Health Promotion: Theoretical Perspectives and Clinical Applications

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1998

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

Source Publication

Holistic Nursing Practice

Source ISSN

0887-9311

Abstract

Promoting health has been fundamental to nursing practice since Nightingale. Various contemporary midrange theories guide health promotion activities in the current managed care environment. Additional areas require scrutiny, however. What conclusions can nurses draw from theory-based research findings in promoting health behavior? How can health be promoted in the context of a 15-minute visit, a same-day surgery, or an acute hospitalization? Most crucial, how can health be promoted given the diminished resources and time available in public and community health settings? What are the essentials of health promotion assessment? Do differences in the way nurses intervene affect care? What sort of health promotion outcomes are acceptable and feasible to measure? Answers to these questions are essential to foster health in managed care environments.

Comments

Holistic Nursing Practice, Vol. 12, No. 2 (January 1998): 1-7. Permalink.

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