...and communicable disease nursing. In 1957 Dr. Neuman attended the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) with double major in psychology and public health. She received BS in nursing from UCLA. In 1966 she received Masters Degree in Mental Health; Public Health Consultation from UCLA ("Nurses Info," “n.d.”, p. 1) Neuman developed a widely used theory model named, Neuman’s Systems Model in 1970. There are many aspects of today’s nursing that uses Neuman’s model. Define Neuman’s metaparadigm in nursing A metaparadigm (or major concept) in the application of Neuman’s system model addresses the person, environment, health, and nursing. The concepts combine to give the nurse an idea of how the client can use prevention to maintain wellness while being exposed to stressors. One example is preventing a pre-diabetic patient from developing into a diabetic patient. Person: Client...
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...Association website, 2015).The metaparadigm theories of nursing is comprised of four parts: person, health, environment, and nursing. Person: The first metaparadigm concept refers to the patient himself or herself and can also refer to the patient’s family member and friends. Nurses should be aware of this and should empower the patient and their family members and friends to help manage the patient’s health as a team. Health: The second metaparadigm concept refers to the patient’s wellness as well as his or her access to healthcare. Nurses should be aware of the patient’s level of wellness or illness as experienced by each patient. Nurses should be aware that the term “health” is a not an absolute term but a relative term. Each patient’s genetic factor, age and emotion are different from the other patient. Environment: The third metaparadigm concept refers to the patient’s environment. Nurses should be aware of the patient’s environment such as the patient’s mental state, geographic location, culture and personal relationships. Nursing: The fourth metaparadigm...
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...numerous health problems. Over the past several years Mrs. Griffin has had several admissions to the hospital medical unit, and the nurse has often carried out health promotion interventions. Who is ultimately responsible for maintaining and promoting Mrs. Griffin's health?| A)|The medical nurse| B)|The community health nurse who has also worked with Mrs. Griffin| C)|Mrs. Griffin's primary care provider| D)|Mrs. Griffin| Ans:|D| |Feedback:| |American society places a great importance on health and the responsibility that each of us has to maintain and promote our own health. Therefore, the other options are incorrect.| 2.|An elderly female patient has come to the clinic for a scheduled follow-up appointment. The nurse learns from the patient's daughter that the patient is not following the instructions she received upon discharge from the hospital last month. What is the most likely factor causing the patient not to adhere to her therapeutic regimen?| A)|Ethnic background of health care provider| B)|Costs of the prescribed regimen| C)|Presence of a learning disability| D)|Personality of the physician| Ans:|B| |Feedback:| |Variables that appear to influence the degree of adherence to a prescribed therapeutic regimen include gender, race, education, illness, complexity of the regimen, and the cost of treatments. The ethnic background of the health care provider and the personality of the physician are not considered variables that appear to influence the degree of adherence to...
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...seek recovery and wellness for the whole body on a day-to-day basis. However, the healing model is in contrary to the cure model used in the traditional hospitals that emphasize more on the eradication of illness or sickness through new technology and pharmaceuticals. The healing health care is focused on the return to health and whole being rather than the focus on curing illness and disease. The healing concept advances the idea that aside from addressing physical demands and needs, the holistic approach should also be focused and sensitive to the emotional and spiritual needs of the patient. There are three key components to a healing hospital paradigm, which consist of a healing physical environment, an integrated work design and technology, and a “culture” of radical loving care based (Eberst, 2008). Many challenges will be experienced in the traditional hospital environment when in attempt to implementing a holistic healing approach. This paper will bring to light the components of the healing hospital and the many encounters that are involved in the continuous effort of caring to each and every patient in a healing environment. A healing hospital is more than “just walls, windows and mortar” (Chapman, 2011). It is built with people that have a “Servant’s Heart,” or has the love and compassion to serve in a healing physical environment at all levels in the health care field. The healing hospital paradigm places top priority to the patient’s healing experience...
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...Widely used by nurses worldwide, the Neuman Systems Model is a holistic approach that focuses on stressors that could be harmful to a patient’s health or wellness. It was developed from the belief that reducing these stressors could reinforce healing through specific interventions targeting the patient’s stress (Turner & Kaylor, 2015). Through the coursework in NUR-145, I have learned about Betty Neuman’s model and how it is used to plan patient care. Though I have only learned briefly about the Neuman Systems Model, I can see how useful it is in carrying out care for patients in a holistic way. The Neuman Systems Model begins with viewing the client, or patient, as an open system that interacts and reacts to the environment in which he...
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...Project in Professional Roles and Values: Professional Mission Statement Professional Mission Statement 1 Abstract This paper is my personal professional mission statement and in the course of this paper I will showcase my professional development plan. During the course of my mission statement, I will explain the functional differences between regulatory agencies and professional nursing organizations as they pertain to my professional nursing practice. I will discuss examples of how provisions from the American Nurses Association’s code of ethics influence my practice. I will also discuss four professional traits, outlined in the American Nurses Association’s code of ethics, that I will bring to an interdisciplinary team of healthcare professionals. I will identify a nursing theory that has influenced my professional practice and how this theory fits into my professional practice. I will discuss how the contributions of a historical nursing figure has influenced my professional practice. To conclude my paper, I will discuss real-world scenarios where I have safeguarded the principles of Beneficence and respect for autonomy of actual patients. Professional Mission Statement 2 Professional Nursing Organizations (PNO)/Board of Nursing (BON) To begin my mission statement, I will explain the functional differences between regulatory agencies (e.g. BON) and professional nursing organizations (PNO) as it pertains to my professional nursing practice. A regulatory...
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...Running head: FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMEN Family Health Assessment Open-Minded, Family Focused Questions: I interviewed my dad on all11 Functional Health Patters. Values, health perception: 1. Do you have any past medical history like surgery or chronic illness? 2. Do you use tobacco, alcohol or drugs? 3. Are you taking any prescription/nonprescription medications? 4. What religion are you? 5. Is there any religious restrictions or practices? Nutrition: 1. Are you in any kind of diet? 2. Do you take any vitamins/supplements? 3. Do you have any difficulty swallowing? Sleep/Rest: 1. How many hours do you sleep? 2. Do you take any medication to sleep? 3. Do you have any sleep apnea? Elimination: 1. How often do you have bowel movement? 2. Do you have any constipation or diarrhea? 3. Do you have any bladder incontinence? Activity/Exercise: 1. What are your daily activities? 2. Do you exercise regularly? 3. Are you physically strong or weak? Cognitive: 1. Do you have any problem with memory or concentration? 2. Do you have difficulty making decisions? Sensory-Perception: 1. Do you have any vision problem? 2. Do you have any hearing problem? Self-Perception: 1. Do you feel anxious or depressed? 2. Do you feel loss of hope? 3. Are you taking any antidepressant? Role Relationship: 1. Are you married or single? 2. How many kids do you have? 3. Are you employed? Sexuality: 1. Are you sexually active? 2. Do you have any sexual transmitted disease...
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...to be able to focus on its concept analysis. It is a part of the continuum of care as it focuses on increasing a patient’s function for self care and mobility. The need for a rehabilitation care concept in a specialized rehabilitation hospital increases as the length of stay decreases in acute hospitals after surgery or procedures due to the financial burden on insurances, Medicare, Medicaid, and the acute hospitals themselves. No longer do we see in the United States two week long acute hospital stays after major surgeries, strokes or other injuries that affect the activities of daily living (ADL). The hospitals discharge patients back home much sooner than before or transfer them to facilities for further recovery. Unfortunately some of these facilities are long term acute care hospitals or nursing homes where continuing daily therapy is very limited. The fortunate ones get admitted to a specialty hospital called a rehabilitation (rehab) hospital that this paper will focus on. Here, nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists, case managers, dieticians, and physicians work all closely together to see the best results of recovery and to achieve this goal before the patient is ready to return home at the optimum level of wellness. As a nurse working in a rehabilitation hospital I see this multidisciplinary approach to regain a patient’s strength on a daily...
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...Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Levels of Health Promotion Rhonda Hornstein Grand Canyon University Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Levels of Health Promotion “Health promotion is defined as the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health.”(World Health Organization, n.d.) It not only involves a person’s health but the education they receive regarding their health, and the help they receive for health promotion. Ultimately the goal of health promotion is to develop a sense of well-being. The nurse’s role in that development of well-being and health promotion has changed from focusing only on a patient’s illness and a cure for that illness but to also focusing on the patient’s overall wellness and quality of life. Due to the changes in health care in the United States, the levels of health care delivery are also changing. At the primary care level, a new model of care delivery was created call the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH). This method emphasizes a collaborative approach among health care providers that offers high quality, easily accessible and cost effective health care that is centered around the individual patient’s needs whether they are acute, chronic or disease prevention. By implementing the PCMH we have already seen a decline in patient mortality and morbidity, decreased emergency room visits and hospital stay, not to mention a decrease in cost. In addition we have seen an increase in quality of care, patient access...
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...Nurse educators face many unique challenges when educating patients. Each day, nurses, and other healthcare providers, encounter a wide range of patients that may look, talk, think, or act differently than themselves. Nurses are constricted with shortened hospital stays, higher patient to nurse ratios, and limited time to effectively teach patients. Often, it takes a conscious effort by the primary nurse to quickly identify the learning needs of the patient and create an effective time for nurse teaching and patient learning. The purpose of this reflective journal is to highlight this week’s assignment readings while connecting how this information will improve my skills as a nurse teacher. There are three determinants of learning that the...
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...Running head: Allied Health Professionals Allied Health Professions that Promote Better Patient Care Ashley N. Lee GCU: HLT-418V Trends & Issues in Health Care January 23, 2015 Allied Health Professions that Promote Better Patient Care Allied Health Professionals work together has multidisciplinary teams as well as interdisciplinary teams to promote better patient care on many different levels. Each specialty brings their own personal skill let learned from on the job training and from educational studies that equip them to handle various patients in various settings such as hospitals, acute care, long-term care, and outpatient facilities. This paper will look at two different allied professions and how they interact together to provide high quality care to their patients. . Allied Health The allied health profession makes up for about 60% of the health care workforce. They work collaboratively with nurses, physicians, dentists, pharmacists and other allied health professionals to provide high quality care to patients in various settings (Allied Health Professionals, n.d.). The ASAHP defines allied health professionals to be “the segment of the workforce that delivers services involving the identification, evaluation and prevention of diseases and disorders; dietary and nutrition services; and rehabilitation and health systems management” (Allied Health Professionals, n.d.). Among these many professionals two that work closely together are Physical...
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...HERITAGE ASSESSMENT PAPER Lara G. Heier Grand Canyon University: NRS- 429 4/9/2016 The Heritage Assessment tool is used by healthcare professionals in order for them to find out the patient’s cultural, religious and ethnic background. Culture is defined as an element of ethnicity, consisting of shared values and behaviors associated with a particular group. (Edelman, et al, 2014) In order to improve the quality of care, it’s important to understand the patient’s culture and the health practices they traditionally use. Regarding the Heritage Assessment tool’s usefulness, it will allow the healthcare professional to understand the patient as a whole due to the fact that it addresses the individual’s heritage, cultural, religious and ethic background and behaviors and how they may relate to the patient’s views on health and wellness. To be Culturally Competent, one has to be able to provide healthcare based on the total patient situation- ethnically, culturally and spiritually. The Heritage Assessment Tool is designed to open up dialogue in order for the healthcare professional to have a better understanding of their patient and allow them to provide more effective healthcare with the patient’s own health traditions having been assessed. This, ideally, will result in a holistic approach to healthcare. (Giger & Davidhizar, 1990) Common Health Traditions Based on the cultural heritage information received from the Heritage Assessment Tool filled...
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...four concepts; human being, environment, health and nursing (Kearney-Nunnery, 2012 p 4). Person The personal component encompasses the patient, their family or group and their social and spiritual needs. The outcome is related to the interactions with physical and social connections. These connections influence how the patient manages their health well-being and their self-preservation. People need care on different levels at different times of their lives. When the nurse is treating a patient the care doesn’t end with just the patient. There is network of relationships with different people in their life; they are affected by the illness as well. Incorporating this network of people into the plan is essential in the implementation of patient care and outcomes (Kaakinen et al 2015). Environment Next is environment; the nurse will assess the patients’ surroundings both external and internal. It is important to look at how the individual continuously interacts with these surroundings and what bearing it has on their health and wellness. These internal and external factors “physical and social” include economic, geographical, cultural and social....
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... while simultaneously, providing a respectful healing environment and work with other members of the care team to achieve positive patient outcomes. Health. Wellness is not an absolute conception, but exists in the framework of the health obstacles of the human being (Kearney-Nunnery, 2012). Health, a dynamic process, is the synthesis of wellness and illness and is defined by the perception of the client across the life span. Nursing exists to help patients to improve their well-being whether that means recovering from illnesses, or obtaining a peaceful and pain free death. As a nurse it is our obligation to help patients to recognize signs and symptoms of health issues when they arise whether it be in the hospital or out in the community. It is our obligation to promote healthy lifestyles to our patients and continue to educate them with their support system. Person. As nurses we apply our practices to meet the person’s needs as to what is viewed when presented to us in clinical setting. The determination of nursing and nursing theory is to identify how a particular person’s needs are either meeting or not met, to predict future needs and to prioritize those needs in order of magnitude of grandness (Rebecca Lake, 2013). As nurses, we are the advocate for the patient and have to consider the patient’s learning abilities, religion and culture preferences when caring for them on a daily basis and also take into consideration their support...
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...According to the American Physical Therapy Association, physical therapists are licensed health care professionals who diagnose and treat individuals of all ages, who have medical problems or other health-related conditions that limit their abilities to move and/or perform functional activities in their daily lives. This is done through completion of an examination and the development of a plan using treatment techniques. The examination process includes taking the patient’s history, conducting a systems review, and performing tests and measures that help identify potential and existing problems. The development of a plan includes the patient’s personal goals and usually involves hands-on treatments for the systems and specialized exercises...
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