CASE STUDY AND CARE PLAN

Apply what you have learned about Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, and demonstrate the
ability to develop a holistic plan of care, incorporating Telehealth and defining assessment and
intervention of specific population incorporating unique attributes of populations for health promotion,
wellness preservation, and maintenance of function across the health-illness continuum.

Case Study and Care Plan

Holistic nursing promotes health and healing by allowing nurses to build connections between their patients. It can be a challenge for nurses who have patients in areas that have restricted Medicare coverage. Like many industries, the advancement of technology in healthcare enhances the quality of care and improves the outcomes. Utilizing telehealth technology nurses can design efficient and effective care plans to address a variety of requirements of patients. This paper further explains this by demonstrating how telehealth affects the care of patients who are vulnerable and have difficulties with access to healthcare for rural Texas.

Patient Information

Texas is United States’ second-largest state in terms of area and population. It is the second-largest state in terms of area and population. USDA Economic Research Service (2022) states that the rate of poverty in rural areas is 15.8 percent and 17.5 percent of Texas residents do not have health insurance. Maria Alvarez is a 68-year-old Latino woman suffering from Type 1 diabetes, which seems to be genetic, as her paternal grandparents and father were both diagnosed with the condition. Maria discovered she had the disease at age 24, one year after she had the first of her children. Maria was a former secretary living with her granddaughter of 18 years, Isabella, in a tiny apartment located in Amarillo, Texas. Pension is her sole source of income. She also supplements it by the money she gets by her own children. Isabella was able to help care for her mother during her time to think and think about what she’d like to do at college. Maria is a committed catholic, and mother of five. all of her children reside in various cities across the country.