NURSING CARE

Fundamental Concepts of Nursing Care



Fundamental Concepts of Nursing Care

Introduction

Holism, in relation to nursing, means the provision of care in all states of health and disease and in all areas of life for the patient and that the nurse must use all their skills to provide the most comprehensive patient support. Nursing intervention can be effective if it is directed only to the portion or segment of health problem, or if it takes into account only one possible cause of the observed state, for example, only somatic or just mental (Colbath & Prawlucki, pp. 165, 2001). This assignment will look into the holistic care and will be discussing it in accordance with Debra, a character in Manor Place.

Discussion

Holistic Care

Holism involves treating and taking the body as a whole, due to the fact that the body is more than the sum of its parts because it is a system. Holism is an approach to the patient towards the existence of the intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual, and the physical requirements of the patient. The patient requires a proactive approach to the issues of his treatment and the resignation of the attitude of being a passive recipient of medical services. This approach forces a person to change the view of the disease. Holism requires interest in the complete person in the entirety of its environment and the totality of methods of treatment and therapeutic practices.

History

The ancient Greeks used herbs and botanical medicine for centuries. Hippocrates was a physician in ancient Greece who stressed a holistic approach to medicine. Holistic nursing is being practiced in the cultures of the East for more than 5,000 years. In the 20th century, modern medicine and the changed view of holistic care have grown in popularity.

A holistic approach focuses on the genetics of each patient's unique psychosocial as well as the need to adjust your treatment to your individual needs. It requires that a caregiver spends a lot of time with the patient (Eliopoulos, pp. 365 1999). It considers the uniqueness of a life with the ordinary disease. Each patient requires a different approach, a variety of therapeutic techniques, different diets, and different pharmacological and different psychotherapeutic approaches.

A holistic approach is the understanding and treatment of people in the context of their culture, their families and their communities. It respects cultural conditions morbidity and treatment methods. Holistic approach takes into account the culturally sanctioned view of the disease, the family and the therapeutic process that the community turns to. The models response to the attacks of the disease, the family's ability to mobilize provided emotional support to those suffering from chronic pain, hypertension, and cancer. Creating a 'network' families and by a system of social support is also a part of the holistic care.

A holistic approach treats health as a positive state, rather than the absence of disease. A holistic approach allows practitioners to work constructively on the growth potential of the health of those people who do not feel well but have not found organic ...