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Anosognosia is a lack of ability to perceive the realities of one’s own condition. It’s a person’s inability to accept that they have a condition that matches up with their symptoms or a ...
Recovery model. The recovery model, recovery approach or psychological recovery is an approach to mental disorder or substance dependence that emphasizes and supports a person's potential for recovery. Recovery is generally seen in this model as a personal journey rather than a set outcome, and one that may involve developing hope, a secure ...
Informed consent is when a healthcare provider — like a doctor, nurse, or other healthcare professional — explains a medical treatment to a patient before the patient agrees to it.
Gender bias in healthcare weaves a toxic thread throughout history. Take hysteria, for example. This catch-all “diagnosis” originated in ancient Egyptian and Greek medicine, but it was widely ...
The Nursing Outcomes Classification ( NOC) is a classification system which describes patient outcomes sensitive to nursing intervention. The NOC is a system to evaluate the effects of nursing care as a part of the nursing process. The NOC contains 330 outcomes, and each with a label, a definition, and a set of indicators and measures to ...
Stupor is an alteration of consciousness marked by decreased responsiveness to environmental stimuli and absence of spontaneous movement. Obtundation, obtunded, stupors, stuporous.
Long-term care. Elderly man at a nursing home in Norway. Long-term care ( LTC) is a variety of services which help meet both the medical and non-medical needs of people with a chronic illness or disability who cannot care for themselves for long periods. Long-term care is focused on individualized and coordinated services that promote ...
The spotlight effect refers to people’s tendency to assume their mistakes and perceived personal flaws stand out clearly to others, as if illuminated by a spotlight. In reality, though, other ...