Emotional Health: Holistic Patient Care and Motivational Interviewing

This assignment features short answer questions related to emotional health and well-being, focusing on a holistic approach to patient care. It emphasizes the importance of collaboration among healthcare providers and integrating a patient's faith into their care. Furthermore, it identifies factors contributing to a healthy lifestyle and suggests activities to promote it. The role of motivational interviewing in integrated health settings is also discussed, along with effective strategies and potential challenges in implementation. Desklib provides access to similar solved assignments and study resources for students.

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Short Answers Questions
1. Describe a holistic approach to patient care. Why is it important for a behavioral
health provider to collaborate with other providers? How might you as a behavioral
health provider incorporate a patient’s faith into their care? (150 words) Holistic
approach to care is a system of care that involves consideration of the patient’s
physical, emotional, social, economic, the spiritual needs and how the patient
responds to illness and how the disease affects the ability of the patient to meet self-
care needs. Collaboration of healthcare providers describes the act of healthcare
professionals working together (Sánchez-Álvarez, Extremera, & Fernández-Berrocal, 2015).
As a behavioral health provider, I feel it is very important to collaborate with other
providers because studies have shown that collaboration optimizes the patient
outcome, the quality of care as well as the cost of care .There are different ways in
which I can incorporate the patients faith in care as a behavioral health provider. One
such way is through inviting the patient’s spiritual leader like the pastor if the patient
is a Christian to come over at the hospital bed and offer encouragement and prayers
to the patient(Friedman & Kern, 2014). Another way is by allowing the patient to come
and read the holy books at their point of care such as the Bible and the Quran.
2. What factors contribute to a healthy lifestyle? What activities can be suggested to
help influence a healthy lifestyle? Consider ideas and resources you have studied in
previous courses. (150 words) There are different factors that contribute to a healthy
lifestyle .One such factor is avoiding consumption of harmful substances. According
to studies, it has been established that alcohol and cigarette consumption
contributes to 45% of all the health problems in the world. Avoiding such products
would therefore lead to a healthy lifestyle .A balanced diet is another important
factor that contributes to a healthy lifestyle (Balistreri & Alvira-Hammond, 2016).
Consuming a balanced diet improves the immune system of the body and this makes
the body able to protect the body against any infections. Regular exercise is another
important factor that contributes to a healthy lifestyle. Exercise is known to increase
the metabolic rate in the body and this prevents the buildup of harmful substances in
the body like fats which leads to high blood pressure. Finally adequate sleep is also
an important factor that contributes to healthy lifestyle by allowing the body parts
have rest.
3. Describe the role of motivational interviewing in an integrated health settings. What
other strategies can be implemented when using this approach? Which strategies do
you feel may be strengths of yours in your future work? How may one be a struggle
for you to incorporate? (150 words) Motivational interviewing is a type of interview
where the patient or the client is encouraged to change their behavior by assisting
them to explore then change ambivalence. This type of motivational interviewing has
different roles that include encouraging change, addressing any form of resistance,
promoting autonomy, providing feedback and finally enhancing confidence(Bøe et al.,
2013). There are different strategies that can be implemented when using the
motivational interviewing approach and they include expression of and showing of
empathy, supporting and developing of discrepancy, dealing with any resistance,
supporting self-efficacy and finally development of autonomy. Some strategies can
be strengths in my future especially empathy and dealing with resistance. This is

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because majority of my clients are always resistant to whatever I tell them. The one
that I might struggle to incorporate is expressing and showing empathy towards the
client’s .This is very challenging to me since whenever I express empathy I get so
emotional and I might be unable to handle the patient well.
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