Lifestyle and health practices profile

Your Name: Date:

Your Instructor’s Name:

Purpose: This assignment is to help you gain insight regarding the influence of an individual’s lifestyle and health-related practices, on their opportunities for health promotion. You are to obtain a lifestyle and health practices profile using yourself as the client, and then practice analyzing the data to formulate a health promotion nursing diagnosis.

Disclaimer : When completing a Lifestyle and Health Profile on an actual client, it is essential that the information is accurate and all areas are addressed. ** Please note that for this assignment, a few sections containing sensitive information have been marked optional.** This assignment will only be shared for academic-related purposes, and will not be seen by your classmates. However, if you wish to leave any of the areas marked “option to not respond” blank, points will not be deducted. All areas not marked as optional must be completed for full credit. Contact your visiting professor if you have any questions or concerns.

Directions : Refer to the Personal Life and Health Practices Profile guidelines and grading rubric found in Course Resources to complete the information below. This assignment is worth 200 points.

Type your answers on this form. Click Save as and save the file with the assignment name and your last name, e.g., “NR305_Week2_Personal_ Lifestyle_Form_Smith”. When you are finished, submit the form to the Life and Health Practices Profile Dropbox by the deadline indicated in your guidelines. Post questions in the Q & A Forum or contact your instructor if you have questions about this assignment.

1: Complete the Life and Health Practices Profile (130 Points)

Complete the Life and Health Practices Profile below, using yourself as the client. Please document your responses professionally, as you would in a client’s actual health record. Provide enough information to have answered the questions completely. For clarity, write full sentences in your documentation. All questions in each section must be addressed, except for those indicated as optional. If a question does not apply to you, please indicate this in the findings as “N/A”.

Lifestyle and Health Practices Profile

Description of Typical Day

Findings

Briefly describe your typical daily routine from the time you wake up until bedtime.

Nutrition and Weight Management Questions

Findings

What do you eat in a typical day? What type of foods do you prefer, how often do you eat throughout the day, and about how much do you eat?

Do you eat out frequently, or mainly prepare meals at home? If you eat out, what type of restaurants do you usually eat at?

Do you tend to eat only when hungry? Have you noticed if your eating habits change when you are stressed, bored, or depressed?

Who typically purchase and prepares the food you eat?

What type of fluids do you usually drink? How much?

Activity and Exercise Questions

Findings

Describe your daily activity patterns.

Do you follow an exercise plan? If yes, what types of exercise, for what duration, and how often?

Do you have physical limitations that do not allow you to follow a moderately strenuous exercise program?

**option to not respond**

What type of activities do you enjoy for recreation and leisure?

Sleep and Rest Questions

Findings

Describe your typical sleeping patterns.

Do you have trouble falling asleep?

About how many hours of sleep do you get each night?

Do you typically feel well-rested during the day?

Do you nap during the day? How often and for how long?

Do you have routine at night that helps you fall asleep?

Substance Use Questions

Findings

How much alcohol do you consume on the average?

**option to not respond**

Do you consume beverages containing caffeine? If so, how often and how much?

Do you currently or have you ever smoked or used any form nicotine products? For how long? How many packs per week?

Tell me about any past efforts to quit.

Have you ever taken a medication that was not prescribed to you? If so, explain.

Do you currently use, or have you ever used, recreational drugs? If so, describe.

**option to not respond**

Do you take vitamins or herbs or any other supplements? If so, what are they?

Self-Care Questions

Findings

Describe your best talents and abilities?

How do you feel about yourself? Your appearance?

What are some examples of activities you do to keep yourself safe and healthy? Or to prevent disease?

(i.e., I apply sunscreen to prevent skin cancer.)

Do you practice safe sex?

*option to not respond**

How often do you schedule routine medical check-ups and screenings?

How often do you visit the dentist?

How often do you schedule a vision screening?

Social Questions

Findings

What do you do to relax?