Often in practice, we nurses deal with a variety of illnesses and treatments and often have to react to the illness the patient presents during our interaction. While this is an essential aspect of our practice, we also have a duty to our patients to be proactive in preventing specific health consequences based on their risk factors and in promoting their health and well-being. Health promotion in relation to nursing is about giving our patients the opportunity to increase control over their lives and well-being and includes: focusing on their health and not just the disease, empowering our patients, recognizing that health involves many dimensions and is also influenced by factors beyond their control (Whitehead et al. 2008). This document will provide an example of how we as nurses can be successful in applying the nursing process and various technological advances to promote the health and well-being of our patients. Involved in this process, we must include the following criteria: an understanding of health promotion, a value of health promotion, strategies and content to promote health, involving the patient in the process, addressing barriers to successful health promotion and using health facilitators. promotion (Whitehead et al. 2008). We must not only focus on the patient's current state of health, but on promoting the positive well-being that he desires and can achieve with our help and encouragement. This author met with a patient named JB to evaluate her current health status and her needs to ensure her health and well-being or, as she put it, "to make sure she is the one in the future for her children" . JB was a nice, honest patient who had the enthusiasm and desire to improve her current… half the work… by focusing on health promotion and diabetes prevention, we can slow this pace for the sake of health and the well-being of our patients and their families. Works Cited Whitehead, D., Wang, Y., Wang, J., Zhang, J., Sun, Z., & Xie, C. (2008). Health promotion and health education practice: nurses' perceptions. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 61(2), 181-187. Castro, F., Shaibi, G. Q., & Boehm-Smith, E. (2009). Ecodevelopment contexts for preventing type 2 diabetes in Latino and other racial/ethnic minority populations. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 32(1), 89-105. Schulze, M. B., & Hu, F. B. (2005). PRIMARY PREVENTION OF DIABETES: what can be done and how much can be prevented?. Annual Review of Public Health, 26(1), 445-467. Wyness, L. (2009). Understanding the role of diet in preventing type 2 diabetes. British Journal of Community Nursing, 14(9), 374.