Assessment Report: Individual, Health and Communication, Semester 1

This report delves into the multifaceted aspects of individual health and communication, presenting two distinct assessments. The first assessment focuses on person-centred care and the crucial role of empathy throughout the lifespan, using a case study of a five-year-old boy who experienced a fall ...Read More

The Individual, Health
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
Assessment 3: Person-centred care & empathy role across the lifespan................................4
Childhood..........................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................8
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................8
Assessment 4: Social determinants of a health in an individuals with the diverse backgrounds
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Young Adult......................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12
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INTRODUCTION
Individual nursing care refers as recognising the people as a exclusive person by the
meeting requirements of this particular people at a specific point in the time compared a general
orthopaedic doctor’s perceptions of an individualised treatment with person’' perceptions. Health
is the situation of a physical, social or mental well-being in where disease or infirmity are the
absent (Arnholm, 2018). To get this, however, doctors must understand as well as support their,
demonstrating courtesy, patients, kindness or sincerity. This is based on one Assessment that is
Person-centred care and the role of empathy across the lifespan. For this assessment case study is
consider of a child that is explained below.
MAIN BODY
Assessment 3: Person-centred care & empathy role across the lifespan
Childhood
This is based on case study of John Yousif who is five years old boy and he fallen down
on his parent’s bed after a jumping up or down on bed, like a trampoline. John says that he was
Being like a Supermen. His arm was hurt and he won’t anyone to look at it. John hugs into either
one of his parents or cries a lot whenever he asked if his arm can be checked. Parents of John are
from the Sudanese background, they are living in Australia from past two years. Parents have
some English but they are not confident speaker. His parents are worried that doctors and
medical staff will think that they are neglectful parents.
As per above case study the role of empathy is very important because it assists to doctor
to build a trust connection with John in their care by the focusing on point of view of patient.
This strengthens the communication because doctor can gain better understanding of how john is
coping or what he is experiencing. Empathy helps to doctor to understand the feeling of patient
so that they can respond in appropriate manner as per situation. Communication by using the
empathy is very essential part for doctors as well as patient to understand that the problems of
patients and how they feel. Through this doctor can give best treatment for their better recovery
and they are focus providing comfort level to patients so that they can share each and every
issues for better treatment. The patient’s age is five years and he live with his parents in
Australia. He was playing on his parent’s bed and he fallen off from bed and his arm was hurt.
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For John empathy is more important because children are mostly scared of hospital’s name and
they can’t share their problems in detailed manner and doctors also can’t help to patient.
To make a proper communication between patient and doctor, he need to talk less and
listen more so that doctor can understand the each issue. Apart from his problem doctor need to
ask him about their hobbies, share some jokes and etc, so that Johan can open up with doctor and
tell him each problem. To understand each issue doctor need to manage children in very polite
manner so that he can provide him best treatment for better recovery.
There are different factors which are important for patient’s life that are, Patient socio or
demographic variables, this factor influence the communication between the doctor and patient
as well consequently quality of medical service (Arnold and Boggs, 2019). Patient cooperation,
in this patient cooperation and involvement is required or it have impact on medical services
quality. Better cooperation provides best treatment to John and he will be recovering in less time
of period. Patient illness, there are many reasons behind the patient’s illness such as stress of
anything lack of sleep, lack of physical activity and many other. In case of John, he has no
illness but he scared of medical treatment. Due to this may be he cannot share all his problems
with doctor. Skills and knowledge is most important for patient’s life about their health and
condition so that patients can discuss in better way and make an effective communication with
doctor. In case of John his has no knowledge about this that is why his parents take care of john.
In children case their parents have huge role for better cooperation. Motivation and
satisfaction factor is most essential for patients as well as doctors, in any medical condition
satisfaction and motivation both are play important role in recover health in less time and also in
best manner. In case of John, for good treatment he needs a motivation factor because he is child
and to manage children is difficult task for doctors (Carmack and Harville, 2020). Other factor is
facilities and resources, both are important for patient’s treatment and their satisfaction. For
medical and hospital sector having advance resources and facilities is important such as
medicines, some test labs, machines for text, equipments’, cleaning facilities, room and bed
facilities and many more. In case of John, for his treatment he needs to go for X-ray so that
doctor can check the bones and suggest a best treatment for him. Health insurance, some parents
and patients have no savings and the medical condition is unpredictable. In current scenario each
one focus on health insurance for their medical expenses and government also encourage to
society to take insurance plans as per their income status (Boozary and Shojania, 2018). In this
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people require to pay some amount on monthly basis and they get some limit for their medical
expenses.
In case of John, he need to discuss to his parent’s first so that parents can convey doctor in
better manner because children are not convey all issues in proper manner and recovery takes
time. For this arm, his parents need to go for X-ray so that doctor can understand what actual
problems are and what treatments for child for his recovery are.
CONCLUSION
It is concluded the above assessment, it is explained and in first assessment there is case
study of child, he fallen down from his parent’s bed and his arm get injured. To manage children
doctors need to focus on communication part because children are not share their issues in proper
manner and have lack of express skills. In this case his parent’s need to understand his child so
that they can convey all the issues to doctor and then he can start the best treatment for child. To
manage child there are lots of factors and ways which are helps to doctor to make an effective
interaction with children.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Arnholm, K., 2018. In the network of healthcare actors: A study of family-centred care for
children with complex needs Understanding and improving the respiratory care for
children with cerebral palsy and multiple disabilities (Master's thesis).
Arnold, E.C. and Boggs, K.U., 2019. Interpersonal relationships e-book: professional
communication skills for nurses. Elsevier Health Sciences.
Bonham, V.L., Green, E.D. and Pérez-Stable, E.J., 2018. Examining how race, ethnicity, and
ancestry data are used in biomedical research. Jama, 320(15), pp.1533-1534.
Boozary, A.S. and Shojania, K.G., 2018. Pathology of poverty: the need for quality improvement
efforts to address social determinants of health.
Carmack, H.J. and Harville, K.L., 2020. Including Communication in the Nursing Classroom: A
Content Analysis of Communication Competence and Interprofessional Communication
in Nursing Fundamentals Textbooks. Health communication, 35(13), pp.1656-1665.
Giger, J.N. and Haddad, L., 2020. Transcultural nursing-e-book: Assessment and intervention.
Elsevier Health Sciences.
Gilmour, F., Riccobono, R. and Haraldsdottir, E., 2020. The value of poetry therapy for people in
palliative and end of life care. Progress in Palliative Care, 28(1), pp.6-13.
Hansen, H. and Metzl, J.M. eds., 2019. Structural competency in mental health and medicine: A
case-based approach to treating the social determinants of health. Springer.
Holm, A. and Dreyer, P., 2018. Nurse‐patient communication within the context of non‐sedated
mechanical ventilation: A hermeneutic‐phenomenological study. Nursing in critical
care, 23(2), pp.88-94.
Labrague, L.J., McEnroe–Petitte, D.M., Fronda, D.C. and Obeidat, A.A., 2018. Interprofessional
simulation in undergraduate nursing program: An integrative review. Nurse Education
Today, 67, pp.46-55.
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INTRODUCTION
Incorporating self-care based concept of a medical practice, health is a conceived of as
effectual functioning of the self-care resources which are ensure function or sufficiency of the
self-care performance. The communication in the nursing” refers to exchange of the information,
ideas or feelings in people by using language and other means. Patients are conveys their fears or
concerns to the doctor to assist them make the right diagnosis (Pérez-Stable and El-Toukhy,
2018). Effective interaction between doctor or patients is important for successful results of an
individualized nursing based care of patient. This is based on assessment which includes social
determinants of health in individuals with diverse background. For this assessment the case study
is consider of a young girl that is explained below.
MAIN BODY
Assessment 4: Social determinants of a health in an individuals with the diverse backgrounds
Young Adult
This case study is on Stephanie O’Reilly and she is 19 years old female. Stephanie has
come to her General practioner’s office with the infected nose piercing. Due to this the nose
becomes swollen, red and also pus was coming out from the hole of piercing. Stephanie has pain
a lot and nausea as well as temperature is increased but only the slightly. He mother has come
with Stephanie and she is very angry with piercing and chastising her for the getting it done in
first place. She is angry at her mother for not the accepting that Stephanie is an adult now and
she can make her own decisions. Her mother quietly reveals that she has been angry at her from
the past 42 years as well it is very difficult to living at house with her.
The social determinants of health refers to conditions in that environment where the
society are born, learn, live, play, work or worship as well as their age that is affect the huge
range of their functioning, health or life quality results and risks. This understanding is the key
for developing the health services which are more effective for people and to be majorly applied
on any individual people of a ethnic, racial and cultural group (Sullivan, 2019). One path on
which culture impacts the health illness is through how patients are react on each and every
situation in various cultures be likely to the selectively express as well as present symptoms in
the culturally.
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Personal Health refers to ability to the take charge of health by the making alert decisions
for health on personal basis. It not only mean to physical based well being of individual basis but
also it is comprises wellness of the emotional, social, intellect, economical, spiritual as well as
some other life areas (Young and Guo, 2020). Community health refers to the division of a
public health that is focuses on person as well their role is determine of their personal and
another person’s health in the difference to a environmental health, that is focuses on the
physical environment or its affect on their health. Global health refers to health of the
populations in global terms; it has been referred as "area of the study, investigation or practice
which are places a main concern on a improving health as well get a equity in health for all the
person worldwide". In case of Stephanie, her case in consider in personal and community health,
because nose piercing is her personal health but her behaviour is based on community health. At
the young age many of people are take their own decisions and young people are catch other’s
life style very quickly that is why it consider in community as well.
Empathy can solve the major issues of person at all the levels, for this case she has lot of
pain and her mother got angry on her without any concern. Mother can put a concern and give
empathy to her so that she can feel better and after her recovery she can talk to her in polite
manner and present logical examples so that she can understand her mother’s concern and point
of view. She needs a emotional empathy because at young age people are more offended on
every single things and they take any decisions which are not right for them and their parents. In
this scenario her mother need to take one step towards her for become a good friends so that both
can start a good bonding between them and share each and every things (Ziersch and Due,
2018).Through this mother knows everything about her and understanding level become increase
in right way.
Effectively communicating difficult a health information to the diverse patient. Health literacy
or skills that are required to a address the low health literacy in patients there are various ways by
which the communication can increase across the diverse age as well as population groups that
are;
 Speak clearly or slowly.
 Use short or easy sentences.
 Maintain the normal volume as well as tone.
 Use various words to express similar thought.
 Priorities or succession directions.
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 keep away from terminology.
 React to the spoken emotions.
To communicate with different age groups specially young age group there are some ways to
increase interaction process such as awareness about their generations, their lifestyle and
many more to match their thoughts.
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CONCLUSION
It is concluded the above assessment, as per above assessment the case study is based on
young girl and she got a piercing but she has many issues with piercing, her nose was red and it
so painful for her. Her mother was get so angry with her behaviour, so manage behaviour at
young age communication is most important so understand their age and their thoughts.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Hayba, N., Partridge, S.R., Nour, M.M., Grech, A. and Allman Farinelli, M., 2018. Effectiveness
of lifestyle interventions for preventing harmful weight gain among young adults from
lower socioeconomic status and ethnically diverse backgrounds: a systematic
review. Obesity Reviews, 19(3), pp.333-346.
MacLean, S., Geddes, F., Kelly, M. and Della, P., 2019. Realism and presence in simulation:
nursing student perceptions and learning outcomes. Journal of Nursing
Education, 58(6), pp.330-338.
Northwood, M., Ploeg, J., Markle‐Reid, M. and Sherifali, D., 2018. Integrative review of the
social determinants of health in older adults with multimorbidity. Journal of Advanced
Nursing, 74(1), pp.45-60.
Pérez-Stable, E.J. and El-Toukhy, S., 2018. Communicating with diverse patients: how patient
and clinician factors affect disparities. Patient education and counseling, 101(12),
pp.2186-2194.
Schroeder, K., Garcia, B., Phillips, R.S. and Lipman, T.H., 2019. Addressing social determinants
of health through community engagement: An undergraduate nursing course. Journal of
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Shorey, S., Siew, A.L. and Ang, E., 2018. Experiences of nursing undergraduates on a
redesigned blended communication module: A descriptive qualitative study. Nurse
education today, 61, pp.77-82.
Sullivan, H.R., 2019. Hospitals’ obligations to address social determinants of health. AMA
journal of ethics, 21(3), pp.248-258.
Whittle, E.L., Fisher, K.R., Reppermund, S., Lenroot, R. and Trollor, J., 2018. Barriers and
enablers to accessing mental health services for people with intellectual disability: a
scoping review. Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 11(1),
pp.69-102.
Young, S. and Guo, K.L., 2020. Cultural diversity training: the necessity of cultural competence
for health care providers and in nursing practice. The health care manager, 39(2),
pp.100-108.
Ziersch, A. and Due, C., 2018. A mixed methods systematic review of studies examining the
relationship between housing and health for people from refugee and asylum seeking
backgrounds. Social Science & Medicine, 213, pp.199-219.
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