REPORT ON MCN 311

Submitted to: Ms. Maricar M. Mutia, R.N., M.N., M.A.N.

Submitted by: Catherine P. Realiza Neil John A. Isaw

A. Individual Health 1. Concept of Individuality Each individual is a unique being Focus on total care and individualized care context Total care context considers all the principles that apply when taking care of any client Individualized care context means using the total care principles that apply to the person at this time One can be healthy when he is able to meet basic human needs The absence of basic human needs results in illness The presence of basic human needs helps prevent illness or signals health Meeting basic human needs restores health One feels something missing when needs are unmet One feels satisfaction when needs are met 2. Concept of Holism Concerned with the individual as a whole, not as an assembly of parts Strive to understand how one area of concern relates to the whole person Consider the relationship of individuals to the environment and to others 3. Concept of Homeostasis Various physiological and psychological mechanisms respond to changes in the internal and external environment to maintain a balanced state To maintain health the bodys internal environment needs a balanced state. a. Physiologic homeostasis Self - Regulating mechanisms of the body react to change and keep the body in homeostasis

Compensatory Mechanisms Primarily: Autonomic nervous system (sympathetic) & the endocrine system (epinephrine, cortisol, aldosterone) Other: Cardiovascular, Respiratory, GI and Renal Systems

Regulated by negative feedback mechanisms and feedback mechanisms. Feedback and regulation are self related. The negative feedback helps to maintain stability in a system in spite of external changes. It is related to homeostasis.

b. Psychologic homeostasis Need to maintain mental well-being

It uses psychological adaptive behaviors ie: Coping mechanisms and defense mechanisms to return one to an emotionally balanced state