Assessing Physical and Non-Physical Problems and Factors Impacting Mental Health: A Case Study of the Syed Family

This essay discusses the physical and non-physical problems faced by Asma of the Syed family, and the factors impacting her mental health. It also sheds light on the Roper-Logan-Tierney model and its purpose in contemporary nursing practice. The essay emphasizes the importance of assessing physical and mental health, awareness of various needs, and knowledge shaping contemporary nursing practice.

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Syed family

Table of Contents
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INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Identification of one physical and one non- physical problem of Asma.....................................3
Rationale of physical and non physical problems of patient with scenario.................................4
Factors impacting physical and mental health............................................................................5
Awareness of mental, physical, cognitive, behavioral, social and spiritual needs......................5
Purpose of model.........................................................................................................................6
Knowledge shaped contemporary nursing practice.....................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Assessing physical and non-physical problems, factors impacting mental health plays
crucial role for improvising nursing services being given to patients. The report will shed light on
case scenario, where strengthened focus will be worked on towards usage of best nursing model
and leveraging competent pathways diversely.
Identification of one physical and one non- physical problem of Asma
Roper- Logan and Tierney’s model is a nursing theory that takes into account the
activities of daily life (Vieira, Deodato and Mendes, 2021). The model assesses the changes that
have been brought in the life of an individual as a result of an illness or injury. The model lists
the activities of daily life (AOL)such as communication, eating and drinking, controlling
temperature etc. the model is used for conducting an assessment of patient’s condition so that
suitable care can be provided to him (Holland and Jenkins, 2019).
As per the model, AOL are impacted by 5 factors namely, biological, sociocultural,
politico-economic and environmental.Considering the biological factors, it can be analysed that
Asma’s injury has impacted her overall health. She is suffering from severe pain. This is the
physical problem that Asma is facing. Due to the fall, the neck of her femur has been fractured
and needs surgery. This is causing severe pain to her.
As per the model, the psychological factors include the impact ofspiritual beliefs, ability
to understand and emotions on the AOL (Williams, 2017). It can be analysed that Asma is fearful
about the surgery that the doctors have advised her to undergo to treat the fracture. Due to the
fear of surgery, Asma has become withdrawn. Hence, the emotions are impacting the AOL.
From this it can be analysed that the non- physical problem that Asma is facing is anxiety due to
the fear of undergoing the surgery.
The model also has socio cultural and politico- economic factors and their impact on
AOL (Stonehouse, 2017). However, the biological and psychological factors predominantly play
an important rolein Asma’s case.
The impact of the 5 factors on the AOL in case of Asma can be considered.Through
these, relative independence can be assessed (da Silva Gomes and et.al., 2020). In addition to
this, the potential for independence in AOL can also be assessed. While considering thatit can be
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analyse that Asma has become dependent for all her activities as she has a fracture and is in
severe pain. Without surgery she will be dependent on other people for the Activities of her daily
life. Therefore, the physical as well as the non- physical problem identified need to be resolved
in order to improve her self – dependence.
By using the Roper- Logan and Tierney’s model, the problems being faced by Asma have
been identified. Considering the physical problem, the pain from fracture has made her unable to
move. She is also suffering from a drop in the temperature. Also, the severe pain may be causing
immense distress and discomfort to Asma and needs to be treated. However the non- physical
problem that she is suffering from is anxiety. She is fearing the surgery that she has to undergo
and has become anxious. Unable to decide the further course of action, Asma has become
withdrawn. This can be resolved by the nurses by talking to her and communicating the benefits
of surgery to her. This will simplify the procedure and will calm her down.
Rationale of physical and non physical problems of patient with scenario
The physical and non-physical problems of patient holds huge significance for further
improvement in nursing practices which will be given further in hospital. Asma had suffered
physical and non-physical problems due to fall coming out of the bathroom, and was unable to
get up on her own. She has been diagnosed with fracture neck of femur, and is in severe pain and
temperature is 34.8 C on admission at hospital (Gonzalez, Nielsen and Lasater, 2021).
The physical need is that she needs surgery to correct her fracture immediately, for
recovery from fracture at femur. Another non-physical problem identification is based on aspect
that she has become tearful, withdrawn due to anxiety related with surgery. Fracture caused in
femur, due to fall in bathroom is one of the immediate physical problem of Asma which will
enable nursing care to be framed up strategically (Cho and Kim, 2021). This has been hampering
her emotional stability, and making Asma tearful which has led to withdraw from surgery. The
treatment of physical and mental recovery caused from fracture, can be analyzed as highly
essential for further improvising recovery physically. Also, it can be understood that by
analyzing physical and non-physical problems of patient implementation of e Roper-Logan-
Tierney Model will further improvise physical wellness with time period. Rationale of physical
and non-physical problems of Asma will enable further proper effective nursing treatment be
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given among nursing practices for structured working efficacy on competent pathways. The
usage of model, will also further make patient get effective treatments' surgery done in femur
effectively and also provide proper assessment to be done (Kesten and Echevarria, 2021).
Factors impacting physical and mental health
Assessment of physical and mental health plays crucial role for further extended
development in improvised physical wellness and extended therapies, which will enable physical
wellness to enhance further recovery. Asma has been facing various issues in physical and
mental health, where assessment will determine future new keen aspects to determine
development. There are various factors which impact physical and mental health among patients,
where this further enables to develop effective rise on proper physical wellness for extended
improvement within recovery in extended time period. Regular exercise, having balanced diet
with proper sleep routine are some keen factors vital for physical well-being for competent
functional efficacy within longer time period. While analyzing case details about Asma, it has
been found that there is no physical activity practiced by Asma, and she has been not taking care
Physical wellness hold huge scope, for developed competent (Brockie and et.al, 2021).
Mental health wellness also holds crucial importance for timely recovery from surgeries
and improved wellness, which further has to be analyzed in Asma for improvised wellness.
Feeling loved, confident living and family attachment, physical protectiveness plays crucial role
for improvised mental health. It can be analyzed that Asma lives alone and is depressed, which
has led to rise in anxiety levels where this has taken aback to get surgery. This can be also
analyzed that mental health factors further enables to develop strengthened vision, and improvise
recovery goals. Also stability and emotional wellness recovery holds huge importance, where
further development of Asma has to be planned up for competent recovery from accident. Asma
anxiety, depression has to be also improvised for further extended determined improvement
aspects which technically will enable her emotional wellness to evolve (Brockie and et.al, 2021).
Awareness of mental, physical, cognitive, behavioral, social and spiritual needs
The awareness of mental, physical, cognitive and behavioral social spiritual needs hold
specific importance for further extensive improvised development significantly for further
improvise needs. Asma has been facing mental health issues, where anxiety and depressive
attitude has been lowering productive recovery to get surgery done. This can be also analyzed
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that cognitive, behavioral and social spiritual needs are also highly essential for extended further
recovery where accident lowered physical abilities. It can be also understood that Asma has been
facing physical issues, where there is fracture in femur which hampered her confidence and
anxiety to rise specifically (Avery-Desmarais, Revell, and McCurry, 2021). Mental, physical,
cognitive and behavior well-being holds huge importance where individual social needs have to
be improvised on for determined improvement in physical over all wellness. As Asma lives
alone, she has been lately found to be depressed and her communication language is not strong
in English which also made her feel lonely. While coming out of bathroom, she had fallen and
has been diagnosed with fracture in neck of femur which also made her temperature rise to 34.8
C. There has been physical and emotional stress, where she need to further attend therapies and
counseling sessions for getting comfortable towards social needs for overcoming anxiety issues.
It can be also analyzed that by evolving on physical, cognitive and social, spiritual needs
Asma healthcare has to be further improvised for determined recovery regarding physical
wellness on extended time period goals. Asma also needs therapies, exercises and diet for
further improvised recovery of physical abilities which determines extensive recovery to be
practically evolved on for attaining well-being. By taking specific care of eating habits, and
wellness in physical improvement Asma will be able to get over from the surgery from fracture
in femur (Oncu and et.al, 2021).
Purpose of model
The purpose of taking up Roper-Logan-Tierney Model can be understood by developing
further improvised treatment to be done, where model will enable nursing care strategies to be
improvised (Karifi and et.al, 2021). The model has been found to be also essentially specific
where adopting to new advanced 12 activities include maintaining safe environment where
communication, controlling efficacy for further improvement is focused on. Purpose of using
model, can be analyzed that model will enable Asma to get proper treatment and nutritional
requirements for gaining improvised rise on physical and mental wellness further, which is also
highly crucial to develop the best treatments done. Purpose of model is connected to further
obtain competent pathways, where essentially medical needs assessment plays crucial role for
enhanced wellness significantly. By taking up model, nursing care to be given to Asma will be
improvised further based on fundamental recovery goals which will also critically make sure that
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significant medical needs are met (Wakibi and et.al, 2021). Also, model is effective for timely
recovery of patient well -being aspects where the extensive growth as per keen new specific
needs will be worked on for determined recovery. This can be also analyzed that purpose of
taking up model, will determine new functional improved efficacy on extensive new healthcare
specifics for strengthened working vision within longer time period. Model has been found to be
also highly innovative, creatively advanced and dynamic for extended strengthened functional
improvised wellness, which also further holds huge essential need.
The Roper-Logan-Tierney Model holds huge importance, for proper dynamic recovery in
nursing well-being goals for primitive connective working rise which has to be also determined
on extended targets. This can be also analyzed that to improvise wellness strategies, nursing and
medical care new advanced innovative goals can be worked on in longer time period. Also,
making sure therapies and specific physical sessions determines further scope to evolve on new
health priorities will enhance new competent pathways. Purpose of using practical model can be
understood that there is further extensive new scope evolved on nursing healthcare scenarios
based on extensive specific needs. It can be also understood that medical urgency holds huge
scope for improvised medical treatments, and specific efficacy for determined keen parameters
within longer time period (Yatsu and Saeki, 2021).
Knowledge shaped contemporary nursing practice
The knowledge about shaping contemporary nursing practices holds huge scope for
further developed advanced wellness, and highly competent extended determined improvement
which holds huge role to enhance nursing practices. Contemporary nursing practices holds
crucial importance for further determined wellness, engagement in advanced medical needs
which enhances competent prior expansion (Anaba, 2021). It can be also analyzed that
knowledge and informative information about nursing model will further determine extensive
recovery among patients. The research in recent study has also determined extended productive
informative aspects expanded on for further productive wellness, where there are also further
well-being scope evolved on for improvised recovery goals. It can be also analyzed that
knowledge relating to contemporary nursing practices, signifies new range of scope evolved on
for determined new keen efficacy within longer extended goals rapidly. There is further efficacy
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evolved on for reaching extended scope to provide patients with the best medical facilities, for
extended target oriented wellness.
CONCLUSION
From the analyzed aspects in report, it can be concluded that Asma case study has shed in
depth light on varied wellness related nursing concepts and model for further extended
improvement (Lalani and Chen, 2021). The research has also concluded that Asma need to take
up extensive scope on improvised wellness, where taking up medical strategies to enhance
further signified determined rise in mental and physical needs have been summarised.
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