Clinical Study: Application of the Neuman Systems Model on a Patient with Hypokalemia

The definition of health is the state of being free from illness and injury, it can also be used to explain a person’s mental or physical condition.

What nutrients are and how they affect our body, malnutrition, deficiency etc. The guidelines which determine nutritional health including dietary reference values (DRV), what a balanced diet is and how to maintain this, what BMI is and how to calculate it, the eat well plate, I will explain possible influences on dietary intake, assess how these influences may affect the nutritional health of individuals and I will also make realistic recommendations for minimising the impact of negative influences on individuals in a specific health and social care setting.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze my personal dietary intake as a way of better understanding the ways in which the foods I consumer are helping or hurting my overall nutrition and health. This project is about understanding how consuming too much or too little of particular nutrients can be unhealthy and do harm to one 's body over time. Even more, this project is about dispelling some of the myths that are present about nutrient consumption in order to have a more scientific understanding of what is considered healthy in food and nutrient consumption.

My definition of health is the overall well-being of an individual including several factors. They include the present state of mind of an individual, the financial situation an individual may be in, the environment the individual may be exposed to, and the genetics of the person.

This chapter deals with dieting and why going into a diet program is important for a person. The chapter touches on the misconceptions about diet are discussed which, as experts claim, is one of the reasons why losing weight fails.

The environment is any external or internal aspect of a person’s life. Any feature of the patient, family, or community’s surroundings that may influence one’s comfort is how Kolcaba defines environment.

This paper shows what exactly I all ate over the past three days while putting all the foods in the following food groups to show me if I have a healthy and balanced diet. All this data was collected by myself and put into a website called SuperTracker. SuperTracker is a website used by many when it comes to recording there daily foods they consumed. Not only did this show me if I was eating the necessary amount off of each step of the food pyramid but also did it show me the amount of calories I was taking in versus the amount of calories I should be taking in. In this paper you will see my daily physical activity and the amount of minutes I put into a week in just 3 days being an athlete. This paper examines just my diet through March 8th- March 10th for every meal and every snack I had each day. I will explain the rest in this paper about the food I consumed and my physical activity and if it’s enough for me.

The patient is an 88-year-old female who presents with profound weakness, headache and abdominal pain. The patient is known also to have hypertension and Parkinson's disease. On presentation she presented with profound hyponatremia with a sodium of 124. She was also an acute kidney injury, as well as UTI. She grew an Escherichia coli. She is known to have chronic hyponatremia and it was felt to be secondary to Thiazide diuretics which have been changed. She has been treated with Frosemide and despite that presents with this profound hyponatremia. It is feeling of the nephrologist that this patient needs further work-up in order to determine the etiology of her hyponatremia. The hypernatremia places her in a very increased risk for falls.

According to Floyd, Mimms and Yelding (2008) Webster’s Dictionary defines health as “the condition of being sound in body, mind and spirit… freedom from physical disease or pain.” This definition has very much taken the holistic view. Wellbeing is a term in which reflects on the positive emphasis on health and can be broken down into six aspects know as environmental, physical, social, emotional, mental and spiritual. To achieve a high balance of wellbeing it is vital that a person is able to balance and take care of each aspect effectively. Underdown (2007) implies that in 1948 the World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as ‘a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not just the absence of disease or infirmity.’ This definition took a holistic view as it mentions mental and social wellbeing and it was supported as it focused on a person being healthy rather than not being ill. However, this definition has been widely criticized. Seedhouse (1986) believed that for someone to be in perfect state of health is unachievable and unrealistic.

”Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." (WHO, 1948) Wellness

Diet is a word that people use daily in this time and age and yet there are many people that are unclear about what exactly this word means and how this word can impact their lives. Most misconstrue the actual meaning of the word. A diet is not just some thing that people go on for a few weeks to lose weight, it is a compilation of everything a person consumes for the entirety of their life. There are three established principles for a healthy diet: variety, balance and moderation. When eating, it is key to consume different types of nutrients from a variety of sources. Foods like vegetables should be balanced out with sources of fats. Most importantly every type of food should be moderated in its consumption. Vegetables are the most

As times change, our society seems to have more and more difficulties of choosing the healthy side. For example: choosing between a black bean burger and a pizza. But the factor of price still remains. Yet there are many reasons as to why eating healthy is best for the body, and some specific conditions of which a healthy diet can prevent and control are: Heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and some types of cancer. According to pharmaceutical/biotech, Alissa Fleck, “From eating healthier, many would begin to stay healthy”. Decreasing the amount of people having to go to the doctors for issues that could have been solved by a balanced diet. By following a healthy food plan, it will contribute positively to one’s weight throughout their whole life. Adding to that, a healthy food plan will improve self-esteem and

At no other time in history has there been so much scientific research available about nutrition, giving humans an enormous advantage in fueling their bodies with healthy food choices. Despite this accessible knowledge it appears we are still burdened with the need to “diet”, to fit in modern society’s standards. Is dieting helping the longevity of the human species or is it purely dangerous? Not all diets contain risky methods for losing weight. A well-balanced diet can increase live expectancy and lesson the chance of contracting disease. Eating well can also increase productivity in humans, generate a heightened mental prospective and could easily stop the rising obesity rates in todays culture. Concerning such aspects as long term health effects and the consequences from a unhealthy diet placed on mental stability, dieting could be distinguished as a disadvantage to the human species. Emily Mathieu (2011), reporter for the Toronto Star Newspaper, states that at least six billion dollars is spent annually by Canadians on weight loss surgeries, pills, special diets and meal replacements. Not only can dieting affect bank accounts, but it also has thousands of symptoms that are not conveyed by most, if not all, dieting companies. Research from Stanley S. Bass concludes that most dieters experience depression, headaches, fatigue and many other symptoms, while trying to obtain their “dream body”. Restricting diet is extremely unhealthy and can lead not only to death, but also

A growing number of people are becoming aware of the importance of eating healthy. For some eating a nutritious and healthy meal conjures up images of meals consisting of salads only. Everyone knows there is something they could change in his or her life to become healthier. For some it is exercising and eating healthier. When it is concerning healthy eating, it is good to receive educated about what is healthy to eat. Living food smart doesn’t mean that he or she have to give up his or her favorite meals and concentrate on calorie counting. The equation to dieting is simple; it is about balance and moderation. Eating the correct

My definition of health is the ability to be able to balance the physical and mental aspects of one’s life by being able to adapt to new environments and situations. In other words, health is much more than being free from ailments and sickness, but it is a way of life. Over the years, this description has shape shifted in correlation to my surroundings. I will go into deeper detail later on how I derived to my present definition, but I will start by introducing the one that I grew up to know.