NURS 1001 Lecture 1: Nursing Unit 1
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What influences health: families, cultures, etc. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities (1986). Eastern concepts of health: health a balance between yin and yang, ayurveda describes health as the trinity of body, mind and spiritual awareness. Flo(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e nighti(cid:374)gale"s defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374: the prevention of diseases through the use of fresh air, pure water, efficient drainage, cleanliness, and light (1859). Watso(cid:374)"s defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374) of health: a high level of overall physical, mental and social functioning; a general adaptive maintenance level of daily functioning; and the absence of illness (or presence of efforts that lead to its absence). Well-being: physical well-being, presence of positive emotions and moods (contentment, happiness, absence of negative emotions (depression, anxiety, satisfaction with life, fulfillment, positive functioning. Dimensions of wellness: physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, social. Illness: a pathology that affects an organ or body system, pathological contributors to illness. Physical disease (chronic or acute, acute generally more difficult to deal with)
