Responding to Julie

Responding to Julie

Hello Julie,

Thank you for sharing your post. Nowadays, there is a broad use of the diverse short forms of health measures and quality of life related to health in healthcare settings. This measure allows for the practical perception that goes far beyond the biological functioning measures to bigger issues of well-being and functioning. A simple measure of health currently used is the individual’s personal health evaluation, that is, self-rated health measured through a singular question that prompts the patient to provide their own health assessment. Self-rated health measurements are also utilized as common health status indicators of the population in studies in epidemiology. An intriguing literature finding is that perceived health is a powerful mortality-independent predictor even after controlling clinical health status (Nielsen, 2016). The general results are consistent even in light of the differences in the control for cofounders, follow-up period, population, design, and how self-rated health is assessed. The research on the self-rated health determinants shows that the global health status measure is a reflection of the functional ability and physical health problems, and also the mental and social well-being and the measure offers a succinct way of diverse component summary under the wider rubric of health status. Hence, self-rated health appears to agree with the World Health Organization’s definition of health as being a ‘state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.’ Nielsen (2016) adds that, although the best source of information is the patients regarding the achievement of medical care goals, their experiences with illness and disease, global health status, and treatment of disease don’t often form part of the healthcare database or the medical records either.

References

Nielsen, T. H. (2016). The relationship between self‐rated health and hospital records. Health Economics, 25(4), 497-512.

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It is important to note how a patient views the definition of health so their provider can best able to take care of them. By understanding how a patient defines health it also can direct the provider to be able to customize health

care education and conversations that are had with the patient. For example if a patient believes that their weight does not matter it could be a futile cause to speak at great lengths to the patient about how weight management is important. Or if they saw their parents/grandparents smoke for their whole life and live a long time then possibly they might not believe lung cancer would strike them. For the Advanced Practice Nurse this could show them the best areas to focus their education efforts on.

I personally believe in Erickson’s Modeling and Role Model Theory for being a platform I plan to utilize in my Advanced Practice. This Theory speaks about key educational aspects such as: Holism, basic needs, attachment and loss. These concepts are found in almost everyday life and can be utilized in many patient/NP interactions by making them personal to the patient. With how prevalent mental health is nowadays, it can be noted Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development can be utilized by mental health providers when treating patients who are facing periods of adjustment or turning points in life (Orenstein, 2020).

Orenstein GA, Lewis L. Eriksons Stages of Psychosocial Development. [Updated 2020 Nov 22]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2021 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK556096/