Health education tool for Miss S.'s family using Watson's theory

Health Educational Tool

Health Education Tool

Family Background

Miss S. is an African-American who is 67 years old. She came to the United States at the age of 20 and currently performing the roles of housekeeping. Miss S. is married to Mr. S who is 69 years old, suffering from disability resulting from stroke. The two have five children: two girls and three boys. The older daughter is ailing thus the constant battles with colon cancer with metastasis. Members of the family are disturbed and require quality assistance and encouragement. According to the information from Miss S, the daughter is on acute rehab following the development of anaphylactic reaction resulting from the IV contrast dye during the CT scan of the abdomen. Miss S. is now extensive responsible for the two boys belong to her daughter. She is willing to corporate and offer valuable information in relation to her family. I decided to work with this family because of the interesting and sad situation they are experiencing. My project manager introduced me to the family. I discussed with Miss S. On my plans for the next few works in relation to her family and she agreed to participate.

Three prioritized nursing diagnosis

According to the assessment of the family's situation, the prioritized nursing diagnoses include smoking cessation, dietary education, and stress management or coping. These problems contribute towards the adverse situation of the family.

Step 1: Introduction

This stage will focus on getting to know the family through organization and integration of interactive sessions with the family members. This stage is valuable in the determination and understanding of the values and cultural perspectives of the two parties.

Step 2: Identification of the problem

This stage will focus on the mining of valuable information to supplement the valuable data from the background of the family. This relates to the identification of the principal and minor causes to the problems facing the family with the aim of adopting and implementing health education tool to minimize the extent of the situation.

Step 3: Implementation of the health education tool

This stage will focus on the discussion of the positive and negative aspects of the problems. It will contribute towards the minimization of the problems of the family through effective education on the concepts of their problems. This stage will also entail implementation of the problems management program, activities, and events in which the family members need to participate in to aid their situation. The course of the third stage will be gradual with the aim of achieving the objectives and goals of the educational tool.

Stage 4: Evaluation

The last stage of the process will focus on the evaluation of the performance of the tool. This is through the determination of the achievement of the objectives within the context of the family problems. This stage will determine the need to adopt and implement another program in case of lack of achievement of the objectives.

Demonstration of the Health Education Tool

The background information of the family illustrates that the problems revolve around stress and coping. This indicates the need to eliminate or reduce elements of stress and its levels within the family. The health educational tool will focus on identification of causes or sources of stress, positive and negative aspects of the problem, and implementation of effective measures towards the elimination of the problem. This will involve quality interaction with the family members on different sessions (Anne Fothergill et al., 2004).

Relation of the Tool to Healthy People 2020 LHI

The aim of this health education tool is to combat health issues or challenges thus the achievement of a healthy society. This aim is in accordance with the objectives of the Healthy People 2020 LHI. The program contributes towards the development of healing environment and minimization of health challenges thus relates to the Healthy People 2020 LHI.

How participating family's health needs represent greater community health & environmental issues

Family is the fundamental unit of the society or community. Elimination of the community problems or health issues starts with the concept of the family. Many individuals within the society in the context of the United States suffer from similar problems in the form of smoking, stress, and dietary issues. This indicates that the family problems are reflections of the community problems.

Coordination, complementation, and replacement of community & health services by the Health Educational Tool

The health education tool will focus on the provision of quality healthcare programs thus coordination between the community health services and program. There is a relationship in the development of healing environment through minimization or elimination of the problems facing the family. The program also follows effective procedures in accordance with the nursing professionalism thus coordinating the functions of the community health services.

Values, potential cultural biases, family's cultural, spiritual, and ethical values

Some of the potential cultural biases, values, and ethical values might arise because of the different views on openness to the outsiders, socialization process, and interpretation of events, willingness to change, language barrier, family order, and unique interaction cultures.

Management of potential conflict with personal values & biases during the educational session

In order to manage the potential diversity effectively and efficiently, it is essential to appreciate diversity of cultures and apply multiculturalism in the interaction with the family members. This is through the development of quality environment for increased participation by the family members during the implementation of the health education tool (Shenkar, 2001).

Epidemiological influences affecting health & well-being of the family

Some of the epidemiological factors influencing the well-being of the family include diet, smoking, alcohol, age, ethnic group, stress, anxiety, lack of exercise activities, and environment. Other factors might include family medical history and gender.

How to advocate for the family

The program will advocate for the family through the application of educational plans on how to minimize the essence of their problems. This is through provision of vital information to promote their health needs and assistance towards elimination of the problems such as colon cancer, stress management, and quality dietary education.

Encouragement of the family to become partners in their own case

Encouragement of the family to be come members of their own case will depend on the creation of quality and interactive environment. This is through making the family members to feel and understand that the course is for their own good. This is essential through appreciation of cultural differences, development of cultural empathy, and illustration of cultural intelligence in the development and implementation of the health education tool.

Capabilities & Willingness of the family to Comply with the Health Educational Strategies

According to the first interaction with Miss S, there is high degree and willingness to corporate and participate in the implementation of the health educational strategies. This is vital towards the achievement of the goals and objectives through maximum involvement of the family members in the implementation process. Participation and corporation is also vital for the evaluation process with the aim of adopting and integrating new measures incase the educational health tool fails in the achievement of the goals and objectives.