Review the Models of Health Promotion and the Role of the Nursing Health Promotion in Lundy (pp. 353 - 354). Discuss the following question. See syllabus for rubric.
The biomedical model of health
Cultural and professional models of illness sway decisions on individual patients and delivery of health care
The social model of health
The social model of health bids a unique and holistic description and understanding of health that moves beyond the limitations and reductionism allied with the medical model of health. Health, according to the social model, is not a state of being merely under the purview of the medical profession, nor is health and disease only made comprehensible by findings of medical science. Rather, a perspective of …show more content…
The benefit of the model lies in its assertion that our natural environment includes not only our corporeal environs, but also social and cultural forces, making the model particularly useful in program planning. It gives us a systematic approach to determine the proper level of intervention, the timing of intervention and the focus of the intervention.
Nurses play a vital role in promoting public health. Usually, the focus of health promotion by nurses has been on disease prevention and changing the behavior of persons with respect to their health.
Though, nursing role as promoters of health is more multifaceted, since nurses have multi-disciplinary knowledge and experience of health promotion in their nursing practice.
In recent times, the role of nurses has involved clinical nursing practices, consultation, follow-up treatment, and patient education and illness prevention. This has enhanced the availability of health-care services, reduced symptoms of long-lasting diseases, increased cost-effectiveness and enhanced patients' experiences of health-care services.
Patient education is an integral part of our job as nurses. Which means educating our patients about disorder, their treatments and holistic care is
The biomedical model of health
Cultural and professional models of illness sway decisions on individual patients and delivery of health care
The social model of health
The social model of health bids a unique and holistic description and understanding of health that moves beyond the limitations and reductionism allied with the medical model of health. Health, according to the social model, is not a state of being merely under the purview of the medical profession, nor is health and disease only made comprehensible by findings of medical science. Rather, a perspective of …show more content…
The benefit of the model lies in its assertion that our natural environment includes not only our corporeal environs, but also social and cultural forces, making the model particularly useful in program planning. It gives us a systematic approach to determine the proper level of intervention, the timing of intervention and the focus of the intervention.
Nurses play a vital role in promoting public health. Usually, the focus of health promotion by nurses has been on disease prevention and changing the behavior of persons with respect to their health.
Though, nursing role as promoters of health is more multifaceted, since nurses have multi-disciplinary knowledge and experience of health promotion in their nursing practice.
In recent times, the role of nurses has involved clinical nursing practices, consultation, follow-up treatment, and patient education and illness prevention. This has enhanced the availability of health-care services, reduced symptoms of long-lasting diseases, increased cost-effectiveness and enhanced patients' experiences of health-care services.
Patient education is an integral part of our job as nurses. Which means educating our patients about disorder, their treatments and holistic care is