This week’s course content focuses on the meaning of health and the determinants of health. It is appropriate then, at the start of your program of study, to turn the lens on yourself. Building a better, healthier life is integral to your own well being, as well as to being a role model for others as you work within the health care field.
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Throughout this course you will post entries to a health journal. The journal is designed to provide an opportunity for you to personalize course content and consider steps that you can take to improve your own health and well-being. You will submit your summary each week for your Instructor to review.
To begin, select an environmental, occupational, or behavioral change that you would like to make or focus on over the next six weeks.
Write a ½-1 page journal entry that addresses the following:
- After reviewing the readings about the Dimensions of Wellness, explain what dimension of your wellness do you feel is the most out of balance? How so?
- Construct a 1-sentence goal statement related to a health behavior that falls within this dimension of wellness or dimensions (if it overlaps).Example: “In order to improve my emotional and physical health, my behavioral goal is to get more sleep by going to bed an hour earlier each night.”
- What specific steps (2-3) will you take to work toward this health behavior goal by the end of this course?Example: “In order to get an additional hour of sleep each night, I will need to eat earlier in the evening and start my course work earlier. I also have a tendency to procrastinate, which means I don’t start my course work until 8 or 9 at night. I need to eat earlier, start on my home work by 6, and then I can get to bed no later than 10:00 pm.”
- What are the health benefits to changing this behavior?Example: “By getting more sleep, I’ll have more energy to get through the day, and my mood will likely improve. I think it will improve my emotional health, too, because I’ll be more rested to deal with stressful situations, and I won’t have to panic the night before my assignments are due because I won’t be procrastinating. I may actually do better in my classes, too, because I won’t be trying to write assignments with one eye!”
- Required ResourcesMedia
- Course Media: Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012). Personal Health and Wellness: Dimensions of Health Wheel [Multimedia], Baltimore, MD: Author.
- Course Introduction
- Article: Montague, J., & Frank, B. (2007, July/August). Creating whole-person wellness. Assisted Living Consult, 3(4), 14–20. Retrieved fromhttp://www.assistedlivingconsult.com/issues/03-04/alc78-Wellness-719.pdf
- Article: Hettler, B. (1976). The Six Dimensions of Wellness Model. National Wellness Institute. Retrieved fromhttp://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.nationalwellness.org/resource/resmgr/docs/sixdimensionsfactsheet.pdf
- Article: Smith, B. J., Tang, K. C., & Nutbeam, D. (2006). WHO health promotion glossary: new terms. Health Promotion International Advance Access, 21(4), 340–3 45. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/healthpromotion/about/HP%20Glossay%20in%20HPI.pdf
- Article: World Health Organization. (2009). Milestones in health promotion: statements from global conferences (pp. 1–5). Geneva, Switzerland: Author. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/healthpromotion/milestones.pdf
- Glossary: World Health Organization. (1998). Health promotion glossary. Geneva, Switzerland: Author. Retrieved fromhttp://www.who.int/healthpromotion/about/HPR%20Glossary%201998.pdf
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CONSIDER A POLICY OR PROCEDURE AT YOUR FACILITY THAT YOU BELIEVE MAY BE NOT FOLLOWING BEST PRACTICES. SEARCH FOR AT LEAST TWO RESEARCH REPORTS (PREFERABLY SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS) THAT ADDRESS THE POLICY OR PROCEDURE. CITE YOUR SOURCES. AFTER READING THE RESULTS SECTIONS OF THE REPORTS, WOULD YOU RECOMMEND TO KEEP OR CHANGE YOUR CURRENT POLICY OR PROCEDURE
DECEMBER 2, 2014 NO COMMENTS
1) Consider a policy or procedure at your facility that you believe may be not following best practices. Search for at least two research reports (preferably systematic reviews) that address the policy or procedure. Cite your sources. After reading the results sections of the reports, would you recommend to keep or change your current policy or procedure? Defend your decision based on the strength of the evidence.
This is a nursing class and the Policy or procedure to be discussed must be nursing related. It also needs to be referrenced.
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BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE TEAM IS MORE THAN JUST CHOOSING TEAM MEMBERS, YOU WILL TO CONSIDER MANY FACTORS. RECALL THE DYNAMICS OF THE ORGANIZATION:
DECEMBER 2, 2014 NO COMMENTS
Building an effective team is more than just choosing team members, you will to consider many factors.
Recall the dynamics of the organization:
Organization: Health Care Inc.
Employees: 15-20 thousand worldwide
Employee Occupations: Nurses, IT Specialist, Human Resources, Administration Staff, Management, Nursing Assistants (various levels & positions)
Goal of team: The business needs to expand to remain competitive in the worldwide marketplace. A team needs to be created to help the organization evaluate, justify, and propose ideas.
Business Module: Contract Nurses and Nursing Assistants to organizations worldwide.
For the first phase of your project, using your reading and other resources, create your plan for building your team by answering the following:
- Using the five stages of the team building process, create specific examples work through the stage. For example, what tasks or rules would you establish?
- Decide team size, select team members, and justify section.
- For example, which employee positions would you include (Nurses, HR, management, etc)
- Construct a reward system that the team committed to the goals.
- Develop a strategy to deal with team emotions.
- From your knowledge of teambuilding so far, prioritize the top three items that will help your team be effective.
- For example, creating strong team goals will help the team focus on the end results and enhance effectiveness
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WHAT DOES BEING “HEALTHY” MEAN TO YOU?
NOVEMBER 30, 2014 NO COMMENTS
Understanding Heath, Illness, Individual and Community Health
There is a fine line between the health of an individual and the health of a community. Each can influence the other. In this Discussion, you will analyze a case study to determine if members of a family and their community are “healthy,” according to the WHO definition.
To prepare for this Discussion:
- Review the “Introduction to the Writing Center” guide located in the Week 1 Resources.
- Explore some of the handouts and tutorials relating to tone and scholarly writing as well as the example of “gold star” discussion posts.
- Use these examples as handouts to help you create your first discussion post.
- Then, consider the following scenario with respect to the health of the Davis family and the health of their community:Jonathan Davis and his wife, Alexis, are 55 years old and have one daughter, Joanne. Jonathan and Alexis live in the same neighborhood as Joanne, who visits her parents frequently.Jonathan has smoked one pack of cigarettes every day for the past 30 years and is 20 pounds overweight. He works in a local plastics manufacturing plant and has a physically demanding job. Alexis enjoys working in her garden and cooking a variety of vegetable-rich meals. Joanne exercises regularly but does have asthma, for which she uses an inhaler when needed.The community where Jonathan, Alexis, and Joanne live has extensive walking and biking paths. Joanne makes full use of the paths and bikes on them at least once every week. The community has recently instituted a wellness clinic about three blocks away from Jonathan and Alexis’ house.Although the plastics plant pollutes the river, the company plans to install water and air pollution control measures in about 3 years. The plant is currently implementing purification measures for the river.
- post a comprehensive response to the following:
- What does being “healthy” mean to you?
- Are the members of the Davis family healthy, according to the WHO definition? Your definition?
- Are they living in a healthy community? Please explain.
- What can be done to improve and promote the health of the Davis family as well as the community?
Support your rationale using information from your assigned readings and resources, paraphrasing effectively. Refer to the Writing and Library Skills Resource Guide for examples and additional support.
READINGS:
Required Resources
Media
- Video: Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2009). Concepts of health promotion: What do we mean by health? Baltimore, MD: Author.Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 7 minutes.In this media, Dr. David Gibson, Professor Emeritus of University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Dr. Peter Beilenson, Health Officer of Howard County, Maryland, and Dr. Marianne Shaughnessy, Associate Professor of the School of Nursing at the University of Maryland, discuss their perceptions about the meaning of health. Dr. Beilenson also explains the difference between health, health care, and medical care and Dr. Shaughnessy expands on his discussion. To conclude the video, Dr. Gibson presents a brief history of health and he and Dr. Shaughnessy describe the concept of the dimensions of health.Note: As a reminder, additional Learning Resources for the week are listed below the Media Player. Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the web page to view the complete list of Required and Optional Resources.
- Course Media: Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012). Personal Health and Wellness: Dimensions of Health Wheel [Multimedia], Baltimore, MD: Author.