TFN 3F Flashcards
defined in terms of presence or absence of disease
Health
defined health as a state of well-being and nursing every power the individual possess to the fullest extent
Florence Nightingale-
state of complete physical, mental, and social being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
The World Health Organization
an eminent america sociologist and creator of the concept of “sick role” conceptualized health as the ability to maintain normal roles
Talcott Parsons-
Health is not a condition, it is an adjustment. It is not a state but a process. This process adapts the individual not only to our physical but also out social environments.
US President’s Commission of Health Needs Nation
Health and wellness are human experience. The presence of illness does not preclude health, not does optimal preclude illness.
American Nurses Associations
the actions individuals take to understand their health state, maintain an optimal state of health, prevent illness and injury, and reach their maximum physical and mental potential
Health Behavior
Is intended to influence health status, nurses preparing a plan of care need to consider the client’s health beliefs before they suggest a change in health behaviors.
Health Behavior
a highly personal state in which the individual’s physical, emotional, intellectual, social, developmental, or spiritual functioning is thought to be diminished.
Illness
when individual become ill, they behave in certain ways that sociologist considered. A coping mechanism involves the ways individuals describe, monitor and interpret their symptoms, take remedial actions, and use the healthcare system.
Illness Behavior
a state of well being. Basic aspects of well being include self- responsibility; an ultimate goal; a dynamic; growing process; daily decision-making in the areas of nutrition, stress management, physical fitness, preventive healthcare, and emotional health; and most importantly, the whole being of the individual.
Wellness
the ability of an organism to resist a particular infection of toxin by the action of specific antibodies of sensitized white blood cells.
Immunity
the person is aware that something is wrong. A person usually recognize a physical sensation or a limitation in functioning but does not suspect a specific diagnosis
Stage 1 Symptom Experience-
If symptom persist and become sever, client assume the client role. At this point, the illness becomes a social phenomenon, and sic people seek confirmation from their families and social groups that they are indeed ill and that they be excused from normal duties and role expectations
Stage 2 Assumption of the Sick Role
if symptom persist despite the home remedies, become severe or require emergency care, the person is motivated to seek professional health service. In this stage the client seeks expert acknowledgement of the illness as well as the treatment
Stage 3 Medical Care Contact
the client depends on health care professionals for the relief os symptoms. The client accepts care, sympathy and protection from the demands and stresses of life. A client can adopt the dependent role in a health the disruption of a daily schedule.
Stage 4 Dependent Client Role
This stage can arrive suddenly such as when the symptoms appeared. In the care of chronic illness, the final stage may involve in an adjustment to a prolong reduction in health and functioning
Stage 5 Recovery of Rehabilitation
illness affect not only the client who is ill but also the family or significant others.
Impact of Illness to the Family
The member of the family who is ill
The seriousness and length of the illness
The cultural and social customs the family follows
effect and it extent depend chiefly on 3 factors
Role changes
Task assignments and increased demands on time
Increased stress due to anxiety about the outcome of the illness for the client and conflict about unaccustomed responsibilities
Financial problems
Loneliness as a result of separation and pending loss
Change in social customs
The changes that can occur in the family
Provide explanations about necessary adjustments
Nursing implications of Illness
Make arrangements whether possible to accommodate the client’s lifestyle
Nursing implications of Illness
Encourage other health professionals to become aware of the client;s lifestyle practices and to support healthy aspects of that lifestyle
Nursing implications of Illness
Reinforce desirable changes in practices with a view to making them permanent part of the client’s lifestyle
Nursing implications of Illness-