concept analysis on quality of life

Running
Head:
QUALITY
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Concept Analysis: Quality of Life
Metropolitan State University
Nursing 601
October 18, 2010

Running
Head:
QUALITY
OF
LIFE





























































































































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Concept Introduction
The term “quality of life” is used frequently in health care and in nursing practice.
However, this term is not very well defined and perceptions of the meaning of quality of life often vary. Advance practice nurses work to improve the quality of a patient’s life through health promotion, disease prevention, and disease management. Issues of quality of life are

Karen Gutierrez 2/15/11 2:09 PM
Comment: There
should
not
be
a
heading
 for this
first
section
according
to
APA.

Karen Gutierrez 2/15/11 2:29 PM
Comment: Please
note
that
starting
on
this
 page, the
header
should
simply
read
QUALITY

OF
LIFE
(“Running
Head’
should
only
be
on
the
 title page).

Karen Gutierrez 2/15/11 2:26 PM
Comment: Why
this
concept
is
important
to
 you, the
nurse,
or
to
nursing
in
general.


faced by advance practice nurses when dealing with health care advances that increase the life span. Advance practice nurses hold the goal of improving the quality of their patients’ lives, but the vague nature of this term leads to a lack of clarity on how this should be accomplished.
Decisions for treatment and goals for care are based on the affect those will have on the quality of a patient’s life. Differences in what is meant by quality of life can lead to different treatment goals, choices, and outcomes.
How can advance practice nurses make decisions based on improving the quality of patients’ lives without knowing what that really means? The purpose of this concept analysis of the term quality of life is to bring clarity to the