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NUR 1600 Exam 2
- acute illness
Answer severe symptoms and usually short duration, symptoms appear abruptly and go away quickly; may or may not require intervention
- chronic illness
Answer low onset that usually lasts greater than 6 months, often periods of remission and exacerbation.
- disease
Answer alterations of a body function. It reduces your capacity to do something and shortens a normal lifespan
- exacerbation
Answer is the increase in severity of a problem or illness
- health
Answer presence or absence of disease. State of being well and using every power the individual possesses to the fullest extent. State of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Dynamic state of being in which the developmental and behavioral potential of an individual is realized to the fullest extent possible.
- health beliefs
Answer what people believe about their health, what they think impacts their health, what they consider to be the cause of their current health, and ways they think they should
- health promotion
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process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. It requires the adoption of healthy living practices and often necessitates a change in behavior.
- illness behaviour
Answer Any actions or reactions of an individual who feels unwell or believes they need care.
- lifestyle choices
Answer personal habits and choices
- primary prevention wellness
Answer refers to strategies aimed at optimizing health and disease prevention. The focus is on health education for optimal nutrition, exercise, immunizations, safe living and work environments, hygiene and sanitation, protection from environmental
hazards, avoidance of harmful substances, protections from accidents and effective stress management.
- secondary prevention wellness
Answer the goal is to identify individuals in an early state of a disease process so that prompt treatment can be initiated. Early treatment provides an opportunity to cure, limit disability, or delay consequences of advances disease. It usually involves screening tests.
- tertiary prevention wellness
Answer involves minimizing the effects of disease and disability; the focus is restorative through collaborative disease management. The aim is to optimize the management of a condition and minimize complications so that the individual can achieve the highest level of heath possible
- risk factors
Answer any determinant associated with the increased risk of disease
- self concept
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