NURS1000 Lecture 8: Lecture 8- selfcare and independence
14 Feb 2019
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Self-care: self-care is what people do for themselves to establish and maintain health, prevent and deal with illness. Includes things such as hygiene, nutrition and lifestyle factors. Examples of self-care include exercise, socialising and showering. Functional decline: lowered ability to perform tasks of everyday living. Functional decline affects many aspects of life including nutrition and hydration since they can no longer eat as much or prepare meals, mobility and independence due to a lowered ability to walk without assistance. Deconditioning: psychological changes following a period of inactivity or low activity that can result in functional decline. Benefits of promoting self-care: improved health outcomes, dignity of patient is maintained, and they have purposeful objectives in life, sustains emotional wellbeing and maximises their physical function. A nurse"s role in promoting self-care: empower patients, enable skills in self-care, create a supportive environment, educate the patients, documentation in care plan, educate their family/significant others in how to help.
