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A major role of the professional nurse is to evaluate the learning needs of individuals, families, and populations.
How do the Social Determinants of Health impact an individual’s learning needs?
What are some ways to overcome social determinant barriers to promote the health and wellness of patients or clients?
As a professional nurse, fully describe 2 ways that you can be an advocate for policy change to improve the health and wellness of those effected by social determinant barriers.
Describe how you achieved each course competency, including at least one example of new knowledge, gained related to that competency.
Describe how you achieved the transferable skills (listed below), including at least one example of new knowledge, gained related to the transferable skill.
Describe how this new knowledge will impact your nursing practice.
Course Competencies
Design relevant, multidimensional nursing care for optimal health inclusive of client preferences, values, and beliefs.
Select approaches to client care which incorporate care and comfort, risk reduction, health promotion, and disease management.
Prioritize evidence-based, client-centered nursing care as a foundation for emotional, mental, spiritual, and social well-being.
Utilize data-driven nursing care strategies inclusive of continuous quality improvement.
Synthesize components of clinical judgement, professional nursing identity, and reflective practice for lifelong learning.
Determine effective responses to clinical problems integrating information technology, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and interprofessional collaboration.
Transferable Skills
Take a moment and review the Transferrable Skills Media from Module 02.
Communication
Critical Thinking
Digital Fluency
Diversity and Teamwork
Information Literacy
Ethics and Professional Responsibility
Write a 1-2 page typed journal submission regarding your thoughts about the use of palliative and hospice care as an option for health promotion. In your journal submission, you must demonstrate an understanding of each; palliative and hospice care, as they are not the same. In what scenario(s) and levels of care might this be applicable? Have you ever thought about palliative and hospice care promoting health? Why or why not? Please include specific examples from the video and how this sways your opinion.
Choose a chronic illness that could affect a patient in your nursing practice. Discuss three (3) ways you could promote the health of the patient and the family dealing with the specific illness.
Incorporate health promotion ideas into nursing practice
Healthy aging is an important public health issue, both nationally and internationally. The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes healthy aging as a process whereby all people of all ages are able to live a healthy, safe and socially inclusive lifestyle.
Discuss how social determinants of health for the older adult are impacted for those living in poverty.
Prevention of Disease Case Study Module 6 Instructions: Read the following case study and answer the reflective questions. Please provide evidence-based rationales for your answers. APA, 7th ed. must be followed.
CASE STUDY: Albert Albert Mitchell is a 36-year-old man who will be traveling to Dubai to give a business presentation in 3 months. Although he has traveled widely in the United States as a consultant, this is his first trip to the Middle East. He requests information regarding immunizations needed before his trip. Albert states that as he will be in Dubai for only a few days, he is unlikely to contract a disease in such a short time and therefore believes that it is illogical to obtain immunizations. Albert states that he has heard that the side effects of the immunizations might be worse than the diseases they prevent. He is also concerned about leaving his wife at home alone because she is 6 months pregnant. Reflective Questions How would you address Albert’s beliefs? What learning would be needed in each domain? What learning theories would you consider? How might his family concerns be addressed?
Discuss health promotion, illness prevention, health maintenance, health restoration, and rehabilitation in relation to the nurse’s role in working with various populations.
Mark and Jacqueline have been married for 30 years. They have grown children who live in another state. Jacqueline’s mother has moved in with the couple because she has Alzheimer’s disease. Jacqueline is an only child and always promised her mother that she would care for her in her old age. Her mother is unaware of her surroundings and often calls out for her daughter Jackie when Jacqueline is in the room. Jacqueline reassures her mother that she is there to help, but to no avail. Jacqueline is unable to visit her children on holidays because she must attend to her mother’s daily needs. She is reluctant to visit friends or even go out to a movie because of her mother’s care needs or because she is too tired. Even though she has eliminated most leisure activities with Mark, Jacqueline goes to bed at night with many of her caregiving tasks unfinished. She tries to visit with her mother during the day, but her mother rejects any contact with her daughter. Planning for the upcoming holidays seems impossible to Mark, because of his wife’s inability to focus on anything except her mother’s care. Jacqueline has difficulty sleeping at night and is unable to discuss plans even a few days in advance. She is unable to visit friends and is reluctant to have friends visit because of the unpredictable behavior of her mother and her need to attend to the daily care.
Reflective Questions 1. How do you think this situation reflects Jacqueline’s sense of role performance? 2. How do you think that Jacqueline may be contributing to her own health?
You have recently been assigned Health Promotion as a new priority for the upcoming year. Review the C-Span Health Promotion (Links to an external site.) video and determine how you can use this information to promote health within your community. Explain the importance of health promotion and the impact on the nation and the world. How much should the government play a role in our health? How much should the individual take control of his or her own health? Would it be a more effective strategy to invest in preventive healthcare rather than treating sickness and disease? Provide an argument for and against health promotion.
Ricky, age 4 years, arrives in the clinic with his mother. Ricky lives with his mother and father, who both work full-time, and his infant sister. Their extended family lives in a different state more than 100 miles away. Both parents are of average height and in good health. Ricky’s mother mentions that Ricky often expresses frustration, particularly in regard to food. Conflict over food occurs every day. Mealtime is a battle to get him to eat, unless his mother feeds him. Ricky’s baby sister seems to tolerate all baby foods but requires her mother to spoon-feed. Ricky’s mother is quite frustrated and concerned that he will become malnourished.
Reflective Questions
1. What additional assessment information would you collect?
2. What questions would you ask, and how would you further explore this issue with the mother?
3. In what ways does the distance of the extended family influence this family’s approach to health promotion?
4. What factors would you consider to determine whether malnourishment is a factor in this family?