After Maria Case Study: Determinants Of Health

In this assignment, I will be making realistic recommendations for decreasing negative impacts on the health of one individual. The individual I will be making recommendations for and talking about in more depth is James. As it states in the case study, and James has a BMI above average, therefore, in this assignment, I will clarify in full detail what he could do in order to live a healthier lifestyle and lose some weight as James is 54 years old overweight. In addition, I will also be stating the advantages of acting upon and following the recommendations I have made as well as the disadvantages if he did not follow them and continued with his normal diet.

Sam is a recently graduated health professional and has observed that clinical practices vary in the different health care facilities. Sam is confused about which practice is the most effective to give patients better health outcomes according to the latest research literature.

Every patient that comes in seeking medical attention, has had a health history assessment conducted on them. Such an assessment provides health care workers such nurses, with vital information about the patient’s overall well-being. It can also be viewed as a guide in directing the nurse, in provided the most beneficial and utmost plan of care. The purpose of this paper is to exemplify a conducted health history assessment on a patient represented by the initials L.H.; Which focuses on subjective assessment data, synthesizing the data, and on identifying health/wellness priorities based on the findings.

Zinczenko appeals to those whom perhaps do have health issues relating to obesity or diabetes since he puts himself in their situation giving this audience a more likable view on his idea. It becomes seemingly ideal to see that those with health issues like diabetes or obesity would most certainly not want to blame themselves and therefore appeal to what Zinczenko says; however, due to the logic used in his arguments in forms of data and studies he is able to appeal to more than just the people that are sick. Zinczenko asks questions beyond what the reader may think through his essay in order to communicate his arguments and in a way direct the reader to believe his perspective. Ultimately he asks the question that sets up his whole perspective

Gordon's Functional Health Patterns provide a useful structural guideline that help nurse or any health care provider to assess any family’s health status and develop a nursing diagnosis according to their need to improve their quality of life. Through each of these eleven patterns of health assessment, nurse can create a systemic approach and gather information which help them to understand a family values from each prospect of human health status. The health assessment begin with asking two or three open ended questions to a selected family. This family is a young

The thematic analysis method was used and the research was focused on mainly two areas which were the change of outlook of the life and the patterns of the health within the illness. The researcher documented that for the final analysis process these two areas were derived into 5 areas, where the research gathered from the patient’s point of view. The author used the patient’s own description about their life experiences to strengthen the analysis process.

Sharon is a 17 year old young women, her mother noticed that Sharon had lost a significant amount of weight, and she looked pale and had dark circles under her eyes. Sharon was complaining of severe diarrhea, stomach cramps, and after battling this for weeks she was extremely tired. Her doctor conducted a standard physical exam, and interviewed Sharon about her general health, diet, family history, and environment.

Data was collected in the health center, after the permission to conduct the study with the patient population of interest was secured from the administrator of the health center. Data was collected from January 5th, 2017 to March 5th, 2017. Patients in the waiting room were handed flyer invitation to participate by the researcher, who goes over the contents individually with prospective participants to determine eligibility for the study based on the criteria. The flyer explains the purpose of the study, the population of interest, including how to participate, and once a patient is eligible he or she is given a cover letter written in both English and Spanish that explains that participation is voluntary, and that submitting the survey amounts to giving a consent to participate in the study. The cover letter also explains that there are no benefits to the study, but the results will be posted in the health center where the patients were recruited. After reading the cover letter and agreeing to participant in the study, the patient is handed paper versions of both bilingual surveys along with writing instruments. When a participant is done and has submitted their completed surveys, he or she will be given a copy of correct responses to the DKQ-24 in both English and Spanish.

Through trauma narrative, Maria will learn how to unpair fearful association between harmless stimuli and the danger of the trauma (Dorthy, 2007). An example of danger that may be associated are cues that brings them back to the trauma; for example, being afraid the dark, or sitting on a bed, or being home alone. Trauma narrative can happen through reading book, writing, and art. This gives a way for Maria to be expressive and talk about what had happen to her. After that, Maria will have to battle against the trauma reminders that remind her about the trauma. This reminder can be anything of places, people, sounds, smells, sensation, and words. From identifying what those reminders are, Maria can use her relaxation and stress management skills to gain control over the reminder. The rationale of trauma narrative is one of the most essential components of the TF-CBT, because it desensitizes the child to traumatic

This essay about 89 year old Mrs Amalie Jones will be a discussion of assessment and care provision identified through the concept map in assessment one.Concepts from Miller’s Functional Consequences Theory of healthy ageing will be used to identify the risk factors which negatively impacts on her function,safety and independence. Focus of this essay will be demonstrating how the dignity of the client/patient can be maintained through dignified nursing care. The main purpose of this assessment will be to protomote both problem solving and care provision including prioritising.According to Miller’s Functional Theory, not all the health issues are due to age related changes, lot of them are a result of risk factors. These can be addressed and even prevented. Nurses play a big role in the prevention of such problems.Amelie Jones has few age related problems such as Macular Degeneration , Arthritis and risk factors due to lifestyle such as Hypothyroidism, risk of fall, weight loss and depression. Nursing interventions will be person-centred and ethical.

Having considered the physiological health complications, this case study now moves on to focus on the issues requiring psycho-sociological interventions.

The results of her study show that

The Open University (2012) L185 English for academic purposes, Block 3 Session 2 ‘Text 2.1: Factors that influence the health of an individual’ [online], https://learn2.open.ac.uk/pluginfile.php/717531/mod_resource/content/1/Block%203%20Text%202.1.pdf (accessed 02 February, 2013).

A family health assessment is a significant instrument in conveying a health care plan for a family. This paper will discuss the nurse’s role in family assessment and how this task is performed. By the use of family focused open ended questions, 11 functional health patterns were covered. The health patterns were values and health perception, nutrition, sleep and rest, elimination, activities and exercise, cognitive, sensory-perception, self-perception, role relationship, sexuality, and coping. This principle is known as the Gordon’s functional health patterns. Family health assessment defines the assessment of actual and potential problems of individuals (Gordon, 1994). This assessment tool included 11 systematic principles for data collection of the family, and assists the nurses to develop a nursing diagnosis and appropriate interventions. Using Gordon’s functional health patterns, this paper will summarize the findings of each health pattern as well as the family based nursing diagnosis of each assessment. This paper will also discuss different health promotion strategies along with web-based resources, also including a system based theory guide in family assessment.

The Nursing Diagnosis, being the second stage in the process, involves interpretation of data, which may result in other potential problems (Junttila 2010). Clinical judgements and nursing goals are then made based on the data collected from the assessment stage (Huckabay 2009). For instance, a patient may present with obesity, possibly resulting in high blood pressure or depression. A goal of care may be to promote acceptance of body image and weight loss strategies with the most up to date evidence. Unlike medical diagnoses, a nursing diagnosis is holistic were the nurse considers the health of the whole person. In doing so, the nurse will be able to put in place individualised patient care during intervention. This should enhance and form good