Nursing Requirements for Older People: Health and Environment

This report examines the nursing requirements for older people, focusing on complex health conditions such as diabetes and heart disease, and the impact of environmental changes on their health. It explores preventative measures, treatment strategies, and the importance of governmental policies and social factors in shaping nursing care. The analysis includes recommendations for nurses, family members, and older adults, emphasizing the need for healthy diets, regular check-ups, and stress management. The report also evaluates the implications of environmental changes, including natural, social, and governmental factors, on nursing practices and the health of older people, particularly in Australia, where chronic diseases are prevalent. The recommendations highlight the need for specialized knowledge and skills to provide effective care for this demographic.

NURSING REQUIREMENTS (PART 1)
1. Recommend and justify the nursing requirements for older people for complex health conditions diagnosed with or at risk
RECOMMENDATIONS
Social Factors Natural FactorsGovernmental factors
Getting older can seem discouraging, greying hair, forgetting thinks, wrinkles, increasing diseases etc. There are various disease that takes birth when people grow old. According to National Council on Ageing, more than 90% of old people have at least one
chronic disease and more than 75% people suffer from at-least two chronic diseases. These diseases disturbs the entire heath conditions of a person. There are very dangerous diseases as well as its treatment is also very costly. Stroke, heart diseases, diabetes and
cancer are some of the most common chronic health conditions. Older people also face mental health issues. Thus, care of older people need not only at right levels of staffing but special and advanced knowledge and skills are required for the care of older people.
In Australia, more than 90% of older people are suffering from diabetes and heart diseases. The government of Australia is very concerned about skills and knowledge of nurses mainly for the care and treatment of older people. There are high risk involved
in both, diabetes and heart disease. Here are some symptoms that show that person is diagnosed with the particular diseases or at risk to be happen.
Symptoms of Diabetes Symptoms of Heart diseases
Increased thirst.
Increased Hunger.
Dry Mouth.
Frequent urination.
Urine infections.
Unexplained loss of weight (Feel
hungry).
Weaknesses, tired feeling.
Headaches.
Discomfort radiating to the back,
throat, arm or jaw.
Chest Pain, Arm pain
Sweating, nausea, vomiting.
Dizziness.
Pain below the breastbone.
Natural factor includes both internal and external environment. It affects the
nursing practices as well as the health of patients. There are various natural factor
that influence nursing practices such as noise; it has been observed that nurses are
highly affected by high noise level that creates annoyance, stress and emotional
exhaustion which affect activities performed by nurses. Caring for old people
need focused and critical care which can be negatively affected by noisy
environment. There are more natural factors such as light, with various setting in
which healthcare setting gets developed by combination of natural and artificial
lights. It has been observed that light affects the mood of people working in
healthcare and can also influence their working practices.
Social factors include lifestyles or living standard of people and it leads to great
impact on the health of older people. In many hospitals, treatment is provided
according to religion or wealth which shows inequality and it affects the health of
older people. On the other hand, wealth is also the biggest element that has great
impact on the health of older people, sometimes they did not have sufficient
money to take proper care and treatment. Thus, social factor sometime leads to
positive and sometime negative impact on their health. Poor economic and social
circumstances affect health of older people throughout their life as well as
practices of nursing.
Nursing practices are based on some norms and standards that they have
to abide with. Governmental factors like policies, rules, regulations affect
the nursing care. Any change in these policies bring alteration and
modification in nursing care. These rules and regulations that are set by
government are very essential as it defined the whole procedure of
practices. It provides standardization in daily operational activities which
is fruitful for older patients as they get cure as per the standards. Policies
and procedures are very essential in the nursing practice as it assists in
clarify and strengthen standards as well as it helps in managing staff of
Here are some precautions that nurses as well as old person should need to follow, either they
are suffering from diseases or there are chances to be suffered:
To prevent Diabetes To control Diabetes
Diabetes is genetic, so if any family members is
having diabetes than others should take precautions
before only.
In order to prevent diabetes, it is very important for
nurses and old person to take precautions like they
should stop consuming sugar first.
Nurses ensure that they should go for walk for at
least 3-4 km in a day.
Nurse and family members as well as patients
should ensure that they stop taking stress.
Nurse and family members as well as patients
should make sure that they have a healthy diet.
In order to control diabetes, it is very
important that nurse should give special
care or treatment to them.
Nurses should ensure that old person
has taken insulin or tablets in proper
time.
Nurse and family members as well as
patients should ensure that they stop
taking stress.
Family members and Nurse well as
patients should make sure that they
consume healthy diet.
2. Evaluate implications for nursing care that are related to the environmental changes that influence the health of older people
Nursing is a systematic process that is totally based on solving the issues that are used to identify, prevent, treat health as well as to promote wellness. Environmental changes are the changes that leads to the great impact on the nursing care. There are various
factors that are included in environmental changes like natural, social and governmental factors. It has great impact on the health of older people. These factors have excessive impact on nursing practices or care. Nurses and patients both have to suffer with the
changes in these factors. There are some standard of practice that they followed but these factors affect their work practice that influence the health of older people.
These are the symptoms that show that person is either diagnosed with or at risk of
having complex health diseases. Thus, it is very important that proper and
systematic care or treatment should be provided to patients suffering from chronic
heath disease. Special care should be given older people as passing with age, the
immune system becomes weak. In order to manage the level of diabetes in older
people, special care as well as proper tools and equipment are required to operate
their disease. In ageing population, diabetes and health disease is common health
condition as more than 90% of people have it and about 48% people have pre-
diabetes.
To prevent Heart Disease To control Heart Disease
In order to prevent heart disease, it is
very important that old person should
eat healthy food.
After the age of 40, it is very
important that a person should go for
yearly check-up.
If they are sweating very much, they
should go for check-up.
Feeling pain in arms, jaw or below
the breastbone are the symptoms of
heart diseases so they should urgently
go hospital.
If an old person is suffering from heart
disease, it is the duty of nurse that they
should check their level of blood
pressure, cholesterol level within one
month.
Nurses should ensure that they eat
healthy food like green vegetables,
fruits daily and avoid the consumption
of oily food and fast food.
Nurses ensure that they should go for
walk for at least 3-4 km in a day.