1: Analyze Assessment Data:
Based on the health history information, identify the following:
A. Areas for focused assessment (30 points)
A.P.’s strength would be her willingness to learn and be educated about health safety and issues. She is receptive to information about ways to lose weight and how to quit smoking. She is interested in discovering how her health history can show possible future health risks. Her weakness is a lack of knowledge concerning current health problems. She neglects to visit the doctor regularly for medication evaluation or preventative care.
B. Client’s strengths (30 points)
A.P. does show concern about her current health issues and expresses an interest and willingness to learn more and ways to correct or
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Healthy people 2020 addresses several of the areas that A.P. will need to focus on to help her improve her health and prevent other illnesses from developing. “Ten leading health indicators relating to significant public health concerns in the United States were identified…” in the healthy people 2020 report. (D 'Amico & Barbarito, 2007, p. 29) “…indicators are physical activity, overweight and obesity, tobacco use, substance abuse, responsible sexual behavior, mental health, injury and violence, environmental quality, immunization, and access to health care.” (D 'Amico & Barbarito, 2007, p. 29)
D. Health teaching topics (30 points)
Identify health education needs. Support your statements with facts from the Health History and information from your textbook.
A.P. knows she has problems with her weight. She stated in her health history that she needs to lose weight. Teaching could include information on diet and nutrition. She will need to be taught healthy meal and snack choices, proportion sizes, and how to read food labels. A.P. will need to have help in developing a way to accomplish daily exercise goals and weight loss plan that would include realistic and attainable goals. She knows she needs to quit smoking. A.P. stated in her health history that her doctor feels she should be tested for COPD. She will need education regarding how this contributes to her current health issues as well as how
Health teaching will be providing information on disease process and management strategies. Encourage caregiver to set aside time for himself. This could be as simple as a relaxing bath, a time to read a book, going out with friends. Acknowledge to caregiver the role he is carrying out and its value. Teach caregiver to identify how important it is to feel appreciated for their efforts. Encourage care recipient to thank caregiver for care given. Provide time for caregiver to discuss problems, concerns, and feelings. Ask caregiver how he is managing, Inquire about caregiver’s health. Refer to social worker for referral for community resources and/or financial aid, if needed.
1) Which of the following phrases best describes the authors' view of the status of health education? Health education is
Since 1980, the United States has taken on 10-year plans that outline certain key national health objectives set to be accomplished during a 10-year timeframe (Shi & Singh, 2015). These initiatives are founded on medical care with prevention services, health promotion, education, community health care, and increased access to integrated services. The initiative, Healthy People 2010: Healthy People in Healthy Communities, launched in 2000. The initiative emphasizes the role of community partners such as
The health status of the population in the United States is a national priority. The Healthy People 2020 outlines priorities and to improve the health of individuals and communities across the country. Healthy People 2020 is defined as a comprehensive set of national objectives for “improving the health of all Americans” (Healthy People 2020, n.d, para. 1). The Healthy people 2020, is aimed at improving the health of individuals and communities and envisions “a society in which all people live long, healthy lives” (Healthy People 2020, n.d, para 4). A short priority list was developed and contains twenty-six objectives knowns as Leading Health Indicators (LHI). The list of objectives was created to prioritize health issues that must be addressed and to find appropriate actions to take in order to improve the health of the population.
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.
|1.1 Analyse reasons why it may be necessary to raise awareness of health issues? |
Second objective will be that Tina will be able to describe the benefits of daily exercise and how daily exercise will improve her blood glucose as well as her overall health. I feel the instructional method that is best suited for Tina would be on a one-on-one interaction teaching plan that incorporates seeing a demonstration and a hands-on approach that is tailored to her abilities, needs, learning style, and developmental stage in conjunction with routine office visits would be the most beneficial for her learning. With the utilization of visual aids and explaining the disease process using common analogies and simple common terms of what happens in the body when low blood glucose occurs as well as what the symptoms look like will help Tina better understand how to prevent hypoglycemia from occurring within her own body. Having both of the objectives focus on what Tina is going to learn at the end of the teaching as opposed to focusing on what I am going to do for Tina will be more effective for her learning and remembering of the
Based on the health history and physical examination findings, determine at least two health education needs for the individual. Remember, you may identify an educational topic that is focused on wellness.
c. Identify three primary health outcomes of interest. These are based on your perceptions of the conditions affecting your population. As your needs assessment
In 2010, Healthy People 2020 was started by the Department of Human Health Services. Health programs and research topics were instituted to help Americans live healthier and longer lives (CDC, 2014). The 42 topics presented are all very important in maintaining the goals set by Healthy People 2020. If these programs were to be cut or budget restraints imposed on them, the impact would be felt by all Americans. There would be more unhealthy people, preventable chronic diseases would be more prevalent, and education and health associated programs would be
Forms of violence and trauma resulting from the Indian Act during colonization are embedded in social determinants of health and are directly linked to a disproportionate burden of illness. Before colonization, Indigenous communities had ‘subsistence cultures’, which means that nutrition, diet, and medication were provided through their local ecosystem (Richmond & Cook, 2016, p. 3). During colonization by European settlers in Canada, conflicting ideologies about ways of living caused challenges between the Indigenous and Europeans (Richmond & Cook, 2016, p. 3). The need to manage Indigenous populations took the form of the Indian Act of 1867, which gave the federal
Patient believes health is definitely important and visits his doctor when problems persist or are troubling.
At today’s visit she is accompanied by her daughter and son. The patient is a poor historian due to her dementia. Her daughter reports that she has declined significantly over the past 6 months, with a drastic
The patient Ms Walker has been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease Lupus. The first teaching would be in regards to what lupus is, how it is contracted, and how it can be managed on an ongoing basis. The second teaching should be informing the patient she will need rest pending on the severity of her disease, and she should rest prior to becoming exhausted. The next teaching is joint protection and energy conservation. This will involve explaining simplification of current activities and times saving joint protection devices, ex. electric can openers etc. The patient will need to be instructed on her medications which include side effects, daily dosages and potential drug to drug interactions. This includes caution for postural hypertension
27). Gathering initial signs and symptoms of the chief complaint along with identifying where it is occurring at on the patient are the first few steps of clinical reasoning (Bickely, 2013, p. 27). Immediately after these steps, it is important to think back on a pathological process and thus make an educated hypothesis based on these findings (Bickely, 2013, p. 28). The hypothesis should focus on critical findings including worst-case scenarios that match potential diagnoses thus eliminating those that fail to explain and weighing all potential possibilities (Bickely, 2013, p. 29). Keeping up to date on current events and diseases is a necessary part of clinical reasoning. “A crucial component of nurses’ knowledge and skills in delivering quality health care is basing practice on information emerging from the best available evidence” (Watts, 2011, p. 35). If the nurse does not keep up to date on current medical events he or she may not be able to develop an adequate hypothesis. Testing the hypothesis is also a big step to the process but can ultimately lead to a working diagnosis which in turn leads us to the final step in developing an acceptable plan for the patient (Bickely, 2013, p. 29). Each and every patient remains unique and what plan works for them may not work for another. It is important to specialize these plans according to the patient so that they will have success in maintaining their