Faye Glenn Abdellah Flashcards
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Twenty-One Nursing Problems Theory of Nursing
Nursing is based on an art and science that mold the _____________, ____________________, and _________________ of the individual nurse into the desire and ability to help people, sick or well, cope with their health needs.
attitudes, intellectual competencies, and technical skills
is a service to individuals, to families, and therefore to society
nursing
10 steps to identify the client’s problems
- learn to know the patient
- sort out relevant and significant data
- make generalizations about available data in relation to similar nursing problems presented by other patients
- identify the therapeutic plan
- test generalizations with the patient and make additional generalizations
- validate the patient’s conclusions about his nursing problems
- continue to observe and evaluate the patient over a period of time to identify any attitudes and cues affecting his behavior
- explore the patient’s and family’s reaction to the therapeutic plan and involve them in the plan
- identify how the nurse feels about the patient’s nursing problems
- discuss and develop a comprehensive nursing care plan
11 nursing skills
- observation of health status
- skills of communication
- application of knowledge
- teaching of patients and families
- planning and organization of work
- use of resource materials
- use of personal resources
- problem-solving
- direction of work of others
- therapeutic use of the self
- nursing procedures
three major categories of the twenty-one nursing problems
- physical, sociological, and emotional needs of clients
- types of interpersonal relationships between the nurse and patient
- common elements of client
classification of the Twewnty-one Nursing Problems
- basic to all patients
- sustenal care needs
- remedial care needs
- restoration care needs
basic to all patients
- to maintain good hygiene and physical comfort
- to promote optimal activity; exercise, rest and sleep
- to promote safety through the prevention of accidents, injury or other trauma and through the prevention of the spread of infection
- to maintain good body mechanics and prevent and correct deformity
sustenal care needs
- to facilitate the maintenance of a supply of oxygen to all body cells
- to facilitate the maintenance of nutrition of all body cells
- to facilitate the maintenance of elimination
- to facilitate the maintenance of fluid and electrolytes balance
- to recognize the physiological responses of the body to diseases conditions
- to facilitate the maintenance of regulatory mechanisms and functions
- to facilitate the maintenance of sensory functions
remedial care needs
- to identify and accept positive and negative expressions, feelings and reactions
- to identify and accept the interrelatedness of emotions and organic illness
- to facilitate the maintenance of effective verbal and nonverbal communication
- to promote the development of productive interpersonal relationships
- to facilitate progress toward achievement of spiritual goals
- to create and/or maintain a therapeutic environment
- to facilitate awareness of self as an individual with varying physical, emotional and developmental needs
estoration care needs
- to accept the optimum possible goals in the light of limitations, physical and emotional
- to use community resources as an aid in resolving problems arising from illness
- to understand the role of social problems as influencing factors in the case of illness
a model describing the arenas or concerns of nursing, rather than a theory describing relationships among phenomena
Abdellah’s Twenty-One Nursing Problems Theory of Nursing
presented by a patient is a condition faced by the patient or patient’s family that the nurse through the performance of professional functions can assist them to meet
nursing problem
In nursing problem, the problem can either be _________ or ___________
overt or covert
is an apparent condition faced by the patient or family, which the nurse can assist him or them to meet through the performance of her professional functions
overt nursing problem
