Assessment of Health Promotion Case Two

Interaction patterns define how patients and nurses relate or interact with each other. For instance, the patients may feel comfortable sharing their personal information with a certain nurse and fail to trust another. Therefore, handling interaction patterns well could improve outcomes. Effective communication, except exchanging information, refers to understanding patients’ emotions, experiences, and opinions. For example, healthcare practitioners can maintain eye contact with their patients, growing their trust even when exhausted. Maintaining good composure, showing empathy, and understanding the patients could be show effectiveness in PQs practice within the community.

The ability to express emotions refers to showing emotions correctly in different situations. For example, when a patient is talking about a painful condition, a healthcare practitioner can show them how they feel by making an impression by showing empathy or smiling when they make a joke. Conversely, expressing conflicting emotions results in ineffectiveness. Responsiveness to members’ needs as individuals means the ability to assist patients in their capacities. For example, when a healthcare practitioner can help two patients with anxiety that different issues have caused, understand the uniqueness of each of them and address it, accordingly, ensuring each patients’ needs are met.

Problem-solving ability refers to dealing with problems timely and effectively devoid of any impediments, such as identifying a patient’s situation, such as depression, and assisting them with the issue before they harm themselves or the community. In addition, solving problems on time helps avoid complications resulting from delays. Understanding the psychological well-being of an individual is also critical as this can be a contributing factor to their conditions. Research suggests that individuals with psychological issues are more likely to have severe diseases than psychologically fit persons (Beck et al., 2021). Different cultures deal with varying issues that might be caused by unique circumstances such as systemic poverty that may limit their ability to buy healthy foods leading to, for instance, diabetes prevalence through consumption of cheap, unhealthy diets. Understanding where a person is coming from in terms of culture is essential in designing interventions, letting a healthcare practitioner apply the necessary approach to assist them. When designing interventions financial might of an individual may play an important role. Whether they will afford the prescriptions should be considered for each case.

Although family structures might be complex, the developmental family theory can aid in understanding the stages that families undergo. The family developmental cycle contains eight stages (Duvall & Young, 2019). The first stage is when the wife and husband establish their own family. The couple begins to plan for children and develops a mutually satisfying marriage. The second level starts with the birth of the couple’s first child. At this stage, the couple has a baby and is adjusting to raising it together, attempting to make their family happy. The third stage is when the family has a preschool-aged child. The couple adjusts to the children’s requirements during this period and handles the loss of energy and privacy. The fourth stage begins when children are of school age. At this stage, the couple seeks to assimilate into their societies while simultaneously supporting their children’s academic achievements.

Further, the fifth stage begins when teenagers learn to manage responsibility and autonomy and acquire post-parental interests throughout this developmental era. The next phase is the launch of children. Transitioning the youngster into adulthood while preserving a stable family environment is the goal of this stage. The seventh stage occurs when couples are in their 40s and 50s, focusing on their marriage since their children are grown up. Finally, on the eighth level elderly family members focus on their retirement plans and the possibility of selling the residential property.

Family relationships have a substantial-good and negative influence on health. A close-knit and loving family gives emotional support, financial security, and improved health. Conversely, the well-being of family members is significantly harmed when the social fabric is dominated by stress and conflict (Noh et al., 2017). One of the most critical ways that family has a beneficial influence on health is through social support. Growing up in an unsupportive, inattentive, or aggressive family is related to poor physical development and health. Therefore, ensuring that a family is closely knit and cohesive improves health outcomes.

References

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Duvall, J., & Young, K. (2019). Narrative family therapy. Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy, 2003-2011. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49425-8_241

Noh, J., Kim, K., Park, J., Hong, J., & Kwon, Y. D. (2017). Relationship between the number of family members and stress by gender: Cross-sectional analysis of the fifth Korea national health and nutrition examination survey. PLOS ONE, 12(9). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184235