following essay, I am going to discuss the topic of “self” in social care practice, and outline the importance of exploring the “self” and how it benefits both our personal and professional development as social care practitioners. “Self” can sometimes be seen as a, somewhat, unknown phenomenon in social care practice. People find it hard to define “self” and there can be different interpretations to its meaning. From my learning and understanding of “self”, it is how our internal processes such as our
Self-Care Assessment Self-care is a critical component, it is the activities individuals and community members undergo having the primary intention of enhancing the health of themselves, overall preventing illnesses, disease, and restoring health. It is important to understand that self care is active and powerful in maintaining an optimal level of health. A person’s overall health includes physical, mental, emotional, relationship, choices, and spiritual components of well-being (McCoy, 2013).
discussed like aging population, medical technology, costs change etc. However, one of the aspect which often stays unmentioned are people’s attitude and behaviour. Self service became an important aspect of our lives, like self checkout, self booking, paying etc. the same is going to be applied for the health industry. Health is moving to self care. The reason being
The aspects of self-care I considered when constructing my plan for the upcoming semester were intended to be comprehensive. Creating a plan with a focus on areas of my total wellbeing it will be easier to measure goals, determine corrective measures, and rewards. Elizabeth Vernet (as cited in Shallcross, 2011) stated “It is important for counsellors to understand that there are risk factors inherent in the work and that noticing signs of stress or distress is a sign of health, not impairment
After reading the articles, do you feel nurses practicing self-care can impact patient outcomes, negatively or positively? Explain your response. After reading the article and both practicing nursing on a weekly basis, I absolutely feel that nurses practicing self-care impact patient outcomes in a positive manner. It is my belief that you first have to take care of yourself before you can be useful to anyone else. Nursing is a very stressful yet extremely rewarding profession. Nurses face a
their pain on their own or wait until it passes. However, today’s Americans are more autonomous and take the alternative route: self-diagnosis. With the advancement of technology, a simple search on healthcare websites like WebMD or a quick post on social media can offer immediate answers to the ill’s symptoms and treatment options. Since WebMD’s creation in 1996, self-diagnosing has become increasingly popular during these two decades. In a 2013 research done by Pew Research Center's Internet &
Self-interest At the point when my healthcare association changed the frameworks to be more compelling to decrease twofold working around 6 years back. A circumstance where somebody I knew was impervious to change as recognized in self-interest. The vast majority of the more seasoned elderly laborers were impervious to this change since they were OK with the way things have been working for a considerable length of time utilizing the same out dated framework. While the change was constrained many
My Self Care Plan Self-care has many definitions, to me, I think self-care is the act of doing things that help decrease stress and improve the quality of life. Understanding self-care is really important in a lot of career fields but I believe the medical field demands more of the people who work in it. What I mean by this is you will see and do things that will leave you exhausted. If you do not know how to decrease that stress and exhaustion you will be burnt out very quickly. I have seen burn
Self-care often goes over looked. However, it could be one of the most important things a healthcare professional can do for themselves and the patients. Working in healthcare often consists of long hours and lots of brain power. Your mind is always on and you are always on high alert. That can be taxing on our minds, bodies, and souls. This is where self-care comes into play. Decompression can look like many things. I some play golf. Others take bi-monthly trips to the massage parlor. Some people
order to become an active participant in the care and maintenance of their illness. Take Diabetes Mellitus for example. Children who are newly diagnosed with this usually adapt quickly in knowing they need to stay on top of proper maintenance. They learn very quickly how they feel when they are sick and how they feel when they are well. “When [Diabetes Mellitus] has its onset in childhood, assisting children to develop a sense of responsibility for self-management is a primary concern” (Dashiff, McCaleb
impact. The act of caring is unique to nursing where “caring comes before curing” (Potter 2017). In nursing showing patient’s care is essential to their well-being. It becomes obvious when there is a lack of care and that may hinder healing. Aspects of caring in the scope of the nursing practice include but are not limited to, caring actions, patient advocacy and self-care. Caring actions are behaviors that nurses complete such as touching, providing presence, and active listening that prove an advanced
concepts theoretically and operationally defined? Smith and Parker (2015) described the concepts of the Self Care Deficit Theory as: “self care, self care agency, therapeutic self care demand, self care deficit, nursing agency, and nursing systems” (p. 109). These concepts are thoroughly discussed and the theoretical and operational definitions are presented throughout the theory. Self-care in general is the ability of a person to maintain basic needs required to sustain life. These basic needs
Evaluate if your individual level self-care plan was effective for you. Provide rationale for your answer. The individual self-care plan was useful because I follow through on most of the plan, but sometimes I do not meet all the goals. The most important of them that I make sure I achieved daily is getting at least 6 hours of sleep. This helped my sanity with all the workloads both at home and school. 2. Describe the role of supportive others in your self-care plan, was it difficult to ask for and
This paper will focus on what health care social work is. It will also discuss my personal self – reflection on how I will prepare to work with individuals, families, and communities affected by disease, illness and public health issues. Lastly a brief self- appraisal of my skills will be possessed along with my hope to develop to assist individuals, families and communities in a health care context. To introduce what health care social work is it’s important to examine it from a historical standpoint
It is very important to take care of your body, but people don’t know or don’t have the motivation to take care of the body. This problem can lead to serious consequences. Not taking care of yourself means that it can affect your health by causing stress, lack of exercise, which increases the chance gaining weight, and causes depression. When you don’t exercise the fat that you have consumed it can lead to having high blood pressure. What is blood pressure? Blood pressure is the pressure
personal theory of nursing care was established and eventually published in her book, Nursing: Concepts of Practice, in 1971. Finally, in 1976 Georgetown University awarded her an
The idea of self-care involves the pursuit of physical, mental and emotional health. Self-care can sound selfish, however, doing things like going to bed on time, saying no to work by setting aside periods of rest and getting responsible exercise and eating properly are also part of self-care. The authors quote a pastor who says that he’s running on fumes. The authors feel having a hobby or interest outside of the church is a good thing and I agree. I believe it’s critical to maintain good
Self-care is a necessary practice in everyone’s life. This practice allows people to relax and replenished themselves. The first time I heard of this term was in during one of my social work classes. As we began to discuss self-care it became clear, that without proper self-care people, not just social workers are doing themselves a disservice. Self-care encompasses more than general rest. Self-care deals with emotional wellbeing, good health and spiritual wellbeing. All of these areas are key
One of the theories of nursing is Dorothea Orem’s self-care theory, also called the self-care deficit theory. Nursing theories are important for several reasons. The profession is strengthened when knowledge is built on sound theory (Black, 2014). Theory is important for reasoning, thinking, decision-making, and supporting excellence in practice (Black, 2014). Dorothea Orem’s theory is a conceptual model that provides a structure for critical thinking in the nursing process (Black, 2014). A conceptual
I know that I can't always control the circumstances that life throws my way, but I can control how well I take care of myself. By taking proper care of my body, soul and mind I can keep myself in optimum shape for handling stress, which gives me as much resilience as possible to help me manage those uncontrollable things in life. The following are some important self-care strategies that I can do to keep my body functioning well and ready for life's challenges. First, I can get a good night's rest