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Fundamentals Ch 6
Potter & Perry Ch. 6 Concepts
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Health and wellness are not merely the absence of disease and illness | |
A person's state of health, wellness, or illness depends on individual values, personality, and lifestyle | |
The health belief model considers the relationship between a person's health beliefs and health behaviors | |
The health promotion model highlights factors that increase individual well-being and self-actualization | |
Maslow's hierarchy of needs model emphasizes identification of client's individual needs, prioritizing the needs, and encouraging the client's individual discovery of self (self-actualization) | |
Holistic health models of nursing promote optimal health by incorporating active participation of clients in improving their health state | |
Health beliefs and practices are influenced by internal and external variables and should be considered when planning care | |
Health promotion activities help maintain or enhance health | |
Wellness education teaches clients how to care for themselves | |
Illness prevention activities protect against health threats and thus maintain an optimal level of health | |
Nursing incorporates health promotion, wellness, and illness prevention activities rather than simply treating illness | |
The 3 levels of preventive care are primary, secondary, and tertiary | |
Risk factors threaten health, influence health practices, and are important considerations in illness prevention activities | |
Improvement in health may involve a change in health behaviors | |
The transtheoretical model of change describes a series of changes that are progressed through for successful behavior change rather than simply assuming all clients are in an "action" stage | |
Illness behavior, like health practices, is influenced by many variables and must be considered by the nurse when planning care | |
Illness can have many effects on the client and family, including changes in behavior and emotions, family roles and dynamics, body image, and self-concept |