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Chapter 16. Health and Wellness Promotion. Health, Illness, and Wellness. Health Process seeking to maintain stable, comfortable equilibrium Illness Inability to maintain physical and emotional balance. (continued). Health, Illness, and Wellness. Wellness
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Chapter 16 Health and Wellness Promotion
Health, Illness, and Wellness • Health • Process seeking to maintain stable, comfortable equilibrium • Illness • Inability to maintain physical and emotional balance (continued)
Health, Illness, and Wellness • Wellness • Condition when individual functions at optimal levels (continued)
Health, Illness, and Wellness • Physical status • Emotional well-being • Social relationships • Intellectual functioning • Spiritual condition • Sexuality
Models of Health • Clinical • Health belief • High-level wellness • Social learning theory • Host-agent-environment • Health promotion • Cultural influences on health • Family influences on health
Illness Perspectives • Illness • Result of disease or injury that affects functioning • Occurs when inability to meet one’s needs exists • Acute • Chronic
Wellness Perspectives • Continuum of health from optimal to maladaptive • From wellness to illness • High-level wellness • Functioning to one’s maximum health potential while remaining in balance with environment
Health Behaviors • Influencing variables: • Lifestyle • Locus of control • Self-efficacy • Health care attitudes • Self-concept
Health Promotion • Activities that improve quality of health and well-being • Aim: • Empowerment through good decision making regarding lifestyles and activities
Respect and support clients’ right to make decisions Identify and use client strengths and assets Empower clients to promote own health or healing Health Promotion Activities
Health Protection Activities • Prevention of accidents • Occupational safety and health • Efforts to ensure safety of food and drugs • Environmental strategies
Disease Prevention Activities • Continuum of disease • Averting its development to limiting its course • Primary prevention • Secondary prevention • Tertiary prevention
Nurse’s Role in Health Promotion • Teaching • Motivating • Considering client’s beliefs and experiences
Health Promotion and Vulnerable Populations • Children • Elderly • Economically disadvantaged • Immunocompromised • Homeless
Individuals as Holistic Beings • Physiological and psychological needs integrated • Individuals are complete • Rather than fragmented beings
Needs and Health • Basic human needs: • Physiological • Psychological • Sociocultural • Intellectual • Spiritual
Physiological Dimension • Focuses on achievement of basic needs • Oxygenation • Circulation • Sleep and comfort • Nutrition • Elimination
Psychological Dimension • Focuses on: • Positive self-esteem • Trusting relationships • Appropriate social skills • Coping
Sociocultural Dimension • Client’s needs for dependence and independence • Empowerment • Enabling others to do for themselves
Intellectual Dimension • Cognitive functions • Judgment • Orientation • Memory • Ability to process information (continued)
Intellectual Dimension • Can be impaired by infection, toxins, substance abuse, trauma, and psychological problems
Spiritual Dimension • Spirituality • One’s relationship with: • Self • Others • Higher power • Assists in determining sense of meaning or purpose in life
Promoting Sexual Health • Development of sexuality • Gender identity • Needs • Human sexual response • Sexuality and health
Development of Sexuality • Begins with conception • Develops throughout life • No universally accepted sexual values
Gender Identity • View of self as male or female • Sexual orientation • Heterosexuality • Homosexuality • Bisexuality • Transsexuality
Needs • Tenderness • Attachment • Intimacy • Caring • Sensuality • Procreation
Human Sexual Response • Phases: • Excitement • Plateau • Orgasm • Resolution
Sexuality and Health • Threats to sexual integrity: • Illness • Disability • Surgery • Medications • Hospitalization
Sexuality and the Nursing Process • Assessment • Ensure privacy and confidentiality • Use simple, direct language • Provide explanations • Allow time for client’s questions • Have nonjudgmental attitude • Use open-ended questions (continued)
Sexuality and the Nursing Process • Diagnosis • Sexual dysfunction • Ineffective sexuality patterns (continued)
Sexuality and the Nursing Process • Planning and outcome identification • Consider age-specific variations • Know client’s history of possible sexual abuse (continued)
Sexuality and the Nursing Process • Implementation • Communication • Education • Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases • Effects of aging • Disease prevention • E.g., breast and testicular examinations (continued)
Sexuality and the Nursing Process • Evaluation • Observe client and partner for expressions of intimacy • Remain open-minded and nonjudgmental