One Step Closer Wellhealth

09/17/2023

TBA mental health check ☑️

Reminder

07/02/2023

Take a minute for mental health & wellness 💯 then do what's best for you ♥

03/01/2023

It's a fact the importance of patient and family teaching in healthcare remains urgent. I want to shed light on the useful tool of focused assessments potential of effectiveness when utilized at home. Focused assessments are widely utilized by healthcare providers to facilitate more detailed health data not only for progressive direct care but also to aid in communicating healthcare information within nurse to patient relations. A focused assessment creates a detailed nursing assessment limiting target to specific body system or area of the body related to the presenting problem and chief complaint. Focused assessments generally can be broken down into four steps. 1. Notate all health history of targeted system such as treatments, medications, hospitalizations, as well as environmental exposures. 2. Do a local skin check for any changes in color, temperature, swelling, and pain. 3. Detail all current symptoms and any other perceptive subjective health data. 4. If available include any collected objective data for example, temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and respirations. The importance of patient/family teaching techniques introduced in new settings for example focused assessments at home directly relates to aid patients ability to recognize, identify, and relay presenting signs and symptoms to healthcare providers. Encouraging patients to utilize a focused assessment has potential to improve communication of health data from patient to healthcare provider and increase understanding of targeted health data by breaking down details to area of specific chief complaint.

11/30/2022

CONTINUE proper handwashing and stop the spread 👍🏼Current statistics show rising new cases and hospitalizations via CDC coronavirus data tracker.

11/26/2022

Coronavirus and the continued importance to make available developing information remains high priority. One Step Closer Wellhealth intends to network current CDC coronavirus guidelines and recommendations. In best effort to sequence coronavirus detection protocols the first step is identifying factors indicating coronavirus testing. Additional signs and symptoms statically rising in report from patient chief complaints urge consideration the potential to vary strain to strain. The Center for Disease Control is currently advising anyone exhibiting the following signs and symptoms listed as follows:
*Fever,
*Cough
*Chills
*Headaches,
*Difficulty breathing
*Shortness of breath,
*Fatigue,
*Muscle aches
*Loss of taste/smell
*Lack of appetite
*Sore throat
*Nausea & Vomiting
*Diarrhea
In addition to listed above please seek immediate medical attention with trouble breathing, persistent pain, changes in level of consciousness, new confusion, inability to wake, cyanosis and pale/gray skin changes with relation to skin tone. Now let's switch gears a bit post pandemic. Developing real time insights update currently indicate vital need for research in link's between coronavirus and antibodies. Highlights yield a progressive need for antibody level testing for immune response analysis. The importance of antibody level testing aid in identifying level of immunity to coronavirus. Here's a breakdown, coronavirus spike proteins are exact by definition but it's the "spike mechanism" that holds potential to allow coronavirus to bind. Its key understanding T-cell response quickly begins vital processes to destroy and deactivate spread when infection is recognized. Antibody level testing via simple fingerstick now conveniently available from the comfort of home as an option is gaining notice in it's ability to detect previous exposure before PCR availability. Once detected testing shows antibody spike protein ratio and individualized immune defense profiling. Antibody level testing results 0.4 u/ml - 0.8 u/ml indicate negative result 0 detection and results >2500 u/ml indicate positive for high risk factor. Please note after receiving your result consult with your primary care physician or medical professional for further patient teaching and subsequent breakdown. Vital networking of resources and health information remains key in making informed decisions regarding your health and wellness.

Please click the links below to access related resources:

https://diagnostics.roche.com/global/en/products/params/sars-cov-2-rapid-antibody-test.html

11/24/2022

Support is available for anyone who needs help putting food on the table during the Please click the link below and have a Happy 🦃🦃

Food banks, food pantries, soup kitchens, and faith groups offer free Thanksgiving meals. Learn how to find a free thanksgiving meal near you.

11/19/2022

Keep fighting everyday however possible to change and even be preventative in the peace that is wellness.

If you're in the Chicago area: Fair Haven Crisis Center resource:

11/14/2022

Health and wellness is often perceived as pertaining only to the body's physiology and disease process. It's time to switch gears a bit to a more holistic view. Not only is health and wellness a necessity to anatomy but it's extension to activities of daily living is vital. One Step Closer Wellhealth intends to network resources and even share a point view of vital information in the quality of care/life pursuit.

Please click the link to learn more about visual color acuity and mental health:

How color benefits mental health | AkzoNobel