Social Theories – This book covers the entire syllabus of “Psychiatric Nursing” prescribed by the Universities of Bangladesh- for Basic and diploma nursing students. We tried to accommodate the latest information and topics. This book is an examination-friendly setup according to the teachers’ lectures and examination questions.
At the end of the book previous university questions are given. We hope in touch with the book students’ knowledge will be upgraded and flourish. The unique way of presentation may make your reading of the book a pleasurable experience.
Social Theories
Social Theories: The social approach is used for individual or family evaluation. Initiatives are based on the importance and meaning of family and cultural norms. It is impossible to interact with a family without taking the family’s cultural values into consideration. When providing inpatient clinics, nurses are responsible for arranging the social environment as well as ensuring the safety of both the patient and others. Moreover, numerous group initiatives are based on socio-cultural theories.
Nursing Theories: Boyd (2002) mentions about the applicability of many nursing theories to psychiatric nursing and states that the use of these theories’ changes depending on the patient and his or her problems. For example, Orem’s self-care theory can be beneficial for a schizophrenic patient who has difficulties maintaining self-care, while Peplau’s theory can be useful for helping a nurse to develop a relationship with his or her patient.
Similarly, Shives (2008) states that the concepts focüsed upon by many nursing theorists such as Peplau, Orem, Roy, and Parse are associated with psychiatric nursing in particular. For example, Peplau plays an important role for the emergence of theory-based psychiatric nursing practice.
In his theory of interpersonal relations, Peplau adapted the concepts of communication and relationships from Sullivan’s interpersonal theory and focused on patient nurse relationships for the development of problem-solving skills. Peplau’s theory is effective for chronic patient care, home care, psychiatry services, and health development. Orem’s behavioral nursing theory focuses on self-care deficiency and is one of the theories used in psychiatric nursing practice.
Advantages – Social model/theories
✓ Education for people, so don’t get the disease
✓ Govt support/strategies e.g., QUIT, TAC, immunization
✓ Less costly to prevent the disease before it happens
✓ Encourages individuals to take responsibility and lead healthier lifestyles -> improve quality of life
✓ Community approach involving all levels of government, nongovernment organizations
✓ Increase economic development of the country as the population is in good health and lead productive lives
Disadvantages – Social Model/theories
✔ Lack of education for the whole population, some people don’t get or understand the message Population not motivated e.g., suntans, smoking, overweight.
✔Not believing it will happen to them
✔Changing lifestyles is VERY hard
✔ Not all diseases can be prevented
✔ Results of this method of health are not evident until after a long period of time and difficult to measure its effectiveness
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