Foundation for Health Promotion Case Study
J.R. is a nurse practitioner who serves an urban Chinese community. The challenges she faces daily include coordinating health care for the community members, fostering compliance with treatment regimens, and teaching the community about health prevention and early detection of diseases and conditions. J.R. has learned that one of the main reasons the community members do not adhere to their treatment regimens is because of mistrust of Western medicine. Many of the patients are older adults who rely on homeopathic treatments they learned in China as children. These patients prefer to take Chinese herbs in lieu of prescription medications. Additionally, these patients do not like to attend health screenings or take part in immunization clinics because they do not believe these measures are beneficial to their health.
Question for the case
What type of prevention J.R. is trying to achieve when she encourages her patient population to attend the blood pressure screening events? Please elaborate your answer; compare prevention types, give examples and share similar challenges you might have faced during your practice.
Answer the specific question above. Then, continue to discuss the 3 topics listed below for your case:
- Identify the different roles and responsibilities of the nurse.
- Please discuss the challenges you anticipate facing when fulfilling the various roles of a nurse practitioner. How would you work to improve your weaknesses? Identify your strengths.
- Which patient population is most likely to experience health disparities and why?
Submission Instructions:
- Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources within the 5 years.
When J.R. encourages her patient population to attend blood pressure screening events, she is focusing on secondary prevention.
Secondary prevention aims to detect and address existing health problems at an early stage, before they lead to significant or irreversible damage. Blood pressure screening is a classic example of secondary prevention because it helps identify hypertension in its early stages, allowing for intervention that can prevent complications such as heart disease or stroke.
Primary prevention, on the other hand, focuses on preventing the onset of disease before it occurs, such as through immunizations or promoting healthy lifestyle choices. Tertiary prevention aims to manage and improve the quality of life for those with established diseases by preventing further deterioration or complications.
In J.R.’s case, the goal of the blood pressure screening events is to catch elevated blood pressure early in the community members, particularly since hypertension can be asymptomatic but lead to serious health outcomes. By doing so, she can implement appropriate treatments or lifestyle modifications to prevent the progression of the disease.