What are the biophysical, psychological, physical environmental, sociocultural, behavioral, and health system factors influencing health?

Case Study – The Elderly

Scenario:As a community health nurse, you are working in an outpatient clinic in a community that serves mainly elderly clients.

This year, you noted that 85 percent of the visits resulting in hospitalization resulted from bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia, and influenza as compared to last year. At that time; the visits were due to colds, sore throats, influenza, bronchitis, and pneumonia, in order of frequency.

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Maria Perez, a 73-year-old Cuban American woman has been referred for community health nursing services following her discharge from the hospital. She smokes two packs of cigarettes per day. She was recently hospitalized as a result of a severe shortness of breath due to an asthma attack. The primary care provider prescribed respiratory treatments using Albuterol via jet nebulizer every 4-6 hours as needed. Mrs. Perez lives alone and has three cats to take care of. Case Study – The Elderly.

Instructions:

Read the scenario above and answer the following questions:
- What are the biophysical, psychological, physical environmental, sociocultural, behavioral, and health system factors influencing Mrs. Perez’s health? Case Study – The Elderly.

Describe at least three primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention strategies that would be appropriate in resolving Mrs. Perez’s health problems. Why would they be appropriate?

What activities related to health promotion and disease prevention would you plan for the late fall? Case Study – The Elderly.

How would you evaluate your nursing interventions? What criteria would you use to evaluate care?

Your response should be 1 page.

APA Instruction:

1-Would need an Abstract. Good reference page format, citation and APT format

2- After submission, a rating of 0-15% similarity will be considered acceptable. Over 15% will not be considered acceptable.

3-NOTE: Wikipedia is not a source to be used in any of the generated work; using it will result in a “zero” for the assignment. Case Study – The Elderly