Person//client//patient

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Definition of a person

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Primary reciepient of nursing care
Single individual or groups or large collectives
Complex entities affected by various interrelating factors such as: mind and body, the environment, and existing interpersonal relationships

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Wholism (Chin Dean of URI)

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*first formulated in 1930s*
Eastern View: Whole is greater then the sum of it's parts
You cannot reduce the whole to parts without losing something in the process
Reductionist view (Western): the whole is simply the sum of its parts
Illness is viewed as personal expierence

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Holistic movement: Sociopolitic (Vietnam War)

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1970s
Dualism: mind and body interact and have an affect on one another

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Holistic Nursing

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embodies the philosphy of holism
emphasized theimportance of understanding a person's whole beign rather than breaking down, studying and treating only the component parts
Nursing is only occupation who treats the system
Use science methods and nurse/patient creativity to solve health problems

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Presence of Nurse

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holistic nurse makes a conscious decision to "be with" the patient in an emotinally and psychologically open manner.
Help make them think they are involved in interaction.

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Healing

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relief of suffering
lifelong process and journey that is for all individuals, including both patient and nurse