The nursing process of assessment; planning: intervention and evaluation assists health care professionals with problem solving, and advocates the personal holistic provision of care but at the patient from a holistic view, in order to provide effective care giving (Slevin 2001) then plan and set goals according to the information gathered. The …show more content…
The Information taken from the patient may be objective or subjective. Objective data is measurable however, subjective data is gained from the patient, in addition to gain an understanding of them (Long, Phipps and Cassmeyer, 1995).
The concerns of wrongly assessing a patient can be that the care may not be personalised to their gender, religion and any other aspects which are important to the patient. This will then affect the way that the holistic care is implemented to the patient. The patient’s culture, values and beliefs are significant in confirming to the health care assistant what they can do to assist the patient and what the patient would like to do on their own. (Baldwin, Longhurst, Smith, et al, 2003) …show more content…
which illustrates co-operation of the elderly individual in the process of disengagement between them and society
The statements from Joe were disputed by the fact the health care assistants kept on ignoring him when he frequently asked for his glasses. Also it appeared that the HCAs were talking over him and did not respond to his requests when they were getting him up. Joe may be u sing cognitive dissonance as a defence meconism and also to keep the peace. Defence meconism s or other strategies can be a way for the patient to be able to deal with their problem. These plans, whether adaptive or maladaptive, should be identified although patient communication through the assessment stage. If the coping meconism is maladaptive then it should be acknowledged by the HCAs, so then goals and a plan could have be put in place ot find out the reason for hi of this behaviour and how to rectify