Nursing 105 Ch. 3 (100% correct)

Acute Illness correct answers A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover Chronic Illness correct answers an on-going illness, slow or gradual in onset; it has no known cure; it can be controlled and complications prevented with proper treatment Disease correct answers An abnormal state in which the body is not functioning normally exacerbation correct answers increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms health correct answers The combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being health disparity correct answers a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage health promotion correct answers the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health holistic care correct answers care that promotes physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual well-being morbidity correct answers how frequently a disease occurs mortality correct answers numbers of death remission correct answers improvement or absence of signs of disease risk factor correct answers anything that increases the likelihood of injury, disease, or other health problems wellness correct answers an overall state of well-being or total health Health is influenced by correct answers community, lifestyle, family, culture Dunn's Model (1980) defines wellness as correct answers •Functioning to one's maximum potential while maintaining balance and a purposeful direction in the environment •Considers wellness an "active" state, regardless of health physical dimension correct answers genetic inheritance, age, developmental level, race, and gender Emotional dimension correct answers how the mind affects body function and responds to body conditions