Her view of NURSING

Her view of NURSING

 by Group E's Pamela Pantalan

Nursing is a helping profession. In Abdellah’s model, nursing care is doing something to or for the person or providing information to the person with the goals of meeting needs, increasing or restoring self-help ability, or alleviating impairment. 

Nursing is broadly grouped into the 21 problem areas to guide care and promote use of nursing judgment. She considers nursing to be a comprehensive service that is based on art and science and aims to help people, sick or well, cope with their health needs (Kolak and Kim, 2006).
Basic to all patients 

1. Hygiene and physical comfort 

2. Optimal activity 

3. Safety 

4. Good body mechanics

Sustenal care needs 

1. Oxygenation 

2. Nutrition 

3. Elimination 

4. Fluid and electrolyte

5. Physiologic responses to disease conditions

6. Regulatory mechanisms and functions

7. Sensory function 
Remedial care needs 

• Emotional response 

• Interrelatedness of emotions and organic illness

• Effective communication 

• Interpersonal relationship 

• Spiritual goal 

• Therapeutic environment 

• Self-awareness 

• Goals in the light of limitations, physical and emotional

• Community resources 

• Social problems influencing the course of illness

The 21 problems can be applied to the nursing process. The theory provides a basis for determining and organizing nursing care, as well as a basis for organizing strategies (Rudy, 2006).

 References List:

Kollak, I., & Kim, S. (2006). Nursing theories conceptual and philosophical foundations. New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Rudy, M. (2007). Models and theories of nursing. Milwaukee, WI: Cardinal Stritch University Library.