important for a patient to develop a trusting relationship with the nurse to be able to understand and accept the education that the nurse provides. Also, the relationship is important to the nurse to be able to understand where the patient is coming from such as their background or previous experiences. By having this relationship the nurse can develop a plan of care that is individualized to each patient. In the rehabilitation field of nursing Orem’s theory of self-care is widely used. Nurses generally are only seeing their patients for a short period of time before they heal and move onto their future plans. During this time the nurse must be able to form a relationship with the patient, family, physician and other healthcare providers. Through each of these relationships they must be able to then formulate a plan of care based on a patients needs, their plans for the future, past history etc. When the patient is first out of surgery they rely on the nurse to perform more activities of self-care. In this process the patient may begin in the wholly compensatory system and progress through the partially compensatory system to eventually end in the system. The wholly compensatory system is where the patient relies on the nurse to perform activities as stated by Masters. In rehab this might include helping the patient to the bathroom, transferring. If they have just had shoulder surgery helping them brush their hair, dressing changes, etc. In the partially compensatory system the patient is also participating in the self-care activities. The patient slowly on more and more tasks as they begin to heal. An example of
important for a patient to develop a trusting relationship with the nurse to be able to understand and accept the education that the nurse provides. Also, the relationship is important to the nurse to be able to understand where the patient is coming from such as their background or previous experiences. By having this relationship the nurse can develop a plan of care that is individualized to each patient. In the rehabilitation field of nursing Orem’s theory of self-care is widely used. Nurses generally are only seeing their patients for a short period of time before they heal and move onto their future plans. During this time the nurse must be able to form a relationship with the patient, family, physician and other healthcare providers. Through each of these relationships they must be able to then formulate a plan of care based on a patients needs, their plans for the future, past history etc. When the patient is first out of surgery they rely on the nurse to perform more activities of self-care. In this process the patient may begin in the wholly compensatory system and progress through the partially compensatory system to eventually end in the system. The wholly compensatory system is where the patient relies on the nurse to perform activities as stated by Masters. In rehab this might include helping the patient to the bathroom, transferring. If they have just had shoulder surgery helping them brush their hair, dressing changes, etc. In the partially compensatory system the patient is also participating in the self-care activities. The patient slowly on more and more tasks as they begin to heal. An example of
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