Comprehensive Nursing Care Plan

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Comprehensive nursing care plan
The nursing of mental health that involves psychiatric intervention takes care of patients suffering from emotional and mental
health problems such as anxiety, mood disorders, anxiety, and depression. The healthcare givers are taking care of the individuals with
such problems through educating them, counseling them, and also use the medication in some cases to promote the emotional and
mental condition of the patient. The caregivers are located in hospitals, counseling centers, while others make visits or even having
long-term residential facilities where the affected persons are found. The ages of patients suffering from mental and emotional
conditions range from young children, adolescents, and even adults (Bowers, 2014). It's the role of the caregivers to be ready to help
the patients and also their families as psychiatric and mental well-being is only achieved by the use of an adequately planned nursing
care plan which is implemented by a team that offers support and this may include counselors, psychologists, and the families. It is
essential for the psychiatrist to be sensitive towards the emotional and psychological needs of their patients as that is the source of the
health concerns.
The modeling and role modeling theory in nursing
Developed and published in the year 1983, the approach aims at enabling the nurses to care and nurture for every patient and
be aware and respect the uniqueness in every patient. It is an example of clinical practices focusing on the needs of patients that are
theory based (Corrigan, Druss &Perlick, 2014). The approach borrows its concepts from other theories such as Erikson’s theory of

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psychological stages, Lazarus’s general adaptation syndrome, and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, among others. The theory attempts to
explain the similarities and differences that are found among humans.
The similarities as defined by the theory are holism, basic needs, affiliated Individuation
Holism, according to the theory, refers to the belief that individuals are made up of more than just their parts. The theory
claims that the body, spirit, mind, and emotions all work as a unit that controls and affects the pieces through a dynamic interaction
with each other. It implies that both unconscious and conscious processes are vital.
The theory claims that basic needs drive behavior. The fulfillment of basic requirements is achieved when the individual feels
a satisfaction. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs states that basic needs are the basis of growth (Sickel, Seacat & Nabors, 2014). The
modeling and role modeling theory borrow this and claims that by meeting a requirement makes it nonexistent, thus resulting in
growth. If the needs are not met, there may be a threat that leads to stress and sickness. This, in turn, leads to a lack of growth, which
makes it challenging and brings about anxiety. The need for knowing and the fear to know are related to meeting security needs.
Affiliated Individuation refers to a concept which is found in the theory that base its belief in that individuals has a drive that is
instinctual towards being accepted and rely on the systems offering support throughout life while at the same time they maintain a
sense of freedom and independence which differs from the interdependence concept (Muskett, 2014). The loss and attachment offer to
address the idea that individuals contain a drive that is innate towards attachment to objects which repeatedly meet their needs.

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Individuals also become emotional and grief at the loss of these objects. Losing the purposes may be real, alleged, or even endangered.
The unresolved loss of these objects leads to the absence of objects to help in coping with the stressors in the daily life of the
individuals leading to sadness and a need.
According to Foster et al. (2016), the theory bases psychosocial stages on the theory by Erikson. The theory claims that a
resolution on a task depends on the degree towards the need to be satisfied. Decisions on the critical stages lead to attributes that
promote growth, which affects the ability of an individual to function adequately and healthily respond to the daily stressors. A
person gains, and that is strong through each task that is age specific.
The cognitive stages in the theory are founded on the philosophy by Piaget and are related to the abilities in thinking that
sequentially develop. It makes it useful in understanding and determining the developmental stages in a patient that be difficult in
dealing with. The theory looks at the differences between individuals and classifies them as a natural endowment, adaptation, stress,
and self-care actions. The theory claims that natural endowment refers to genetic influences that influence the status of the health of an
individual. Model of the world relates to the perspective of the environment of the patient, which is based on the experiences of the
past, life, and knowledge. Adaptation, in theory, refers to the response that a patient gives towards stressors that are directed towards
their health and growth. The potential to adapt refers to the ability of a patient to handle stressors and the conditions that they may find
themselves in. An assessment can be done to predict the adaptation by a patient through delineating the three categories in coping that
are arousal, symmetry, and destitution.