An article entitled The Effect of a Holistic Program on Health-Promoting Behaviors in Hospital Registered Nurses was published in 2008 by holistic nurse practitioner Deborah McElligott and her colleagues, who sought to establish a conclusive link between the tenets of holistic health care and optimal health promotion practices. The broader research project was designed to study "the effectiveness of an intervention, a holistic worksite program incorporating the use of self-care plans, on health-promoting behaviors in hospital registered nurses (RNs)" (McElligott, Capitulo, Morris & Click, 2008)
Fidelity and honesty between medical professional and patient e. Beneficence as the core of the Hippocratic oath (Tschudin, 2003)
The first issue was finding a way to communicate -- elaborate, etc. Treat patients as holistic beings Display unconditional acceptance (Watson, 1997; Code of Ethics)
The health promotion plan proposed by the author of Health Promotion in Hospice provides a detailed plan for evaluating hospice patients for depression and lists the goals of a nursing intervention. Within Orem's Self-Care Theory there would also seem to be room for screening informal caregivers for depression as well, since poor health can afflict the patient's loved ones during the dying process (Hirdes, Freeman, Smith, & Stolee, 2012)
Another concept discussed on Orem's theory is 'developmental self-care requisites.' This principle seems particularly appropriate to end-of-life care, because aging and the dying process is considered a developmental process by some (Murray, Zentner, & Yakimo, 2008, Chapter 17)
Moodie and colleagues (2008) mention that a much larger LEAP study is underway. The short time-span of the intervention may also be a problem, since a 2-year pilot study in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania revealed a significant reduction in BMI for elementary school children in an in-school obesity intervention group (Manger et al
There is a significant limitation to this health promotion proposal. A moderate-sized study investigating the efficacy of the LEAP program revealed small, non-significant improvements in BMI at the 9-month assessment, but none at the 15-month follow-up (McCallum et al
Reducing the prevalence of overweight and obese children would therefore be expected to reduce the public and private healthcare burden significantly. Australia is facing the same problem, with nearly a quarter of its children overweight or obese (Moodie, Haby, Wake, Gold, and Carter, 2008)
1% of children between the ages of 2 and 19 in the United States are overweight, while another 18.1% are obese (Trasande and Elbel, 2012)
Categorization Based on Conceptual Model Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer Caregiver Health (REACH) is a conceptual model that was designed to examine promising interventions for helping to improve the ability of families to care for a person with Alzheimer's. The model was based on nine different interventions and two control groups (Wisniewski,
The environment affects the behavior through the three factors. The three factors affect behavior and influenced change (Bandura, 1998)
Ignorance of technologies involved in effective delivery of health activities has lead to poor delivery of health activities to patients. Settings including, schools, worksite, and healthcare constitute an important dimension in adoption and delivery of health promotional activities to patients (Rosenstock, Strecher & Becker, 1998)
In evaluation, the use of a different of data types and information sources will provide relevant and sensitive evidence of effects. Evaluations should suit circumstances of a single program (Nutbeam, 1998)
It continues to be a challenge because of the manner in how they handle this issue with no seriousness. To enhance effectiveness, health promotion technologies and practices need to address strongly and seriously by the health sector and organizations in other sectors (Heward, Hutchins, & Keleher, 2007)
Program Outline One pillar of the program will revolve around a strategic napping program that will be effective immediately in each nursing unit. As a result of the fact that delivering sufficient nursing care warrants vigilance, complex cognitive functioning, superior dexterity and technical skills along with the ability and willingness to engage with patients on a mental, social and emotional level (McMillan, 2011)
g., judicious use of caffeine and napping during night shifts)" (Rogers, 2008)
The aim of these interventions is to reduce the effect of eutrophication on the aquatic species and processes of the planet. This is because ecosystem is an essential component of the planet leading to the need to protect aquatic species within the water bodies (Marco-Barba et al
This is an indication that sources must not violate limits set by federal or states in relation to the protection of the public health regardless of the number of allowances for the source. Module 07 Question 01: discuss the process of eutrophication and explain how human interventions have influenced the eutrophication process Eutrophication refers to the process through which accumulation of too many nutrients stimulates rapid growth of plants, algae, clogging of the waterways, and creates blooms of toxic blue-green algae (Riplett et al
Greenhouse effect is a result of the implications of the greenhouse gases into the atmosphere hence reducing the rate at which the planet losses in-fared radiation to the outer space. This makes the lower surface of the atmosphere and the earth to be warmer than the normal or expected levels because of the lack of opportunity to release sufficient energy to the outer space (Gareca et al
Most of the bacterial diseases such as pneumonia and bronchitis are under the influence of air pollution. Chemical in the atmosphere contributes to the deterioration of the health condition of an individual through affecting the natural preventive mechanisms (Feng & Yang 2012)