ANALYSIS OF A PERTINENT HEALTHCARE ISSUE

#1 Course Case Study:

WH is a Chinese 62 y/o male with limited understanding of the English language who comes to the clinic with his adult bilingual daughter for a follow-up appointment after getting started with a new anti-hypertensive medication. Daughter complains about her father’s unwillingness to be cared for. He is a widower whose only relatives around are his daughter, a nurse, and his 13-year-old grandchild.

Include the following:

· Explain the specific socioeconomic, spiritual, lifestyle, and other cultural factors associated with the patient you were assigned. Be specific.

· Explain the issues that you would need to be sensitive to when interacting with the patient, and why.

· Describe the communication techniques you would use with this patient. Include strategies to demonstrate sensitivity with this patient. Be specific and explain why you would use these techniques.

· Summarize the health history interview you would conduct with this patient. Provide at least  five (5) targeted questions you would ask the patient to build their health history and to assess their health risks. Explain your reasoning for each question and how you frame each for this specific patient.

· Identify the risk assessment instrument you selected, and then justify why it would be applicable to your assigned patient. Be specific.