Discuss Biopsychosocial Fields

Discussion: Biopsychosocial Fields

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Week 8: Reflection Reflect back over the past eight weeks and describe how the achievement of the course outcomes in this course have prepared you to meet the MSN program outcome #1 and the MSN Essential I.Program Outcome #1: Practice safe, high-quality advanced nursing care based on concepts and knowledge from nursing and related disciplines.MSN Essential I: Background for Practice from Sciences and HumanitiesRecognizes that the master’s-prepared nurse integrates scientific findings from nursing, biopsychosocial fields, genetics, public health, quality improvement, and organizational sciences for the continual improvement of nursing care across diverse settings.Nurse Practitioner Core Competencies#1 Scientific Foundation Competencies1. Critically analyzes data and evidence for improving advanced nursing practice.Discuss Biopsychosocial Fields2. Integrates knowledge from the humanities and sciences within the context of nursing science.3. Translates research and other forms of knowledge to improve practice processes and outcomes.4. Develops new practice approaches based on the integration of research, theory, and practice knowledge
The biomedical model of health and disease dominates in current medical practice. The model attributes key role to biological determinants and explains disease as a condition caused by external pathogens or disorders in the functions of organs and body systems. Such an approach has its historic justification and has proved effective in the control of massive infectious diseases. However, now that chronic non-infectious diseases prevail, its efficacy has not only become questionable, but also the issue has been raised of its economic justification. The extension of biomedical approach and attribution of equal importance to psychosocial factors have become an imperative in the improvement of treatment efficacy and disease control, together with humanisation of relations between health staff and patients.Discuss Biopsychosocial Fields A new biopsychosocial model has been suggested, that takes into account all relevant determinants of health and disease and that supports the integration of biological, psychological and social factors in the assessment, prevention and treatment of diseases. It does not diminish the significance of biological factors, but extends a rather narrow approach. The biopsychosocial model served as incentive for many studies of how psychological and social factors influence the development, course and outcome of a disease, giving rise to the development of interdisciplinary field–particularly the fields of health psychology and psychoneuroimmunology. Their contribution to better understanding of the impact of psychosocial factors on health stimulates greater interest of medical theory and practice in more holistic approach to a patient. However, the changes of the old, organ oriented approach are still too slow and too narrow.Discuss Biopsychosocial Fields