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What is Health?

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The state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

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List 3 aspects of the Aboriginal View on Health

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Traditional knowledge

Interconnectedness between people, food, environment, health, healing and lifestyle choices.

Holistic healthcare balances the mind, body, spirit with the community and the environment.

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What is wellness?

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The optimal state of health of individuals and groups.

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What affects our health?

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Self-Responsibility

Our daily decisions

Our perspective

Self-Awareness

Dynamic

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What are the 8 Domains of Wellness?

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Emotional, Intellectual, Occupational, Physical, Sexual, Spiritual, Environmental, Social

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List the 5 aspects on the Aboriginal view on Wellness

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Interconnectedness with all creation

Family, community, nation, plants, animals, spirit people, those who have died, those not born yet

Plan for future generations

Strong sense of family

Belief of how each individual contributes unique gifts that can benefit communities

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Point on the Aboriginal Medicine Wheel

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There are different variations of this medicine wheel – all emphasize good living every day in terms of human behavior and interaction.

It’s a mirror reflecting an individuals’ life;
interconnectedness of mind, body, emotion, spirit.

Medicine is seen as spiritual energy, healing, enlightenment.

Healing is seen as making decisions and taking actions for balance and harmony.

The concept of a circle is important to all parts of living a life.

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Points on Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Holistic health belief that focuses on the body’s state of unbalance through the concepts of qi (“chee”), yin and yang, five elements, and meridians.

Qi – life energy from birth; also gained from air, food, water

Yin and yang – opposing forces in body to maintain equilibrium of the Qi

Five Elements – wood, fire, earth, metal, water

Meridians – energy pathways of body that move and store qi

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What are the 5 Models of Health?

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Medical (Clinical) Model

Agent-Host-Environment (Ecological) Model

Travis’s Illness-Wellness Continuum

Rosenstock’s and Becker’s Health Belief Model

Maslows’s Hierarchy of Needs

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What does violence in the workplace consist of?

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physical and sexual assault, pushing, hitting, pinching, verbal abuse, vulgar language, harassment, destruction of property

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How can violence in nursing occur?

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other to other, other to nurse, nurse to nurse, nurse to other

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How many % of nursing students experienced violence in the workplace?

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100%

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How were they bullied?

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Verbal and Physical

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If the behavior is offensive and undermines the student or their job in any way, should it be reported?

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Yes

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Who does violence in the workplace impact?

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Nurse of health care worker; family; patient; organization; community

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How are Organizations reducing workplace violence?

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Implementing policies, awareness and improving safety of workplaces

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Which three groups have the same right to safety? (WCP)

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Workers, clients, patients

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Can you use force?

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“use as much force as is reasonably necessary to prevent an assault from occurring, or to defend himself or anyone under his protection as long as he uses no more force than is reasonably necessary to prevent the assault or the repetition of it.”

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What are some reductions of Violence and injury?

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Code Pink

Violence prevention programs

Safety engineered needles

TLR

Mechanical lifts and electric beds

Return to Work programs