What is the philosophy of health care that encourages healthcare ...

[Collmarie]

What is the philosophy of health care that encourages healthcare providers to be more comprehensive in their approach to patient care, including physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological attributes?
 
  1. Holistic health
  2. Nursing with a purpose
  3. Complete health assessment
  4. Contemporary alternative medicine

Question 2

A group of community members are diagnosed with a chronic illness affecting the same body system. What should the nurse consider as social determinants of health that contributed to the development of the disease process in these individuals?
 
  (Select all that apply.)
  1. Age
  2. Housing
  3. Gender at birth
  4. Community violence
  5. Office location of employment

[Jane]

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1

Holistic health is a concept that evolved in the 1970s and 1980s and is defined as a comprehensive approach to health care including physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual attributes of a person. Nursing with a purpose is a goal of delivering nursing care but is not a philosophy of health care. A complete physical health assessment is often performed on patients at an initial health evaluation. Contemporary alternative medicine (CAM) is use of unconventional medicine or healing therapies.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 2, 4, 5

Social determinants of health include a wide range of factors such as income, employment and working conditions, housing, education, nutrition, social support, social exclusion, stress, and violence. Social determinants of health are believed to explain both the causation of ill health in individuals and the social distribution or patterns of ill health. Age and gender at birth are considered biological determinants of health.