...Medicalization commonly refers to the processes of “defining a problem in medical terms, usually as an illness or disorder, or using a medical intervention to treat it” (Barker 3). So, the idea of holistic healing presents a threat to orthodox medicine. Despite this fact, holistic and mindful therapy has gain considerable attention in modern day society. One important aspect of this treatment is that it pulls away from the dominance of doctors; and instead looks towards the individual’s understanding of his/her illness. The definition of health looks to the wellness of the mind, body, and spirit, allowing for the emphasis of individual responsibility. Studies regarding mindfulness as a form of alternative medicine have provided scientifically proven evidence on the effectiveness of holistic treatment. There are many different forms of holistic treatment including, meditation, mindfulness, one-to-one discussion, group discussions, and yoga. Neuropsychological studies have revealed that mindfulness can, in fact, change the structure of the brain, and therefore are associated with, “increased learning and memory capacity (Holzel et al., 2011b), (ii) improved self-regulatory efficacy, and (iii) greater interoceptive awareness” (Shonin, Gordon 846). Studies have...
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...Management Focusing on Acute Pain: A Multidisciplinary Concept Analysis The concept of managing acute pain is extremely significant to nursing as pain is one of the most common problems for which patients seek out health care resources. Pain is a complex and abstract concept that encompasses sensory, emotional, psychological, social, and spiritual perceptions of pain that may occur in combination with physical pain. Pain is difficult to describe and often hard to measure; although, most healthcare providers agree that pain is subjective and is to be measured qualitatively and quantitatively as the patient perceives its intensity. Pain can affect the quality of life of the individual by impacting them physically, emotionally, and financially. Pain can also impact the family and support systems. The treatment of pain and the loss of income due to pain increases the costs for health care, the individual, and the population. Analyzing and clarifying the concept of managing acute pain can increase the healthcare provider’s knowledge of acute pain management, define the concept of managing acute pain, and expand the understanding of the concept of managing acute pain. The aim of this analysis is to clarify the defining attributes of managing acute pain, identify antecedents that influence the perception of pain and the possible consequences of acute pain. Review of Literature To increase the understanding of the concept of managing acute pain, it is important to explore the definitions...
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...equality for variant cultures typically supported in the United States? Provide examples to support your statement. HLT 324V Week 1 Discussion 2 How does cultural competency occur? What can one do to become culturally aware? Describe an effective approach to using The Purnell Model when working with subcultures (immigration status, gender, political beliefs, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, educational status, etc.). HLT 324V Week 1 Allied Health Community Media Scenario Details: The ability to communicate, interact with different cultures, and think critically is essential in the medical field. The interactive media scenario you will use for this assignment illustrates a situation that could easily arise when working in health care. To complete this assignment: 1. Go to the “Allied Health Community” media link: http://lc.gcumedia.com/hlt307v/allied-health-community/allied-health-community-v1.1.html 2. Click “Enter” to begin. 3. Click on the box that says “SCENARIOS.” 4. Click on “View Scenario” for the “Critical Decision Making for Providers.” 5. Examine how the described problem might happen in your facility and the impact it could have. Work through this situation by examining all of the choices presented in the scenario. 6. When you get to the end of the scenarios, one scenario will have the word “Transcultural” on the top right corner. Click on “Transcultural.” Read the scenario and answer the four questions that are provided. While APA format is not required...
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...Watson Job Aid Wanda S. Morano NUR/405 July 16, 2012 Sandra Winters Watson Job Aid The new professional model of caring-healing practice will provide holistic care. The knowledge and principles instilled in nurses from prior years has provided guidance and research for present day nurses. The caring-healing practice is enveloped the whole, the person, the family, (to include children and distant family members), community and nurse and the hospital team). The values, ethics and moral ideals that support this practice is needed to establish a balance between all the ideas. Values should cover self-esteem, respect for others and love. What a person believes to be true are your values. These values are what needs to be used in the caring-healing practice. Morals are feelings based on what you believe to be right or wrong. Morals under the caring-healing practice cover the need to be empathetic, holistic when providing individualized care, dignity and being committed to caring and providing care that heals. Whether with a personal touch, sitting with someone, or just being in their presence, or visiting someone when you say you will visit them. The philosophy, theory and science that inform their creation and utilization cover a broad scope of things. Caring and healing should be based on health and wellness. There are things that need to be followed in the creation and utilization. People need to work with a disciplinary, collaborative team...
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...2015 There are many healing hospitals in the United States. The goal or mission of a healing hospital is to ensure the patients are safe and comfortable, and creates an environment to remind the staff of why they chose a career in the health care field. It is important for the healthcare providers to be able to provide holistic care to all patients at all times. This type of care ensures that the patient needs are being met. Having a healing environment is vital to patient outcome and treatment. True healing environments are constructed in ways that help patients and families cope with the stresses of illness (Eberest, 2008, pg.77). In order to promote healing a hospital has to have a quiet environment so the patients can an adequate amount of sleep. During sleep cells regenerate and therefore promote healing in the body. Also having a healing environment means being free from excess noise in the facility. A noisy environment may cause a patient to be fearful and have an increase in anxiety. It is important for staff to communicate using indoor- voices so patient are able to get adequate rest. Integrating work design and technology in a healing hospital is significant because it contributes to patients having individualized care. Healing hospitals promote work design and technology to increase patient confidentiality. “A good healing hospital offers highly technical advancement, but it able to integrate the technology into a caring environment delivered by a compassionate...
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...living values and having the ability to give care nonjudgmentally, to be critical thinkers, effective communicators, and responsible leaders by providing an academically challenging, value-based curricular framework of Christian culture (GCU, 2014). The College of Nursing and Health Care Professions faculty believes in educating nurses within a dedicated and supportive community of Christian values and a holistic patient centered approach. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing has the same mission in the form of research, policy, organization, finance, ethics, and professional development with nursing practice in human diversity, social issues, and health promotion and disease prevention by implementing a comprehensive holistic care model. (AACN, 2011). Curriculum GCU uses a challenging curriculum to prepare learners with the knowledge and skills needed in the current career arena by pushing learners to utilize and maximize personal intellectual motivational tools. GCU offers flexibility to students from various backgrounds, situations and workforce necessities and has created the best learning modality for their needs based on requirements of accrediting committees. Many would not have the opportunity to advance their educational cravings and professional status if there was not diversity in the educational delivery. GCU offers complete online participation in addition to campus learning environment and individualized...
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...Health Care Coordination Models: Benefits and Challenges Traci L French Salem International University Abstract: Care coordination refers to several forms of patient care management that is patient- rather than provider-focused and has the end goal of the “Triple Aim”-improved patient experience, improved population health and decreased per capita costs. These goals are achieved by developing healthcare models which promote collaborative care between providers, increase communication between health care entities, actively engage patients in health care and lifestyle choices and rely heavily on health technology to extend provider services, personalize care and monitor quality improvement efforts. The main barriers to care coordination implementation include poor reimbursement for services, difficulties with provider network communications, shortages of trained care coordination personnel and ambiguity in provider roles and responsibility, which can lead to provider accountability issues. When well-established, care coordination models allow patients to form substantive, long-term personal relationships with providers and increase personal accountability for health care choices. These relationships increase compliance with care regimens in the ambulatory setting and decrease costs with overall improvement in patient quality of life. Care coordination refers to several forms of patient care management which is patient- rather than provider-focused and has the end goal of...
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...As a committed and experienced Nurse Tech and current nursing student, I am seeking a position with Seattle Children’s Hospital that is committed to providing superior health care. My experience in the Emergency department and rehabilitation unit make me a strong candidate for this position because I have experience working with a variety of patients from many different ethnicities and backgrounds. Additionally, my clinical rotations in geriatrics and mental health nursing have helped to strengthen my therapeutic communication skills, nursing knowledge, and nursing practice. Throughout my time in the Emergency department I have learned how to collaborate with children of all ages and their families to meet their individual health care needs....
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...all health care professionals to motivate individuals to increase control over a person’s health using various social and environmental factors (World Health Organization, 2011). The idea of health promotion is what fuels the nursing profession to be what it is today. It helps to guide how patients are taken care of, how assessments are done and the health education that it is provided to the community and patients (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). Nurses are responsible for viewing patients as a whole rather than as just an illness. Holistic nursing provides a context for the patient’s environment to be included in the plan of care. By including all aspects of a person in an assessment, the nurse is promoting patterns of vigor which, in turn, support beneficial patterns of health behaviors (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). Without the keys of health promotion, nursing would not have the guidelines needed to provide excellent and individualized patient care. Nursing plays a key role in health promotion throughout various health care settings through key assessments and health education (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). As patients come into the hospital, nurses make the initial and continued assessments to ensure an individual’s motivation and attitude towards lifestyle changes and well-being. Assessments made regarding a person’s cultural and religious preferences are discovered by the nurse to make sure the plan of care is tailored individually. As each plan of care is individualized, the patient...
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...advancement of practice, pharmaceuticals, and technology have transformed nursing into a more complicated science. Nurses are expected to do more with fewer resources and the patient-centered care vanishes in the mix, but patient advocacy is imperative to nursing. As stated by Selanders and Crane (2012) “modern nursing is complex, ever changing, and multi-focused. Since the time of Florence Nightingale, however, the goal of nursing has remained unchanged, namely to provide a safe and caring environment that promotes patient health and well-being. Effective use of an interpersonal tool, such as advocacy, enhance the care-giving environment.” This paper will focus on the nursing theorists that have continued to emphasize advocacy through effective communication and interpersonal relationships. Florence Nightingale-Environment Theory Known as the founder of modern nursing, Nightingale is the theorist that most nurses can readily recall. Her desire to treat patients with a holistic approach has been influential to nursing advancing from an art to a science. Her theories have been studied and mimicked since 1860 when the first nursing school opened in London, Nightingale School of Nursing at St. Thomas’ Hospital. Nightingale’s holistic approach is still relevant in practice. Holistic care encompasses mind, body, spirit, and the environment. By providing therapeutic communication and advocacy nurses empower patients to regain health and wellness. Nightingale outlined a...
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...Health Care Provider and Faith Diversity Members of the healthcare team come in contact with a diverse multi-cultural environment on a daily basis. Every individual is just that an individual with a different worldview and varying faith background. To some individual’s, religion plays a very important role in their daily lives, while to others it may not seem to play a very big role. Newsweek (2009) polls since 1992 show religion is fairly to very important in the lives of 85% of people (as cited in Ashcraft, Anthony, & Mancuso, 2010). Numbers this high show that religion plays a major role to many and with that healthcare providers need to be aware of their own beliefs, while maintaining a respectful and supportive environment for the patients they are caring for and their beliefs. Patients along with nurses often look to their faith when in times of stress and illness. This paper will discuss the Native American spirituality philosophy compared to the Christian philosophy. Native American Spirituality According to the United States census (2000) “4.3 million people (1.5% of the total United States population) self-identified as American Indian or Alaska Native (as cited in Hubbert, 2008). Native American healing practices may include traditional healers such as medicine men and women, herbalists, and shaman who work to return the individual to optimal health. Rituals of healing and purification ceremonies, sand painting, spiritual chants, dancing, therapeutic sings, along...
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...the requirements of N5327 Analysis of Theories in Nursing Ronda Mintz-Binder, RN, MN, DNP March 10, 2014 Effects of Humor and Laughter on Healing in Adults with Illness: A Multidisciplinary Concept Analysis The stressors of illness, together with the stressors of everyday life, can challenge the coping mechanisms of all patients. The relationship between humor and health dates back to the bible: “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones” (Proverbs 17:22, New International Version). Research across many disciplines has shown humor to be an important tool in facilitating these coping skills Humor is an integral part of everyday life and, therefore, also a component of the care and treatment of patients in the modern health care system. The purpose of this paper is to examine and analyze the concept of humor along with laughter in the healthcare arena as well as serve as a vehicle in providing a clearer understanding of the thought and its therapeutic value in nursing. Review of Literature Don’t forget to summarize here!!!! Nursing Discipline A quantitative study was conducted by Astedt-Kurki & Liukkonen (1994) to illustrate the occurrence and meaning of humor in the nursing process, as described and experienced by professional nurses. Because humor can create a more relaxed atmosphere in nurse-patient interaction, it can also encourage feelings of togetherness, closeness, warmth, and friendliness can be fostered. Humor, they...
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...step is to determine the defining attributes of comfort. This allows for insight into the concept and includes the characteristics of comfort. Comfort can mean many things to many people. Comfort can be caring words, caring touch, warm blankets, pain relief or encouragement. The fifth step is a model case or a real life example of the concept that includes the attributes of the concept and a borderline and related case. The sixth step is to identify consequences and antecedents and consequences. The final step is to define empirical referents or measurable ways to show the occurrence of comfort. Purpose The concept of comfort is used frequently in nursing practice; however, it is not always clearly defined. It is a basic value of nursing care and interventions and is frequently described as comfort measures. A basic understanding of the concept of comfort and the definitions is essential in understanding its use in bedside nursing practice. The purpose of this concept analysis is to explore and clarify the meaning of comfort. A concept analysis gives the framework and purpose and is essential in analyzing claims of knowledge (Baldwin, 2008). Literature Review An extensive review of the literature was conducted with...
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...an individual with feeling and emotions. The patient, a person, is a holistic being. Person is viewed as holistic being with social, cultural, personal need. During the nursing process the nurse must understand that each patient/person seeking health care have unique needs, abilities and characteristics. Nurse: The nurse act as an advocate for patients and their families. The role of the nurse involves working, cooperatively, with the patient and families to achieve a sense well-being and healing. Nurses role are always base on the context of trustworthy relationship between the patients are identified as a provider of healthcare. Environment: The environment is all encompassing. The environments are conditions that are internal and external to the patient: spiritually, culturally, socially and ethically. Environmental factors are an integral part of nursing process and practice. I don’t think a nurse can adequately assess a patient without assessing the patient environmental factors. Health: Health is a subjectively and objectively concept. Health does not mean an absence of a disease or illness. Health is optimal triad process functions of body, mind, and spirit. You cannot be totally healthy with one piece of the triad missing. A person can be in good physical health, but suffering from mental issues. The Care Delivery Model utilized at Western Baptist Hospital is the Patient-Centered Care Model and is based on the combined nursing theories of Florence Nightingale...
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...Lenoir-Rhyne University Kolcaba’s Theory of Comfort Introduction Today’s healthcare focus is on providing patient-centered, safe and effective care for improved patient outcomes. This focus is not only important for the patient’s health, but has become vital for the financial well-being of healthcare organizations. The United States has consistently ranked among the highest in healthcare costs and the lowest in improving patient outcomes when compared to other industrialized nations (Davis, Stremikis, Squires, & Schoen, 2014). There are multiple national organizations and initiatives designed to improve the state of healthcare in the U.S. and this topic is often debated at all levels of government. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), along with the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) developed a standard set of survey questions which are publically reported designed to measure patient’s perceptions of their “hospital experience.” The survey instrument is called the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Provider and Systems (HCAHPS) which allows hospitals and consumers the ability to compare hospitals to one another on topics important to patients. The survey also serves as a tool to enhance accountability through transparency and creates incentives for hospitals to improve the quality of the care they provide (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2014). Nursing plays a vital role in the hospital’s HCAHPS comparison measures...
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