Course Title: Concept of Illness

Time: 1:00- 5:00pm, 16 hours

General & Specific Objectives:
1. Differentiate health, wellness and well being
2. Describe the dimensions of health
3. Define health in relation to the different nursing theorists and experts
4. Explain the different models of health and wellness
5. Differentiate health beliefs, status and behaviors
6. Discuss the variables that affects health status, beliefs and practices
7. Discuss adherence, nonadherence and its nursing interventions
8. Discuss the three levels of prevention and health promotion programs
9. Differentiate illness and disease
10.Discuss causes of illness and diseases
11.Discuss the four aspects of sick role
12.Discuss illness behavior and its stages
13.Discuss the impact of illness to family and individuals
Course Outline:
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Health, Wellness, Well-Being

a. Definition of Health
A.1 Claude Bernard
A.2 Walter Cannon
A.3 Florence Nightingale
A.4 Betty Neumann
A.5 Imogene King
A.6 Martha Rogers
A.7 Dorothea Orem
A.8 Johnson
b. Dimensions of Health
c. Definition of Wellness an d Well Being
d. Dimensions/ Components of Wellness
Models of Health and Illness
a. Smiths Model Of Health
a.1 Clinical Model
a.2 Adaptive Model
a.3 Role Performance model
a.4 Eudemonistic Model
b. Leavell and Clark Ecologic Model
c. Dunns High Level Wellness Grid
d. Travis Illness-Wellness Continuum
e. Health Belief Model by Rosenstock and Becker
f. Penders Health Promotion Model
g. Health Locus of Control Model
Factors Influencing Health Beliefs, Status and Practices
a. Internal Variables
a.1 Biologic Dimension
a.2 Psychologic Dimension
a.3 Cognitive Dimension
b. External Variables

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a.1 Environment
a.2 Standards of Living
a.3 Family and Cultural beliefs
a.4 Social Support Networks
Heath Care Adherence and Non adherence
a. Nursing Interventions to Enhance Adherence
b. Nursing Interventions to Non-adherence
Heath Promotion
a. 3 levels of prevention
b. Types of health promotion activities
c. Nurses Role in Heath Promotion
Illness and Disease
a. Definition of Illness and Disease
b. Causes of Illness and Disease
c. Classification of illness
a.1 Acute
a.2 Chronic
a.3 Sub Acute
d. Aspects of Sick Role
e. Illness Behavior
f. Stages of illness
a.1 Symptom Experience
a.2 Assumption Of Sick Role
a.3 Medical Care Contact Role
a.4 Dependent Client Role
a.5 Recovery or convalescence
g. Impact of Illness to family and Individual