Nur115 Test #1 (Unit 3)

Front 1

What is the definition of health? What is it not?

Back 1

Not just the absence of disease, but a state of complete physical, psychological and social well being.

Front 2

What is wellness?

What is main difference or addition to this definition versus the "health" definition?

Back 2

Wellness is dynamic balance among the physical, psychological, social and SPIRITUAL aspects of a person's life.

Front 3

Why did nurses develop health models/health belief models?

Back 3

So they could understand clients' attitudes and values toward health and illness so they could effectively provide healthcare.

Front 4

What is the point of the health belief model?

Back 4

It helps to show the relationship between a person's health belief and their behaviors...so we can predict how they will comply with health care therapies.

Front 5

What are the components of the health belief model?

Back 5

1. individual's perception of SUSCEPTIBILITY of an illness

2. individual's perception of the SERIOUSNESS of the illness

3. individual's perception of the BENEFITS and BARRIERS to taking action

Front 6

Give an example of the first component of the health belief model: Individual's perception of SUSCEPTIBILITY of an illness.

Back 6

Whether or not they recognize that they are at risk for heart disease because every male in their family has had a heart attack.

Front 7

Give an example of the second component of the health belief model: Individual's perception of the SERIOUSNESS of the illness.

Back 7

If they think having high cholesterol is a bad thing, or just kind of bad. A lot of outside influence on this.

Front 8

What does the likelines a person will take action (health belief model) depend on?

Back 8

perception of the benefits of and barriers to preventative action

Front 9

What are the three health models?

Back 9

health belief model

health promotion model

basic human needs model

Front 10

What are the three components of the health promotion model?

Back 10

1. individual characteristics and experiences

2. behavior specific knowledge and affect

3. behavioral outcomes

Front 11

In Health Promotion Model, what does it mean when it says indivudal characteristics and experiences?

Back 11

Each person has unique personal characteristics that will affect subsequent actions

Front 12

What is the desired outcome and end point of HPM?

Back 12

health promoting behavior (duh, duh, duh)

Front 13

Give some examples of internal variables that may effect a person's health beliefs.

Back 13

^developmental stage
.physical age
.emotional stage of life
^intellectual background
.educational background
.past experiences
.lack of knowledge
.cognitive ability
^perception of functioning
.subjective data gathered
-SOB, fatigue
^emotional factors
.stress, fear, depression
.overreactor may not seek tx b/c they think they are going to die

^spritual factors
.family relations
.find hope and meaning of life
.religious factors limit tx

Front 14

Give some examples of external variables that can effect a person's health belief.

Back 14

Family Practices

Socioeconomic Factors

Cultural background

Front 15

The following are important categories that can identify if a person's health status:

tobacco use
nutrition
alcohol use
habitual drug use (note habitual....haha)
driving
exercise
sexuality
family relationships
coping and adaptation

TRUE or FALSE

Back 15

True

Front 16

Who would you apply primary prevention to?

Back 16

someone who is without disease or disfunction

group or individual

at risk group or not at risk

Front 17

Give an example of primary prevention.

Back 17

immunizations
health education programs
nutritional fitness

Front 18

Who would you apply secondary prevention to?

Back 18

someone/group that is already experiencing health problems or illness AND who are at risk for developing more complications

Front 19

Give an example of secondary prevention.

Back 19

care delivered in hospitals, homes or nursing facilities

screening techniques
treating early stages of disease

-eye screening for ambylopia
-giving out info on low salt diet after running a BP stand at the fair and a person had prehypertension BP reading

Front 20

What is the goal of secondary prevention?

Back 20

to delay or stop the progression of the disease

it is directed at diagnosis and prompt intervention to reduce the severity of the diease or its side effects

Front 21

When does tertiary prevention occur?

Back 21

when a defect or disability is permanent and irreversible.

Front 22

What is the goal of tertiary prevention?

Back 22

minimizing the effects of the problem by preventing complications and deterioration

Front 23

The activities of tertiary prevention are directed at what?

Back 23

NOT dx and tx, but at REHAB

i'm gonna go to rehab, but i say no no no....teritiary, no no no

Front 24

Illness is not ___________.

Back 24

equal to disease.

illness is a state in which a person's physical, emotional, intellectual, social, developmental, or spiritual functioning is diminished or impaired compared with previous experience.

Front 25

Two topics deal with internal and external variables. What are they?

Back 25

health beliefs

&

reaction to illness

Front 26

What is the first stage of illness behavior?

Back 26

symptom experience

Front 27

Once a patient experiences symptoms, what is his next stage of illness behavior?

Back 27

assumption of sick role

Front 28

When a patient finally accepts they are sick, what is their next action?

Back 28

medical care contact

Front 29

Once a patient contacts the doctor, what is the next stage of illness behavior that they do?

Back 29

dependent client role

(don't know what it means, but oh well)

Front 30

What is the final stage of illness behavior?

Back 30

recovery/rehab

oh no no no

Front 31

Rehab comes up in two spots in unit 3. Amy Winehouse's song should be going through you head. What are the two spots that REHAB is mentioned?

Back 31

Tertiary Prevention (rehabilitation for a condition that is permanent)

and

The LAST stage of illness behavior (after they sought medical care and assumed the dependent client role, they do recovery and REHAB no no no)

Front 32

Primary Secondary and Tertiary

Those three words are used to describe two situations. What are the situations?

Back 32

Preventative Care
-primary prevention
-secondary prevention
-tertiary prevention

Levels of Healthcare
-Preventative
-Primary
-Secondary
-Tertiary
-Restorative
-Continuing

Front 33

Which one is which?

Primary prevention or Primary Health care level

early detection

Back 33

primary health care

(dx and tx are parts of secondary prevention, not primary)

Front 34

Which one is which?

Tertiary prevention or Tertiary Health care level

Long term disease preventing complications

Back 34

Tertiary prevention

Tertiary care would include seeing a specialist, but probably to treat the problem....