The term psychosocial pertains
o Psychosocial actiites are therefore looking at the interconnectedness of social- collectie issues, indiiidual-personal internalized states, and the cultural and anthropological constructs around this relaton, and not merely at the social implicatons of mental care, or at the psychological implicatons of social needs and related responses. 6
  we can explain this by
 a)Basic science: aims to understand a subject
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   b) Applied science: the research fndings are used to solve practical problems or improve the quality of life
e.g. poor academic achievement of students, decrease productivity of the workers.o Time Constraints
o Staffing shortages
o Lack of training and education o Stigma and Lack of Awareness o Personal stress and burnout
o Personal bias or attitudes
o Patient Load and complexity
o Communication Challenges
   
  Dimensions of Society
a community, nation, or broad grouping of people having common
o Defnition:
traditions, institutions, and collective activities and interests.social, cultural and economic factors are the main determinants of health
  
 Importance of studying psychosocial
o Psychosocial care emphasizes )sure) interventions to assist individuals who are having dificulty coping with the emotional aspects of illness, with life crises that afect health and health care.o The reasons for this is the norms and values on which nursing practice is unknown
     
  Psychosocial Nursing: Nurses often must care for patients with:
o Intense emotional responses to illness
o Personality styles that make care dificult
o Psychiatric disorders
o Stresses and family problems that afect patients' reactions to illness or hospitalization
     
  o Nursing should care for the whole person.Aspects or Dimension of psychosocial health
Social health,
Emotio nal health,
Spiritua l health,
Mental health,
                
  Defnition:
Dimensions of Psychology
  - It is the study of behavior and mental processes
Main goals:
o Describe behavior and mental processes.The role of psychosocial nursing in managed-care settings
o Once these patient problems are identifed, the nurse needs to use skills to meet the patient's needs while making judicious use of available resources
o It has led to shortened hospital stays and limitations in available resources
   
  The role of psychosocial nursing in managed-care settings
o Outpatient programs and home health care are now being used more to address problems in place of inpatient care.The role of psychosocial nursing in managed-care settings
o Psychosocial and psychiatric patient problems complicate the demands made on the nurse in an already stretched health-care environment and can negatively afect patient outcome.o When the nurse has skills readily at hand to identify problems and intervene efectively, patient outcomes can be improved and nurse satisfaction will be enhanced
   
  Psychosocial holistic care?Psychosocial factors
o Such as family problems, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, sexual abuse, and violence
o Social and cultural factors are strongly associated with iarious life processes of the human being.o To work within this system, the nurse must quickly identify the patient's needs, establish a realistic plan of care, implement interventions, and evaluate outcomes, all within a predetermined length of time.4
    
  Psychologists use systematic method to gather data, analyze them and interpret the meaning of their fndings and developing theories.5
  
  II -Psychology promote human
welfare:
regardless to whether will have immediate practical efect
e.g. emotions, attitudes, motivations, and
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