NR 443 WEEK 7 DQ How Do You Define Health? (graded A+)

WEEK 7 How Do You Define Health? (graded) Think about how you define health. Do you think your definition is universal, or is it specific to your culture and/or beliefs? How might another culture's definition differ? Respond This section lists options that can be used to view responses. Collapse All Print View Show Options Responses Responses are listed below in the following order: response, author and the date and time the response is posted. Sort by Read/Unread Sort by Response Sorted Ascending, click to sort descending Sort by Author Sort by Date/Time* (an instructor response) Collapse Mark as Unread How Do You Define Health Instructor Hamilton Email this Author 2/18/2015 8:56:38 PM Hello Class, This TD is a current topic in health care, cultures have certain beliefs, rituals, and ways of life specific to meeting their needs for health promotion and disease prevention…Can you think of a time in your practice when you needed to address an issue pertaining to what the patient needs and what the patient will allow based on cultural preference. Community Health Nurses provide care for individuals, groups, and aggregates from different cultures and subcultures throughout the United States every day. What strategies can you think of or have implemented to address the health care concerns of emerging populations? Real work examples are appreciated if you have any, see you in the threads.~Dr Hamilton Class: You may begin posting in this TD on Sunday, April 12, 2015 for credit. Respond Collapse Mark as Read RE: How Do You Define Health Jessica Parker Email this Author 4/14/2015 4:36:00 PM Instructor Hamilton & Class: I would define health as a person's physical, emotional, and spiritual state. Many times all three of these can be related. Emotional problems can lead to physical problems, spiritual beliefs can lead to reasons to do something, and physical problems can lead to depression or mental unrest. Health is not always the same but "is fluid and changing" (Nies & McEwen, p. 3).