Supporting Self Management Flashcards
Successful self management is related to
Better overall physical and psychological health outcomes
What is self management
The daily activities that individuals under take to
-control illlness
-minimize impact on physical health and function
-cope with psychological
What are the three aspects of self management
-keep illness under control
-minima impact on physical health
-cope with psychological symptoms
Four tasks that must be mastered to achieve successful self management
- Process emotions
- Adjust changes to self and life
- Integrating illness into daily life
- The meaning of illness to drive goals
What does it mean to process emotions
Normalizing emotions and communicating with others
How would you adjust to changes in self and life
Apply skills necessary to maintain a adequate psychosocial functioning
What does it mean to integrate illness into daily life
Performing activities aimed at management of the condition
How do you determine meaning of illness
Making informed decisions about care
Self management skills help with
-problem solving, and being able to respond to disease changes
-maintaining healthy lifestyle
-manage symptoms
-decisions on when to seek medical treatment, and which treatments
What are some self management skills
-working effective with health team
-using medications safely and effectively
-find/use community resources
-talking about your illness
-adapting social activists
What is the nursing role in supporting self management
-empower the person
-ensure autonomy
-recognize the person is the expert
How do you help families to become active self managers?
-become familiar with disease, common symptoms, treatment, trajectory, and the persons unique illness narrative
-anticipate changes
-identify family strengths
-provide equipment and educations
-work with family as a team
What should we be taking time to discover in supporting self management?
-what are these persons needs and goals?
-what kind of supports do they have?
-what resources are available to them?
-what treatments have they tried and what are they willing to try?
-what do they need form the healthcare team?
How can someone take supportive action?
-search for evidence
-plan with SMART goals
-cultivate change
-support self efficacy
-check in and follow up
-open and honest communication
What influences medication adherence
-knowledge and behaviour toward meds
-environment
-relationship with provider
