NURSING 1F03 Chapter 1: FO3- week 1- what is nursing
20 Dec 2017
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Health- may include gender, age etc. , - state of physical, mental spiritual and social functioning that realizes a person"s potential and is experienced within. First paradigm is: wellness illness continuum- dichotomized portrayal of health and illness ranging from. Wellness is positive state which incremental increases in health can be made beyond midpoint- involve improved physical and mental health states high level wellness at positive end -favorability of environment for health - higher level of functioning, interrelationships. Quality of life to depletion at negative end. Adaptation to disease and disability though various levels of functional ability. Second paradigm- characterizes health as a perspective developmental phenomenon of unitary patterning of person environment: ecological model of health- interconnection between people and social environment. Systems approach walk beneficial but only walk where sidewalks: social determinants of health, now person centered care0 about individual responsibilities, emphasis placed on persons quality of life - functional health or health related quality of life.
