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Affect
Sensation and emotion are fundamental
attributes of humanness that are expressions
of wholeness or unity
Emotions and feelings are subjectively
experienced
Emotional patterns can influence immune
function
Feelings and emotions have direct effect on the
quality of life and perception of health
The Concept of Health
Attitude
Humans not only think in concepts and
relationships but give meanings to such
abstractions
It structures the way a person sees their world
Optimism vs. pessimism
The Concept of Health
Activity
Active lifestyles can influence the concept of
health
We tend to look at health in the context of
mobility
Meaningful work
Energizing diversions influence health
The Concept of Health
Aspirations
Humans are inherently purposeful
Persons evolve in light of the range of options they
perceive as available to them
The concept of self actualization
The effect of social contribution
The Concept of Health
Accomplishments
These can be viewed as the payoffs for a life well
lived
Measures of worth vs. expressions of health
Enjoyment
Creativity
Transcendence
The Concept of Health
Becoming healthier is a national obsession
If I could only:
Lose weight
Exercise regularly
Eat more healthy foods
Get more sleep
The Concept of Health
Centrality of health in nursing
Conceptualized as a
State
A process of development
Positive adaptation
An actualization
An outcome
A lifestyle
The Concept of Health
Strategies for the development of a contextual
conception of health
Most studies done on middle class white
population
Being healthy vs. becoming healthy
What does the concept health promotion really
mean?
Concept of Client
Pluralistic knowledge in nursing (theory,
research findings)
Competing approaches
Confusion
Solution: Unite common and unique
perspectives (Kim)
Concept of Client
Types of Conceptualization:
Holistic human-environment processes
Balance as human condition
Integration of structure and function of
humans
States revealed by aggregate parts
Experiencing = Human condition (health belief model)
Making sense and meaning
Concept of Client
ANA 1980
Nursing: Treatment of human responses to
actual and potential health problems.