Health Care Nursing

I find the Risk-Factor theory to be the most effective and helpful. The risk factors of a family can be incidental from the lifestyle factors, the environmental factors, spiritual and cultural dimension, social psychological and the biological factors together with the health care system (Edelman, Mandle &  Kudzma, 2014). Patients from all walks of life have distinguishing features as some of them appear to tougher than the others as they are subjected to a lifestyle that makes them have a different story to tell. When assessing a patient I usually find out that there are various reasons for their behaviors that assist me in understanding the patient and establishing a powerful bond with them. Nurses always encounter a number of patients in their line of duty whereby these patients are of different personality (Edelman, Mandle &  Kudzma, 2014). The environment around us has a lot to do due to the fact that patients have different health discrepancies due to how they are raised. For instance, a person raised in a radius of a radiation plant they have high chances of incurring cancer.

The risk factor theory is more appealing as it is more diverse in family nursing as it is able to provide primary health care to all patients through a better understanding of the patient’s background of all ages.  It entails the identification of the health problem and the risk factor that revolves around it that help in developing of various interventions that address the health concerns in a better way and implement them to improve the health of an individual and the family at large (Edelman,  Mandle &  Kudzma, 2014). The theory identifies how the nurses’ works with the patients throughout their whole life cycle that help them foster a strong relationship between the patient and the health care providers.

 

Reference

Edelman, C.,  Mandle, C. L., &  Kudzma, E. C. (2014). Health promotion throughout the life span. St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier