CARE OF CLIENT WITH PANIC DISORDER: A HUMANISTIC NURSING APPROACH

Abstract

This study aims to apply the Humanistic Nursing Approach in the care of clients with Panic Disorder as the basis for the proposed desensitization program. Based on the findings of this study, the experience of the clients generalized that the Paterson and Zderads Humanistic Nursing Theory could be utilized as a care model to develop a Panic Disorder Anxiety Desensitization Program as evidenced by the client's responses in the nurse-patient relationship. The holistic and humanistic approach of this theory could be used to explore the overall condition of the client and can lead to an open relationship between the client and the researcher. From this study the patients will be able to reflect and gain knowledge on the basis of learning from self experiences and from the researcher's experiences. Furthermore, the researcher's self-made Nursing Humanistic Assessment Tool patterned for the Humanistic Nursing Theory obtained an in depth information about the client and that could be used as an adjunct for the conventional psychiatric assessment forms. Finally, the practice of humanistic nursing in clients with Panic Disorder furnished better outcomes in terms of nursing care and the development of new insights by the clients to reach their optimum human potential.