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HESWK3
Essentials of Nursing Care: Health Safety
Question | Answer |
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Illness behaviors | ways individuals describe, monitor and interpret symptoms, take action and use the healthcare system |
Health | a dynamic state of being in which the developmental and behavioral potential of an individual is realized to the fullest extent possible |
Health promotion | activity undertaken for the purpose of achieving a higher level of health and well-being |
Holism | all living organisms are seen as interacting; a unified whole that is more than the sum of its parts |
Homeostasis | the tendency of the body to maintain a state of balance while continually changing |
Developmental stage | level of achievement for a particular segment of a person’s life |
Health protection | behavior motivated by a desire to actively avoid illness, detect it early, or maintain functioning within the constraint of illness |
Health behavior | the actions a person takes to understand health state, maintain an optimal state of health, prevent illness and injury, and reach maximum potential |
Teaching | system of activities intended to produce learning |
Advocate | individual who pleads the cause of another, or argues or pleads for a cause or proposal |
Health status | the health of a person at a given time |
Wellness | a state of well- being |
Well-being | a subjective4 perception of balance, harmony, and vitality |
Health promotion model | any activity undertaken for the purpose of achieving a higher level of health and well-being |
Health belief | concepts about health that and individual believes are true |