Myra E. Levines Conservation model

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4 principles

Conservation of Energy Conservation of Structural Integrity Conservation of Personal Integrity Conservation of Social Integrity

all physiologic and psychological processes that sustain life depend on the body’s energy balance

conversation of energy

all body systems decline with aging; chronic illness also produces bodily structural changes

Conservation of Structural Integrity -

Conservation of Structural Integrit5

maintaining or promoting mobility preventing injury preventing infection maintaining skin integrity

self-identity is intrinsically bound to wholeness and all individuals cherish the sense of self; it includes recognition of the holiness of each person respecting one’s privacy and property enhancing self-esteem promoting self-identity obtaining advance directives for treatment

Conservation of Personal Integrity

providing meaningful social activities for residents and staff, considering the family and resident as a unit

Conservation of Social Integrity

it describes the way complex systems are able to continue to function even when severely challenged it is through conservation that man is able to confront obstacles, adapt accordingly, and maintain their uniqueness and individuality, from Latin word conservation which means "to keep together"

conservatiob

emphasizes a sound, organic, progressive, mutuality between diversified functions and parts within an entirety, the boundaries of which are open and fluent it connotes integrity - the oneness of persons, highlighting their capacity to respond in an integrated and singular fashion to environmental challenges

wholeness

the process of change wherein the person is able to keep his integrity within situations and circumstances of his environment, both internal and external - it is the bridge: the process by which individuals fit the environments in which they live health and disease are patterns of adaptive changethe goal of adaptive change is the conservation of wholeness (health) and integrity

adaptation

-patterned responses passed on through genetics

Historicity

-unique adaptive responses to specific environmental challenges

Specificity

availability of multiple adaptive responses Levine suggests "the possibility exists that aging itself is a consequence of failed redundancy of physiological and psychological processes"

redundancy

includes all aspects of the world wherein the person is able to intercept and interpret with his sense organs

perceptual

to things that physically affect the individual but may not be perceived by the individual himself. An example of these are microorganisms We can get an infection because of a microorganism but we cannot really perceive what a microorganism really

operation

the environment is the product of cultural patterns, characterized by spirituality, and moderated by language, history, and thought

conceptual level

refers to the person's ability to adapt to his or her environment and is made up of four levels of integration

organismic response

the most primitive response: the person either fights" or "flies away from a perceived stressor in order to ensure his own safety and well-being

fight or flight response

body defense mechanism that protects the body tissue from insults in an unfriendly environment

inflammatory resoponse

refers to the wear and tear of body tissues that reflect the body's continued response and adaptation to stressful situations, it is characterized by irreversibility and influences the way the patients respond to nursing care

response to stress

occurs as the person experiences life and the world around him, individuals are constantly immersed in an environmental background of sensory input that never cases, even during sleep, prompts to maintain safety and seek wholeness

perceptual response

a scientific method of reaching a nursing care judgment, an alternative recommendation of Levine to

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MODULE 3a

charish · 23問 · 2年前

MODULE 3a