The Holistic Patient Assessment

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THE HOLISTIC PATIENT ASSESSMENT
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Part 1
Holistic Health Assessment
The kind of assessment, which not only addresses the physical health but also emphasizes
on the mental, spiritual and emotional health of the patient, for effective and efficient treatment
of the patient is known as Holistic Health Assessment (Lamar University Online, 2019). This
assessment helps the nurses and caregivers to extract the essential information required for
effective diagnosis and implementation of the medications. It helps in showing respect to the
patient and in preserving their dignity.
The main objective of this paper is, to holistically assess the health of a patient admitted
to a hospital. Because of the standards and principles of the Nursing and Midwifery Council
(NMC) Code of Conduct (2008), the confidentiality in terms of the patient’s information and
hospital organization, will be maintained all through the paper. The alias John is used to refer the
patient in the paper.
The Patient
John, a male patient aged 65, was admitted in the general ward through the Emergency
department. He was suffering from diabetes, and his fasting blood sugar level was found to be
130 mg/dL, which indicated the severe levels of diabetes (Sasi et al., 2013) and the number of
disorders he might be diagnosed with. John is a patient who is known to suffering from diabetes
since 15 years and he is undergoing the specific medications to reduce the levels of fasting blood
sugar. he has a very tragic past, because his wife left her with another man and his son settled
somewhere else leaving him alone. His social life was not active, since he used to spend days

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alone at home without going anywhere. This affected his psychological behavior also. Only on
Sundays, he used to go to Church for prayer and to the market, to get all the necessities for the
next week. This spiritual behavior shows his belief in God.
Assessment of the Patient
Health History
John, apart from diabetes, was also diagnosing with neuropathy, but that is just the side
effects of diabetes. He was also diagnosed with asthma and frequent chest pains, in his 50s,
because of his job of Nutrition Executive. He had to roam around the areas and meet the clients
and explain them the company’s products, in short his job was to marketing and publicizing the
products, for which he had to roam around different places in scorching heat. John’s financial
background was not stable, but still he managed to build a home with lot of difficulties and
raised a son. During his married life, he spent most of the time in thinking of making more
money to support his family, but in vain. His wife left him because of lack of money and his son
settled somewhere else leaving behind John and his empty home. This tragic incident scarred
him, and caused a number of psychological disorders, change in mood and loss of medical
health. After which he started visiting the hospital frequently because of frequent health related
issues like fever, blood pressure related disorders, diabetes and mental health.
Physiological Assessment
After the physical assessment, it was found that John was highly susceptible to coronary
heart diseases, his blood pressure was high (130/110) and his nerves in the brain were also prone
to get damaged quickly. All these disorders were because of the increased diabetes, which proves
his feeling of numbness in his hands and feet, because the nerves were unable to transfer the