Agnes is a 68-year-old First Nations (Aboriginal) woman with diagnoses of COPD, osteoarthritis, and diabetes

Agnes is a 68-year-old First Nations (Aboriginal) woman with diagnoses of COPD, osteoarthritis, and diabetes. She takes medication for all of these conditions and currently has mobility limitations and is being treated for a diabetic foot ulcer. She does chair exercises daily, follows a therapeutic diet, adheres to her medication routine, and maintains an appropriate body weight. She is a foster grandparent in the local school, maintains a close relationship with her family and friends, has a deeply spiritual belief system, and keeps her mind active by reading and doing Sudoku puzzles. She is knowledgeable about her illnesses.

Questions:

a) Consider where Agnes sits on the Illness-wellness continuum. Use examples from the scenario to support the answer. provide a reference/s.

b) Provide an example of how not addressing wellness can impact the domains of mental/emotional, physical and social health. Provide a reference/s.

c) Identify a health promotion strategy which aims to decrease the incidences of each of Agnes’s chronic diseases. How effective are health promotion programs in general? Provide a reference/s.

d) Complementary and alternative treatments are commonly used by patients. This question requires to identify benefits that should be considered and precautions that should be taken in nursing practice. Include reference/s.