Biopsychosocial Case Study Case studies are an important part of clinical psychology. One can learn about the biological‚ psychological‚ and social factors involved by studying patients with certain disorders or illnesses. The case study of Christina Ricci and Karen Carpenter are extraordinary and this analysis will give a brief overview of their case as well as discuss the biological‚ psychological‚ and social factors involved. This analysis will also explain the need for adaptation in
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Biopsychosocial Human behavior can be explored by taking a look at the different aspects of a person’s life. These aspects include the biological‚ psychological‚ social‚ cultural and spiritual. These aspects can help social workers better understand the background history of a person’s life and gather information in order to do an accurate assessment of a person. This paper does not intend to make an assessment but it’s rather an informative paper in order to discover and understand the various
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This essay will examine the biopsychosocial issues that have influenced the perceptions of the health and well being of a patient I have nursed during a recent clinical placement. For the purpose of this essay the name of this patient has been changed to protect his anonymity as well as to be compliant with the Nursing Midwifery Council Professional Code of Conduct (NMC 2008) regarding confidentiality. The patient‚ who will be known as William‚ is 62 years of age and has a venous leg ulcer to his
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past 30 years nursing has evolved from a task-oriented to a logical and systematic approach to care‚ using theories and models to guide practice (Pearson et al‚ 1996). Being a nurse is not as easier as simply providing nursing care according to individuals’ disease during hospitalization. Neuman (1980) describes the person as a whole system and recognizes that there are common features in any species and a core of such features in people.Also‚ nursing model is not restricted to nursing but can be
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Nursing Philosophy‚ Model‚ and Theory Discussion NUR 403October 19‚ 2014 Introduction For the past four weeks‚ we have been learning about many different nursing theorists. In this paper‚ we will be discussing how the different nursing theorists have enhanced our views of the nursing process. We will also explain how some of the nursing theories have influenced our everyday practice. How nursing theorists have expanded our views of the nursing process “Nurses’ practice and their ability to
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Nursing care delivery is defined as the way task allocation‚ responsibility‚ and authority are organized to achieve patient care.There are four well-defined and widely used traditional nursing care delivery system and each systems types is as follows‚ functional nursing‚ team nursing‚ primary nursing and patient-centered care nursing. I am currently on a gen- surge ward‚ while there I have observed that they are using the team nursing care model. Team nursing is a care model that uses a group of
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Some say that nursing is a straightforward profession‚ that a nurse only needs to look after poorly patients‚ administer medication‚ and write documentation. That caring is innate to human beings and doing it as a job is not so much difficult. But in my personal opinion‚ nursing is anything other than straightforward. Nursing as a profession requires critical thinking and sometimes spur-of-the-moment decision-making as the lives of people depend on such decisions. (Reflective Model Used) This paper
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is very important for nurses to deal with the patients. It strengthens nurse’s commitment to nursing based on nurse-patient relationship and highlighting the whole person rather than viewing the patient as a set of symptom or illness. To provide optimal and holistic care for all patient’s‚ culturally competent care is an important ingredient to achieve quality care and health outcomes. Transcultural nursing provide care that is consistent with cultural values‚ beliefs and practices- culturally specific
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The biopsychosocial approach is an incredibly useful‚ and thorough tool‚ when assisting individuals and groups. Specifically‚ when assisting vulnerable and marginalized individuals or groups. This approach states‚ that in order to understand an individual‚ we must first understand their environment‚ as well as their lived experiences. This approach is incredibly beneficial for individuals that have been marginalized by society‚ as their lived experiences pose a greater threat to their personal wellbeing
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Ethical decision making model Ethical decision making model has three components namely knowledge‚ skill‚ and attitude. When an ethical dilemma is presented to nurse both nursing and ethical knowledge are activated . The initial primary concern of the nurse is to understand the nature of the nursing problem. When the nursing problem is clarified‚ the nurse proceeds to consider the ethical aspects of the case( Harasym ‚2013). . Figure (3) Harasym
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