Clinical Nursing Promotion: A Case Study
Health Promotion primarily emphasizes the importance of health and the prevention of disease. The promotion of health should be the focal point of any list of responsibilities for a nurse. Along with the promotion of health, the wellness of health is important equally. Improvements in health are highly essential to living an extended and perfect life (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). Three stages exist when it comes to the prevention of a disease; i.e. primary, secondary and tertiary. The various components of emotional, physical, spiritual, and social health should be in a considerable balance in relation to one another to obtain the ideal health. This ideal health can be achieved through certain lifestyle adjustments from learning experiences. Having
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In addition to many other crucial responsibilities, their primary focus lies in the prevention of disease by encouraging an individual to make positive adjustments to his or her life so that the ideal health can be attained. For this program to be a success, it is essential that nurses should drive a patient’s focus to proper educational and counselling programs which would encourage engaging in adequate physical activity, indulging in a balanced diet while minimizing the use of alcohol, drugs and tobacco. Clinical nursing practice, the appropriate discussion, following the proper protocol of treatment follow-up, teaching the patient how to be healthy and preventing sickness are all important roles of a nurse. Effectively carrying out these roles will greatly help improve the health care services accessibility, reduction of chronic disease symptoms, increased cost-efficiency and better consumer’s health care service experience (Strömberg et al., 2003; Griffiths et al., 2007). Loyalty, life excellence the patients’ ability to learn about their disease and manage their health by themselves are some positive outcomes that could possibly result from a successful promotion of health on behalf of the …show more content…
(2009). Promoting health in primary care. Nursing Standard, 23(47), 48-56. Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com.library.gcu.edu
Edelman, C. L., & Mandle, C. L. (2010). Health defined: Objectives for promotion and prevention. In N. O’Brien & C. Irwin (Eds.), Health promotion throughout the life span (pp. 2-26). St Louis, Missouri: Mosby Elsevier.
Fry, D., Gleeson, S., & Rissel, C. (2010). Health promotion and secondary prevention::response to Milat, O’Hara and Develin. Health promotion journal of Australia, 21(2), 86-91.
Goetzel, , R. (2009). Health promotion in nursing and cost-effectiveness. Retrieved from http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.library.gcu.edu/
Meininger, J C (2000) School-based interventions for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: evidence of effects for minority populations. Annual review of nursing research, 18. pp. 219-244. ISSN 0739-6686
Michael, P. O’Donnell (2009). American journalof health promotion. 24, Retrieved from https://www.healthpromotionjournal.com/
Strömberg A., Mårtensson J., Fridlund B., Levin L. Å., Karlsson J. E., Dahlström U.Nurse- led heart failure clinics improve survival and self-care behavior in patients with heart failure. Results from a prospective, randomised trial. European Heart Journal
In addition to many other crucial responsibilities, their primary focus lies in the prevention of disease by encouraging an individual to make positive adjustments to his or her life so that the ideal health can be attained. For this program to be a success, it is essential that nurses should drive a patient’s focus to proper educational and counselling programs which would encourage engaging in adequate physical activity, indulging in a balanced diet while minimizing the use of alcohol, drugs and tobacco. Clinical nursing practice, the appropriate discussion, following the proper protocol of treatment follow-up, teaching the patient how to be healthy and preventing sickness are all important roles of a nurse. Effectively carrying out these roles will greatly help improve the health care services accessibility, reduction of chronic disease symptoms, increased cost-efficiency and better consumer’s health care service experience (Strömberg et al., 2003; Griffiths et al., 2007). Loyalty, life excellence the patients’ ability to learn about their disease and manage their health by themselves are some positive outcomes that could possibly result from a successful promotion of health on behalf of the …show more content…
(2009). Promoting health in primary care. Nursing Standard, 23(47), 48-56. Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com.library.gcu.edu
Edelman, C. L., & Mandle, C. L. (2010). Health defined: Objectives for promotion and prevention. In N. O’Brien & C. Irwin (Eds.), Health promotion throughout the life span (pp. 2-26). St Louis, Missouri: Mosby Elsevier.
Fry, D., Gleeson, S., & Rissel, C. (2010). Health promotion and secondary prevention::response to Milat, O’Hara and Develin. Health promotion journal of Australia, 21(2), 86-91.
Goetzel, , R. (2009). Health promotion in nursing and cost-effectiveness. Retrieved from http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.library.gcu.edu/
Meininger, J C (2000) School-based interventions for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: evidence of effects for minority populations. Annual review of nursing research, 18. pp. 219-244. ISSN 0739-6686
Michael, P. O’Donnell (2009). American journalof health promotion. 24, Retrieved from https://www.healthpromotionjournal.com/
Strömberg A., Mårtensson J., Fridlund B., Levin L. Å., Karlsson J. E., Dahlström U.Nurse- led heart failure clinics improve survival and self-care behavior in patients with heart failure. Results from a prospective, randomised trial. European Heart Journal