What is the impact of illness on patients and families?
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Both the patient and the family deal with changes resulting from illness and
treatment; patients respond differently to illness, causing behavioral and
emotional changes due to the overall change in family roles, body image,
and self-concept .
,What are environmental health risk factors?
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the physical environment in which a person works or lives can increase the
likelihood that certain illnesses will occur. ex. industrial workers are
exposed to certain chemicals or when people who live near toxic waste
disposal sites are more likely to acquire cancer or other illnesses.
what is Burnout?
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stems from conflicts or nurse job dissatisfaction within the work setting
What is the health belief model?
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it addresses the relationship between a person's beliefs and behaviors;
helps you to understand factors influencing perception, belief, and
behavior to plan care that will most effectively help patients maintain or
restore health and prevent illness
what is acute pain?
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, protective (warns people of injury), usually has an identifiable cause, short
duration, and limited tissue damage and emotional response; common
after acute injury, disease or surgery.
resolves with or without treatment after the impaired area heals.
What is the transmission process of pain?
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1. Neurotransmitters released from cellular damage caused by stimuli.
2. Electrical impulses across synaptic cleft backed with two nerve fibers,
enhancing transmission of the pain impulse.
3. pain stimulus to spinal cord via dorsal horn and travels to gray matter of
spinal cord.
What is an example of passive strategies of health promotion ?
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fluoridation of municipal drinking water and fortification of homogenized
milk with vitamin D.
What is the external variable in regard to health beliefs and practices?
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Health beliefs are influenced by family practice, psychosocial and
socioeconomic factors, and cultural background
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Both the patient and the family deal with changes resulting from illness and
treatment; patients respond differently to illness, causing behavioral and
emotional changes due to the overall change in family roles, body image,
and self-concept .
,What are environmental health risk factors?
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the physical environment in which a person works or lives can increase the
likelihood that certain illnesses will occur. ex. industrial workers are
exposed to certain chemicals or when people who live near toxic waste
disposal sites are more likely to acquire cancer or other illnesses.
what is Burnout?
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stems from conflicts or nurse job dissatisfaction within the work setting
What is the health belief model?
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it addresses the relationship between a person's beliefs and behaviors;
helps you to understand factors influencing perception, belief, and
behavior to plan care that will most effectively help patients maintain or
restore health and prevent illness
what is acute pain?
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, protective (warns people of injury), usually has an identifiable cause, short
duration, and limited tissue damage and emotional response; common
after acute injury, disease or surgery.
resolves with or without treatment after the impaired area heals.
What is the transmission process of pain?
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1. Neurotransmitters released from cellular damage caused by stimuli.
2. Electrical impulses across synaptic cleft backed with two nerve fibers,
enhancing transmission of the pain impulse.
3. pain stimulus to spinal cord via dorsal horn and travels to gray matter of
spinal cord.
What is an example of passive strategies of health promotion ?
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fluoridation of municipal drinking water and fortification of homogenized
milk with vitamin D.
What is the external variable in regard to health beliefs and practices?
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Health beliefs are influenced by family practice, psychosocial and
socioeconomic factors, and cultural background
