Nurse's Pocket Guide

eadiness for enhanced SELF-CONCEPT
• Involve in activities/exercise program of choice, promote
socialization. Enhances sense of well-being/can help to energize
client.
NURSING PRIORITY NO. 3.To promote optimum sense of selfworth
and happiness:
• Assist client to identify goals that are personally achievable.
Provide positive feedback for verbal and behavioral indications
of improved self-view. Increases likelihood of success
and commitment to change.
• Refer to vocational/employment counselor, educational
resources, as appropriate. Assists with improving development
of social/vocational skills.
• Encourage participation in classes/activities/hobbies that
client enjoys or would like to experience. Provides opportunity
for learning new information/skills that can enhance
feelings of success, improving self-esteem.
• Reinforce that current decision to improve self-concept is
ongoing. Continued work and support are necessary to sustain
behavior changes/personal growth.
• Discuss ways to develop optimism. Optimism is a key ingredient
in happiness and can be learned.
• Suggest assertiveness training classes. Enhances ability to
interact with others and develop more effective relationships,
enhancing one’s self-concept.
• Emphasize importance of grooming and personal hygiene
and assist in developing skills to improve appearance and
dress for success as needed. Looking one’s best improves
sense of self-esteem and presenting a positive appearance
enhances how others see you.
Documentation Focus
ASSESSMENT/REASSESSMENT
• Individual findings, including evaluations of self and others,
current and past successes.
• Interactions with others/lifestyle.
• Motivation for/willingness to change.
PLANNING
• Plan of care and who is involved in planning.
• Educational plan.
IMPLEMENTATION/EVALUATION
• Responses to interventions/teaching and actions performed.
Information in brackets added by the authors to clarify and enhance
the use of nursing diagnoses.
586 Cultural Collaborative Community/Home Care