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Levels of Care Flashcards

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3 types of clients

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  • individual
  • family
  • community
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4 areas of nursing practice

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  • health promotion
  • disease prevention
  • health maintenance
  • curative / rehabilitative
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Health Promotion

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  • enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health (WHO)
  • helping people change their lifestyle
  • nurse must identify client’s strength to help them reach maximum functioning and quality of life
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Determinants of Health - Higher income and social status are linked to better health

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Income and social status

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Determinants of Health - Low education levels are linked with poor health, more stress and lower self-confidence

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Education

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Determinants of Health - Safe water and clean air, healthy workplaces, safe houses, communities and roads all contribute to good health

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Physical environemnt

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Determinants of Health - people in employment are healthier, particularly those who have more control over their working conditions

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Employment and working conditions

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Determinants of Health - greater support from families, friends and communities is linked to better health

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Social support networks

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Determinants of health - customs and traditions, and the beliefs of the family and community all affect health

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Culture

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Determinants of health - access and use of services that prevent and treat disease influences health

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Health services

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Determinants of Health - men and women suffer from different types of diseases at different ages

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Gender

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Health promotion programs - uses a variety of media to offer information to the public

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Information dissemination

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Health promotion programs - health risk appraisal and wellness assessment

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appraise individuals of their risk factors that are inherent in their lives in order to motivate them to reduce risk and develop healthy habits

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Health promotion programs - lifestyle and behavior change program

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  • basis for changing health behavior

- geared towards extending the lifespan

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Health promotion programs - worksite wellness programs

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includes programs that serve the needs of persons in their workplace

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Health promotion programs - environmental control programs

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developed to address the growing problem of environment pollution = air, land, water, etc.

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Nurses role in health promotion

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  • MODEL healthy lifestyle
  • FACILITATE client involvement
  • TEACH CLIENTS SELF-CARE STRATEGIES
  • EDUCATE CLIENTS
  • ASSIST CLIENTS
  • BE AN ADVOCATE
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Health maintenance

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active process of achieving health and remaining healthy

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Health Maintenance Elements - Nutrition

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  • studies food and dietary supplements that improve health, and cure or prevent disease
  • food or food components that cause disease or deteriorate health
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Health maintenance elements - exercise

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  • performance of movements in order to develop or maintain physical fitness
  • frequent and regular physical exercise prevents some diseases
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Health maintenance elements - hygiene

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practice of keeping the body clean to prevent infection and illness, and avoidance of contact with infectious agents

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Health maintenance elements - stress management

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  • relaxation techniques are physical methods used to relieve stress
  • physiological methods (psychotherapy, meditation, positive thinking) reduce response to stress
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Health maintenance elements

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Nutrition, exercise, hygiene, stress management, health care, workplace wellness programs

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Health maintenance elements - health care

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prevention, treatment, and management of illness through the services offered by the medical, nursing and allied health professionals

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Determinants of health

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  • income and social status
  • education
  • physical environment
  • employment and workplace conditions
  • social support networks
  • culture
  • genetics
  • personal behavior and coping skills
  • health services
  • gender
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Disease prevention

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  • actions aimed at minimizing or eliminating the impact of disease or disability
  • Hippocrates - “Prevention is better than cure”
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Nursing activities that prevent illness

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  • immunizations
  • pre-natal and infant care
  • prevention of STD’s
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3 levels of prevention

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  • primary prevention
  • secondary prevention
  • tertiary prevention
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Primary prevention

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  • action taken prior to the onset of disease
  • health promotion
  • quit smoking
  • avoid/limit alcohol intake
  • exercise regularly
  • eat well-balanced diet
  • take adequate fluids
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Secondary prevention

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  • halts the progress of a disease
  • health maintenance
  • early detection and prompt treatment
  • physical examination
  • pap smear test and monthly breast self exam
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Tertiary prevention

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  • after a disease or disability has occurred
  • client learns to live productively with limitations
  • self-monitoring of blood glucose among diabetics
  • therapy
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Curative / Rehabilitative Care

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focuses on the ill client and extends from early detection of disease through helping the client during the recovery period

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Nursing activities in curative care

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  • administering medications

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