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BSNC 1000 Exam #1 – 44 Questionsand Answers
Health - - state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
- Homeostasis - - Maintenance of physiological, functional, & social norms
leading to adaptation & homeostasisFeeling in control over one's life and
living conditions
- Human potential - - Actualization of human potential through goal-directed
behaviour, competent self-care & satisfying relationships with othersHaving
a sense of purpose
- Harmony - - Adjustment to maintain structural integrity & harmony with
relevant environmentsFeeling connected to the community
- Community definition - - People & relationships Share = agencies,
institutions, physical environment Defined by = geography common interest
or focus shared status or special interest groupCan be a client
- population - - eg. School of health sciences
- aggregate - - Groups that form a population. eg. BCIT student in BSN
program
- Population health - - Measured by determinants of health (DoH) & health
status indicators Improves the health of populations & decreased
inequitiesScope consists of the following 5 elements -think of these as clients
( individuals, families, groups, communities, population)
- 9 key elements of a population health approach - - 1. focuses on the
health of populations
2. addresses the determinants of health and their interactions
3. makes decisions based on evidence
4. increases upstream investments
5. applies multiple interventions and strategies
6. collaborates actress sectors and levels
7. employs mechanisms for public involvement
8. establishes partnership with clients and stakeholders
9. demonstrates accountability for health outcomes
- Population health: Four sub-concepts - - Health promotion, Illness and
injury prevention, Chronic disease management, Epidemiology
, - Nurses' role in population health - - Nurses collaborate with other health
care professionals to address health inequities while keeping the
determinants of health in sight. Methods used by nurses [many more ...
sample]: Social justice -acknowledging injustice & differences, Systemic
inequity -working towards reducing this factor, Citizen engagement -
strengthening cohesion by leveraging stakeholders within the health care
system
- Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) - - comprehensive approach: Disease
prevention, Community developmentServices and programs, Working in
interprofessional teams, Intersectoral collaboration for healthy public policy
- Primary Care - - the first contact between a person and the health care
system [health care providers] usually resulting in a diagnosis of a specific
health problem. It usually refers to the curative treatment of disease,
rehabilitation, and preventive measures such as vaccines, behavioral
changes, etc. It may not be intersectoral nor may it be comprehensive
Primary care is a core component of primary health care
- primary health care - - a strategy for delivery of comprehensive,
integrated health care system which addresses issues of equity and social
justice.
- Illness - - is the subjective experience of the loss of health. It is the
individual's personal experience and perception of & reaction to a disease.
This person is incapable of functioning at their desired "usual" level of
performance
- disease - - an objective state of ill health and the pathological process of
which can be detected by medical science. It refers to abnormal changes in
the structure or functioning of the human body that fit with the medical
model. Diseases usually follow an identifiable progression known as the
course of a disease. The natural history of disease depicts this phenomenon
in two periods:A) prepathogenesis = no disease is present but susceptibility
to disease existsB) pathogenesis = is a period from early pathogenesis to
convalescence
- prepathogenesis - - no disease is present but susceptibility to disease
exists
- pathogenesis - - is a period from early pathogenesis to convalescence
- Medical diagnosis - - MD / NP. Strict protocol as previous slide. Declares
that an individual has a medical diagnosis or a disease
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