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Key Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Care that addresses the many dimensions that comprise the whole person | Holistic care |
| A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity | Health |
| How frequently a disease occurs | Morbidity |
| The number of deaths resulting from a disease | Mortality |
| An active state of being healthy, including living a lifestyle that promotes good physical, mental, and emotional health. | Wellness |
| Encompasses a number of different physical and mental alterations in health, | Chronic illness |
| The disease is present, but the person does not experience symptoms | Remission |
| The symptoms of the disease reappear | Exacerbation |
| Might begin in the hospital and conclude at home, or may be totally concluded at a rehabilitation center or at home. | Recovery and rehabilitation |
| The attainment of the highest level of health for all people. | Health equity |
| Particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage | Health disparity |
| The conditions in the environments in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks | Social determinants of health |
| The conditions in the environments in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks | Institutional or structural racism |
| Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group as compared to another, in a way that is usually considered unfair. | unconscious or implicit bias |
| Requires every nurse to engage in a daily practice of actively combating racism, including structures, institutions, and practices: | Antiracism |
| About welcoming individuals of all races, religions, nationalities, cultures, ages, sexual orientations, and identities. | Diversity |
| Giving everyone a sense of purpose and belonging, a feeling of being valued. | Inclusion |
| About ensuring that everyone has access to the conditions they need to thrive. | Equity |
| Racial and ethnic minorities, those living in poverty, women, children, older adults, residents of rural areas and low-income areas of cities, and people with disabilities and special health care needs. | Vulnerable populations |
| Includes genetic inheritance, age, developmental level, race, and sex assigned at birth. | Physical dimension |
| Encompasses cognitive abilities, educational background, and past experiences. | Intellectual dimension |
| Influences health practices and beliefs | person’s economic level, lifestyle, family, and culture |
| Incorporates both how they feel about themselves (self-esteem) and the way they perceive their physical self (body image). | self-concept |
| Something that increases a person’s chances for illness or injury | risk factors |
| The behavior of a person who is motivated by a personal desire to increase well-being and health potential. | Health promotion |
| Examples of primary prevention | immunization clinics, family-planning services, providing poison-control information, and accident-prevention education. |
| Examples of secondary prevention | screenings, family couseling |
| Examples of tertiary prevention | medication, physical therapy, surgical treatment |
| Developed to illustrate how people interact with their environment as they pursue health. | health promotion model |
| Model views health as a constantly changing state, with high-level wellness and death at opposite ends of a graduated scale, or continuum | health–illness continuum |
| Views the interaction between an external agent, a susceptible host, and the environment as causes of disease in a person. | gent–host–environment model of health and illness |
| Usually has a rapid onset of symptoms and lasts only a relatively short time. | Acute illness |
| A medical term, referring to pathologic changes in the structure or function of the body or mind. | Disease |
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