Foundations in Professional Practice
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Foundations in Professional Practice
Experience of inter-professional Collaboration in your
area of clinical practise
The aim of this essay is to identify a client or patient in which to focus upon, in order
to be able to maximise their health. The essay will focus on the health and wellbeing
of the client rather than the disease or illness. It will look at the Physical,
Psychological, Spiritual and Social needs of the client and their family. The essay
will focus on the nurse’s role in the Assessment and planning of the patient’s health
and wellbeing. The patient will be reviewed holistically. It will also identify the
importance of health promotion and how it can help to maximise a patient’s health
and wellbeing.
In order to consider maximising health it is first necessary to define the meaning of
health itself. The world health organisation (WHO1984)` defines health as, a state of
Complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, not merely the absence of disease
of infirmity`. However, Amitai Etzioni (1998) argue that health cannot be defined as
a state at all, but must be seen as a process of continuous adjustment to the changing
demands of living and the meanings we give to life.
The client will be referred to as Mrs Jones for the purpose of the assignment, this
name is minimised to confirm to the NMC (2008). Mrs Jones is a 43 year old lady
admitted into hospital with chest pain and shortness of breath. On assessment it
appears she suffered a heart attack also known as a Myocardial Infarction (MI). She
has just recently been diagnosed with coronary heart disease and angina within the
last 6 months by the specialist cardiology team at her local trust.
1
Mrs Jones has a family history of heart disease and diabetes, her mother died 2 year
ago following a heart attack. She currently takes medication to help control angina....
Experience of inter-professional Collaboration in your
area of clinical practise
The aim of this essay is to identify a client or patient in which to focus upon, in order
to be able to maximise their health. The essay will focus on the health and wellbeing
of the client rather than the disease or illness. It will look at the Physical,
Psychological, Spiritual and Social needs of the client and their family. The essay
will focus on the nurse’s role in the Assessment and planning of the patient’s health
and wellbeing. The patient will be reviewed holistically. It will also identify the
importance of health promotion and how it can help to maximise a patient’s health
and wellbeing.
In order to consider maximising health it is first necessary to define the meaning of
health itself. The world health organisation (WHO1984)` defines health as, a state of
Complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, not merely the absence of disease
of infirmity`. However, Amitai Etzioni (1998) argue that health cannot be defined as
a state at all, but must be seen as a process of continuous adjustment to the changing
demands of living and the meanings we give to life.
The client will be referred to as Mrs Jones for the purpose of the assignment, this
name is minimised to confirm to the NMC (2008). Mrs Jones is a 43 year old lady
admitted into hospital with chest pain and shortness of breath. On assessment it
appears she suffered a heart attack also known as a Myocardial Infarction (MI). She
has just recently been diagnosed with coronary heart disease and angina within the
last 6 months by the specialist cardiology team at her local trust.
1
Mrs Jones has a family history of heart disease and diabetes, her mother died 2 year
ago following a heart attack. She currently takes medication to help control angina....