Nursing: Health Care and Illness Acute Illness
← Definition of health:
“A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”(WHO, 1948) ← Definition of illness:
“A highly personal state in which person’s physical, emotional, intellectual, social, developmental, or spiritual functioning is thought to be diminished. ← Definition of wellness:
“Wellness is a state of well-being .It defines by each person relative to his or her own values and beliefs *(Environmental, social, emotional, physical, spiritual, intellectual, occupational)
Models of health and wellness ← Clinical Model
Viewed as physiologic system with related functions, and health is identified by the absence of signs and symptoms of disease or injury. When signs and symptoms are no longer present, the medical practitioner considers the individual’s health restored ← Role Performance Model
Health is defined in terms of the individual’s ability to fulfill societal roles, that is, to perform his or her work. ← Adaptive Model
Health is a creative process; disease is a failure in adaptation or mal-adaptation. The aim of treatment is restore the ability of the person to adapt. ← Eudemonistic Model
Health is seen as a condition of actualization or realization of person’s potential. Illness is a condition that prevents self-actualization
← Agent-Host-Environment Model
The model is used primarily in predicting illness rather than in promoting
Wellness, although identification of risk factors that result from the interactions of agent, host , and environment are helpful in promoting and maintaining health.
1. Agent (Any environmental factor or stressor)
2. Host (Person who may or may not be at risk of acquiring a disease, eg: Family history, age, and lifestyle)
3. Environment (All factor external to the host, e.g.: climate, living conditions, sound level, and economic level) ← Health-illness Continua ➢ Measure person’s perceived level of wellness ➢ Health
“A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”(WHO, 1948) ← Definition of illness:
“A highly personal state in which person’s physical, emotional, intellectual, social, developmental, or spiritual functioning is thought to be diminished. ← Definition of wellness:
“Wellness is a state of well-being .It defines by each person relative to his or her own values and beliefs *(Environmental, social, emotional, physical, spiritual, intellectual, occupational)
Models of health and wellness ← Clinical Model
Viewed as physiologic system with related functions, and health is identified by the absence of signs and symptoms of disease or injury. When signs and symptoms are no longer present, the medical practitioner considers the individual’s health restored ← Role Performance Model
Health is defined in terms of the individual’s ability to fulfill societal roles, that is, to perform his or her work. ← Adaptive Model
Health is a creative process; disease is a failure in adaptation or mal-adaptation. The aim of treatment is restore the ability of the person to adapt. ← Eudemonistic Model
Health is seen as a condition of actualization or realization of person’s potential. Illness is a condition that prevents self-actualization
← Agent-Host-Environment Model
The model is used primarily in predicting illness rather than in promoting
Wellness, although identification of risk factors that result from the interactions of agent, host , and environment are helpful in promoting and maintaining health.
1. Agent (Any environmental factor or stressor)
2. Host (Person who may or may not be at risk of acquiring a disease, eg: Family history, age, and lifestyle)
3. Environment (All factor external to the host, e.g.: climate, living conditions, sound level, and economic level) ← Health-illness Continua ➢ Measure person’s perceived level of wellness ➢ Health