NURS 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Health Promotion, Alternative Medicine, Health Equity
14 Dec 2017
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Key topic review: list four main characteristics of homeostatic mechanisms. May require several feedback mechanisms: the nurse must consider all components of health in order to ensure holistic health care. Environmental, occupational, spiritual, intellectual, physical, emotional, social: healthy people 2020 understanding and improving health presents a comprehensive 5-year strategy for promoting health and preventing illness, disability, and premature death. List the two major goals of healthy people 2020 and what is reflected by those goals. Attain high quality life free of preventable disease. Create social and physical environments that promote health for all. Promote quality of life: health-promoting behavior is directed toward attaining positive health outcomes for the patient. Describe the nurse"s behaviors while implementing the plan. They should maybe find a support group for the person or perhaps suggest nicotine patches/ gum/ vape pens with low amount of nicotine.
