Nola Pender was born August 16, 1941 in Lansing, Michigan. Nola’s extensive education began in 1962, when she received a nursing diploma. One year later, Nola finished her Bachelor’s of Nursing at Michigan State University. Five years later, in 1969, she completed her Phd, focusing on psychology and education at Northwestern University. Nola Pender is associated with many prestigious associations including the Midwest Nursing Research Society (Masters, 2012). At the time of when she received her Phd, she starting looking a health from a global standpoint. Nola realized that the goals of nursing care should be for the patient to achieve a most favorable health (Masters, 2012). The health promotion model was published in 1982 in Health…show more content… She sees the nurse as an essential part of the patient’s environment. The nurses’s advocates for the wellbeing of a patient and encourages modifications (Masters, 2012). A nurse can introduce health concepts, perhaps eating a well balanced diet and/or exercising 30 minutes a day/5 days a week. She can influence the readiness of the behavior and can help the patient identify some of their personal barriers. Once barriers are addressed, the nurse can provide alternatives to overcome thought barriers. A nurse can encourage positive thinking which is crucial for a patient, so they can achieve their goals. The greater the desire to change, the better the outcome; hence affirming how a person’s beliefs can directly affect the behavioral outcome. A nurse can remind a person that their goals and wishes are dependent on their willingness to change. A nurse can also advocate for the tangible benefits that attained. A nurse can also also address these goals within the person’s support system. The surroundings the patient lives in will directly influence the person’s desire and commitment to change (Masters,…show more content… A nurse’s ability to take care of a individual was based on past experiences the patient had with other nurses (Ho, Berggren & Dahlborg-Lyckhage, 2010). The patient based their interaction on whether their previous care adequate or not. This addresses how past experiences can influence a person’s thoughts on health promotion (Masters, 2012). This study found that the behavior-cognitions and affect where based on the patient’s need for control of their care. Anxiety over loss of control is a common worry that a patient feels when they have to change to a diabetic lifestyle. A nurse can encourage a patient to take their blood sugar at certain times of the day along with eating healthy. (Ho, Berggren & Dahlborg-Lyckhage, 2010) Both behaviors will empower the patient and give them more control over their disease. This article also talks about Health Promotion interventions that can decrease the adverse effects of diabetes. One of the interventions that can be done in a clinical setting are education sessions, involving a interdisciplinary team specialists in nutrition and diet along with life coaches (Ho, Berggren & Dahlborg-Lyckhage, 2010). These groups discuss life style behavior modifications that may increase the health outcome of the
