Case study-Myocarial infarction

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NUR 364:

Human Sciences in Nursing 2

Alice Pryce-Williams

March 2007 Cohort

Human Sciences in Nursing 2

This assignment is going to explore how biological, psychological and social factors of a person's life may impact upon their health status. This will be done by including a detailed patient profile of Jane, a 55 year old patient, who suffered a myocardial infarction (MI) and was nursed in an acute hospital setting. The altered physiology that occurred as a result of the MI will be looked at with consideration to psychosocial factors that may have contributed to the patient's illness. MI is one of the most common manifestations of CHD according to Todd (2008) and so Jane's main risk factors for the development of coronary heart disease (CHD) will be identified, with particular attention on the issue of smoking. How smoking may have contributed to the cause of an MI will then be explored, with an analysis of the factors that may have influenced Jane taking up smoking. The main factors that will be looked at will be how living in a low social economic household gives more chance of becoming a smoker, and how influences from family