Nursing 1080A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Heredity, Empirical Evidence, Social Environment
9 Dec 2016
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Looking at the patients mental, physical, social, cognitive, spiritual, cultural, resources (way of life). What is required in order to be holistic? (antecedents) Being able to do patient centered care, (i. e. being able to adapt to your individual patient). For example, past experience could help a nurse decide how to handle a current situation. Personal meaning, time and transitions, culture and context, ways of knowing. To an individual the holistic lens can be applied. To a community yes, the higher up the patient is on the socioeconomic is, likely the healthier they are. So if you assume this, you need to validate it. How does a nurse provide holistic care? (in the or, er, or icu high tech areas. ) They prioritize in those departments, safety comes first, and then the holistic lens. In other departments, like med-surg unit, a clients home, in ltc, the holistic lens can be applied first.
