Nursing Trends Final Flashcards

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Management of Therapeutic regimen

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an ineffective way of treating disease is in effect, client verbalizes desire to manage treatment or prevention better

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ineffective health maintenance

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inability to identify, manage, or seek out help to maintain health

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health seeking behavior

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an individual wants to improve health or alter habits to achieve higher health

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Spiritual distress

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impaired ability to experience and integrate meaning and purpose in life through a connectedness with art music, god or whatever

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decisional conflict

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inability to make a choice when competing actions may have negative consequences

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what maintains homeostasis?

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the body through negative feedback mechanisms

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clinical model of health and wellness

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narrowest interpretation of health and wellness, people are viewed as physiological systems, health equals absence of disease.

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role performance model of health and wellness

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sickness is an inability to fulfill one's roles in society. people are believed to be healthy as long as roles are fulfilled, even if they are clinically ill. sickness is the inability to perform a role.

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adaptive model of health and wellness

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disease is a failure of adaptation, people in good health are able to adapt to the environment. the focus of the adaptive health model is stability.

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Eudemonistic model of health and wellness

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comprehensive view of health, wellness is when a person realizes their own potential, sickness is what keeps people from self actualization

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agent-host model of health and wellness

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each factor interacts with the other, constantly. when in balance, person is healthy.

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health-illness continuum of health and wellness

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measures a persons perceived level of wellness. people move back and forth on this continuum daily.

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how many models of health do we need to know?

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6:
clinical, eudemonistic, role performance, adaptive, agent-host, and health illness models

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what are the aspects of wellness?

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self responsibility, having an ultimate goal, a dynamic, growing process, needs daily decision making in health areas, involves the whole being of the individual.

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what are internal variable sof individual health?

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biological, psychological and cognitive dimensions

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describe what a systems theory is used for

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used to evaluate human systems. allows a nurse to evaluate a community, as well as the individual, and the relationship between them.

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characteristics of systems

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-perform as a unified whole
-goal directed
-require adaptation
-living systems are open to the environment
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define system

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a unit whose parts work together toward a goal

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define input

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matter, energy, and information that enters into a system

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define subsystem

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subparts within a system that uses input

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define throughput

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the process by which the subsystem utilizes or processes input and releases it as output.

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define output

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the byproduct of throughput: matter, energy and info that leaves a system

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define feedback

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output that is returned to the system and allows a system to monitor itself over time in an effort to reach a steady state or homeostasis

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define boundary

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borders of a system that separate the system from the environment. the boundary also determines the elements that can enter or leave the system

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define suprasystem

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the next larger grouping of which the system is a part of.

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what are the two major goals of healthy people 2010?

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to increase quality and years of healthy life, and to eliminate health disparities.

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describe healthy people 2010

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organized around 28 areas of health improvement. established health indicators to judge health by and to develop plans to improve health. vision is healthy people healthy communities.

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name 2 approaches to managing health

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health promotion, and illness prevention (health protection)

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describe the primary level of prevention?

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protection against specific health

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describe the secondary level of prevention>

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early identification of health problems and prompt intervention

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describe the tertiary level of prevention?

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focuses on rehabilitation and restoration

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define health

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the absence of disease

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describe the Health Locus Control model

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looks at whether patients believe that their health us under control or not

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decribe rosenstock and beckers health belief model

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suggest that patients motivation to change is dependent on the benefits they perceive, the seriousness of the threat, and the barriers they see to changing.

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describe Nola Penders health promotion model

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builds upon the health belief model but adds clients health promoting behaviors

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according to the rosenstock health model, benefits must outweigh what for an individual to adjust their behavior?

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benefits must outweigh barriers for the client to change their behavior.

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what are the 6 steps of Prochoskas model of change?

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precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, termination

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describe pre contemplation

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denies having a problem, may fell hopeless, no intention of taking action within 6 months

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describe contemplation

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acknowledges having a problem, researches causes and possible solutions, not ready to commit to action, intends to take action with in next 6 months

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describe preparation

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plans to take action, makes adjustments before beginning action, takes action within next 30 days and may have taken some action toward that intent

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describe action

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modified behavior and surroundings, has changed overt behaviors for more than 6 months

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describe maintenance

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integrates new behavior into lifestyle, overt behavior changes for more than 6 months

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describe termination

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copes without fear of relapse, confidence that overt behavior will never return

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describe the characteristics of disease

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alteration in body functions, a reduction of capacities or shortening of normal life span, has etiology

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describe acute illness

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severe symptoms of relatively short duration, symptoms often appear abruptly, may or may not require intervention, most people return to normal level of wellness.

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describe chronic illness

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lasts for an extended period, usually has a slow onset, often has periods of remission and exacerbation, care includes promoting wellness