Assignment: Physical Growth and Development
Lines refer
to the complex aspects of self that enrich
and enhance one’s development, such
things as multiple intelligences, cognitive
awareness, etc. States refer to temporary
and changing forms of awareness, such as
consciousness, unconsciousness, dreaming,
waking, meditative states, recollection
of peak experiences, etc. Types refer to
differences in personality and expression
that may mediate one’s experiences of
reality. Because interpretation of reality
is fluid, many human experiences, both
temporary and permanent, affect one’s
movement toward higher levels of
consciousness. Aspects such as physical
growth and development, dream states,
multiple intelligences, peak experiences,
personality, gender, shifts in physiology,
moods, etc. are considered. Through the
application of the dimensions of AQUAL,
as depicted in Table 1, individuals open
themselves to evolving insights about the
complexity of the human experience and
about the ongoing quest for higher levels
of consciousness that characterize the
integral person.
relevance to Clinical Pain
management Practice
Client reliance on the internet to provide
knowledge about care is becoming a more
common phenomenon in a technological
world. Returning to basic notions about
centering care on the client is an important
issue for the nurse in the 21st century whose
clients are becoming increasingly impatient
with the faceless, computerized nature of
care. The nurse of the 21st century must
take advantage of the power of technology
to search for and create evidence for
emerging holistic practices, understanding
that practice increasingly relies on a
growing knowledge base and a willingness
to risk implementing novel changes in
practice targeted on improving both client
outcomes and clinical nursing practice. The
theory of integral nursing offers nurses the
opportunity to act on their desire to create a
healing environment for clients through the
synthesis and application of knowledge
rooted in metaparadigmatic and quadrant
realities. Relationship-centered communication
anchored in the theoretically driven holistic
caring process is essential, especially when it
comes to the very personal experience of pain
management care.
In a world where social capital is
increasingly being lost, clients want to know
that nurses see them as individuals and
value their personal experience of pain.
For example, application of the notion of
creating a sacred space for care that is
described in the theory of integral nursing
has the potential to narrow the theory-
practice gap by emphasizing the importance
of dedicating oneself to the personalized
pain relief clients seek and nurses strive to
deliver. In this sacred space, nothing else
is allowed to interfere with the interactions
between the client and the nurse. The nurse
is totally focused on what he/she is doing
and what the client describes as their
experience of that particular episode of pain.
The theory brings a more open vision of the
client-nurse relationship, especially as it
relates to the role of each partner who is
part of the pain management experience.
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
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