Question

Instructions: Carefully read the hypothetical situation, then choose the theory that best applies to
the situation and complete the premises of the application of theory to the situation.

I. Hypothetical situation

In room 280 A, there is Mrs. Juana García, 50 years old. According to her record, the.
patient weighs 206 pounds, height 5’2 ”. She does not have any type of diet, she loves to eat greaves,.
three times a week fried chicken eats food from fast food restaurants. This situation
It is affecting your health, because you are having symptoms of high blood pressure and diabetes. Not
You can walk long stretches because you tire quickly among other things.
II. Answer the following questions analytically.
to. Choose among the theorizing mentioned here, the one that best applies to the situation according to
you.
1. Dorothea E. Orem
2. Betty Neuman
3. Nola Pender
4. Sister Callista Roy
5. Virginia Henderson
b. Explain the theory or model and its theorizer (Name of the theory, Name of theorizer and
a brief summary of this)
c. Justify why you chose this theorizer and its theory to support the process by
What is the patient going through?
d. Indicate how you would apply that theory or model to the hypothetical situation.
and. Make a conclusion.
F. Comment on your experience applying the theory and how easy or difficult it was for you
make that application to the assigned case. It must have at least two paragraphs.
g. APA style references.
h. Pages in brief three (3).
i. It must be delivered on time on the date indicated.
j. Submit the work on the assigned form and on the blackboard platform.

Answer 1

I.Mrs. Juana Gracia:

weight: 206 pounds = 93.44 kg

Height: 5'2" = 152 cm

Diabetes: A group of metabolic diseases where by a person has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce or inability to metabolize sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin.

Hypertension: Abnormally high Blood pressure is called Hypertension.

II) a. Theory: Health promotion model by Nola J Pender ( 1982)

b. Pender's Health promotion model:

Nola. J . Pender is a nursing theorist born on 16 August 1941 at Michigan, US. She proposed the health promotion model in the year of 1982. This model describes the multidimensional nature of a person's health status and the behaviour that is focused on promoting health is the behavioural outcome. The basic assumptions of this theory are,

* Individuals can actively regulate their behaviour

* Individuals can interact with the environment by transforming the biophysical environment or by transforming self in terms of Environment.

* For changing a behaviour pattern, one have to initiate a self configuration and make changes in the environment.

* Health professionals, especially nurses, who are a part of interpersonal environment  can influence the person's behaviour and health.

Pender's Health promotion model, emphasise that health care providers, families, peers can motivate/ influence health promoting behaviour , that can increase health status of the individual and will prevent the diseases or its complications.

c. Justification of choosing the Theory.

Nola J Pender's Health promotion model can be applied in any individual' s situation related to health. It focuses mainly on adapting the health promoting behaviour, so that individual can prevent the diseases or complications of already developed disease. In the above scenario, the hypothetical patient,is suffering with Diabetes and Hypertension. If she is not controlling the behaviours that is undesirable for Health such as eating restaurant foods , junk foods and Physical inactivity, she will develop many complications associated with Diabetes and Hypertension. According to Health promotion model, here Healthcare Provider / Nurses can influence the patient to change her behaviour and to adapt health promoting behaviours , to change her environment for preventing further complications.

d. Mrs. Juana Gracia is suffering with Diabetes and Hypertension. She is an obese lady with risk of developing heart disease or stroke, if she is not controlling her diet and life style . According to Pender's Health promotion model, nurse can interact with her and establish a therapeutic relationship, so that she can influence Mrs. Juan for adapting health promoting behaviours such as heart healthy diet with low calorie and low fat, regular exercise, weight loss etc. She can support her to avoid any drinking habits, if any. Motivate the patient to change her behaviour of consuming unhealthy diet, inactivity etc. Educate her the risk of not controlling Sugar level or Blood pressure, that can lead to Coronary heart disease, stroke, heart attacks, renal failure etc. If the patient is ready to accept the health promoting behaviour of healthy diet, weight loss, regular exercise, she can largely prevent the occurance of complications.  

(F. Usually when ( I) apply Health promotion model to my own health and for my patient's situation, it proven its effectiveness . Those whose affect or attitude to change is positive, then it will be easy for adapting health promoting behaviour. For me , when My attitude towards lossing the extra weight become positive, I easily motivated to do exercises, avoided junk foods and artificial sweeteners etc. That helped to loss extra weight. Nowi can keep the idel body weight, not less not more.)