...Nursing NR 302 Health Assessment: Part I REQUIRED UNIFORM ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES PART 1: THE HEALTH HISTORY PURPOSE Before any nursing plan of care or intervention can be implemented or evaluated, the nurse assesses the individual through the collection of both subjective and objective data. The data collected are used to determine areas of need or problems to be addressed by the nursing care plan. This assignment will focus on collecting subjective assessment data, synthesizing the data, and on identifying health/wellness priorities based on the findings. The purpose of the assignment is two-fold: To recognize the interrelationships of subjective data (physiological, psychosocial, cultural/spiritual, and developmental) affecting health and wellness To reflect on the interactive process between self and client when conducting a health assessment COURSE OUTCOMES This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes: CO 2. Utilize prior knowledge of theories and principles of nursing and related disciplines to integrate clinical judgment in professional decision-making and implementation of nursing process while obtaining a physical assessment. (PO 4, 8) CO 3. Recognize the influence that developmental stages have on physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual functioning (PO 1) CO 4. Utilize effective communication when performing a health assessment. (PO 3) CO 6. Identify teaching/learning needs from the health history of an...
Words: 1661 - Pages: 7
...REQUIRED UNIFORM ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES THE HEALTH HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION PURPOSE As you learned in NR302, before any nursing plan of care or intervention can be implemented or evaluated, the nurse conducts an assessment, collecting subjective and objective data from an individual. The data collected are used to determine areas of need or problems to be addressed by the nursing care plan. This assignment will focus on collecting both subjective and objective data, synthesizing the data, and identifying health and wellness priorities for the person. The purpose of the assignment is twofold. • To recognize the interrelationships of subjective data (physiological, psychosocial, cultural and spiritual values, and developmental) and objective data (physical examination findings) in planning and implementing nursing care • To reflect on the interactive process that takes place between the nurse and an individual while conducting a health assessment and a physical examination COURSE OUTCOMES CO 2: Utilize prior knowledge of theories and principles of nursing and related disciplines to integrate clinical judgment in professional decision-making and implementation of nursing process while obtaining a physical assessment. (POs 4 and 8) CO 3: Recognize the influence that developmental stages have on physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual functioning. (PO 1) CO 4: Utilize effective communication when performing a health assessment. (PO 3) CO 6: Identify teaching/learning...
Words: 2990 - Pages: 12
...2014 What is Psychosocial Health? SSPE 201 B HEALTH TOPIC Psychosocial health is divided into four areas. The areas are mental health, emotional health, spiritual health and social health of an individual. The mental health is the thinking or rational part of our health. Mentally healthy people don’t have problems adapting to changes, they can easily solve problems and can take care of their responsibilities without having any problems. A mentally healthy person can also connect certain life events with feelings and respond sufficiently. Mental health can also be known as intellectual health. If a person is mentally unhealthy, they can suffer from mental illnesses such as Anxiety disorders, mood disorders or personality disorders. The feeling part of our health is known as the emotional health. Emotions are everyday feelings like love, hate, anger or sadness. People who can appropriately react to their emotions are considered as emotionally healthy. Emotions are influenced by the surroundings, current events and mental and physically well-being. Emotional unhealthy people are more likely to over react by expressing their feelings than emotional healthy people. Your social and intellectual health is dependent upon your emotional health. For example, if you are sad and you don’t want to do anything all day your social health may decline. Emotional trauma can affect the way of thinking or acting. The communication with others is called the social health. People who...
Words: 542 - Pages: 3
... | | |Principles of Health and Wellness | Copyright © 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course reinforces the concept that learning effectively and living well involves both the mind and body. It presents the fundamentals of wellness and preventive health including strategic planning to attain and maintain personal optimal health. In addition, physical and mental diseases are discussed along with the dangers of environmental pollution, stress, addiction, and other negative factors that can affect personal health. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Getting Help Technical Support: Technical support is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Call...
Words: 1582 - Pages: 7
...Final Project Psychosocial Assessment of a Film Character A psychosocial assessment is a tool used by helping professionals as a way to evaluate of a client’s mental, physical, and emotional health. Basically the assessment is a snap shot into the history of individual covering all aspects of his/her life. The questionnaire is then utilized to create an overall picture of the individual in order to help the client address the identified issues determine treatment goals. Watch one of the films listed below and choose one of the following characters as the basis for your psychosocial assessment, theory-based analysis, and treatment plan: The Color Purple -(this is also a book by Alice Walker). This film/book depicts intergenerational processes in an African American family. The psychosocial assessment should be on the character Celie. On Golden Pond – The story of a family in different developmental stages, learning the complexities of forging, maintaining and repairing relationships. The psychosocial assessment could be on either Norman or Chelsea. My Girl- An 11 year-old girl struggles with grief and friendship as she comes of age. The psychosocial assessment should be on the character Vada. Antwone Fisher- In order to move forward, a Navy man must confront his difficult past with the help of a psychiatrist. The psychosocial assessment should be on the character Antwone. Goodwill Hunting- This film portrays a gifted young man and his struggles to find...
Words: 2034 - Pages: 9
...RESEAR CH AR TICLE Psychosocial Distress and Alcohol Use as Factors in Adolescent Sexual Behavior Among Sub-Saharan African Adolescents RANDY M. PAGE, PhDa COUGAR P. HALL, PhDb ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: This study examines the relationship between sexual behavior, alcohol use, and indicators of psychosocial distress (mental health) of adolescents in 6 sub-Saharan African countries using the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS). METHODS: The sample consisted of 22,949 adolescents from Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe who participated in 2003 or 2004 GSHS surveys. Statistical analysis was conducted to determine whether sexual behaviors increased with levels of psychosocial distress and alcohol use. RESULTS: Sexual behaviors (having sex or having sex with 2 or more people) were associated with both psychosocial distress and alcohol use. Odds ratios showed that both boys and girls reporting psychosocial distress and alcohol use were at higher risk for having sex. Results also indicated that the likelihood of sexual behaviors increased when there was an increase in the number of psychosocial indicators and frequency of alcohol consumption. CONCLUSION: The results of this study are consistent with those conducted in the United States suggesting that sexual behavior, psychosocial distress, and substance use are interconnected. These findings highlight the need for school health education and health services in sub-Saharan Africa...
Words: 9184 - Pages: 37
...working understanding of the course material. The suggested readings will enhance your ability to excel in this project. You are asked to read Rosa Lee: A Mother and Her Family in Urban America. You will be required to complete a thorough assessment of Rosa Lee or one of her family members, using the Case Study Template below. The information should be obtained from the book, Rosa Lee: A Mother and Her Family in Urban America, but written in a clinical style. You should still be using proper APA style citing and quoting to indicate that this information is from the book. Hence, frequent citing of Dash (1996) is expected—and proper quoting if you use direct wording from this book. Although this is practice for professional writing, this is an academic assignment, thus proper citing throughout is expected. Not properly citing/quoting is a form of plagiarism. Include an APA style title page before the template and include an APA style reference page as well. Please note that on the Case Study Template there is a section for psychosocial information; developmental, family, and current functioning. You are to use information given in this biography of Rosa Lee to complete the psychosocial section. In addition, the Case Study Template has sections requiring you to address the person’s attitude, social functioning, occupational functioning, financial functioning, family history, legal history, and health and spiritual functioning of the person chosen for assessment. You are then prompted...
Words: 469 - Pages: 2
...Chapter 04: Social, Cultural, and Religious Influences on Child Health Promotion MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which term best describes a group of people who share a set of values, beliefs, practices, social relationships, law, politics, economics, and norms of behavior? a.|Race| b.|Culture| c.|Ethnicity| d.|Social group| ANS: B Culture is a pattern of assumptions, beliefs, and practices that unconsciously frames or guides the outlook and decisions of a group of people. A culture is composed of individuals who share a set of values, beliefs, and practices that serve as a frame of reference for individual perceptions and judgments. Race is defined as a division of mankind possessing traits that are transmissible by descent and are sufficient to characterize it as a distinct human type. Ethnicity is an affiliation of a set of persons who share a unique cultural, social, and linguistic heritage. A social group consists of systems of roles carried out in groups. Examples of primary social groups include the family and peer groups. PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember REF: 44 TOP: Integrated Process: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Area of Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity 2. Which term best describes the emotional attitude that one’s own ethnic group is superior to others? a.|Culture| b.|Ethnicity| c.|Superiority| d.|Ethnocentrism| ANS: D Ethnocentrism is the belief that one’s way of living and behaving is the best way. This includes the emotional attitude...
Words: 3438 - Pages: 14
...Natural Sciences | | |SCI/163 Version 4 | | |Elements of Health and Wellness | Copyright © 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. EL14FS05 Course Start Date: 04/16/2014 Course End Date: 05/14/2014 Wednesday’s *6 PM to 10 PM* El Centro Learning Center 3095 North Imperial Suite 101 El Centro, California - 92243 Phone: 800-473-4346 Instructor: Rosyo Ramirez, MPA Course Description This course reinforces the concept that learning effectively and living well involves both the mind and body. It presents the fundamentals of wellness and preventive health including strategic planning to attain and maintain personal optimal health. In addition, physical and mental diseases are discussed along with the dangers of environmental pollution, stress, addiction, and other negative factors that can affect personal health. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is...
Words: 2617 - Pages: 11
... | | |Principles of Health and Wellness | Copyright © 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course reinforces the concept that learning effectively and living well involves both the mind and body. It presents the fundamentals of wellness and preventive health including strategic planning to attain and maintain personal optimal health. In addition, physical and mental diseases are discussed along with the dangers of environmental pollution, stress, addiction, and other negative factors that can affect personal health. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Donatelle, R. J. (2011). Health: The basics (Green ed.). Boston, MA: Benjamin Cummings....
Words: 2654 - Pages: 11
...1. Describe the unique challenges of managing the human resources function for your specific organization. One of the main challenges for human resources for a nursing facility is the nursing staff, admissions, and social worker. Due to the nature of the business, caring for the elderly, patients with dementia, etc. it’s very difficult to find the special kind of persons needed for this type of environment. Most facilities have a high turnover rate in nursing, especially CNA’s (certified nursing assistants). This is due partially because CNA’s are usually nursing students, or those who are studying to obtain their LPN (licensed practical nurse) or RN (registered nurse) license. A nursing home is not for everyone. The following staffing standards statistics are summarized primarily from a December 2010 study, “Nursing Home Staffing Standards in State Statutes and Regulations”, by Charlene Harrington, Ph.D. R.N. “Federal Staffing Standards Section 483.30: Nursing Services requires that "... the facility must have sufficient nursing staff to provide nursing and related services to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident, as determined by resident assessments and individual plans of care..." MA Staffing Standards Section 150.007: Nursing Services requires that "...all facilities provide appropriate, adequate and sufficient nursing services to meet the needs of patients or residents and to assure that preventive...
Words: 1483 - Pages: 6
...suggests that social acceptance is associated with lower levels of depressive symptoms and a greater willingness to seek mental health support. The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of the extent to which a group of adolescents perceived mental illness as being caused by physical and psychosocial causes and their degree of social acceptance. The participants involved in this study were eight boys and eight girls with a mean age of 14.06 (SD=0.92), who were randomly selected from select high schools in NSW. Participants were presented with a vignette and asked to indicate their level of agreeance with a number of closed ended questions. The results of this study found that adolescents showed less social acceptance of behaviour that was perceived to be related to mental illness. Furthermore, the more mental illness was perceived the greater chance it was attributed to a belief in psychosocial causes. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Kellie!Walker!11546766! ADOLESCENCES ATTITUDES TOWARDS MENTAL ILLNESS Adolescences Attitudes Towards Mental Illness 3 Abnormal behaviour has been attributed to psychosocial and physical causes throughout history, sometimes as separate entities, although in more recent times it has been considered a combination of biological, psychological, and social aetiology, such as in the Biopsychosocial model of health (Burton, Westen & Kowalski, 2012). The way people perceive abnormal behaviour affects their...
Words: 5228 - Pages: 21
...Preventing disputes by creating a stress-free work place Stress is an adaptive response, moderated by individual an difference that is a consequence of any action, situation or event that places special demands on a person. In the workplace there are numerous reasons for an employee to attain stress. Stress in the work place has been an issue for years for various reasons. Sources have said that a few reasons for stress are work overload, role conflict ,hostile and incompetent bosses , lack of person fit of a job , etc.(Defrank, Ivancevich] These have all been a common issue for years. Workplace stressors are working conditions that increase the risk of workplace stress. Stressors are classified as psychosocial or physical. Psychosocial stressors (or psychosocial working conditions) include job demands, job control, job insecurity, bullying, harassment and more(Reducing Stress in the Workplace). Physical stressors include noise and ergonomic exposures (e.g. awkward working postures, repetitive movements) (Reducing Stress in the Workplace). Resources might include an individual's occupational skills, job experience or education, or organisational resources such as machinery, raw materials or staffing levels. This needs to be prevented in order to create a more efficient workplace. Evidence supports the statement that if organizations focused more here employees stress rate that the results of the company would be more successful .(Defrank, Ivancevich]. Stress related claims...
Words: 859 - Pages: 4
...issues that case managers should be prepared to address. Some of the roles of a case manager are the” CMS standards of practice for case management” (2010) conducting a comprehensive assessment of the client’s health and psychosocial needs including health literacy status and deficits, and develops a case management plan collaboratively with the client and family or caregiver. Planning with the client’s family or caregiver the primary care physician provider other health care providers the payer as well as the community to maximize health care responses quality and the cost-effective outcomes. Facilitating communication and coordination between members of the health care team involving the client in the decision making process in order to minimize fragment in the services. Education the client as well as the family members of the health care delivery team about treatment options, community resources insurance benefits psychosocial concerns and case management etc… so that timely as well as informed decision can be made. 12 CMS standards of practice for case management empowering the client to problem solve by exploring options of care when available as well as alternative plans when necessary to achieve desired outcomes. Encouraging the appropriate use of health care services and strives to improve. There are a few theories the causes of problem...
Words: 744 - Pages: 3
...(Coordinates School Health Education) Health Education in the Elementary School, HED 3645 Section 102 1. Using your own words, how would you describe a coordinated school health program? A successful coordinated school health program is there for students and faculty to prevent illness and to help support each individual’s well-being. This encompasses all aspects of one’s health; including physical, emotional, and spiritual health. The program must be there to inform faculty and students, with up to date information about the different health risks and ways of prevention. With that being said, there also needs to be health services available for use; this may include handicap services and accommodations, emergency care, counseling for both students and faculty and overall general care. With providing this type of care within the school, there becomes the responsibility of making sure the facilities and health equipment are up to standard by the health department for the program to continue with providing care. 2. Discuss two ways in which school health instruction takes place within the elementary school curriculum. [Provide one APA reference citation for this question]...
Words: 541 - Pages: 3
