STRENGTHS BASED NURSING CARE

Events like diseases and trauma are negative processes that reshape people and their lives. In generally, it is observed that the problem/deficiencies based care model is common in events such as disease and trauma in considering that health care professionals are trained to treat problems, correct weaknesses, and minimize deficits. But thisi is just one aspect of the healing process. Nowadays, focusing not only on the shortcomings but also on the strengths that exist in the patient to improve the quality of care; based on an approach where individuals are empowered, cared for with a holistic approach, the individual is included in the care and results are evaluated together has gained momentum. Strengths based care doesn’t ignore problems, pretends that deficits do not exist, or turn a blind eye to weaknesses. Instead, it is about finding the right balance between focusing on strengths while dealing with problems. Strengths-based care is, in essence, concerned to look for what works and functions well in an individual's life and in all areas of the individual. Results in the strenghts based care model are associated with the person's body, spirit and environment as well as developing themes that include subjective well-being, quality of life, health and healing. Strengths-based care looks for answers questions ‘what is right’ instead of ‘what is wrong’ and ‘what is happening’ instead of ‘what happened’, ‘what is working well’. This thought change may affect directly or indirectly how his/her family and himself/herself coped and how they reacted to them in the face of other problems in the life of the individual. This article was written to share the importance of in terms of patient and nurse and to explain components and purposes of a new model in nursing which is strengths based care