MAN 204
Wellness
Jestoni D. Maniago, RN., RM., MAN., MA,Ed., (ip), DNSc. (ip) Course Instructor / Facilitator
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Models of Health
Health is the maintenance of harmony and balance among body, mind, and spirit.
Balance or homeostasis is an equilibrium among psychological, physiological, sociocultural, intellectual, and spiritual needs.
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Models of Health
Clinical model Health-belief model High-level wellness model Social learning theory Host-agent-environment model Health promotion model
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Illness Perspectives
Illness is the result of a disease or injury that affects functioning and occurs when there is an inability to meet ones needs. An acute illness is usually characterized by a rapid onset, intense manifestations, and a relatively short duration. A chronic illness is usually characterized by a gradual, insidious onset with lifelong changes, usually irreversible.
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Wellness Perspectives
Wellness places health on a continuum, from ones optimal level (wellness), to a maladaptive state (illness). High-level wellness means functioning to ones maximum health potential while remaining in balance with the environment.
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Health Maintenance
Behavior directed toward maintaining a current level of health Health maintenance activities are the activities/behaviors an individual performs to maintain or improve a current level of health.
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Health Maintenance
Characteristics of Health Maintenance
Perception Motivation Maintenance
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Health Promotion
Healthy People Initiative
Promote healthy behaviors. Promote healthy and safe communities. Improve systems for personal and public health. Prevent and reduce diseases and disorders.
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Assessment
Risk Factor Identification in Health Maintenance
Physical, environmental, psychological behaviors that increase the vulnerability of an individual to disease or injury
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Assessment
Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests and Health Maintenance
Laboratory data includes cholesterol levels, blood glucose, urine studies. Health maintenance behaviors may be measured with varieties of diagnostic tests and equipment. Client education about what to do with results obtained from these tests is given.
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Nursing Diagnosis
Ineffective Health Maintenance Health-Seeking Behavior Noncompliance Deficient Knowledge Ineffective Therapeutic Regimen Management
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Implementation
Health Promotion and Vulnerable Populations
Children The Elderly Economically Disadvantaged Homeless
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Implementation
The Individual as a Holistic Being
The client with health maintenance considerations is a holistic being. Individuals function as complete units that cannot be reduced to the sum of their parts.
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Implementation
Needs and Health
The entire person (mind, body, and spirit) is influenced by satisfaction of needs. Basic human needs are those that are necessary for every persons survival.
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Evaluation
The client and nurse together measure how well the client has achieved the goals specified in the plan of care. Factors that contribute to a goal achievement are identified. Certain goals may need to be reevaluated.
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