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Nursing: Health Education and Improving Patient Self-Management

Publication Year:
2017
Edition:
1st Ed.
Author:
Sassen, Barbara
ISBN:
978-3-31-951768-1
Doody's Star Rating®:
Score:
73
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Focuses on the role of nursing professionals in promoting the self-management of their patients and becoming more patient-centered health professionals
Offers tips and tricks on how to motivate patients to a healthier lifestyle and strengthen their self-management
A dedicated tool for nursing professionals, helping them understand the underlying theoretical aspects of promoting self-management
This book describes the latest advances in health education and patients' self-management, addressing core questions such as: How can you motivate a patient to adopt a healthier lifestyle, and how can you support their self-management? Though there is a broad consensus within the nursing profession on the importance of health promotion and the promotion of self-management, nursing professionals often struggle with the underlying theoretical and practical aspects involved, as well as the right type of intervention to use and how to evaluate the results.

The book departs from international trends, which primarily underline the importance of prevention and focus on such issues as the increase in the number of people with chronic health problems and co-morbidity, the empowerment of patients, and the technological developments in the health care system. In the first chapters, it examines health at the micro-, meso- and macro-level, combined with epidemiological health indicators. The following chapters focus on prevention, health promotion and self-management, while also broadly discussing prevention.

The book then turns to the development and purpose of, as well as plans for, health promotion and health education. The Intervention Mapping protocol is the starting point, addressing questions such as how to motivate a patient to other, healthier behavior. Subsequently, the field of health promotion is extended to disease prevention, patient education and self-management. On the basis of patients’ needs, the book describes methods and interventions to promote self-management in detail. Self-management and chronic health problems are also highlighted, along with the patient’s social network in connection with self-management and eHealth. Lastly, the book explores the relationship between nursing and health promotion, as well as disease prevention, nursing diagnoses, nursing interventions and care results.

Additionally, this edition includes two trainings on 'Promoting the self-management of the patient ' and on 'What is the role of the nursing professional in promoting self-management of the patient?'. This book is intended for bachelor and master courses for nursing professionals and is linked to the CanMeds competencies of health promoters and reflective evidence-based working professionals.
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OvidSP
Product Type:
Book
Author:
Sassen, Barbara
ISBN:
978-3-31-951768-1
Specialty:
  • Nursing Education
  • Patient Education
Language:
English
Edition:
1st Ed.
Pages:
265
Publication Year:
2017
Doody's Star Rating®:
Score:
73

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