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Concept 13
Health and Wellness
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| defined in terms of the presence or absence of disease. | Health |
| a subjective perception of vitality and feeling well that can be described objectively, experienced and measured and can be plotted on a continuum. | Well-being |
| The ability to promote health measures that improve the quality of life in the community. Includes air, water and food. | Environmental factor of wellness |
| The ability to achieve a balance between work and leisure time. | Occupational factor of wellness |
| The ability to learn and use information effectively for personal, family, and career development. | Intellectual factor of wellness |
| The belief in some force (nature, science, religion or higher power) that serves to unite human beings and provide meaning and purpose to life. | Spiritual factor of wellness |
| The ability to carry out daily tasks, achieve fitness, maintain adequate nutrition and proper body fat levels, avoid using drugs, and practice positive lifestyle habits. | Physical factor of wellness |
| The ability to manage stress and to express emotions appropriately. | Emotional factor of wellness |
| The ability to interact successfully with people and within the environment of which each person is a part. Develop intimacy, respect, tolerance for others with different opinions. | Social factor of wellness |
| a highly personal state in which the person's physical, emotional, social, developmental, or spiritual functioning is thought to be diminished. | Illness |
| Described as an alteration in body functions that results in a reduction of capacities or shortening of the normal life span. | Disease |
| Characterized by severe symptoms of relatively short duration. Appear abruptly, subsides quickly and may not require intervention. | Acute Illness |
| Illness that lasts for an extended period of time. Six months or longer, often the duration of a person's life. | Chronic Illness |
| When symptoms disappear. | Remission |
| When symptoms reappear. | Exacerbation |
| Coping mechanism, involves the way individuals describe, monitor, interpret symptoms, take remedial actions and use the health care system. | Illness Behavior |
| What factors can play a part in how a person behaves when they are ill? | Age, sex, occupation, socioeconomic status, religion, ethnic origin, psychologic stability, personality, education ans modes of coping. |
| Any activity undertaken for the purpose of achieving a higher level of health and well-being. | Health promotion |
| The state of being independent and self-directed without outside control. | Autonomy |
| Behavior motivated by a desire to actively avoid illness, detect it early or maintain functioning within the constraints of illness. | Health Protection |
| Program that requires the participation of the individual and are geared toward enhancing the quality of life and extending it. | Lifestyle and behavior change Programs |
| Programs more focused on positive methods of enhancement. | Wellness assessment programs |
| How a person feels about self and perceives the physical self and his or her needs and abilities. | Self-concept |
| A person's general way of living. | Lifestyle |
| Practices that generally have a negative effect on health. | Risk factors |
| Gathering health history, physical examination, physical fitness, lifestyle, spiritual, social support system, health risk, health beliefs and life-stress information | Assessment |
| Assessing physical functioning: muscle endurance, flexibility, body composition and cardiorespiratory endurance. | Physical Fitness Assessment |
| Assessing physical activity, nutritional practices, stress management and habits such as smoking alcohol and drug use. | Lifestyle Assessment |
| Describes human responses to levels of wellness in an individual, family or community that have a readiness for enhancement. | NANDA wellness diagnoses |
| Developed according to the needs, desires and priorities of the client. | Health Promotion plan |
| Motivation to follow through by reward. | Positive Reinforcement |
| The client acquires ideas for behavior and coping strategies that can be used with specific problems by observing. | Modeling |
| Working the plan. | Implementation |
| Takes place on an ongoing basis as short term goals are attained and long term goals are completed. | Evaluation |
| Steps in the nursing process. | Assessment, Diagnoses, Plan, Implement, Evaluate |
| Concepts about health that an individual believes are true. | Health Beliefs |
| A measurable concept that can be used to predict which people are most likely to change their behavior. | Locus of Control |
| Enables the body to perform to it's potential. | Physical Fitness |
| Refers to a person's routine of exercise, activity, leisure and recreation. | Activity-Exercise Pattern |
| Bodily movement produced by skeletal muscle contraction that increases energy expenditure. | Physical Activity |
| A type of physical activity defined as a planned, structured, and repetitive bodily movement to improve or maintain one or more components of physical fitness. | Exercise |
| The type and amount of exercise or ADLs a person is able to perform without experiencing adverse effects. | Activity Tolerance |
| The body's ability to perform work. | Functional Strength |
| Dynamic exercises in which the muscle shortens to produce muscle contractions and active movement. | Isotonic exercise |
| Static or setting exercises in which muscles contract without moving the joint. | Isometric Exercise |
| Resistive exercises involving muscle contraction or tension against resistance. Can be isotonic or isometric. | Isokinetic Exercise |
| An activity during which the amount of oxygen taken into the body is greater than that used to perform the activity. | Aerobic exercise |
| Activity in which the muscles cannot draw out enough oxygen from the bloodstream. | Anaerobic Exercise. |
| Enzyme that begins the chemical breakdown of starches. | Amylase |
| The parotid, submaxillary and sublingual glands are what? | Salivary Glands |
| What age to teeth usually appear in infants? | 5-8 months |
| Syndrome that may decay all of the upper teeth and the posterior lower teeth. | Baby-bottle Syndrome |
| By the time a child is 2, how many teeth will they have? | 20 |
| Gingiva. | Gum |
| Primary reason for tooth loss. Characterized by gingivitis, bleeding, receding gum lines and formation of pockets between the gums and teeth. | Periodontal Disease |
| Dental Caries | Cavities |
| An invisible soft film that adheres to enamel of teeth. Consists of bacteria, saliva and epithelial cells and leukocytes. | Plaque |
| Visible hard deposit of plaque that forms at the gum line. | Tartar |
| Red, swollen gums. | Gingivitis |
| Advanced periodontal disease, when teeth are loose and pus is evident when the gums are pressed. | Pyorrhea |
| Bad breath. | Halitosis |
| Inflammation of the tongue. | Glossitis |
| Accumulation of foul matter on the teeth and lips. | Sordes |
| Inflammation of the oral mucosa. | Stomatitis |
| Inflammation of the parotid salivary glands. | Parotitis |
| Dry mouth. | Xerostomia |
| Health effects of insufficient nutrient intake or stores. | Undernutrition or malnutrition |
| Excesses in nutrient intake or stores. | Overnutrition |
| The physical result of the balance between nutrient intake and nutritional requirements. | Nutritional Health |
| Nutrition history data. | Diet Recall |
| A component of the Residential Assessment Instrument mandated for all clients in Medicare-certified health care facilities. | Minimum Data Set (MDS) |
| The study of sleep. | Somnology |
| An altered state of consciousness in which the individual's perception of and reaction to the environment are decreased. | Sleep |
| A cyclic event or function that consists of repeated occurrences and repeated, regular intervals between occurrences. | Biological Rhythm |
| Refers to the basic organization of normal sleep. | Sleep Architecture |
| A system of activities intended to produce learning. | Teaching |
| The ability to read, understand and act on health information. Including prescription labels, appointment slips, insurance forms and following instructions for diagnostic tests. | Health Literacy |
| The application of internet and other related technologies in the health care industry, in the effort to improve the health status of patients. | E-health |
| What is the grade level that education materials should be kept at? | 5th-6th grade level |
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