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wellness strategy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔disease prevention
balance and well being in mental health, physical health, and
social interactions
balance in work and home environments
dimensions of wellness - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔physical
mental
emotional
spiritual
physical well being - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔nutrition
weight control
exercise
smoking
circadian rhythms/shift work
health risk assessments
body mechanics
canada's food guide - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- meet needs for
vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients
,- reduce risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancers,
osteoporosis
- contribute to overall health and vitality
- carry bottled water and nutritious snacks
weight control - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- be active every day
- make wise food choices
- plan meals
- plan breaks
exercise - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- engage in 30 min of moderate
to vigorous activity most days
- improves sleep, sex life, mental capacity, ability to cope with
stress, and overall long term health
circadian rhythm - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- controlled by
suprachiasmatic nuclei in specialized brain cells
- govern our internal clocks
- affected by shift work
health risk assessments - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- know
immediate family's health history
- common hereditary risk factors are heart disease and cancer
- share info with physician
,body mechanics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- minimize number of
total body lifts
- coordinate every lift
- minimize total amount of weight you have to lift
- never lift with your back
- keep back straight (no twisting)
- keep legs shoulder width apart
- hold back upright
- straighten legs when standing
- don't carry what you can put on wheels
- ask for help
fight or flight syndrome - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- leads to
physical and mental strain
- increase in sympathetic tone
- pupil dilation
- increase in heart rate
- dilation of bronchi
- mobilization of glucose
- shunting of blood away from gastrointestinal tract
- increased blood flow to skeletal muscles and cerebrum
coping mechanisms for fight or flight - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
look and act professional
- take pride in what you do
, - responsible to the public
- keep lifelong perspectives broad
emotional well being - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- make deliberate
effort to create healthy balance between work and home life
- remember people appreciate what you do
- remember how fortunate you are
- appreciate the beauty in the world
- speak up when you notice colleague not taking care of themself
target heart rate - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔70% of maximum heart
rate
spiritual well being - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- unseen dimension
of human experience
-respect beliefs of others
- rich sense of spirituality keeps lives in good perspective
3 target areas for exercise - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
cardiovascular endurance
- flexibility
- physical strength
father of stress theory - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔hans selye
- defines stress as a nonspecific response of the body to any
demand made upon it