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The Concept of Mental Nursing

The Concept of Mental Nursing

NursingNetwork,--The Concept of Mental Nursing or Nursing the psyche according to American Nurses Associations (ANA) is a special area of ​​nursing practice that uses the science of human behavior as a basis and uses oneself therapeutically in improving, maintaining, restoring the client's mental health and mental health of the community in which the client is located (American Nurses Associations).

Mental health is not just a state of mental disorder, but it contains various characteristics about direct care, communication and management, is positive describes harmony and balance of the psyche.

Nursing the psyche is a professional nursing service based on the science of behavior, the science of mental nursing in humans throughout the life cycle with a maladaptive social-psycho response caused by bio-psycho-social disorder, using self and soul nursing therapy (therapeutic communication and modal therapy mental health nursing) through a nursing process approach to improve, prevent, retain and restore mental health problems of clients (individuals, families, community groups).

Nursing the soul is an interpersonal process that seeks to enhance and sustain behavior so that the client can function as a whole human being.
The principle of soul nursing consists of four components namely human, environment, health and nursing.

In nursing the soul, the nurse looks at humans holistically and uses oneself therapeutically.

The methodology in nursing the psyche is to use oneself therapeutically and interpersonal interactions by realizing oneself, the environment, and their interactions with the environment. This awareness is the basis for change. The client becomes aware of the self and the situation, thus more accurately identifying needs and problems and choosing healthy ways to overcome them. Nurses provide constructive stimulus so that clients finally learn how to deal with problems that are the basic capital in dealing with various problems.

Mental Health Nursing Process Nursing care is a therapeutic process that involves a cooperative relationship between nurse and client, and the community to achieve optimal health (Carpenito, 1989).

Nurses need a scientific method in performing the therapeutic process, namely the process of nursing. The use of the nursing process helps nurses in nursing practice, resolves client nursing issues, or meets the needs of clients scientifically, logically, systematically, and organized. Basically, the nursing process is one of the problem solving techniques

The nursing process aims to provide nursing care in accordance with the needs and problems of clients so that the quality of nursing services to be optimal. Client needs and concerns can be identified, prioritized to be fulfilled, and completed. By using the nursing process, nurses can avoid routine, intuitive, and non-nursing actions that are unique to individual clients.

The process of nursing is a means / vehicle cooperation of nurses and clients. Generally, in the early stages the nurse's role is greater than the client's role, but in the process to the end it is expected that the client's role is greater than the nurse so that the client's independence can be achieved. Self-reliance of self-care clients can also be used as a criterion of fulfilled needs and / or problems resolved.(nn)

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