nursing foundation- health influencing factor

1. FINC NURSING
CHOACHING AGRA
NURSING FOUNDATION UNIT -1
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2. FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH-
• 1- INTERNAL VARIABLES
• 2-EXTERNAL VARIABLES
• 3- BIOLOGICAL FACTORS
• 4- ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
• 5- PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS

3. 1- INTERNAL VARIALES
• A- DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE –
-HEALTH BELIEF OF AN ADULT
IN DIFFERENT THAN CHILD .
-LEVEL OF GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT.

4. CONT…
• B- INTELLECTUAL BACKGRAUND –
- CONCEPTS ABOUT BODY
FUNCTIONS AND ILLNESS
-KNOWLEDGE LEVEL
-EDUCATION BACKGRAUND
- PAST EXPERIENCES

5. CONT…
• C- PERCEPTION OF FUNCTIONING –
-PEOPLE DIFFER IN THEIR
PERCEPTION ABOUT PHYSICAL
FUNCTIONING .
-NURSE SHOULD GATHER
SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE DATA.

6. CONT…
• D- EMOTIONAL FACTORS –
- STRESS DEPRESSION AND FEAR

7. CONT…
•E- SPIRITUAL FACTORS –
-SOME RELIGIOUS RESTRICT THE USE
OF CERTAIN FORMS OF MEDICAL
TREATMENT .
- NURSES MUST UNDERSTAND
CLIENT SPIRITUAL LEVELS TO
INVOLVE THEM EFFECTIVELY IN
NURSING CARE.

8. 2- EXTERNAL VARIABLES-
•A- FAMILY PRACTICES –
-DEPENDS ON HOW HIS FAMILY
USES HEALTH CARE SERVICES .
-FAMILY RESPONSE TO DISEASE
AND THEIR PREVENTIVE CARE
BEHAVIOR .

9. B- SOCIO ECONOMIC FACTORS -
• SOCIO AND PSYCHOSOCIAL INFLUENCE
HEALTH AND HEALTH PRACTICES –
1-PSYCHOSOCIAL VARIABLES-
- MARRITAL AND INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP
– LIFE STYLE HABITS AND OCCUPATION

10. CONT…
• 2- ECONOMIC VARIABLES –
POVERTY-
- MALNOURISHED
– DEFICIENCY DISEASES

11. C- CULTURAL BACKGROUND -
• BELIEFS ABOUT THE CAUSES OF ILLNESS
AND TREATMENT PRACTICES.
• NURSES SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE
CULTURAL PATTERNS OF THEIR CLIENTS

12. 3- BIOLOGICAL FACTOR-
• PATHOGENIC MICRO ORGANISM
• BIOLOGIC HEREDITARY FACTORS
(GENETICS)
• OTHER FACTORS
– AGE
– GENDER
– GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

13. 4- SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL
FACTOR -
• POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEM IN
THE SOCIETY
• CULTURAL SYSTEM
• INCOME AND SOCIAL STATUS
• EDUCATION
• LIFE STYLE

14. 5- PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS-
• EMOTIONS
• FEELING
• PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTION

15. CAUSES AND RISK FACTORS
FOR ILLNESS-
• CAUSES – ILLNESS RESULTS FROM A
DISEASE (PHYSIOLOGICAL OR
PSYCHOLOGICAL )OR FROM AN INJURY
THAT AFFECTS BODY FUCTIONING .
– MULTIPLE CAUSATIVE FACTORS –
1-POOR IMMUNITY
2- POOR HEALTH
3- ACCUMULATION OF TOXINS INSIDE THE BODY
4-EXPOSURE TO MICROORGANISMS
5-POOR THOUGHTS

16. RISK FACTOR -
• A RISK FACTOR IS ANYTHING THAT
INCREASES THE VULNERABILITY OF AN
INDIVIDUAL OR COMMUNITY TO AN
ILLNESS OR ACCIDENT .
• DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE INDIVIDUAL
DEVELOP DISEASE .
• ONLY INCREASES THE CHANCE FOR
EXPERIENCING THE DISEASE .

17. MOST COMMON RISK FACTOR-
- GENETIC FACTORS
– PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTOR
– ENVIRONMENT
– AGE
– LIFESTYLE
- DIETARY FACTOR
– OTHER FACTORS- BIOLOGICAL FACTORS AND
BEHAVIORAL FACTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC
FACTORS SERVICES , SOCIAL FACTORS AND
SPIRITUAL FACTORS