...Action Plan for Optimal health and Wellness Josue Ramirez SCI/163 May 23, 2013 Dr. Sara Love Action Plan for Optimal Health and Wellness To achieve optimal health and wellness we must be able to incorporate and balance the six dimensions and/or elements of health; Physical, spiritual, social, intellectual, emotional and environmental. We must change our attitudes, beliefs and our unhealthy behaviors. Change is never easy, in fact the majority it is quire difficult, taking at least five tries before succeeding in changing the unhealthy behavior (Donatelle, p. 17, 2011). Increasing society’s awareness about the effects of these elements puts us on a path to optimal health and wellness. Top Three Elements Three elements we would increase in society are physical, spiritual and environmental. Although we agreed social wellness was is important we believed that taking care of our environment would impact both our physical and spiritual elements, especially if we committed ourselves to actively cleaning up our neighborhoods and communities. As we should be exercising at five days a week for at least twenty minutes a day and eating well balanced meals, learning more about taking care of our environment would produce the knowledge of creating a healthier environment to live in. Like taking on the physical aspect of walking through our neighborhoods picking up trash or going door to door letting our neighbors know of the benefits...
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...Optimal Health and Wellness Action Plan Over the last few weeks our team has come up with ideas that would help improve overall health. We have looked into the areas of health and wellness, nutrition and fitness, prevention of the most prevalent chronic diseases, how the environment affects our health, and protecting and enhancing our immune systems. These simple steps can lead to optimal health and wellness. We as a team recognize the six dimensions of health in our lives, and feel society is stronger in some areas than others. Areas we would like to see improvements in our social, physical, and environmental health. We can see that it is hard for people to interact with one another in many ways. People do not seem to be able to communicate face to face or feel comfortable with anyone that is not just like themselves. We would like to see people from across the cultures and races learn how to connect in the real world, and see that when we make things better for one, we are really making it better for all. We can do our part by reaching out to others and setting an example of how to treat others and making everyone feel needed and appreciated. Our society is known as an obese nation, and this is causing many avoidable diseases. We need to educate our society on how to make healthy food choices, and how to become physically active. Society cannot achieve optimal health if the environment around us is not healthy. Protecting the planet from pollutants in our water...
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...Thorne Transition to BSN Kristine Hilton & Beth Pecora October 24, 2015 Introduction It is the nurse’s responsibility to provide optimal care for the patient. This doesn’t begin and end with only the patient who is ill, nor does it end when a patient goes home. To provide a patient quality care holistically the nurse may apply one or more theories. The nurse will decide whichever theory is applicable to the patient; these theories all share the basics concepts. The nurse will initiate a framework of evidenced based practice within these concepts. The metaparadigms consists of a belief and belief system composed of four concepts; human being, environment, health and nursing (Kearney-Nunnery, 2012 p 4). Person The personal component encompasses the patient, their family or group and their social and spiritual needs. The outcome is related to the interactions with physical and social connections. These connections influence how the patient manages their health well-being and their self-preservation. People need care on different levels at different times of their lives. When the nurse is treating a patient the care doesn’t end with just the patient. There is network of relationships with different people in their life; they are affected by the illness as well. Incorporating this network of people into the plan is essential in the implementation of patient care and outcomes (Kaakinen et al 2015). Environment Next is environment; the nurse will assess...
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...According to the World Health Organization's (WHO) constitution in 1948, health is defined "as a state of complete physical, social, and mental well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (Nutbeam, 1998, p. 351). Health promotion is "the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health" (World Health Organization, n.d.). Health promotion includes different focuses with different levels of involvement and services aimed at providing information and education to individuals, families and communities. The goal is to help people change behaviors and lifestyles to help prevent illness and disease. Encouraging individuals to engage in a proactive approach geared towards a sense of well being and healthy living, changing one's lifestyle to move towards a state of optimal health is also a goal of health promotion (Edelman, Mandle, 2011). Additionally, health promotion includes efforts to encourage individuals, families, and communities to take an active role in taking steps to protect themselves from diseases, improving and maintaining their health, which will ultimately improve their quality of life. Involving people in their healthcare aims to promote a sense of empowerment and hopefully will compel them to make lifestyle changes that will contribute to their quality of life. A major, essential role for nurses is that of education, which includes promoting health and wellness, therefore improving quality of life. Another objective...
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...Running head: HEALTH PROMOTION IN NURSING PRACTICE Health Promotion In Nursing Practice Elizabeth Carhuapoma Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion NRS 429 April Herrera July 08, 2012 Health Promotion In Nursing Practice As health care evolves and changes, the roles of nurses in health promotion and prevention have expanded greatly. The goal is to prevent disease from occurring rather than taking a reactive position of treating the client once disease has already occurred. Health defined by Edelman and Mandle is a state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that allows a person to reach their individual potential for optimal health (Edelman & Mandle, n.d.). In order to reach these goals, levels of prevention have been defined and nurses take an active role in the implementation of positive changes in clients’ lifestyle. On each level of the health promotion continuum, the nurse has to keep in mind the clients’ cultural and educational background to develop mutually agreed- upon goals. “Primary care providers, including nurse practitioners and other advanced practice nurses, now attempt to involve individuals and their families in the delivery of care, teaching individuals about individual responsibilities and lifestyle choices has become an important part of their job”(Edelman & Mandle, p. 9). These positive changes improve the quality of the clients’ and families lives. The three- levels of health care promotion...
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...The word is out Health Promotion is the new wave in healthcare. The concept of promoting health wellness and the implementation of prevention of disease by living more healthier is essentially a asset of healthcare . The concept of utilizing alternative methods of health promotion such as yoga, tai chi, meditation assists with treating the individual and society in a holistic manner. These concepts have been initiated in the schools, community centers and resources are more available thru the health care arena than ever before. I believe this new improved way of thinking will grow even further with the assistance of healthcare providers leading the way. In turn it will enrich the lively hood of many .It will expand a societies lifespan. People will grow into their later years of life more educated and more empowered in their health and its wellbeing. It is the responsibility of the healthcare professional, political legislation, the school teacher, the pastor in short everyone must have sense of responsibility to be the overseerers of health promotion. The process start with the foundation of nursing leading the way, along with other health care organizations laying the path of promoting health wellness to a brighter healthier society . Over the years healthcare has taken a tremendous change on how the delivery of care is delivered to both the individual and society. The best practice of care focuses on the prevention of disease and the idea of wellness. Compared to earlier...
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...Optimal Living for Optimal Work Performance Cory T. Flanigan The Chicago School of Professional Psychology Increasing capital is the cornerstone of every business. This successful foundation is directly dictated by employees’ performance, within the company. Significant contributions from an effectively working staff will ensure the prosperity of the company’s future. It can be challenging to supply employees with the appropriate tools that are necessary to continue successful performances and ensure a profitable company. The question that is often presented, what is the best approach for setting up employees for consistent successful performance? By enabling workers to make strong and steady contributions, it guarantees companies a chance to become more profitable. Much research shows a high correlation between one variable and the prosperity companies’ covet significantly more than other factors. That catalytic variable is optimal living. Optimal living is established by successfully embracing a healthy balance in all aspects of one’s life and implementing lifestyle adaptations to ensure this elevated level of wellness moving forward. Healthy living habits include: adequate rest, censoring stress, preserving quality social relationships, regular exercise, and quality nutrition. These behaviors synergistically working together will improve employees’ quality of life, as well as the quality of their work. The following are proven strategies from peer-reviewed...
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...Optimal Health and Wellness Aaron-John P McDonald COM/172 February 21, 2014 Robert Eakins Optimal Health and Wellness . A better understanding about how our bodies and minds function has been better observed by scientists and brought to the attention of the general public. Research has introduced three elements of health and wellness and how nutrition and fitness as active parts of our lives. Research has also discovered ways for preventing major diseases such as cancer and diabetes. Preventing awful effects in our environment and protecting the immune system is part of action plans researchers have discovered to play an important role in improved physical health and wellness. Physical Health It is important to get enough rest and sleep our body needs to rest to be able to function properly. Exercise is essential because it gives us strength, endurance, and a healthy body. That is why we should maintain a healthy weight so our body can fight other risk factors. Physical Health helps control weight and reduces the risk of Cardio-Vascular Disease (CVD) CVD disease (Donatelle, 2011). With exercise we can also reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and some cancers. But most of all it increase our chances of living longer and having better emotional health. Emotional Health People who are emotionally healthy are able to handle life's challenges, build strong relationships, and recover from setbacks from life. It requires effort stability to build and maintain emotional health...
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...students are also worth of their gratitude and deserve to be treated as important as the students. Also, with the tons of work teachers have, like preparing lesson plans, modules, assessments and other things related to teaching, they are experiencing stress, pressure that affect quality of work. This is the reason why most of the education institutions offer wellness program for their employees. This is to give their employees a chance to relax and have time to rejuvenate. Of course, most of the schools offer it for free because we all know money is also an issue for school employees here in the Philippines. But the main issue here is that, does wellness program gives satisfaction to school employees. This may cause an institution additional expense because they need to allocate fund for the wellness program of their employees. Some researches says that such program may improve employees health, morale and productivity as well. So, if this is also the thinking of the owner he/she might not worry about expenses, because in return the employees will become more productive and they will find work as a fun and fulfilling. Now, with all the studies made, is wellness programs really satisfy employees? How can they prove that there is satisfaction? Are the employees given a chance to choose wellness program that they believe would fit their interest?Are there evaluation tools to assess if the program/s is/are effective? These are jusy few inquiries that may be...
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...Optimal Health and Wellness Aaron-John P McDonald COM/172 February 21, 2014 Robert Eakins Optimal Health and Wellness . A better understanding about how our bodies and minds function has been better observed by scientists and brought to the attention of the general public. Research has introduced three elements of health and wellness and how nutrition and fitness as active parts of our lives. Research has also discovered ways for preventing major diseases such as cancer and diabetes. Preventing awful effects in our environment and protecting the immune system is part of action plans researchers have discovered to play an important role in improved physical health and wellness. Physical Health It is important to get enough rest and sleep our body needs to rest to be able to function properly. Exercise is essential because it gives us strength, endurance, and a healthy body. That is why we should maintain a healthy weight so our body can fight other risk factors. Physical Health helps control weight and reduces the risk of Cardio-Vascular Disease (CVD) CVD disease (Donatelle, 2011). With exercise we can also reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and some cancers. But most of all it increase our chances of living longer and having better emotional health. Emotional Health People who are emotionally healthy are able to handle life's challenges, build strong relationships, and recover from setbacks from life. It requires effort stability to build and maintain emotional health...
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...Personal Health Assessment Paper John Martin Mubiru SCI/100 - PARADIGMS OF HEALTH September 18, 2010 Personal Health Assessment Paper Personal health assessment is a systematic functional data on health plans. It serves as a foundation of any successful wellness of health practices. Personal health assessment helps people to achieve the best health through proven health support technics, evidence-based actions, and caring coaches. (LM Health Works) Health describes wellness as an important aspect of a human being to live well. Wellness however is the positive approach to living good with a health body, health mind, and more important living without diseases. There are six dimensions of wellness in a healthy lifestyle. Namely, intellectual, emotional, social, physical, spiritual, and environmental. Three of these mentioned dimensions have been elaborated in details below. First, globally, the environmental dimension of wellness determines which kind of life a certain area can harbor. This in turn helps to develop different characteristics of the people and animals. The settlement of human life in an oasis found in a desert-like environment depends on the health of the planet. No human life can avail in the tropical rain forests, because of the abundance big trees, wild inhabitants and a concentration of billion insects. However, food security, water and the presence of penetrable areas enables human life to settle in many parts of the world. Furthermore, the...
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...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...
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...system many years ago. In 1947 she received RN Diploma from Peoples Hospital School of Nursing, Akron, Ohio. She then moved to California and gained experience as a hospital, staff, and head nurse; school nurse and industrial nurse; and as a clinical instructor in medical-surgical, critical care and communicable disease nursing. In 1957 Dr. Neuman attended the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) with double major in psychology and public health. She received BS in nursing from UCLA. In 1966 she received Masters Degree in Mental Health; Public Health Consultation from UCLA ("Nurses Info," “n.d.”, p. 1) Neuman developed a widely used theory model named, Neuman’s Systems Model in 1970. There are many aspects of today’s nursing that uses Neuman’s model. Define Neuman’s metaparadigm in nursing A metaparadigm (or major concept) in the application of Neuman’s system model addresses the person, environment, health, and nursing. The concepts combine to give the nurse an idea of how the client can use prevention to maintain wellness while being exposed to stressors. One example is preventing a pre-diabetic patient from developing into a diabetic patient. Person: Client...
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...Influence YOT Task 1 Hellen C. Adebowale Models of Health and Healing Two of the three models of health and healing discussed by Dossey (1999) were Era II Body/Mind Model of the 1950s and Era III Body/Mind/Spirit Model of the 1990s. According to Dossey (1999), post World War II the Medical Doctors noticed that there was proof that the functioning of the human body can be affected by other factors such as stress and emotions which, can lead to diseases such as ulcers and high blood pressure. This model brought to light the realization that treating the human body is complex because when the physical body is not well the mentation of the patient is affected resulting in exacerbation of other diseases such as high blood pressure and ulcers. The third era, Body/Mind/Spirit model is an advancement of the Body/Mind model discovered in the 1990’s. The healthcare professionals realized that there is scientific evidence that supports the existence of a spiritual component that suggests that patient’s outcomes can be impacted by other people’s actions without their knowledge. In this third Era the patient’s health is impacted by their cultural and community affiliation and this present a challenge to the healthcare providers as they collaborate the care of the patient because there are some variables created by this intrapersonal relationship that is boundless and significantly affects the treatment plan and patient outcome unlike the second era which only dealt with the...
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...Health Promotion According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health promotion is the process of disease prevention by enabling individuals to live healthy. Health promotion provides ideas and education to people to have a positive attitude towards their health. In addition, health education encourages individuals to change their life styles to achieve a state of optimal health. Optimal health involves a well balance of physical, emotion, social, intellectual and spiritual state. Health promotion is any plan combination of educational, political, regulatory and organizational supports for actions and conditions of living conducive to the health of individual, groups or communities (Green and Kreuter, 2004). The main purpose of health promotion is to make the public capable of taking care of their health properly and also to take preventive measures from worsening of disease. Health promotion improves the health condition of individuals, public to have a good quality of life. It reduces premature deaths, also focuses on disease prevention, which helps the individual and nation from spending a lot on medical treatment. Health promotion aims at learning capabilities and intentional action that individual takes on their own health, health for others and the common betterment of the community. As a largest group of health professional, nurses have the wider responsibility to promote health to the individual and thus the community. Nurses render more direct care to the patients...
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