Essays on Rimer

As afore-mentioned, knowledge deficit is a major problem facing the management of pediatric asthma. Asthma management cannot be optimal devoid of a proper understanding of various self-efficacy and asthma monitoring skills. This explains why an asthma education program for this patient population is quite promising in terms of addressing the problem. Imparting this new knowledge (knowledge on asthma management and self-efficacy) can be viewed under the lens of the Diffusion of Innovations Theory by Everett Rogers. This theory is pretty relevant and in line with this EBP project since it essentially seeks to transmit new ideas or new knowledge ( ...

Transtheoretical model of nursing in Obesity Management

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Introduction

Health promotion and nursing theories are strategically proposed to make people and health practitioners aware of managing and controlling different health related conditions. These approach mostly focus on primary and advanced care of a disease. Nursing theories and models are proposed in an expanded form of care that interferes with the whole environment surrounding an individual and involves a range of social and behavioral interventions. There are various nursing theories and models proposed from time to time to manage the health related issues. In this essay, the Trans Theoretical Model (TTM) based nursing intervention ...

There are different types of people, and each person has his or her own kind of behaviolar blend. This is based upon the DISC types. DISC is a model which has four different sections (Gianz, Rimer, & Viswanath, 2008). A person is assessed according to each session based on his or her behavior. There is generally no “bad” type of blend since each person is unique. These behavioral blends are affected by the people around the individual, the environment and other factors. The sections in the DISC model can help people understand why they act, feel and think the way that ...