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What is the primary focus of a nurse according to Travelbee?
What is the primary focus of a nurse according to Travelbee?
- To alleviate physical pain only
- To administer medication effectively
- To follow medical protocols strictly
- To address the whole person, including physical, mental, and spiritual needs (correct)
How does Travelbee define a patient?
How does Travelbee define a patient?
- As a stereotype useful for communicative economy (correct)
- As a dependent individual who requires constant care
- As a generic term that encompasses all sick individuals
- As an individual solely focused on their illness
What characterizes the experience of pain according to the provided concepts?
What characterizes the experience of pain according to the provided concepts?
- Pain can easily be observed and measured
- Pain is a communal experience that can be easily shared with others
- Pain is always linked to physical injuries
- The effects of pain are noted, but pain itself is not observable (correct)
What does hope entail in the context of Travelbee's nursing concept?
What does hope entail in the context of Travelbee's nursing concept?
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In Travelbee's view, suffering is defined as what?
In Travelbee's view, suffering is defined as what?
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What role does communication play in the nurse-patient relationship?
What role does communication play in the nurse-patient relationship?
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What describes the nurse-patient interaction as defined by Travelbee?
What describes the nurse-patient interaction as defined by Travelbee?
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How does Travelbee view the concept of nursing need?
How does Travelbee view the concept of nursing need?
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Study Notes
Human-to-Human Relationship
- Focus of Nursing: Nursing aims to alleviate suffering, both physical and emotional, and is concerned with the well-being of the whole person.
- Meaning in Suffering: The nurse helps people find meaning in their experiences of illness and suffering.
Key Concepts
- Human Being: Each individual is unique and irreplaceable.
- Patient: This is a label used for communicative ease, but there are only individual human beings needing care.
- Nurse: A human being with specialized knowledge who assists others.
- Illness: Not defined as being unhealthy, but as a human experience with objective and subjective aspects.
- Suffering: A feeling of displeasure ranging from discomfort to extreme anguish, with stages of despair and indifference.
- Pain: A unique and often difficult-to-communicate experience.
- Hope: A mental state characterized by desire, expectation, dependence, choice, trust, perseverance, and courage.
- Hopelessness: Absence of hope.
- Communication: A process that enables the nurse to build a human-to-human relationship and fulfill nursing's purpose of assisting individuals and families.
- Interaction: Any contact with reciprocal influence between two individuals, communicated verbally or nonverbally.
- Nurse-Patient Interaction: Contact between a nurse and an ill person, characterized by perception of each other through stereotypes.
- Nursing Need: A requirement of the ill person or family that can be met by a professional nurse.
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