Assessment and Care Planning for the Adult in Hospital Care planning is the most important aspect of holistic care even though it is highly underestimated and often neglected. A holistic assessment involves looking at the individual as a whole rather than their illness. By doing this we can form a balance between the nature of person and the environment they are in. Holistic assessment will help to identify individuality, personality and spirituality (Makienen et al, 2003). More often a nursing assessment is based on the medical side of the patient rather than the holistic approach.
The person as defined in Henderson’s model is all encompassing; it applies to the sick, the well and the dying. Caring would include a genuine interaction with the patient, being a source of comfort and strength, and when the patient is well, the nurses must make sure to empower the patients to take care of themselves. Moreover, during that time, nurses functions were not identified programs for skills training and even education varied from school to school, to countries and even in hospitals .There were also legal barriers to how nurses should carry out their duties, which made the profession’s position in healthcare ambiguous and misunderstood. Nursing is primarily helping people in performing basic bodily functions that they are able to do if they are well and to provide this care and help in a limited time only (Henderson, 1991). It stressed more on what the nurses should do and who should they take care of and thus belongs to the reciprocal interaction world view category.
| If the patient has to take more than one type of medication at the same time; they will get confused if the Doctor hasn’t clearly explained how they should take it. | This can be related to Argyle’s Stages of Communication because the patient needs to trust the doctor to know what he or she wants them to do. | Improves level of care for everyone | More than one nurse taking care of a patient at a hospital or in an elderly people’s home. | If they don’t communicate with each other than they may end up repeating things or the patient won’t trust the nurses. | This can be related to Tuckman’s theory of Group Interaction because the Nurses have to work together so that they can provide the best care for that patient
There are other mistakes made with dosages. This mainly occurs when the nurse transcribes the doctor’s orders to the MAR. Some medicines are prescribed in milligrams, but the medicine actually comes in micrograms or vice versa. These dosages are not the same, milligrams are larger than micrograms, and this could be disastrous, causing the nurse to overdose the patient, or not give enough to the patient. Following simple procedures while handing out medication the nurse can actually save someone’s life.
Hildegard Peplau's Theory In reading about the various theories of nursing, it was difficult to decide on which to write about. So many had such clarity and common sense to them. As soon as I read about one I would think, “Yes, that’s the one I really agree with.” Then I would read on about another, and think, “No, this one is even better.” I thought I had it narrowed down to Sister Callista Roy’s-Adaptive Model, Virgina Henderson’s-Nursing Assessment and Madeline Leiinger’s-Transcultural Theory. Nevertheless, after reading about Hildegard Peplau’s-Interpersonal Relations, I knew that had to be the one. I am sure my keen interest in psychiatric nursing had a lot to do with this decision.
Despite the lack of responsibility, there are women who are not freemartins that, “did not forget their contraceptive precautions by the regulations,” (Huxley, 77). Women who are not free martins have the responsibility to take their contraceptives in order to not get pregnant but this is not quite a responsibility because they are trained and conditioned to do so. In this society, one is trained to do things a certain way and any other way is wrong so the responsibility there is has been already taught and instilled in the brain to the point that it isn’t a responsibility anymore. In this society there are still outcasts who find it is their responsibility to keep up appearances, such as when Bernard goes to Solidarity Service and, “ he heard nothing and, for him nobody was
The importance goes further to the core of the problem focusing on the nurse and evaluating what is needed to be done in order to educate this patient group. The research problem involves nurses who are not comfortable discussing end-of-life issues with their patients and is identified in the first few paragraphs of the article. This is a significant problem nurses and doctors can educate, manage and monitor for these chronic patients. The purpose is not clearly stated in the study, but is inferred within the abstract of the article as well. Patients and families dealing with potential end-of-life issues is a very common problem in health care today.
Transcendental Meditation There is a trend occurring shifting the medical model to a holistic healing that utilizes complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The medical model is excellent at treating acute life threatening diseases and injuries. Modern medicine is struggling to treat chronic medical and psychological problems with pharmacological medications, hospitalization, and lifestyle modifications. As a result, holistic healing is gaining popularity among the population in the United States. Holistic healing means taking a "wholistic" approach to balance any imbalances in a “whole” person, i.e.
Jesse Smith Close Reading Anna Barbauld’s poem, “The Rights of Woman,” has a controversial debate, describing how women should take over and rule the world. Baurbauld was a poet, a freethinker but she wasn’t considered a feminist. In the poem, Barbauld acknowledges, “But hope not, courted idol of mankind, on this proud eminence secure to stay”(25). Meaning she’s advising women to stand up and play a higher role than men. But in reality she is scared to voice her true goal of the passage.
A major point of differentiation would be that Holden does not face the challenges that Juno does and that she possesses much more of a clear emotional compass whereas Holden's is more erratic and uncontrollable. Both protagonists in these texts seek authentic relationships, and express their frustration with the inauthentic relationships that they have and form. However, Holden does seem to have reached a turning point in his life through his relationship with Phoebe at the end of the novel whilst not as defined as Juno’s, as she seems to come to terms with the phoniness of people and processes it, still choosing to live her life her way in spite of the various pressures that are placed on her. The main characters