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Whats the bottom line when it comes to nursing and health promotion? Nurses are charges with health promotion and disease prevention & management (and need to know a lot about human dimensions, disease development and treatments, etc) what is health? a state of complete physical, mental, and socia...

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Questions and Correct Answers
Whats the bottom line when it comes to nursing and health promotion? ✅Nurses are
charges with health promotion and disease prevention & management (and need to
know a lot about human dimensions, disease development and treatments, etc)

what is health? ✅a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not
nearly the absence of disease or infirmity. (holistic)
-complete health

what is patient centric health? ✅integrates all Human Dimensions (physical, emotional,
intellectual, environmental, sociocultural, and spiritual aspects) of the whole person
(total patient)

what is illness? ✅the unique responses of a person to a disease; an abnormal process
involving changed level of functioning
-patients response to the disease
-identifies individually (is unique) by each person who experiences and alteration in
health

what is a patients illness influenced by? ✅self perceptions, others perceptions, the
effects of changes in body structure and function, the effects of those changes on roles
and relationships, and cultural and spiritual values and beliefs

whats the difference between illness and disease? ✅-the disease is the actual
pathological process
-illness is how a person responds to a disease

whats an acute illness? ✅-usually rapid onset
-lasts a defined period of time
-examples= influenza, appendicitis, pneumonia
-intervention aimed at resolution of cause and prevention of complications

whats a chronic illness? ✅-usually slow in onset
-is a permanent alteration in anatomical of physiological function
-may have "remissions" and "exacerbations"
-can be physical or mental health related
-requires a prolonged period of care or support
-examples= multiple sclerosis, COPD, diabetes

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