Problem Solving Approach in Nursing

The nature of nursing is complex and efforts to define it are still continuing. Virginia Henderson(1961) viewed nursing as assisting the individual sick or well in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to peaceful death) that hes/he would perform unaided if s/he had the necessary strength, will or knowledge. Nursing is concerned with the psychological social spiritual and physical aspects of the person rather than only the clients diagnosed medical condition. Focus of nursing is on the needs, patterns, responses, strengths or deficits of the whole person interacting with the environment. Nursing is assisting the client (individual person, family, groups or community) solve his/her health problems. Problems are the unmet basic needs, barriers in normal human responses, health status or self care deficits.These may be the actual or potential threats to enjoying sense of well being.