N684 Module 5 Discussion
There are so many health determinants that can directly affect the overall health outcome of a patient depending on the kind of care and services they obtain from their home nurse. As a home nurse, I realize that a client with congestive heart failure is quite delicate and therefore they have to be treated and given all the medical attention they require to survive their condition regardless of their biological, psychological, environmental, sociocultural, behavioral, and health system. For instance, the sociocultural determinants of health like ban from taking some forms of medication as a form of culture may affect the health of my client negatively (Velupillai et al., 2013). Considering their critical condition, they should be ready to accept any forms of medicine and be able to eat foods without a choice as could be dictated by cultural values.
Additionally, in the case where the patient has biological determinants of health such as the accumulation and interaction of dangerous exposures along their infancy to adulthood, their chances of survival would be quite minimal. These factors would mean that there is a high chance of the client experiencing mortality as a transfer of genealogy in their family. Psychological determinants of health could include the patterns in thinking, behavior of a client which plays a pivotal role in their overall health. A patient with critical heart failure should behave positively and be ready to receive their care otherwise they would end up affecting their health and condition even further (Gottlieb et al., 2017). Such factors therefore intertwine with their behavioral and environmental determinants. For instance, if the client is in a good environment with clean air to breath and good sanitization, their body is likely to respond best to the home care that they receive. Hence, it would positively improve their overall health.
References
Gottlieb, L., Ackerman, S., Wing, H., & Manchanda, R. (2017). Understanding Medicaid managed care investments in members’ social determinants of health. Population health management, 20(4), 302-308. Retrieved from: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/pop.2016.0092
Velupillai, Y. N., Packard, C. J., Batty, G. D., Bezlyak, V., Burns, H., Cavanagh, J., … & Sattar, N. (2013). Psychological, social and biological Vof ill health (pSoBid): study protocol of a population-based study. BMC Public Health, 8(1), 126. Retrieved from: https://www.gcph.co.uk/assets/0000/3751/pSoBid_FINAL_REPORT_2013.pdf