Nursing is a dynamic profession and requires constant change in order to provide the best care for patients. These changes arise from medical advances‚ research and more often times‚ theories. (Srof‚ 2009) The Health Promotion Model theory proposed by Nola Pender‚ a former professor at the University of Michigan‚ is a unique theory that focuses on a complimentary counterpart to the health protection models. The Health Promotion Model theory focuses on a multipronged approach to a persons overall
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Running head: In-Depth Theorist Presentation‚ Nola J. Pender‚ Health Promotion Model 1 In-Depth Theorist Presentation‚ Nola J. Pender Health Promotion Model Jennifer D’Andrea Description of the theory The Health Promotion Model (HPM)‚ designed by Nola J. Pender‚ describes the multidimensional nature of persons as they interact within their environment to pursue health while increasing their level of well-being. Pender offers a theory that
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a crisis * If they develop less desirable characteristics the crisis was not resolved * Maturation events: leaving home for first time‚ completing school‚ accepting adulthood | * Whenever a specific stressful event threatens a persons biopsychosocial integrity and results in some degree of psychological disequilibrium * Internal (disease) or external threats * Positive events such as graduation from high school‚ getting a new job after graduation * If person enters a new situation without
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The definition of crisis intervention is a focused brief or time-limited treatment method‚ effective in helping people adaptively cope with stressful events. Provides therapeutic processes focused on a faster solution for an immediate emergency crisis‚ to reestablish a former or the previous level of functioning. Crisis interventions consist of being proactive‚ preventive‚ and integrated utilizing local national and international services within a community. Secondly‚ the goal is to restore the
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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY FINAL EXAMINATION (CH 12‚ 13‚ & 14) SPRING 2011 MULTIPLE CHOICE: 3 points each 1. An act performed voluntarily to help someone else when there is no expectation of receiving a reward is known as a. nurturance b. altruism c. pro-social behavior d. modeling 2. True altruism is defined by a. the circumstances surrounding the behavior b. the person’s intentions c. the person himself or herself d. culture 3. Pro-social behavior is defined as a. any act that
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ex-boyfriend‚ this paper excludes this detail in order for Amy to have a more typical counseling experience. Instead‚ she is put on probation for two years for assault and framing her own disappearance. Introduction‚ background information‚ and biopsychosocial history Amy Elliot Dunne is a 35 year old Caucasian female that has entered counseling after being mandated by the court for charges of assault and framing her husband for her own disappearance. Amy was born and raised in New York City
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development of a disorder‚ an illness‚ or a disability” (p. 490). Based on premorbid functioning levels as well as obtaining intelligence assessments clinicians can determine which treatment methods are most beneficial for the client. The use of biopsychosocial assessments can help to determine the biological‚ social‚ environmental‚ and cultural components that may be underlying contributors to the determining mental disorder or diagnosis. Clinicians often employ the use of interviews within the assessment
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Practice Nursing Theory in Professional Practice Nursing is the art and science of caring for individuals with potential or actual health problems. Nursing is the art of providing quality‚ compassionate care while evaluating the patients’ biopsychosocial and spiritual needs. Nursing as a science evaluates the patients’ health and response to disease. Nurses assist individuals and groups to maintain or attain optimal health. They implement care to accomplish defined goals and evaluate responses
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INTRODUCTION The World Health Organization defines health as a state of physical‚ mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. This leads to a holistic approach to the personal concept of health such as the biopsychosocial theory developed by George Engel in 1977. Engel looked at understanding health and illness through a tripartite system comprised of biological‚ psychological‚ and social factors. There is the biological part which is outlined by a person ’s genetics
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sexuality-Understanding that sexuality is expressed differently in different cultural contexts * Increasing sexual intelligence will allow for responsible decisions in sexual behavior * Studying Sexuality: From A Psychosocial Orientation * A Biopsychosocial Orientation takes into account: * Psychological factors * - Emotions‚ attitudes‚ motivations * Social conditioning factors * - Process which we learn our social norms * Biological factors * - Hormones‚ nervous system‚ genetics
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