HOSA HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
health
state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing
health promotion
health care directed toward increasing optimal level of wellness
health restoration
tertiary disease prevention; rehabilitating and restoring person
malnutrition
poor dietary practice from lack of essential nutrients or failure to use available foods
general adaption syndrome (GAS)
alarm, resistance, exhaustion
fight-or-flight response
state of readiness
Change in lifestyle or personal habits is necessary to
promote maximal health.
Health maintenance focuses on
prevention and then need for early diagnosis and treatment.
An important goal on the national level is to
expand health care opportunities and eliminate disparities.
Health restoration begins after
the disease process is stabilized.
Health restoration aims to
restore function or help person compensate for losses.
Healthy lifestyle includes
nutrition, exercise, mental health, avoiding substance abuse, and disease prevention.
Factors that influence a person's health include
family, role models, social pressures, and self concept.
Disease prevention is composed of 3 levels:
primary, secondary and tertiary
The roles of practial nurses in health promotion are
caregiver, teacher, advocate, collaborator, and role model.
culture
learned patterns of behavior passed down through generations
values
deeply embedded feelings that determine what is good, bad, right, or wrong
norms
socially acepted rules and behaviors that guide behavior and interactions
folkways
customs in a culture that determine greetings
laws
, written policies supported and enforced by the government
mores
moral issues strongly believed by a culture
sanctions
social remedies for violating norms
symbols
language, gestures, or objects that people in a culture use to communicate with each
other
race
people who share similar physical characteristics
ethnicity
stable cultural patterns shared by families with the same historical roots
transcultural nursing
viewing patients as belonging to a world with many cultures
Culture is learned in
the home and community.
All groups have
beliefs and practices they maintain.
Cultural beliefs and patterns
distinguish culture groups.
Race and ethnicity determine
socioeconomic status.
The primary elements of culture are
beliefs, values, norms, sanctions, and symbols.
Ethnicity means that
people have shared cultural heritage, race, and geographical area, language.
cultural awareness
learning the history of a patient's ancestry and appreciating cultural differences, to
understand how patients cope with problems.
cultural sensitivity
being correct in language and interaction to avoid offending beliefs and practices
Transcultural nursing was developed to
bring client satisfaction, early recovery, and meaningful death experience.
Hispanic Americans are the
largest and most rapidly growing ethnic group in the USA.
Hispanics are from
Puerto Rico, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, S and C America.
Native Americans are the
4th major ethnic group and made up of 200+ tribes.
Native American families have
strong bonds.
Native American tribes are organized
matriarchially but gender roles are flexible in large extended families.
African Americans include
slave and immigrant history from Africa.
African American history is similar to that of
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
health
state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing
health promotion
health care directed toward increasing optimal level of wellness
health restoration
tertiary disease prevention; rehabilitating and restoring person
malnutrition
poor dietary practice from lack of essential nutrients or failure to use available foods
general adaption syndrome (GAS)
alarm, resistance, exhaustion
fight-or-flight response
state of readiness
Change in lifestyle or personal habits is necessary to
promote maximal health.
Health maintenance focuses on
prevention and then need for early diagnosis and treatment.
An important goal on the national level is to
expand health care opportunities and eliminate disparities.
Health restoration begins after
the disease process is stabilized.
Health restoration aims to
restore function or help person compensate for losses.
Healthy lifestyle includes
nutrition, exercise, mental health, avoiding substance abuse, and disease prevention.
Factors that influence a person's health include
family, role models, social pressures, and self concept.
Disease prevention is composed of 3 levels:
primary, secondary and tertiary
The roles of practial nurses in health promotion are
caregiver, teacher, advocate, collaborator, and role model.
culture
learned patterns of behavior passed down through generations
values
deeply embedded feelings that determine what is good, bad, right, or wrong
norms
socially acepted rules and behaviors that guide behavior and interactions
folkways
customs in a culture that determine greetings
laws
, written policies supported and enforced by the government
mores
moral issues strongly believed by a culture
sanctions
social remedies for violating norms
symbols
language, gestures, or objects that people in a culture use to communicate with each
other
race
people who share similar physical characteristics
ethnicity
stable cultural patterns shared by families with the same historical roots
transcultural nursing
viewing patients as belonging to a world with many cultures
Culture is learned in
the home and community.
All groups have
beliefs and practices they maintain.
Cultural beliefs and patterns
distinguish culture groups.
Race and ethnicity determine
socioeconomic status.
The primary elements of culture are
beliefs, values, norms, sanctions, and symbols.
Ethnicity means that
people have shared cultural heritage, race, and geographical area, language.
cultural awareness
learning the history of a patient's ancestry and appreciating cultural differences, to
understand how patients cope with problems.
cultural sensitivity
being correct in language and interaction to avoid offending beliefs and practices
Transcultural nursing was developed to
bring client satisfaction, early recovery, and meaningful death experience.
Hispanic Americans are the
largest and most rapidly growing ethnic group in the USA.
Hispanics are from
Puerto Rico, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, S and C America.
Native Americans are the
4th major ethnic group and made up of 200+ tribes.
Native American families have
strong bonds.
Native American tribes are organized
matriarchially but gender roles are flexible in large extended families.
African Americans include
slave and immigrant history from Africa.
African American history is similar to that of
