Paterson And Zderad's Humanistic Nursing Theory

Paterson and Zderad Humanistic Nursing Theory is mainly about humanism which emphasize the value of each unique individual and as a nurse it is there responsibility to respond to their patient whenever they needed them (Paterson and Zderad, 2008). In this paper, it would include and explore the humanistic nursing theory by Paterson and would be apply to one specific patient. It would also talk about the call and respond between the nurse and the patient and how a nurse could apply the humanistic theory to improve the quality of care and to nurture the well being of their patient.

My patient is male, age 49 and was admitted because of pneumonia. Pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs (Ross - Kerr, 2014).

The air sacs may fill with fluid or pus causing cough with phlegm or pus, fever, chills, and difficulty breathing (Ross - Kerr, 2014). Past medical history of MI in 2003 with stent to circumflex, MI in 2012 with stent to RCA, hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity, ventricular septal defect as a child, right below knee amputation for osteomyelitis, celiac disease, fibromyalgia, and bilateral rotator cuff repair. Before meeting my patient, my main concern is his pneumonia symptoms such as dyspnea and shortness of breath but when the assigned nurse introduced the patient to me she said that his pneumonia is already cured but he tend to have a “drug seeking behavior”. I do not have any assumption since this is my first time encountering this situation and have no experience on how to deal with patient that has a drug seeking behavior. I checked his files and also looked at the nurse notes to get an idea about my patient and get a glimpse of his history