Nursing Basics-Chapter 5: Health Beliefs And Practices

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System

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A set of interacting identifiable parts or components

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Tertiary Prevention

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Activities designed to restore individuals with disabilities to their optimal level of functioning.

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Humanist

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A perspective that includes propositions such as the mind & body are indivisible, people have the power to solve their own problems, and people are responsible for their lives and well-being.

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Illness

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A highly personal state in which the person feels unhealthy or ill, may or may not be related to disease.

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Naturopathy

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Study of nutrition, herbs, homeopathy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy, physical medicine, counseling & minor surgical interventions.

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Primary Prevention

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Activities directed toward the protection from or avoidance of potential health risks.

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Remission

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A period during a chronic illness when there is a lessening of severity or cessation of symptoms.

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Risk Factor

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Factors that cause a client to be vulnerable to developing a health problem.

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Secondary Prevention

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Activities designed for early diagnosis & treatment of disease or illness.

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Spirituality

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Belief in or relationship with some higher power, creative force, driving being, or infinite source of energy.

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Acute/Acute Illness

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Characterized by severe symptoms of relatively short duration.

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Wellness

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A state of well-being, engaging in attitudes & behaviors that enhance quality of life & maximize personal potential

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Adherence

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The extent to which an individual's behavior (e.g. taking meds, following Rx of diet & exercise) coincides with medical or health advice; commitment or attachment to a regimen.

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Holism

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All living organisms are seen as interacting, unified wholes that are more than the sums of their parts.

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Homeopathy

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An alternative therapy based on the theory that the cure for the disease itself; thus, treatment is with highly diluted amounts of substances that at a higher concentration would produce the same symptoms as the disease.

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Homeostasis

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The tendency of the body to maintain a state of balance/equilibrium while continually changing; a mechanism in which deviations from normal are sensed & counteracted.

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Allopathic

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Term used to describe Western medical practice.

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Biofeedback

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A stress management technique that brings under conscious control bodily processes normally thought to be beyond voluntary control.

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Chronic

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Extended period of time, usually > 6 months.

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Chronic Illness

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Illness that lasts for an extended period of time (> 6 months)

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Disease Prevention (health protection)

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Behavior motivated by a desire to actively avoid illness, detect it early, or maintain functioning with the constraints of illness (aka health protection).

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Equilibrium

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State of balance

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Health Promotion

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Any activity undertaken for the purpose of achieving a higher level of health & well-being.

Not diease oriented, motivated by personal, "positive" approach to wellness.

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Health Protection

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aka: disease prevention: behavior motivated by a desire to actively avoid illness, detect it early, or maintain functionality within the constraints of illness.

Illness or injury specific - motivated by "avoidance" of illness seek to thwart the occurrence of insults to health & well-being.