NSG 482 Promoting Healthy Communities
Definitions of Health
Part of health promotion is meeting a patient at their definition of health. One person’s health goals and possibilities may differ from another’s.
Assume you are a nurse at a community health clinic. Your supervisor has asked you to prepare a summary of definitions of health for the clinic’s staff.
Search the internet for representations of various definitions of health in populations like newborn babies, a healthy older adult, or a person in a wheelchair or with another physical disability.
Based on your research,
write a 525-word summary of your findings in which you:
· Describe 6 representations of definitions of health for the following types of individuals:
· Newborn babies
· Healthy adult Asian woman over age 55
· Disabled 35-year-old African American male veteran
· Pre-teen White female entering middle school
· Sexually active 20-something Hispanic male
· Obese 75-year-old White male living with debilitating arthritis
· Explain the importance of meeting a patient at their definition of health.
Include 3 references.
**reference needs to be withing 5 years (2000-2024)
