Nursing Care Model to Promote Self-Management of People

Abstract

Abstract

                  The project “Nursing Care Model to Promote Self-Management of People” aimed to 1) develop nursing care model to promote self-management of people, 2) the nurses having knowledge and skill in self-management support, and 3) the people having ability to manage their health. The project was conducted between October 2018 to April 2021 and consisted of 4 phases: 1) situation analysis, 2) develop nursing curriculum to promote the people’s self-management, 3) develop nursing care model to promote the people’s self-management, and 4) driving the policy and scale up the model to nursing practice.                         The results revealed that 1) 5 models and 5 handbooks to enhance self-management of the patients 5 groups who need: (1) chronic care, (2) intermediate care, (3) long term care, (4) palliative care, and (5) people at risk of chronic disease, 2) 380 nurses having knowledge and skill pass the criteria at 95.83%, and 3) 175 people can manage their health themselves at 92.75 including having better health status at 85.74%.

                        The impacts of the project consisted of 1) having the nursing policy to promote self-management of people, 2) expand the nurses’ roles on self-management support and implementing the Nursing Care Model to Promote Self-Management of People to practice in the hospitals under Ministry of Public Health, 3) the clients and people could manage their health effectively, and 4)having 5 handbooks on “Nursing Care Model to Promote Self-Management of People” and E-learning curriculum to enhance the nurses’ competency in self-management support.