NUR 601 Health Promo Discussion

Please construct a peer reply to the two following discussions. Each reply should be 150 words minimum and use at least 1 academic source where relevant.

Case study 1:TQ

Despite continuous efforts for improved health services for Indian populations over the last half-century, little progress has been made toward enhancing the significant health disparities faced by these communities. In my opinion, the decision in this situation is driven more by desired outcomes than by actual procedures. In this context, traditional Indian techniques that successfully deal with various patient difficulties will be approved. Constantly monitoring the results is essential for helping people achieve their healthiest selves. Therefore, it is essential to provide patients with aid as they recuperate. If this change by J.R. leads to better health for his patients, then it was the right choice. A healthy population is one of healthcare’s primary aims.

Consequently, combining conventional Indian methods with cutting-edge Western techniques produces more desirable, measurable results. It is believed that evidence-based proofed practice is crucial in establishing adequate healthcare. If the approach is shown to improve patient outcomes, it will be implemented for all patients and medical services. The exchange of information could also facilitate the provision of medical care and the realization of healing for families in need of healthcare.

A successful health assessment integrates physiological parameters but should also include other health assessments to allow patients to attain maximal health potential. The U.S. healthcare system continues to use a deficit assessment as opposed to an asset-based approach. Effective health assessment should also focus on how human beings interact with the whole environment. Nurses should consider behavior patterns, beliefs, values, and perceptions as it can build essential components of health assessment to promote the greatest health outcome for an individual (Edelman, & Kudzma, 2021).

Family development stages affect the decisions that the family members make and are used to classify risk factors. The first stage is the beginning childbearing, in which the married couple establishes their home and is preparing for childbirth, while also dealing with lack of family planning knowledge. Stage two is the family with school-aged children who are constantly faced with repeated infections, accidents, or hospitalizations. The family is promoting educational achievement and is fitting in with the community of families who as well have school aged children. an individual makes healthcare decisions alone. The third stage is family with adolescents, where the parents allow and help the children to gain their independence. This stage faces adolescents taking daredevil risk-taking behavior and having arguments with parents. The fourth stage is family with middle aging adults. In this stage, couples deal with departing from their children, and return to living life once again as a couple. This stage is also faced with managing mechanisms to cope with aging and new illnesses such as hypertension and high cholesterol. The final stage is family with older adults, where one of the family members dies and leaves their partner alone.

The family unit is the most significant aspect of medical care. The family unit is an unparalleled player for maintaining health and preventing disease for public health because members may support and nurture one another through life stages (Barnes et al., 2020). As things are, we won’t be allowed to advise the family unit on medical issues. An aged person leads every nuclear family. Fathers are the heads of their households in all cultures, including Indian and American. As a result, they wield enormous power in policymaking. Following that, the mothers pitch in to assist the fathers in making a final decision. Eventually, the younger children will follow the older ones’ lead, with the older children influencing the younger children’s decisions. This is one of life’s inescapable happenings. It is critical to understand the needs of such organizations. It has been suggested that diverse family configurations may result in variances in decision-making style.

Couples without children, unlike extended families, may share equal decision-making authority. They will wield significant influence over how medicine and healthcare are performed as a way of life (Schlaudecker et al., 2019). This is common in long-term care facilities, where most seniors advocate for time-honored approaches to health and wellness. As a result, such households will profit the most from J.R.’s approaches, which combine contemporary Western practices with traditional Indian ones. Generally, different households will select different techniques to improve their health. Families with a history of genetic, chronic, or other hereditary disorders have poorer overall health. Health care professionals are eager to learn about family dynamics to advise patients properly. Some families may regard J.R.’s actions as acceptable, while others may not.

Case study 2: LP

Teenage Pregnancy

Apart from causing an uncontrollable increase in population, teenage pregnancy has been a societal problem that triggers the vicious cycle of poverty today. The situation is stronger than the fight against it because the rate of adolescent pregnancy sometimes drops to a low rate and at other times increases drastically. Increasingly, teenage pregnancies are being reported late, as the days when parents were so dedicated to raising their children that they were so concerned with protecting them from disgrace and preventing any activity that would destroy their future have long passed. Parents today dedicate more time to finding money to maintain their homes than ever before, as the situation is not the same. There is no time for either man or woman to take parents (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021).

Most teenagers who fall pregnant are between the ages of sixteen and nineteen. Most fall into pregnancy due to the lack of parental guidance and role models in the community. The lack of parental guidance and role models in the community contributes to most of them becoming mothers. In many cases, women made decisions influenced by their peers who became pregnant early and were unaware of contraceptives. A community plan for teen pregnancy should include comprehensive sexual health education and topics such as puberty and reproduction in early childhood. Abstinence, contraception, relationships, and sexually transmitted diseases are essential teaching points. Teenage pregnancy is a crisis for teens and their families, and nurse practitioners can help. Denial, anger, and guilt are common reactions. The teenager might also experience anxiety, fear, shock, and depression (Edelman & Mandle, 2018).

A nurse practitioner must ask the patient a checklist of questions related to when her last menstrual period started. She should also ask if she has had sex since her last period began and if she uses a reliable birth control method. Ask the patient if she has had sex since her last menstrual period if she uses a reliable birth control method, and when her last menstrual period started. Keeping oneself from indulgence is abstinence as a result of not having sexual relations. The use of contraception and condoms is an effective method of preventing pregnancy. The only way to protect against STDs, such as HIV and herpes, is to use condoms. Sperm cannot reach eggs through condoms as a barrier method of birth control. Both men and women can use condoms. The importance of birth control, also known as contraception, should also be discussed with teenagers. In most cases, but not exclusively, sexual contact is the means of spreading sexually transmitted diseases. There is HIV, chlamydia, genital herpes, genital warts, and gonorrhea (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021).

Checklists may be a valuable tool for assessing teenagers’ pregnancy risks. Appropriate use of the checklist by family planning providers in combination with discussion and clinically indicated use of pregnancy tests may reduce unnecessary barriers. Family structure affects health because family dynamics significantly positively and negatively impact health. A close-knit and supportive family increases emotional support, economic well-being, and improved health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021).