Health Promotion
Tina Butler
Grand Canyon University
Family-Centered Health Promotion
NRS-429V
Kimberly Stout
July 28, 2012
Health Promotion
The responsibility to increase quality and years of healthy living can be challenging, each individual as well as the United States Health Care Delivery System plays an important role in improving our Nations health.
“Health promotion is defined as helping people to discover the interactions between their core passion and optimal health, enhancing their motivation to strive for better health, by making positive behavior and lifestyle changes (P.O'Donnell, 2011).” Health promotions are utilized to improve and maintain a balance of emotional, social, physical and spiritual health thru education and counseling, for individuals, their families and the community as a whole. Health care is delivered in a complicated environment. The nurse spends the majority of time with patients and their families, advocating in the acute care, long-term care setting, as well as the community. Nurses must be well educated on theories and models to assure that the appropriate theories and models are being utilized, for example, Newman’s Health Care System model relating to the Total Person Approach. “To ensure high quality care, our care as nurses should be centered on our patients, meaning we should focus on our patient’s needs and preferences not what complements our needs (F.Cipriano, 2012)”.
We as nurses must use our skills to implement and evaluate the results of evidence based research and interventions. Excellent communication skills and collaboration with other health care professional and other team members is and essential part of the nurse’s role in health promotion. Communication and collaboration is needed for continuity of care. Nurse’s attitudes, skills and character all contribute to
