Imagine that you are an epidemiologist working at a hospital. Your supervisor ha
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Question
Imagine that you are an epidemiologist working at a hospital. Your supervisor has assigned you to study the challenges and possible solutions associated with certain healthy behaviors. Your supervisor asks you to review the following patient case:
Gladys is an LPN working second shift at a hospital about 1 mile from her home. She is a recent widow and mother of two teenage boys. She is 20 pounds overweight and has high blood pressure. She works long hours to support her family, but still has trouble making ends meet. She has a poor diet and doesn't exercise. Gladys says she doesn’t exercise because she is too busy. She likes to cook for her sons and makes large meals of pancakes, bacon, and fried eggs for breakfast most days. Dinners usually consist of quick prepackaged meals because they are inexpensive and fast. Gladys has been experiencing significant stress that has started to impact her life and work. Gladys came in today at the request of both her supervisor and her physician.
Your supervisor asks that you submit your evaluation of the case within a professional report. In this report, describe the challenges you see for Gladys. In addition, develop an innovative solution plan for Gladys addressing each of the identified challenges including a timeline for implementation.
Explanation / Answer
1st of all this is the case of stress and unhealthy life style because of that this lady facing problem of hypertension.
Gladys overkook
1. She is widow
2. Working in second shift
3. Two teenage child
5. Poor diet and no exercise
6. Fatty or oily breakfast
7. Prepacked dinner
These all 7 point are challenges for gladys. As you see that you come to know she is patient of stress and unhealthy life style. She is widow and has family responsibilty that is the 1st causacative agent for BP and second one is the prepacked food and oily breakfast. For her treatment we require psychological treatment as well as life style changes treatment.
Innovative solution
1. She is widow and family responsibilty also on her hence in this case we motivate her that nothing is permanent in this world, be calm and focus on your child, because you are only one for them. We also tell her not to take tension for early re cover.
2. Changes her shift from second to general because due to this she can wakeup early in morning which is good for health.
3. Tell her to away from oily breakfast better to go on juice and fruit breakfast and boiled eggs also prefered one.
4. Don't use prepacked food as it is respnsible for weight gain try to make food at home only.
5. Do morning walk from home to company.