Question

how would you encourage a healthy lifestyle and/or health promotion for a patient with a view of time that may be negatively impacting their care and well-being? Please be specific and provide at least 2 examples giving reasons for your choices.

Answer 1

Being healthy should be part of our overall lifestyle. Living a healthy Life can help prevent chronic disease and long term illness. Feeling good about yourself and taking cate of our health are important for our self esteem and self image . Maintain a healthy lifestyle by doing what is right for our body.

• Exercise and physical therapy

advice on aerobic , flexibility , strength training and balaby exercises to help manage and reduce symptoms.

• Nutrition

​​​​​​​good nutrition is often the first line of defence to avoid many disease, including peripheral neuropathy. Find advice for keeping a healthy diet., Shopping and managing drug side effects.

• Self - care and coping skills

​​​​​​​advice for daily care of our physical needs and managing the stress of dealing with peripheral neuropathy.

• Assistive devices

A sampl of the product available to help you remain as independent as possible , and maintain our own safety when living with a physical disability.

• Be conscious in diet

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​To maintain a healthy lifestyle , we need to keep eating healthy. Adding more fruits and vegetables in our diet and eat less carbohydrates. High sodium and unhealthy fat . Avoid eating jink food and sweets.

• Engaged in a things that you are in passionate about

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​every now and then , to keep the stress and the demands of life from taking over , take a break to do something you love doing.

• Surround yourself with positive energy

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​In order to have a sound mental state , we must surround ourselves with poyenergy. Yes, not all problems can be avoided. But it helps to face such obstacles with an optimist outlook.surround ourself with encouraging friends and people that will provide us with constructive criticism every once in awhile to help us improve.

• power attitude

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​A positive attitude can boost our energy , heighten our inner strength , inspire others , and garner the fortified to meet difficult challenges.

Positive thinking often starts with the self talked . Self talk is the endless stream of unspoken thought that run through our head every day. Surround yourself with positive people. Spend time with people who are positive, supportive and who energize us. Be positive ourselves . If we don't want to be surrounded by negative people

Control the negative thinking. This can be done by:-

See the glass as half full rather than half empty.

Anticipated the best outcome

Stay the middle ground . Don't view everything in extreme - as either fantastic or a catastrophe. This will help to reduce our highs and lows.