Please help :/

[Kyliemarie8588]

Hey!! I know most of you in nursing school probably have this down already, but I am having major difficulties figuring out which is which. I know our teachers are going to give us a question on promoting health and preventing illness from Taylors Fundamentals book, but I get the two confused. If your not sure what I mean here's a few examples:

Smoking Programs and Stress reduction seminars are PREVENTING ILLNESS

Providing Info to help health promotion is PROMOTING HEALTH

Increasing health awareness is also PROMOTING HEALTH (wouldn't that be preventing illness too because smoking and stress reduction are both things listed under preventing illness)

It's just really confusing to me. If you could help that would be great!!! Thanks soo much:) SOrry if it's a little unclear this stuff just confuses me to death.

[TessaMae]

This is one that is confusing..I remember getting it wrong on our first exam I think it was asking about a yearly check-up and I thought it was promoting health. I find it helps to just consider what the end result is...like teaching stress reduction is aimed at preventing a problem "Key is preventing something negative" whereas increasing awareness, or health promotion are geared toward the the positive. Not sure if I am explaining it correctly but basically you have to look at what the question is asking positive or negative...

hopefully someone else can explain it less confusing!

Hey!! I know most of you in nursing school probably have this down already, but I am having major difficulties figuring out which is which. I know our teachers are going to give us a question on promoting health and preventing illness from Taylors Fundamentals book, but I get the two confused. If your not sure what I mean here's a few examples:

Smoking Programs and Stress reduction seminars are PREVENTING ILLNESS

Providing Info to help health promotion is PROMOTING HEALTH

Increasing health awareness is also PROMOTING HEALTH (wouldn't that be preventing illness too because smoking and stress reduction are both things listed under preventing illness)

It's just really confusing to me. If you could help that would be great!!! Thanks soo much:) SOrry if it's a little unclear this stuff just confuses me to death.