Humanistic Nursing
The Application of Humanistic Nursing in Patient With Asthma
Nurses dedicated themselves in caring others therefore biases and personal prejudice is put aside in order to care to every client. Knowing the person intuitively and scientifically helps the nurse synthesize the most appropriate intervention. In the case study, the Theory of Humanistic Nursing by Patterson and Zderald serves as the framework in caring for the patient with asthma.
Nurse knowing the other “Intuitively”
The nurse must know the patient intuitively by being with the patient as a whole and listening to the patient. The nurse and the patient join together to know the other and to understand her views and experiences. The nurse must recognize that each patient is a unique …show more content…
Paterson & Zderald (2008) says, “the knower alert to an aspect present in a single reality can question the other reality on this aspect.” A nurse can recognize multiple nursing diagnosis under one medical diagnosis and will decide on the appropriate action of each. Each nursing diagnosis is happening all at once, therefore the nurse needs to interpret and organize the known to execute a suitable intervention. Some of the nursing diagnoses are obstructed airway, anxiety and inadequate knowledge about asthma. The nurse can administer medications, provide reassurance and share information about asthma to the patient. The nurse also compares similar situation and anticipates for forthcoming events (Paterson & Zderald, 2008). However, the nurse must keep in mind that each patient is unique and the plan of care is altered to fit the needs of the patient. The Humanistic nursing by Paterson and Zderald serves as a guide in understanding the patient’s perspective, transcribing the facts and constructing nursing diagnoses in a gestalt manner. Caring for the patient means being with them as whole helps with knowing the other’s point of view. The nurse also needs to step back and looks over the facts to be able to transcribe it to their own words. Finally, the nurse must recognize the underlying problems and apply a proper course of
Nurses dedicated themselves in caring others therefore biases and personal prejudice is put aside in order to care to every client. Knowing the person intuitively and scientifically helps the nurse synthesize the most appropriate intervention. In the case study, the Theory of Humanistic Nursing by Patterson and Zderald serves as the framework in caring for the patient with asthma.
Nurse knowing the other “Intuitively”
The nurse must know the patient intuitively by being with the patient as a whole and listening to the patient. The nurse and the patient join together to know the other and to understand her views and experiences. The nurse must recognize that each patient is a unique …show more content…
Paterson & Zderald (2008) says, “the knower alert to an aspect present in a single reality can question the other reality on this aspect.” A nurse can recognize multiple nursing diagnosis under one medical diagnosis and will decide on the appropriate action of each. Each nursing diagnosis is happening all at once, therefore the nurse needs to interpret and organize the known to execute a suitable intervention. Some of the nursing diagnoses are obstructed airway, anxiety and inadequate knowledge about asthma. The nurse can administer medications, provide reassurance and share information about asthma to the patient. The nurse also compares similar situation and anticipates for forthcoming events (Paterson & Zderald, 2008). However, the nurse must keep in mind that each patient is unique and the plan of care is altered to fit the needs of the patient. The Humanistic nursing by Paterson and Zderald serves as a guide in understanding the patient’s perspective, transcribing the facts and constructing nursing diagnoses in a gestalt manner. Caring for the patient means being with them as whole helps with knowing the other’s point of view. The nurse also needs to step back and looks over the facts to be able to transcribe it to their own words. Finally, the nurse must recognize the underlying problems and apply a proper course of