Homework Title: The Holistic Patient Assessment
Length: 1250 to 1500 words.
Part I: Choose an adult (over the age of 18) friend or relative and perform a holistic health assessment. Clearly document your holistic health assessment data
Your assessment should include the following parts:
1. Health History
2. Physiological Assessment
3. Psychological Assessment
4. Social Assessment
5. Cultural Assessment
6. Developmental Assessment
7. Spiritual Assessment
Part II: Interpret the findings in your holistic health assessment data according to pathophysiologic disease states.
1. Choose one physiologic abnormality and discuss possible pathophysiologic reasons for the abnormality.
2. Look at the abnormality on a holistic basis.
3. How does this abnormality impact the other areas of the patient's life, especially those areas discussed in this course?
4. Discuss the client's stress and coping mechanisms.
5. Are they healthy?
6. What improvements could be made?
Part III: Create a teaching plan that addresses the client holistically by applying the assessment data you have analyzed.
1. Describe at least one client goal for each of the categories (physical, psychological, social, cultural, developmental, and spiritual).
2. How will you teach the client about the goal?
3. How will you evaluate your teaching?
Part IV: Prepare a PowerPoint presentation for your patient teaching.
1. You should have at least six slides (one for each type of goal - physical, psychological, social, cultural, developmental, and spiritual), in addition to the title slide, objective slide, and references slide.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.