Week 1: Health, Wellness, Illness

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

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Tertiary Prevention

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

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Primary Prevention

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Activities designed for early diagnosis and treatment of disease or illness

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Secondary Prevention

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A method for delivering nursing care in which the nurse is responsible for a caseload of clients across the health care continuum

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Case Management

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An insurance plan in which the client pays a percentage of the payment and some other group (i.e., employer, government) pays the remaining percentage

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Coinsurance

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Multidisciplinary guidelines for client care based on specific medical diagnoses designed to achieve predetermined outcomes

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Critical Pathways

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A Medicare payments system to hospitals and physicians that establishes fees according to diagnosis

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Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs)

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A system in which the best possible use of nursing personnel is based on their educational preparation and resultant skill sets

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Differentiated Practice

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The totality of services offered by all health disciplines

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Health Care Systems

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A group health care agency that provides basic and supplemental health maintenance and treatment services to voluntary enrollees

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Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)

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Provide care in offices; clients pay a fixed prospective payment and IPA pays the provider; earnings or losses are assumed by the IPA

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Independent Practice Associations (IPAs)

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A system that incorporates acute care services, home health care, extended and skilled care facilities, and outpatient services

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Integrated Delivery System (IDS)

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A nurse who practices under the supervision of a registered nurse, providing basic direct technical care to clients

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Licensed Vocational (Practical) Nurse (LVN/LPN)

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A method of organizing care delivery that emphasizes communication and coordination of care among all health care team members

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Managed Care

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A U.S. federal public assistance program paid out of general taxes and administered through the individual states to provide health care for those who require financial assistance

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Medicaid

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A national and state health insurance program for U.S. residents older than 65 years of age

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Medicare

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Delivery model that brings all services and care providers to the client

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Patient-Focused Care

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Similar to PPOs, but PPAs can contract with individual health care providers; the plan can be limited or unlimited

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Preferred Provider Arrangements (PPAs)

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A group of physicians or a hospital that provides companies with health services at a discounted rate

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Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)

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Special payments for people with disabilities, those who are blind, and people who are not eligible for Social Security; these payments are not restricted to health care costs

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Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

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The delivery of individualized nursing care to clients by a team led by a professional nurse

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Team Nursing

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Typically characterized by severe symptoms of relatively short duration

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Acute Illness

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The extent to which an individual's behavior (for example, taking medications, following diets, or making lifestyle changes) coincides with medical or health advice; commitment or attachment to a regimen

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Adherence

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Illness that lasts for an extended period of time, usually greater than 6 months

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Chronic Illness

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An alteration in body function resulting in a reduction of capacities or shortening of the normal life span

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Disease

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The causal relationship between a problem and its related or risk factors

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Etiology

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The period during a chronic illness when symptoms reappear after remission

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Exacerbation

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The presence or absence of disease

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Health

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The actions a person takes to understand his or her health state, maintain an optimal state of health, prevent illness and injury, and reach his or her maximum physical and mental potential

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Health Behaviors

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Concepts about health that an individual believes are true

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Health Beliefs

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The health of a person at a given time

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Health Status

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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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Illness

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The course of action a person takes to define the state of his or her health and pursue a remedy

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Illness Behavior

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The values and behaviors adopted by a person in daily life

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Lifestyle

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A concept about whether clients believe their health status is under their own or others' control

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Health Locus of Control Model (LOC)

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

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Remission

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

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Risk Factors

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A subjective perception of balance, harmony, and vitality

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Well-Being

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

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Wellness