING TO OR CHARACTERIZED BY AN ELEVATED BODY TEMPERATURE
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FEVER
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ELEVATION OF THE HYPOTHALAMIC SET POINT SO THAT BODY TEMPERATURE IS REGULATED AT A HIGH LEVEL
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FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORGIN
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REFERS TO A FEVER WHOSE CAUSE CANNOT BE DETERMINED
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FROSTBITE
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TRAUMATIC EFFECT OF ECTREME COLD ON THE SKIN AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUES; FIRST MANIFESTED BY DISTINCT PALLOR
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HEAT EXHAUSTION
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ABNORMAL CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY WEAKNESS VERTIGO NAUSEA MUSCLE CRAMPS AND LOSS OF CONCIOUSNESS; CAUSED BY DEPLETION OF BODY FLUID AND ELECTROLYTES RESULTING FROM EXPOSURE TO INTENSE HEAT OR THE INABILITY TO ACCLIMATIZE TO HEAT
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HEAT STROKE
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SEVERE AND SOMETIMES FATAL CONDITION RESULTING FROM THE FAILURE OF THE TEMPERATURE REGULATING CAPACITY OF THE BODY CASUED BY PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE SUN OR HIGH TEMPERATURES
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HEMATOCRIT
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MEAUSRE OF THE PACKAGED CELL VOLUME OF RED CELLS, EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL BLOOD VOLUME
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HYPERTENSION
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DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE PERSISTENTLY EXCEEDING 140/90
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HYPERTHERMIA
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SITUATION IN WHICH BODY TEMPERATURE EXCEEDS THE SET POINT, FEVER
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HYPOTENSION
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AN ABNORMAL CONDITION IN WHICH THE BLOOD PRESSURE IS NOT ADEQUATE FOR NORMAL PERFUSION AND OXYGENATION OF THE TISSUES
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HYPOTHALAMUS
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PORTION OF THE DIENCEPHALON OF THE BRAIN THAT ACTIVATES, CONTROLS, AND INTEGRATES THE PERIPHERAL AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM, THE ENDOCRINE PROCESS, AND MANY BODILY FUNCTIONS SUCH AS BODY TEMPERATURE SLEEP AND APPETITE
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HYPOTHERMIA
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ABNORMAL LOWERING OF BODY TEMPERATURE BELOW 95 DEGREES USUALLY CAUSED BY PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO COLD
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HYPOXEMIA
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ABNORMAL DEFIENCY OF OXYGEN IN ARTERIAL BLOOD
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MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA
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AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT TRAIT CHARACTERIZED BY OFTEN FATAL HYPERTHERMIA IN AFFECTED PEOPLE EXPOSED TO CERTIAN ANESTHETIC AGENTS
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NONSHIVERING THERMOGENESIS
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CONDITION THAT OCCURS PRIMARILY IN NEONATES BECASUE NEONATES CANNOT SHIVER, A LIMITED AMOUNT OF VASCULAR BROWN TISSUE, PRESENT AT BIRTH, IS METABOLIZED FOR HEAT PRODUCTION
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ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION
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DROP IN SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE OF 15MM HG OR MORE WHEN A PERSOON RISES FROM RECUMBENT POSITION TO A SITTING OR STANDING POSITION
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PERFUSION
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PASSAGE OF A FLUID SUCH AS BLOOD THROUGH A SPECIFIC ORGAN OR AN AREA OF THE BODY
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POSTURAL HYPOTENSION
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ABNORMALLY LOW BLOOD PRESSURE OCCURING WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL ASSUMES THE STANDING POSTURE
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PULSE DEFICIT
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CONDITION THAT EXISTS WHEN THE RADIAL PULSE IS LESS THAN THE VENTRICULAR RATE AS AUSCULTATED AT THE APEX OR SEEN ON AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
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PULSE PRESSURE
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC PRESSURES NORMALLY 30 TO 40 MM HG
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PYREXIA
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ABNORMAL ELEVATION OF THE TEMPERATURE OF THE BODY ABOVE 37 DEGREES CELCIUS BECASUE OF DISEASE OR FEVER
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PYROGENS
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ANY SUBSTANCE THAT CAUSES A RISE IN BODY TEMPERATURE
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RADIAL PULSE
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PULSE OF THE RADIAL ARTERY PALPATED AT THE WRIST OVER THE RADIUS
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RADIATION
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METHOD OF TEMPERATURE REGULATION USED BY THE BODY TO LOWER BODY TEMPERATURE
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SHIVERING
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PROCESS USED BY THE BODY TO RAISE BODY TEMPERATURE
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SPHYGMOMANOMETER
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DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE THAT CONSISTS OF AN ARM OR A LEG CUFF WITH AN AIR BLADDER CONNECTED TO A TUBE
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STROKE VOLUME
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AMOUNT OF BLOOD EJECTED BY THE VENTRICLE DURING A VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION
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SYSTOLIC
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PRESSURE EXERTED IN THE AORTA AND LARGE ARTERIES OF A HUMAN DURING SYSTOLIC CONTRACTION OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE
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TACHYCARDIA
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RAPID HEART RATE RANGING BETWEEN 100 AND 150 BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE)
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THERMOREGULATION
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INTERNAL CONTROL OF BODY TEMPERATURE
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TIDAL VOLUME
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AMOUNT OF AIR INHALED AND EXHALED DURING NORMAL VENTILATION
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VENTILATION
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RESPIRATORY PROCESS BY WHICH GASES ARE MOVED INTO AND OUT OF THE LUNGS
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VITAL SIGNS
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TEMPERATURE PULSE RESPIRATIONS AND BLOOD PRESSURE (TPRB)
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