...Health Promotion Pamela McFall Grand Canyon University: Family-Centered Health Promotion November 10, 2013 Health promotion as stated by Chambers & Thompson (2008, pg. 131), “Within the health promotion movement, empowerment has come to focus on promoting equality in health and public participation in decisions affecting health. Empowerment has come to mean a process by which: individual people are encouraged to assert their own autonomy and self-esteem sufficiently to be able to identify their own health agendas, rather than being told what to do”. Adults with the disease or the risk factors can prevent and manage both the disease processes. Health promotion within the primary, secondary and tertiary levels, patients can participate actively to help arrest the disease process and increase their chances of maintaining the levels of health for which they have achieved. Approximately five million people in the United States have Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) and it is the cause of about 300,000 deaths per year (American Heart Association, 2013). The American Heart Association estimates that 78 million American adults have hypertension, a leading cause of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). Leading the way to CHF and CAD is poor dietary habits, a sedentary lifestyle, and family history. Prevention starts in childhood but is not limited to children. Thus, the purpose of health promotion in our nursing practices is to enhance the patient’s potential to competent...
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...head: HEALTH PROMOTION Health Promotion: Educating The Nurse and The Public Kurt Luedtke Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V Vicki Denson Health Promotion The Healthy People 2010 report designates nursing as one of the prime proponents of health promotion. Nurses are the largest single group of health care providers in the United States with an estimated 2.6 million registered nurses practicing (ANA) throughout the country. As the largest field of health care providers nurses will have a huge affect on health promotion and health education through community, hospital and legislative based activity. More importantly, health promotion will need to be a greater part of the nursing education curriculum as nursing education has had a heavy emphasis on acute care and health education but only recently has there been an emphasis on health promotion. The World Health Organization [WHO] defines health promotion as the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health (WHO, 1986, p. 1). WHO broadly describes health as well being in the social, the mental, the environmental and the physical attributes of an individual or group not just a state from being free from disease. The idea that health promotion can help achieve health by assisting individuals and groups to become more active in their own health by various means such as education, promoting positive lifestyle choices, health screening...
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...Introduction Nursing researchers have been using Pender’s Health Promotion model to facilitate lifestyle changes, and bring about increased protection and improvement in public health. One of the major public health concerns for many nations is Diabetes. According to Ho, Berggren, & Dahlborg-Lyckhage (2010), 246 million people worldwide have diabetes, equating to almost 6% of the world’s adult population, with 80% of these people live in developing nations. This diabetes prevalence is further influenced by the aging population, unhealthy diet, overweight, physical inactivity, and obesity. In the 2010 meta-ethnographic research study, Ho, Berggren, & Dahlborg-Lyckhage, used Pender’s Health Promotion Model (HPM) to analyze and contribute to the understanding of what clients perceived as being important in an effective empowerment strategy for diabetes self-management. Meta-ethnography is a research method that use an inductive and interpretative method to compare and interpret multiple qualitative research findings revealing analogies between the studies to develop new concepts and models (Ho, Berggren, & Dahlborg-Lyckhage, 2010). Health Promotion Model (HPM) HPM is a nursing model which emphasizes the role of expectations in predicting health behaviors. HPM identifies three factors that influence health behavior, and how these three factors directly and indirectly influences health- promoting behaviors. Individual characteristics and experience, which includes...
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...Health Promotion in Nursing Practice What is health promotion? Health promotion is defined as the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health (World Health Organization, n.d.). It involves a combination of health education and related organizational, political, and economic changes aimed at improving health (Hooyman & Kiyak, 1999). Health promotion also focuses on empowering individuals, families, and communities in developing competence and capabilities t required gaining control over daily life events and circumstances, thereby achieving a sense of security. Therefore, the ultimate goal of the health promotion model is to promote a sense of well-being, health maintenance, balance in all aspects of life and not just the absence of disease. (GCU, 2013) According to WHO, health promotion is creating the framework for health for all people in their everyday lives. (Fry & Rissel, 2010). For decades, the primary focus of health care has been on the care of the sick but in present day and time, the focus has broadened to determining the cause of illness and prevention of disease, thus enhancing the quality of life and life expectancy in general which can only be achieved by educating the public in health promotion which includes prevention and early detection. With improved health standards and statistics, health care providers have been able to conduct researches helping them isolate the cause, develop treatment and establish methods to decrease...
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...Describe the definition of nursing as put forward by the American Nurses Association. How does it address the metaparadigm theories of nursing? The ANA defines nursing as “the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations” The above ANA definition of Nursing focuses on the holistic health care of individual, families , communities and population which is achieved through many therapies and techniques, that protects, promotes and optimizes health and abilities. With the wide availability of health care services, through proper diagnosis and treatment we can make a person fully perfect, functional or effective as possible. Health advocacy encompasses direct service to the individual or family as well as activities that promote health and access to health care in communities and the larger public. Advocates support and promote the rights of the patient in the health care arena, help build capacity to improve community health and enhance health policy initiatives focused on available, safe and quality care. Health Advocates are suited best to address challenge of patient-centered care in our complex healthcare system. This definition of nursing includes the four components of the other metaparadigm theories. A metaparadigm is a concept that is extremely...
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...A Review of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Health Promotion Alena Bray Grand Canyon University: NRS 429V February 10, 2013 A Review of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Health Promotion This paper is a review of the Primary, Secondary and Tertiary levels of health promotion. Three published journal articles were chosen as references-each depicting a situation in the varied levels of care. The levels of health promotion in nursing will be discussed and any differences therein. Also discussed will be the evolution of nursing roles and responsibilities. Health Promotion Defined In order to begin, the three levels of health promotion will be defined. The first level- Primary Prevention, are ‘methods to avoid the occurrence of disease’ (Wikipedia 2013). Primary care is what one would seek when an acute issue has occurred; for example, the development of flu symptoms, an infection or a broken bone. Primary care is also concerned with preventive medicine such as pediatric well baby visits. Secondary Prevention is ‘a method to diagnose and treat existent disease in early stages before it causes significant morbidity’ (Wikipedia 2013). Typically a primary care provider will refer the patient to a secondary care specialist; for example, an oncologist who is a doctor that specializes in cancer. The third level- Tertiary Prevention, are ‘methods to reduce negative impact of existent disease by restoring function and reducing disease-related complications’ (Wikipedia...
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...literature According to World Health Organization (WHO), (2004) defined health as ‘ the complete physical , mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity’. Health promotion has an important role to keep people in good health and prevent and treat community and rehabilitate from the diseases. It needs good knowledge about the health risks and reduces the risks in the societies. Definition The World Health Organization defined health promotion as the process which enables people to improve control over the determinants of health and as a result to improve their own health( WHO; 2007). Health promotion encompasses strategies that allow population to be healthy and enable them to make healthy choices. There are two types of strategies, individual and passive or active strategy. Purpose of health promotion Health promotion is cost- effective. The health promotion services are high in demand due to many preventable health problems such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension and other chronic diseases. Health education helps the individual, community and group to advance their health, knowledge and attitude. Educating people about health promotion, physical activity, vaccination, safe driving, smoking and other growing health concerns. Educating health workers can promote the health status of communities and populations. Nursing roles and responsibilities Nurses play an important role in health promotion and prevention of disease...
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...Illness: A Multidisciplinary Concept Analysis Lauren E. Johnson University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing In partial fulfillment of the requirements of N5327 Analysis of Theories in Nursing Ronda Mintz-Binder, RN, MN, DNP March 10, 2014 Effects of Humor and Laughter on Healing in Adults with Illness: A Multidisciplinary Concept Analysis The stressors of illness, together with the stressors of everyday life, can challenge the coping mechanisms of all patients. The relationship between humor and health dates back to the bible: “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones” (Proverbs 17:22, New International Version). Research across many disciplines has shown humor to be an important tool in facilitating these coping skills Humor is an integral part of everyday life and, therefore, also a component of the care and treatment of patients in the modern health care system. The purpose of this paper is to examine and analyze the concept of humor along with laughter in the healthcare arena as well as serve as a vehicle in providing a clearer understanding of the thought and its therapeutic value in nursing. Review of Literature Don’t forget to summarize here!!!! Nursing Discipline A quantitative study was conducted by Astedt-Kurki & Liukkonen (1994) to illustrate the occurrence and meaning of humor in the nursing process, as described and experienced by professional nurses. Because humor can create a more relaxed atmosphere...
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...with individuals from inside their own calling, with individuals outside their calling and with patients and their families jointly to achieve good health outcomes collaboratively. This complex relationship, occurs over a period of time. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate how interprofessional cooperation creates a relationship of appreciation and respect for other disciplines...
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...7. HEALTH PROMOTION The research work is on the impact of economic factors on health promotion. The research was carried out on an elderly patient with limited income, who have to decide which of the medications he will get refilled due to lack of income. Literally it means he is taking half of his medications prescribed by the physician or nurse practitioner. Another scenario is that of a community health nurse promoting health in Oak Park a low-income area. As she does her visit she realized that there is no grocery shop that sells fresh fruits and vegetables in Oak Park. She decided to carry out health education on nutrition with families as caseload, the response from all the families is that local convenience stores only stocked prepared...
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...PHILIOSPHY OF NURSING This philosophy of nursing is assimilation of the author’s beliefs in regards of the metaparadigm through experience and understanding of knowledge. The author looks at the fundamental level, a theory which encompasses all or most theories. Attempts to view the theory as an interplay of energy, while looking at it in an atomic level. With the patient being the nucleus the primary structure and concentration of high energy while health and environment as different valence rings each holding electrons which are constantly moving in all possible directions all while orbiting around the nucleus. The space between the nucleus and the valence rings is nursing the spatial potential energy which unites the structure creating larger matter and ultimately the final product, the present material world (Seagar & Slabaugh, 2010). At the base of all matter is consciousness (Garon, 2011), therefore the universal fabric is conscious. A philosophy of nursing should be derived from laws that governing the universe and that is what the author attempts to do. Human Beings Human beings as defined by the writer are closely related to the understanding of human beings derived from humanistic nursing theorist specifically Martha E Rogers and Margaret Neumann. These theorist understood that human beings at a fundamental level are more than their biological makeup, they are consciousness. Sentient beings, or energy fields that are made up of patterns, holographic patterns...
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...Three Levels of Health Promotion Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V July 13, 2014 A process that will enable people to improve and have control over their health is called health promotion. For social and environmental interventions as our focus we will need to move beyond individual behavior. It seeks development of individual measures and communities to enhance well being by changing their lifestyles. Promoting public health is an important role for the nurse by changing their behavior and prevents disease. Nurse’s roles include clinical consultations, patient education, prevention and follow up treatment of their illness. This will improve the availability of services in health care and reduce the symptoms of chronic diseases with an increase in cost effectiveness. Outcomes of their knowledge of illness will be self managed for a better quality of life and adherence are positive outcomes by nurses in health promotion. The individual perspective exhibits a holistic approach in health promotion with concentration or ways for patients and their families to make their own health discussions. Health promotion strategies provide health education by giving the information to the patient. The second concept of health promotion is related to partnership of the nurse and patient communication, groups and community participation. The third concept of health promotion was health and social policy where nurses were unfamiliar with these documents so they...
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...Nursing is a widely respected and greatly needed occupation in our country today. Healthcare is constantly growing and evolving. Registered Nurses are a vital part of the existence of all communities. Nurses are required not only at inpatient hospital settings, but in schools, offices, community health settings, nursing homes, administration, and the list goes on! Despite both baccalaureate and associate prepared nurses taking the same board exam to practice nursing, educational advancement can contribute to the care of patients in all of these settings and aide in a more optimal outcome. The bachelors- prepared programs educate students on all the same topics as an associate- prepared program does. However BSN programs teach in further depth and promote professional growth. The difference in quality of patient care between the two degrees may not easily be observed to the clientele. However, much research proves that there is a correlation in patient outcome and the level of nursing education. One example of differing in the outcome of patient care is education. Promoting wellness and educating against disease and illness is an integral part of the nursing field. The baccalaureate- degree nurse is further prepared to promote wellness within communities and targeted populations. By individualizing a plan of care with interventions such as screenings, education and immunizations, a nurse can aid in the prevention of increased diseases and conditions (Sept., 2014). In order to...
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...become a critical thinker”, as it challenges the student to seek more knowledge through evidence-based projects and classroom discussion, the AACN states “each graduate masters’ nursing education program must possess strong critical thinking and decision making skills” through research. The wording may be different but the end goal of both is the same: producing a well equipped individual possessing good critical thinking skills which utilizes research or “using systems- and evidence-based practice” to attain it. With the uprising of different cultures and races as an integral part of the community, both talks about global diversity and how students are prepared and molded to understand the different groups from diverse backgrounds and be able to approach nursing in accordance and respect to status/race and culture. GCU: Global citizenship means that by understanding others, we learn to understand ourselves. AACN: global awareness is necessary to provide culturally sensitive care. GCU aims to incorporate the faith in the curriculum to equip the students with the knowledge on how to approach the population they serve and aid them in attaining wellness. In the same line, AACN utilizes multidisciplinary approach (holistic plans of care) to address the needs of the client population in health promotion and disease prevention. This is a holistic approach or strategy that is being utilized or used as guidelines for both to attain respective goals of both disciplines. GCU’s...
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...and scientific researches will continue to find solutions to the health problems of the people. Though, “prevention is better than cure”. To prevent disease in the healthcare needs a wide range of consistent programs, actions and activities. Recognizing the health problems and evolving healthy life style is vital for people in our era and platform. Furthermore, the global economy is straining by increasing healthcare expenses. Thus, health promotion is the only way to reduce health incidence (occurrence of new cases) of definite diseases such as obesity, autism, heart disease, diabetes, lung cancer and many more. Some are focused efforts of public health professionals and agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) office of Disease Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the American Cancer Society, (Prevention of Disease (2011, ¶ 1 to 3). The effectiveness of global and local disease prevention programs depend mostly on individuals on how they take their personal responsibilities by avoiding tobacco use, substance abuse, and unsafe sex. All health problems start as a small issues than and develops into major illnesses. Many of these problems/ illnesses/ diseases can be prevented with adequate education at individual, institutional and community levels, (Prevention of Disease (2011, ¶ 1 to 3). Nurses play a major role in promoting health education to decrease the cost of health care and to advance disease prevention. Well-defined three levels...
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