Intro Chapter 7 Flashcards
What are the three goals of nursing
Health promotion: teaching
health Maintenance: maintaining chronic illness and help managing
health Restoration: get better; Ill to well
What must one do to stay healthy
Eat healthy foods keep appropriate weight Exercise sleep well stay safe manage stress well
What are five major healthy lifestyle behaviors addressed in health promotion
Optimal nutrition optimal exercise optimal sleep safety stress management
What is obesity
A killer
What does optimal exercise promote
Improved heart function circulation flexibility lung function metabolic function Optimal weight
What are the two most important types of exercises
Aerobic: great for heart and lungs increases air exchange
—- basketball, soccer, running
Anerobic: strength training
—- weightlifting baseball tennis
How often should you exercise
3 to 5 times a week for 20 to 30 minutes a day and hydrate to prevent cramps
Moderate intensity
What is leisure time
Downtime to regroup and recharge
What is optimal sleep a key to
Restore balance
What are the two process model of sleep
Sleep wake balance
Circadian rhythm of sleep wake arousal
—-24 hour internal clock in the hypothalamus
What factors affect our sleep
Psychological
—-Stress, excitement, worry
physical
—-pain, too much light in the room, room too hot to cold, eating or drinking too close to bedtime
Define sleep deprivation
Going 24 hours or longer without sleep
How does chronic sleep deprivation affect the body
In the same way acute sleep deprivation would affect the body
Drowsiness mood swings anxiety depression decrease motor cognitive performance impaired memory poor decision making
Physical consequences of sleep deprivation
Weight gain risk of diabetes risk of cancers impaired immune response increased cardiovascular issues
What is insomnia
Difficulty falling asleep staying asleep and waking up too early
Can be temporary or lifelong
Who does insomnia affect
Mostly WOMEN, and those over 65
Sleep related breathing disorders
Define Hypersomnia’s and name the 3 different types
Excessive daytime sleepiness
- Narcolepsy: sleep attacks
- Cataplexy: sudden loss of muscle tone person crumbles
- Idiopathic insomnia: daytime sleepiness with no cause
List types of Parasomnias
Like paranormal horror movie issues
- sleepwalking
- Sleep eating
- sleep terrors
- Sleep groaning
- nightmares
- bedwetting
What is a sleep related movement disorder
Restless leg syndrome may be painful
Dos sleep hygiene
Develop sleeping schedule Get regular exercise keep your room cool keep room quiet and dark Limit daytime naps