Nursing 1060A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Professional Responsibility, Appropriate Technology, Sexual Identity

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Understanding/accepting why you think the way you do. Must know self in order to take care of others. Along with caring, most important aspect of nursing. People construct reality based on their perceptions and tend to act according to the construction of reality they create. Reflection is looking back at what has already happened. Without reflection and sa, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences and failing to achieve anything useful. Week 2: concept of health (ealth: (cid:498)state of complete physical, mental, and social well being and not merely the absence of disease(cid:499) (cid:523)w(o, (cid:887)949(cid:524) (cid:498)positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities(cid:499) (who, 1984) Sustained through conservation and diversity of personal and physical resources: social determinants. Sdohs: income and social status, physical environments, social environments, education and literacy levels, culture, gender, biology and genetics, early childhood development, health services, personal coping practices, social support networks, employment and working conditions.