HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND ILLNESS

A Term Paper

Presented to the College of Nursing

Remedios Trinidad Romualdez Medical Foundation

Tacloban City

In Partial Fulfillment

Of the Requirements for the Subject

English 2 (Communication Skills 2)

2nd Semester S.Y. 2016- 2017

by

Sheena Mae C. Aano

BSN- 1

to

Editha L. Garcia

Instructor

May 2017
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ..v
I. Concepts of Health, Wellness, and Well- Being
II. Models of Health and Wellness
III. Variables Influencing Health Status, Beliefs and Practices..
IV. Health Care Adherence .
V. Illness and Disease
BIBLIOGRAPHY .. vi
 INTRODUCTION

As increasingly knowledgeable health care consumers, clients expect and deserve

quality care. While assisting the client - whether an individual, family or entire community-
quality nursing care seeks to emphasize illness prevention and health promotion. Nurses
recognize that a client's state of health and wellness encompasses many dimensions,
including social, spiritual, cultural, sexual, and environmental, as well as physical and
psychological. Each client encounter affords the nurse an opportunity to influence and
encourage both traditional and innovative health- seeking behaviors. (Fundamentals of
Nursing: Concepts, Process and Practice, 7th edition by Kozier, Barbara; Erb, Glenora;
Berman, Audrey J.; copyright 2004)

Nurses need to clarify their understanding of health and wellness because their
definitions largely determine the scope and nature of nursing practice. Client's health
beliefs also influence their health practices. Some people think of health and wellness (or
well- being) as the same thing or, at the very least, as accompanying one another.
However, health may not always accompany well- being: A person who has a terminal
illness may have a sense of well- being; conversely, another person may lack a sense of
well- being yet be in a state of good health. For many years the concept of disease was
the yardstick by which health was measured. In the late 19th century the "how" of disease
(pathogenesis) was the major concern of health professionals. The 29th century focused
on finding cures for diseases. Currently health care providers are increasing their
emphasis on promoting health and wellness in individuals, families and communities.
In the past, most individuals and societies viewed good health, or wellness as the
opposite or absence of disease. This simple attitude ignores states of health between
disease and good health. Health is a multidimensional concept and must be viewed from
a broader perspective. An assessment of the client's state of health in an important
aspects of nursing. Models of health offer a perspective to understand the relationship
between the concepts of health, wellness and illness. Nurses are in a unique position to
assist clients in achieving and maintaining optimal levels of health. Nurses understand
the challenges of today's health care system and embrace the opportunity to use wellness
activities to promote health and wellness and prevent illness. In an era of cost
containment and advanced technology, nurses can be a vital link to improved health of
individuals and society. Nurses can identify actual and potential risk factors that
predispose a person or a group to illness. In addition the nurse may use risk factor
modification strategies to promote health and wellness and prevent illness. When illness
does occur, different attitudes about illness of a family member. Medical sociologist call
the reaction to illness, illness behavior. Nurses who understand how clients and their
families in maintaining or returning to the highest level of functioning. (Fundamentals of
Nursing, Seventh Edition by Potter and Perry, 2009.
The primary role of the nurse as caregiver is to maximize wellness in clients of all
ages, in variety of settings, and in both health and illness. To give holistic care, the nurse
must accept and respect each person's definition of wellness and response to illness.
Health and illness can be defined in many ways. Health is a concept that includes physical
and mental status, emotional well- being, and spiritual well- being.
 BIBLIOGRAPHY

A. BOOKS
Erb Glenora, Kozier Barbara & others. Fundamentals of Nursing Concepts,
Process, and Practice. New Jersey: Pearson Education Co., Inc., 2008.

Erb Glenora, Kozier Barbara & others. Fundamentals of Nursing Concepts,

Process and Practice. New Jersey: Pearson Education Co., Inc., 2004.
Potter and Perry. Fundamentals of Nursing. New Jersey: Pearson Education Co.,
Inc., 2009.
World Health Organization. Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health
Organization as Adopted by the International Health Conference, 1948.
Nightingale, F. Notes on Nursing: What is, and what it is not. New York: Dover
Books, 1860.
Presidents Commission on Health Needs of the Nation. Building Americans
health (Vol. 2). Washington, D.C: U.S. Government Printing Office,
1953.
American Nurses Association. Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.
Washington, DC: 2004.

B. WEBSITE
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/adherence
https://shes.ucdavis.edu/wellness/what-is-wellness
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation_model_of_nursing
http://www.bistromd.com/health-tips/the-relationship-between-health-and-wellness
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281120576_Health_A_Developing_Conce
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