Mr Wu
Thank you to Madeline Coward for a great question regarding Assessment 1. I hope this helps everyone to prepare for asessment 1. This is my response to Madeline:
Here is an outline of the four dimensions of the nursing metaparadigm:
*Person
This paradigm refers to the sick individual not as a “patient,” but as a “subject,” a person in the full sense of the word. This includes families and social groups that have come to define the person as such. This person is unique and autonomous, and should be treated as such. A real person is not a mere object of professional care and surveillance.
*Health
Like all meta-concepts, health is immensely general. It does not deal with health in a strictly clinical manner. It concerns nurses as medical professionals (rather than as mere adjuncts to doctors). At the same time, it defines “health” in abstract terms, in that health is “negotiated” and “contextual,” in the words of Slevin. Health is not an absolute concept, but exists in the context of the health problems of the individual. A person suffering with cancer considers a good, healthy day as one where they do not die or suffer immensely. But this is no definition of “health” for the perfectly healthy individua
*Environment
This metaparadigm serves to explain the full context of health care and of nursing specifically. It is little less than the totality of all things that impact on the recovery of the patient. Home life, mental state, addictions, physical pain, chances of relapse, rewarding work and a host of other variables come to define the context of recovery. All of these clearly impact recovery, or even the patient's desire for recovery. This also includes social and cultural dimensions such as religious belief and general attitudes toward death and suffering.
*Nursing
Nursing itself is a meta-theory that seeks to help contextualize nursing. While this might sound strange, Slevin translates “nursing” into “caring.” In general, this refers
Here is an outline of the four dimensions of the nursing metaparadigm:
*Person
This paradigm refers to the sick individual not as a “patient,” but as a “subject,” a person in the full sense of the word. This includes families and social groups that have come to define the person as such. This person is unique and autonomous, and should be treated as such. A real person is not a mere object of professional care and surveillance.
*Health
Like all meta-concepts, health is immensely general. It does not deal with health in a strictly clinical manner. It concerns nurses as medical professionals (rather than as mere adjuncts to doctors). At the same time, it defines “health” in abstract terms, in that health is “negotiated” and “contextual,” in the words of Slevin. Health is not an absolute concept, but exists in the context of the health problems of the individual. A person suffering with cancer considers a good, healthy day as one where they do not die or suffer immensely. But this is no definition of “health” for the perfectly healthy individua
*Environment
This metaparadigm serves to explain the full context of health care and of nursing specifically. It is little less than the totality of all things that impact on the recovery of the patient. Home life, mental state, addictions, physical pain, chances of relapse, rewarding work and a host of other variables come to define the context of recovery. All of these clearly impact recovery, or even the patient's desire for recovery. This also includes social and cultural dimensions such as religious belief and general attitudes toward death and suffering.
*Nursing
Nursing itself is a meta-theory that seeks to help contextualize nursing. While this might sound strange, Slevin translates “nursing” into “caring.” In general, this refers