Composure Model

 Filipino Cardiologist Nurse Theorist

Master in Nursing in 1975
 Doctoral Degree holder in 2001
 Former President of the Association of the Philippine Colleges of Nursing (ADPCN)
 She has been a clinic nurse,staff nurse ,head nurse ,instructor ,Assistant
Dean, and Dean

Theorist like to prove the worth of Nursing as a health care profession of being par
in quality with other healthcare professionals

Set of behaviors or nursing measures that the nurse

Composure Behaviors demonstrates to selected cardiac patients

"COMPOSURE"
COM-petence
P-resence and Prayer
O-penmindedness
S-timulation
U-nderstanding
R-espect and Relaxation
E-mpathy
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 Born on November 19, 1936 in Katipunan-Dipolog

Zamboanga del Norte.
 Master degree in Nursing and Guidance and Counseling.
 She also holds a Doctoral degree in Education.
 Has a vast contribution to the University of the
Philippines College of Nursing Faculty and Academic
achievements.
 She is now a Professor Emeritus, a title awarded only to a
few who met the strict criteria.

Determinants of positive perrole discontinuities

Family Constellation - means

family composition described
either close knit or extended
Work status- family where three more
generations of family members
Self-
status of the live under one roof; or Preparation-it is
distanced family, whose
individual member live in separate preparing of self
to the possible
dwelling units; or nuclear type
according to of family where only husband,

his/her work. outcome in life.

wife and children live together
 Carmencita M. Abaquin is a nurse with Master's Degree in
Nursing obtained from the University of the Philippines
College of Nursing. An expert in Medical Surgical Nursing
with subspecialty in Oncologic Nursing

PREPARE ME has the following components

: • Presence - being with another person
during the times of need. This includes
therapeutic communication, active listening,
and touch.
• Reminisce Therapy-recall of past
experiences, feelings and thoughts to
facilitate adaptation to present circumstances.
• Praver
• Relaxation-Breathing - techniques to
encourage and elicit relaxation for the
purpose of decreasing undesirable signs and
symptoms such as pain, muscle tension, and
anxiety. andes
• Meditation - encourages an elicit form of
relaxation for the purpose of altering patient's
level of awareness by focusing on an image or
thought to facilitate inner sight which helps
establish connection and relationship with
God. It may be done through the use of music
and other relaxation techniques.
• Values Clarification- assisting another
individual to clarify his own values about
health and illness in order to facilitate
effective decision making skills. Through this,
the patient develops an open mind that will
facilitate acceptance of disease state or may
help deepen or enhance values. The process
of values clarification helps one become
internally consistent by achieving closer
between what we do and what we feel.

Cherry joy San Jose BSN1-B