Which model exemplifies a patient who states the following, "I am responsible for my own health and well-being and I will partner with you (my nurse) to make sure I am ready to be dis-charged after surgery"?
a. Basic Human Needs Model
b. Absence of Disease Model
c. Holistic Health Model
d. Healthy People 2020 Model
C
The intent of the holistic health model is to empower patients to engage in their own recovery, thereby assuming some responsibility for health maintenance. Basic human needs are related to a hierarchy of needs involving lower needs to self-actualization. Healthy People 2020 provides evidenced-based objectives to: (1) achieve increased quality and years of healthy life, and (2) eliminate health disparities. There is no absence of disease model.
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