Cardiovascular Client Interview

Cardiovascular Client Interview

Introduction

The paper summarizes interview session conducted with a cardiovascular client. It provides interviewee's preparations to arrange the interview and outlines critical risk factors faced by the client. Furthermore, the paper shares a pamphlet designed by the interviewee to educate the public and the client on preventive approaches to cardiovascular disease. Finally, the paper discusses client's feedback on the usefulness and relevance of shared information.

Synopsis of Interview Session

The interview was conducted in a hypothetical setting, where the contacted person was a patient of cardiovascular disease. The information gathered and shared through this process provided an insight into various preventive measures, which can be adopted by doctors and nurses to improve the quality of cardiovascular care and educate patient's relatives and family members to support the patient in improving the health status.

Interview Arrangement

The interviewee approached his neighbor Mr. A, who has been facing cardiovascular problems for the last two years. Interview session was arranged with the consent of Mr. A at his home, where he has been living with his wife for the past twenty five years. The house was a perfect setting for in person conversation with the client and to get a better idea of Mr. A's cardiovascular care.



Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Client

A patient of cardiovascular disease might be at risk of both controllable and uncontrollable factors. Controllable factors may include blood cholesterol, diabetes, smoking habit, blood pressure, and obesity. On the other hand, uncontrollable factors can be identified as heredity, age and sex (Library for Health Information, n.d.). A person with higher risk factors is more likely to develop cardiovascular disease.

Risk Factors of Mr. A

Mr. A is 38 years old mechanical engineer, living in New York with his wife of age 37. According to his current health report, Mr. A is exposed to various risk factors that caused severity of his health, last summer. He is a keen smoker with evident symptoms of high blood pressure and increasing weight. On inquiring his family's health history, it was found that his father and two immediate maternal cousins are heart patients.

According to Texas Health Institute (2012), each year cigarette smoking is recognized as the main cause of 20% of all deaths caused by heart disease. Human vascular system is damaged by smoking, and it puts the person at risk of heart failure, stroke and other vascular disease. Furthermore, hypertension or high blood pressure is one of the ...