OVERVIEW

PSYCHOSOCIAL DIMENSION
ROLE OF NURSE
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Patricia Roth
Psychosocial Nursing
 Holistic Nursing
 Health
Model:
Assessment/Physical
Exam: • Social roles
• Lack of knowledge • Stressors
• Coping • Culture
• Rest • Values Family
Psychosocial Assessment: Self Pacing
 SELF:  PACING:
• S-Self-Esteem • P-Physiological
• E-Energy Level • A-Affect
• L-Lifestyle • C-Culture
• F-Family System • I-Interests
• N-Needs
• G-Goals
INTEGRATED VIEW OF HEALTH
 HEALTH IS HOLISTIC

 HEALTH BECOMES
FRAGMENTED BY HEALTH
PROFS

 BIO-PSYCHOSOCIAL VIEW:

ELIMINATES NEED TO REJECT

ONE VIEW OF HEALTH AT COST
OF ANOTHER

NO NEED TO SEPARATE
CONCEPTS OF HEALTH &
DISEASE

Pender, Murdaugh, Parsons. (2006) Health promotion in nursing

practice. p. 25
 HEALTH PROMOTION
 MOTIVATED BY
DESIRE TO WELL
BEING &
ACTUALIZE
HEALTH
POTENTIAL

 NURSE’S ROLE
TRADITIONAL HEALTH
MAINTENANCE…………..
HEALTH PROTECTION
 MOTIVATED BY
DESIRE TO
ACTIVELY AVOID
ILLNESS

 NURSE’S ROLE
TRADITIONAL HEALTH
PROTECTION…….
HEALTH RESTORATION
 RETURNING THE PERSON TO A
STATE OF HEALTH
 THINGS YOU DO TO RECOVER FROM
AN ILLNESS / DISEASE

 NURSE’S ROLE
TRADITIONAL HEALTH
RESTORATION……………
WHAT IS PSYCHOSOCIAL
CARE?.............................
 INTERVENTIONS TO  FOCUSES ON:
ASSIST THOSE HAVING
DIFFICULTY COPING  EFFECTS OF STRESS ON
WITH: PSYCHOLOGIC &
PHYSIOLOGIC ILLNESS
EMOTIONAL ASPECTS OF
ILLNESS  INTRAPSYCHIC & SOCIAL
FUNCTIONING OF THOSE
LIFE CRISES THAT AFFECT RESPONDING TO STRESS
HEALTH & HEALTH CARE
 RN HAS RESPONSIBILITY
PSYCHIATRIC D/O’S TO FACILITATE PT’S
ADAPTATIONS HIS/HER
UNIQUE STRESSES

Gorman, Raines, Sultan. (2002) Psychosocial nursing for

general medical practice. 1 & 2.
HOW DOES RN FACILITATE
ADAPTATION?...........
 HELPING &  HOW MEET THIS
SUPPORTING RESPONSIBILITY?
PERSON IN:
IDENTIFY COPING
HIS/HER ENVIRONMENT RESPONSES

LEVEL OF WELLNESS MAXIMIZE STRENGTHS

ADJUSTMENT TO MAINTAIN INTEGRITY

ILLNESS/CONDITION
GORMAN, RAINES, SULTAN. P. 2
NURSING THEORISTS
 Dorothea Orem:
Goal of self-care as integral to the practice
of nursing
Orem emphasizes the role of the nurse in
promoting self-care activities of the patient
Relevant to the seriously/persistently
mentally ill patient.
See video
THIS IS THE NURSE YOU WILL
BECOME……………………..