doing for the other as he/she would do for the self if it
Swanson doing for process
were possible
Swanson defines caring as a nurturing way of relating to
Swanson definition of caring a valued other toward whom one feels a personal sense
of commitment and responsibility.
occurs when the person actively implements behavioral
Action Stage and cognitive strategies of the action plan to interrupt
previous health risk behaviors and adopt new ones .
What stage requires the greatest commitment of time and
Action Stage
energy?
-continue to discuss benefits with clients
-continue positive reenforcement
-Encourage clients to:
*Substitute healthy responses for problem behaviors (ex-
What are the strategies to promote behavioral change in
ercise and relaxation)
the action stage?
*Modify environment to reduce stimulus to a problem
behavior (remove ash trays from home)
*Monitor behavior (food journal)
*Plan rewards
Way of thinking that revolves around a philosophy of
Health Promotion
wholeness, wellness, and well-being.
Adequate amount of exercise, rest relaxation, maintaining
Examples of health promotion good nutrition, controlling use of tobacco, alcohol, and
other drugs.
Constancy of the internal process of the body such as
Homeostatic mechanisms blood oxygen, carbon dioxide levels, blood pressure, body
temperature, blood glucose, fluid and electrolyte balance.
-Nurses are champions for their clients.
-Enabling
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-Empower clients and families through activities that en-
Advocacy
hance well-being, understanding and self care.
relationship includes mutual respect, trust and confidence
Client Empowerment
in the other's abilities and motives.
(PSS) psychological instrument that measures the percep-
Stress scales tion of stress. It measures the degree to which situations
in one's life are appraised as stressful.
stressor may be perceived consciously or unconsciously.
Shock phase of anxiety Significant body reactions to epinephrine, norepineph-
rine.
What system does the shock phase of anxiety stimulates? SNS (sympathetic nervous system)
The hypothalamus is stimulated and releases corticotropin
what happens once the SNS is stimulated during the
hormone. Then the pituitary gland is stimulated and re-
shock phase?
leases adrenocorticotropic hormone.
-Based on the work of Lazarus
-Encompasses a set of cognitive,attective, and adaptive
(coping) responses that arise out of person-environment
Transaction transactions.
-Stress refers to any event in which environmental and/or
internal demands tax adaptive resources of individual,
social system, or tissue system.
Person and environment and inseparable
Transactional Stress Theory
*each attects and is attected by the other.
-Whole, complete, or holistic person.
-emphasizes that nurses must keep the whole person in
Holism
mind and strive to understand how one are of concern
relates to the whole person.
those behaviors over which an individual has a high level
Competing preferences
of control.
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