concept of nursing* Virginia Henderson RN AM DLaw DSc Research Associate Emeritus‚ Yale University School of Nursing‚ Connecticut‚ USA Accepted for publication 4 November 1977 Correspondence: Virginia Henderson‚ Yale University School of Nursing‚ Connecticut‚ USA. HENDERSON V. (1978) HENDERSON V. (2006) Journal of Advanced Nursing 3‚ 113–130 Journal of Advanced Nursing 53(1)‚ 21–34 The concept of nursing The author contends that with the acceptance of health care as a universal
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The resilience approach requires holistic and people-centred approaches to address the diverse factors‚ both positive and negative‚ that influence wellbeing. The Understanding Society Survey (2007)‚ found that wellbeing is strongly related to resilience‚ with many individuals reporting both high wellbeing
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Maximising Health To protect the resident’s identity‚ the resident will be called Mrs Florence Nightingale. Mrs Florence Nightingale has been selected to demonstrate how to maximize health using the nursing process. She is a 77 year’s old elderly resident in a private up-market nursing home in an EMI unit‚ who’s unable to self mobilize and is dependent upon a hoist for transferring. She is unable to verbally communicate‚ or feed her self. Due to her restricted mouth movement‚ difficulty with swallowing
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Write an essay of your own choice‚ e.g. “My understanding of person-centred counselling”. Relate and refer to your own life experience and/or your work context. I am on a life-long path as a Skilled Helper (Egan) with some training in Integrative Psychotherapy. I am currently striving to integrate Carl Rogers’ ideas and practices into my existing knowledge framework whilst attempting to see previously identified phenomena through new eyes. My aim is to use this knowledge to influence my practice
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Person-Centred Approach by Carl Rogers According to Gatongi (2007) Person centred approach is a theory that was invented by Carl Rogers in the 1940s. This type of therapy diverged from a traditional model of therapy as expected and moved towards a non-directive‚ empathic approach that empowers and motivates the client in a therapeutic process. The therapy is based on Rogers’ belief that every human being strives for the capacity to fulfil his/herself own potential. Person centred therapy is also
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"The Color of Family Ties" by Naomi Gerstel and Natalia Sarksian‚ the authors assert that traditional nuclear families are not the only ones capable of supportive relationships and strong family connections. In the other hand‚ minority families also discover that their families illustrate the most supportive relationships and strongest family ties. According to Gerstel and Sarksian‚ they states "Black and Latino/a‚ especially Puerto Rican families are more disorganized than White families‚ and that their
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governments have attempted to find an efficient long-term care to reduce social and medical costs. In the past‚ families needed to be responsibie for the elderly. However‚ in the late 20th century‚ due to the change of social environment‚ most families tried to find another way to care for their older family members. Moreover‚ previous researches have shown home care is better than nursing home care‚ thus this essay will argue that nursing home care is the most appropriate way for the elderly. It will
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Briefly discuss the characteristics and functions of the family as a Social Institution in the Caribbean. In society‚ human beings organize themselves into units such as families or households based on a biological relationship‚ marriage or kinship. According to George Peter Murdock (1949) the family is a social group characterized by common residence‚ economic co-operation and reproduction. It includes adults of both sexes‚ at least two of whom maintain a socially approved
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admits to starting smoking since going back to work full time as a clerk in a loan company. She also complains of having difficulty reading numbers and reports making frequent mistakes. She also says‚ “By the time I get home‚ and make supper for my family‚ then put my child to bed‚ I am too tired to exercise.” She reports her feet hurt‚ they often “burn or feel like there are pins in them.” She reports that‚ after her delivery‚ she went back to her traditional eating pattern‚ which is high in carbohydrates
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Public health nursing evolved to teach us that wellbeing needs to move outside the individual‚ to include the family and community‚ to make all of the population healthy (Truglio-Londrigan‚ & Lewenson‚ 2013‚ p. 5). Public nursing started out as district nursing‚ in England‚ where nurses transitioned from the hospital‚ to work with the sick poor in their homes. They took care of patients‚ families‚ and communities by protecting the poor from unsanitary conditions and teaching them hygienic routines
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