The Practical Application of the Faye Glenn Abdellahs...

INTRODUCTION Your mammogram is suspicious for breast cancer Your biopsy was positive for breast cancer. These are among the most terrifying words a woman can hear from her doctor. Breast cancer elicits so many fears, including those relating to surgery, death, loss of body image and loss of sexuality. Managing these fears can be facilitated by information and knowledge so that each woman can make the best decisions concerning her care. Optimally, these issues are best discussed with the patients doctor on an individual basis. What follows is a review of information on breast cancer intended to aid patients and their families in their navigation through the vast ocean of breast cancer issues. Breast cancer is the most common cause†¦show more content†¦Abdellah’s problem solving approach can easily be used by practitioners to guide various activities within their practice. This is true when considering nursing practice that deals with clients who have specific needs and specific nursing problems. (Georgia, 1990) CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK SUMMARY OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES To begin with, Faye Glenn Abdellah, pioneer nursing researcher, helped transform nursing theory, nursing care and nursing education. She has been a leader in nursing research and has over one hundred publications related to nursing care, education for advanced practice in nursing and nursing research. In 1960, influenced by the desire to promote client-centred comprehensive nursing care, Abdellah describe nursing as a service to individuals, to families, and, therefore to, to society. According to her, nursing is based on an art and science that mould the attitudes, intellectual competencies, and technical skills of the individual nurse into the desire and ability to help people , sick or well, cope with their health needs. Abdellah’s patient-centred approach to nursing was developed inductively from her practice and is considered a human needs theory. The theory was created to assist with nursing education and is most applicable to the education of nurses. Abdellah’s theory would state that nursing is the use of the problem solving approach with keyShow MoreRelatedwiki1969 Words   |  8 PagesThe most prescribed diet in the world for colitis and diverticulitis patients is the Mayo Clinic Diet. The Mayo Clinic diet is called a â€Å"rest diet† and does not even claim to heal or cure colitis or any other disease. It has been tried over a million times and to date there is not a single case of someone healing from the use of that diet. Doubt this? Here are the facts in their own words: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/ulcerative-colitis/DS00598/DSECTION=lifestyle-and-home-remedies Modern doctors