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Assessment
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The collection of data about an individual's health state.
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Biomedical model
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The Western European/ North American tradition that views health as the absence of disease.
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Complete database
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A complete health history and full physical examination
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Critical thinking
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Simuntaneously problem-solving while self-improving one's own thinking ability.
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Diagnostic Reasoning
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A method of collecting and analyzing clinical information with the following components:
1) Cues 2) Diagnostic Hypothesis 3) Gathering data relevant to tentative to hypothesis 4) Evaluating each hypothesis with new data collected 5) Arriving at final diagnosis |
Emergency Data base
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Rapid collection of database
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Environment
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The total of all the conditions and elements that make up the surroundings and influence the developments of a person.
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Episodic database
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One used for limited amount of time concerning one problem.
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Follow up database
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Used in all settings to monitor progress on short-term or chronic health problems.
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Holistic Health
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The view that the mind, body, and spirit are interdependent and function as a whole within the environment.
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Medical diagnosis
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Used to evaluate the cause and etiology of disease; focus on the function or malfunction of a specific organ system
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Nursing Diagnosis
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Used to evaluate the response of the whole person or actual or potential health problems
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Nursing process
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A method of collecting and analyzing clinical information with the following components:
1) Assessment 2) Diagnosis 3) Outcome Identification 4) Planning 5) Implementing 6) Evaluation |
Objective data
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What the health professional observes by inspecting, pal, per, aus, during the physical examination.
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Prevention
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Any action directed toward promoting health and preventing the occurrence of disease
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