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Week 9 - NUR 200
Experiencing Health and Illness
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Health | - Perfect body - not having illness - something you can buy - ideal physical and mental well being - ability to cope |
| Illness | disruption of health |
| Health-Illness continuum | lifestyle choices - psychological changes |
| Dunn's Health grid | environment factors - support system - positive outlook/setting = good quality life |
| Neuman's continuum | physical activity - high energy = health - low energy = illness |
| Dimensions of Health Along Health and Illness Continuum | - Biological factors - Nutrition - Physical Activity - Sleep and rest - Meaningful work - Lifestyle choices - Culture - Religion and spirituality - Environmental factors - Finances |
| Disruption of health | - physical disease - injury - mental illness - pain - loss - impending death - competing demands - the unknown - imbalance - isolation |
| Stages of Illness behavior | First - experiencing symptoms second - sick role behavior third - seeking professional care fourth - dependence on others fifth - recover |
| remission | The disappearance of all signs of cancer in response to treatment. This does not always mean the cancer has been cured. |
| exacerbation | For example, an exacerbation of asthma might occur as a serious effect of air pollution, leading to shortness of breath. |
| acute illness | come on rapidly, and are accompanied by distinct symptoms that require urgent or short-term care, and get better once they are treated |
| chronic illness | conditions that last 1 year or more and require ongoing medical attention or limit activities of daily living or both. |
| Stress | - any disturbance in the person's normal balanced - unique response by each person to a stressor - can be harmful or motivating |
| physiological | physical |
| psychological | emotional |
| anticipatory | future concern |
| distress - time stressor | can threaten health |
| eustress- time stressor | good stress |
| developmental- time stressor | associated with life stages |
| situational- time stressor | random, unpredictable |
| time- time stressor | unable to meet demands |
| Adaptive coping | (effective) - health choices - directly reduce negative effects of stress |
| Maladaptive coping |
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