Self - management of Individuals and Families in Patients with End - stage Renal Disease Receiving Hemodialysis

Abstract

Introduction: Promoting effective self - management for patients with end stage renal disease  disease who are undergoing hemodialysis requires significant involvement from families. Nurses need to emphasize the importance of involving families in supporting the patient, enabling them to manage their health effectively and achieve the health goals set.

Objectives: To present the concept of the Individual and Family Self - management Theory and the role of nurses in applying this theory in the care of patients with end stage renal disease who are undergoing hemodialysis.

Key issues: In applying the Theory of Individual and Family Self - management in caring for patients with end - stage renal disease receiving hemodialysis, nurses must provide knowledge and promote patients and families to have correct beliefs about patient health care, develop patients' self - regulation skills with family involvement, so that patients can manage complications from hemodialysis and achieve expected health outcomes.

Conclusions: The focus of the Individual and Family Self - management Theory is to involve the family in promoting the patient's self - management through process dimensions. This approach leverages the relationships of patient and family, which serve as protective factors that enhance the self - management process. The goal is to reduce risk factors that hinder self - management within the context dimension.

Implications: The Individual and Family Self - management Theory can be applied to promote self-management in end - stage renal disease patients receiving hemodialysis in many dimensions and can be applied to other groups of patients with limitations in self - care in a variety of ways.