A. L.’s Health Promotion Plan Health promotion is crucial in personal and community health. Essential roles of registered nurses (RNs) are to assess, produce, educate and to implement health promotion goals for their patients. This paper evaluates the results of a Real Age Test completed by a classmate in order to develop a health promotion plan that serves to improve two particular areas of his health. These specific areas include Enhanced Fluid Balance and Enhanced Sleep. In order to improve these areas the RN must identify areas of risk for the patient, develop wellness diagnoses, create obtainable goals, assess patient’s readiness for change, assist patient in implementing goals and to evaluate patient’s progress towards these goals.
Real Age Test The Real Age Test is a free online test in which participants are able to complete in order to assess their current health. It works by …show more content…
Since starting to implement these steps three weeks ago A. L. has verbalized readiness to change with some early results. He explained that since putting up blackout curtains and reducing the noise level by moving from his apartment to his new house, he is feeling significant improvement on the quality of sleep he is getting not only evidenced by his sleep application on his cell phone, but also by how rested he feels when waking up (2016). Implementation regarding fluid balance has included A. L. taking a water bottle with him to work as well as to the gym. He has been careful to monitor how much fluid he is consuming as well as taking notice of what his body is telling him. By ensuring that he is getting 2-3 liters of fluids per day A. L. reports decreased thirst, improved facial appearance, less headaches, and a lighter urine color. Interventions will continue to be implemented for the next month along with health logs in order to assess patient’s progress towards
Real Age Test The Real Age Test is a free online test in which participants are able to complete in order to assess their current health. It works by …show more content…
Since starting to implement these steps three weeks ago A. L. has verbalized readiness to change with some early results. He explained that since putting up blackout curtains and reducing the noise level by moving from his apartment to his new house, he is feeling significant improvement on the quality of sleep he is getting not only evidenced by his sleep application on his cell phone, but also by how rested he feels when waking up (2016). Implementation regarding fluid balance has included A. L. taking a water bottle with him to work as well as to the gym. He has been careful to monitor how much fluid he is consuming as well as taking notice of what his body is telling him. By ensuring that he is getting 2-3 liters of fluids per day A. L. reports decreased thirst, improved facial appearance, less headaches, and a lighter urine color. Interventions will continue to be implemented for the next month along with health logs in order to assess patient’s progress towards