NUR104 - Health Promotion and Client Education

unit 1 of book flash cards

health promotion

• includes activities to improve general health

• disease prevention as well

levels of prevention

• primary

• secondary

• tertiary

Risk factors

• variables specific to an individual which increase the individual’s chance of acquiring a disease or condition

• some are modifiable and some are not

• include: genetics, sex, physiologic factors, environmental factors, lifestyle behaviors, age

Every 3 years

between ages 21-65 how often should a pap smear be preformed?

every 2 years

for clients between the ages of 40-74 how often should they have a mammogram?

primary prevention

• decreases the risk of exposure in individual/community diseases

• immunizations, child car seat education, nutrition and fitness activities, and health education

secondary prevention

• identifying illness, providing treatment, and conducting activities to help prevent a worsening health status

• communicable disease screening

• early detection

• exercise programs

Tertiary prevention

• prevent long-term consequences of a chronic illness

• begins after an injury or illness

• prevention of pressure ulcers after a spinal cord injury

• promoting independence after a TBI

• referrals to support groups

• rehabilitation center

health, education level, socioeconomic status, and cultural and family influences

common factors influencing client’s educational needs

Cognitive learning

• domain of learning

• focus on thinking and intellectual behaviors

• remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, creating or synthesizing, and evaluating

each routine health visit

How often should a testicular exam be preformed on a man?

Affective learning

• domain of learning

• involves feelings, beliefs, and values

• what information has value?

Psychomotor learning

• domain of learning

• gaining skills that require mental and physical activity

• relies on perception, guided response, mechanism, adaption, and origination

50 years old

when should a prostate-specific antigen test and digital rectal exam be preformed?