Health Promotion and Nursing Documentation Flashcards HA exam 1

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering health promotion concepts, levels of prevention, social determinants of health, age-specific risk factors, bodily changes, and nursing documentation formats based on the lecture material.

Health promotion

Central focus of healthcare delivery that enables people to increase control over and improve their health, shown to add quantity years of life and decrease healthcare costs.

Primary prevention

Strategies aimed at optimizing health through disease prevention, such as providing vaccinations or recommending SPF for sun exposure.

Secondary prevention

Early identification through screening of disease so that treatment can be initiated, such as checking lab values or assessing for depression.

Tertiary prevention

Interventions to manage an existing disease, prevent complications or disability, and improve quality of life, such as blood pressure control post-myocardial infarction.

Optimization of health

An attribute of health promotion centered on helping people reach their best possible level of health, rather than solely preventing illness.

Social determinants of health

The conditions in which people are born, live, learn, work, and age that affect their overall health, including education access, economic stability, healthcare access, neighborhood environment, and social context.

Vulnerable population

Groups who are at greater risk for poor health outcomes, more likely to develop health-related problems, and experience significantly worse health outcomes.

Health disparities

Inequalities in healthcare that occur within vulnerable populations.

Skilled observation

An assessment component in health promotion where the nurse carefully notices the patient's condition, behaviors, and surroundings.

Data verification

The process of double-checking gathered patient information to ensure it is accurate.

Community/public health nursing

Nursing focus directed toward improving the health of populations and communities rather than individual patients alone.

Morbidity

The rates of illness or disease within a population.

Mortality rates

The rates of death within a population.

Age Group Risk Factors Chart

A table outlining age groups and their specific risk factors, such as Premature + infant (susceptible to infections), Children 1-9 (accidental death), and 10 year or up (accidental death, self harm).

Integumentary aging changes

Physiological changes in older adults where skin becomes thinner, leading to heat loss, cold intolerance, and risk for heat-related illness.

Neuromusculoskeletal aging changes

Physiological changes in older adults including slower reflexes, decreased sensation, poor balance, and an increased risk for falls.

Pulmonary aging changes

Physiological changes in older adults involving loss of thoracic edge elasticity, decreased chest wall expansion, and decreased respiratory volume.

Cardiovascular aging changes

Physiological changes in older adults involving vascular changes, decreased aerobic capacity, and increased risk for heart disease.

Modifiable risk factors

Risk factors that can be altered, including physiologic factors (weight/pregnancy), environmental factors (work/residence), and lifestyle behaviors (diet, exercise, sun exposure, substance abuse).

Non-modifiable risk factors

Risk factors that cannot be changed, including age, gender, and genetics.

Age Group Risk Reduction Strategies Chart

A summary table specifying risk reduction strategies across life stages, ranging from vaccinations and wellness visits for infants to education on texting while driving for adolescents.

Fact charting

Documentation practice that is factual (supported by objective data), complete and current (never pre-charted), accurate, concise, and timely.

Charting by exception (CBE)

A charting method common in EHR assessment flowsheets where standard normal findings are assumed, and only unexpected or unusual findings are documented.

SOAP charting

A problem-oriented medical record documentation format standing for Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan.

PIE charting

A documentation format standing for Problem, Intervention, and Evaluation.

1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Federal legislation governing healthcare information, with major focus on maintaining patient privacy and security.