Patient Profile Assignment

Patient Profile

Name: Amanda Fieldcrest

Age: 37

Gender: Female

Race: African American

Locale: Miami

Status: Married

Children: 0

Religion: Christian

Job title: Attorney

Health care event: Annual Appointment

Place of care: Miami Medical Office

Health care insurance: Blue Cross Blue Shield

Patient's past medical history: Obese

Diagnosis of current event/condition: Deemed obese and placed on weight management plan.

Patient Proflie Assignment

Introduction

Patient- Ms. Amanda Fieldcrest

In this patient profile assignement, we would attempt to analyze a patient named Amanda Fiedlcrest. Amanda is a 37 year old married women. The specific information related to her is mentioned in the patient profile above. We would identify the different modes of treatment, healthcare policies, work processes in integrated care services, access to healthcare for Amanda and other variables associated to her treatment and care. The below discussion would certainly aid health care professionals in treating Amanda. The paper would also give us a better understanding of the variables and methods involved in treating obesity other than conventional healthcare practices.

Overview

It is believed that approximately 33 percent of the adult population in the United States is obese. The figure has shot up from a mere 24 percent almost a decade ago. The United States government believes that obesity is one of the most vital health concerns in the country (NIDDK, 2012). As the prevalence of obesity has increased over the years and continues to rise, almost all major health care providers in the country should be ready to treat an increased number of obese patients.

Obesity tends to prevalent among both men and women. African American women also seem to be affected by obesity (Riggs, 2001). As in the given patient profile, Ms. Fieldcrest a middle aged African American women is suffering from obesity. She is an educated women and has no children; even then she has not been able to fight obesity.

Work Processes of Integrated Care Services

The integrated care services on obesity involves a number of processes in contemporary health care. The healthcare providers need to overcome a vast array of barriers to ensure that obese patients are given optimal medical care so they can return to their normal lives and live a happy and healthier life. One of the primary medical processes involved in integrated care services for obese patients invovles keeping a check on the vital signs of the patient and monitoring the blood sugar, pressure and other key meaures of the person's blood and body mass levels. Having appropriate supplies and equipment is mandatory for the treatment of Ms. Fieldcrest or any other obese patient (Davis, 2001).

Access to Care for the Patient

If we closely analyze the current scenario, it is evident that obesity and similar health disparities not only affect the patients alone, but they also have an impact on the primary health care providers as well. From the perspective of nurses, their duties tend to become more difficult and often impossible when dealing with overweight patients. For instance, the regular instruments used in health screening might need to be modified or may not be usable on them at ...