What Is Erikson's Journey To Integrity?

The Erikson’s stage eight the Integrity versus Despair in late adulthood which is ages 65 plus years old. In this stage according to Erikson a person is reminiscing the past and finding satisfaction of what they had accomplished meaning happy

Integrity – “Adults integrate their unique experiences with their community concerns. In late adulthood, the elderly go through with the eighth and final stage of Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory’s stage of development, integrity versus despair,” (Berger, 541). As the elderly get older and almost reach their time of leaving, they come to the final decision of whether or not they are proud or content with all that has happened in their life or if they despair over it because they did not accomplish some tasks or goals. This is similar to

For this assignment, I chose to study grand nursing theorist Dorothy Orem and the nursing concept she introduced, the self-care deficit theory (also known as the Orem model of nursing). I chose to study Dorothy Orem because she is well known in Indiana, the state in which I reside. Orem’s grand nursing theory “was developed between 1959 and 2001…[and] is particularly used in rehabilitation and primary care settings where the patient is encouraged to be as independent as possible” (Orem & Taylor, 2011).

In Erik Erikson’s development stages he assumes that people will encounter a crisis at every stage, which involves a person’s psychological needs conflicting with society needs. In stage eight Erikson focuses on people who are 65 years of age and older, who may be struggling with a conflict over Ego Integrity vs. Despair. Jane was starting to feel dissatisfied with her life and what she had accomplished. What Jane was feeling was typical according to Erikson’s development stages. Some people may feel accomplish about the life they have lived, while others at this stage may be saddened by the things they have not accomplished. Erikson stated that the crisis people went through at each stage needs to be resolved by the ego at the same stage, otherwise development may not proceed correctly (Davis & Clifton, 95). Jane’s depression about her life needed to be resolved before she could move on. People encouraged Jane to look at life as though she was starting a new chapter.

Janice has led a full life; she has had many different kinds of experiences and had to fill many roles. In order to better understand how the current status of Janice would be the disengagement theory. There have been many events that have impact Janice’s ability to be involved in the community around her. Some of the events that have caused this would be: her first marriage, depression, her physical health and the deaths of her family members. Using theories Of Erikson’s theory of the stages of development, Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs and the strengths perspective. The impact of these events on Janice’s life can be seen. Along with looking at events that have had an impact in Jancie’s life, there have also been relationships that played

There are certain factors of development that would lead an elderly person to consider assisted suicide. Theories of development, such as Erik Erikson’s theory of development, have attempted to explain these factors. This section of the essay discusses Erikson’s theory, making specific reference to the final stage in his theory, integrity versus despair, as well as life review within this stage.

Basic trust or distrust: It is the first stage. This is where the sense of personal and society confidence of the infant is developed through the quality of early care. Good quality early care brings the virtue of hope, which made the foundation for faith.

Erikson’s psychosocial stages my personality is based on experience with socializing with people. By reading and understanding this model I realized that the people that surrounds us has a great influence on our personality.

As explained by Kozier et al., (2014), Mr. W.M falls into the growth and developmental stage of old-old adulthood, which ranges from 85-100 years old being that he’s 94 years old. In Erikson’s psychological theory, the client affiliates in the integrity versus despair stage. Positive indications of integrity reflects, acceptance of the worth and uniqueness of one’s own life and negative indications of despair reflects, acceptance of death, sense of loss, contempt for others as indicated in Kozier et al., (2014). The client discloses a lack of achievement in Erikson’s final maturity stage as he integrates into the negative resolution of despair. For this reason, the client never had any children and senses loss about his identity being homosexual

Her contributions include defining nursing, delineating autonomous nursing functions, stressing goals of interdependence for the patient, and creating self-help concepts (Alligood, 2014, p. 45). Henderson’s theory promotes the patient’s independence and encourages caring for the person’s physical, mental and spiritual being. Virginia Henderson viewed the patient as an individual who requires help toward achieving independence and completeness or wholeness of mind and body (Alligood, 2014, p. 45). Current day nursing practice is centered on improving patient’s independence by their performance of ADL’s and mobility without assistance as well as addressing mental and spiritual

The major theme in this conversation was the patient’s depression. The student nurse wanted to instill hope into the patient. At the end of the conversation the student nurse wanted to make sure that the patient always had someone to talk to when they needed.

Think back to your childhood and try to remember a time where you felt lost or confused about your own sense of self, or maybe you saw others and wondered why you didn’t like the same things that they did. These moments and feelings directly relate to the psychoanalytical perspectives in childhood today. (verywell.com/child-development-theories, “2016) This paper discusses two major theorists who contributed a range of theories and stages to explain the psychoanalytical development among children. Our first theorist, Sigmund Freud,

My inspiration to pursue a career in Nursing began at a young age, after reading the biography of Florence Nightingale. I was in middle school, and intrigued at her courage, and dedication to care for the sick. As I entered college, and into a formal nursing education program, I still viewed nursing as, the care provided to another in need. Without my knowing, I was developing a philosophy of nursing for myself. As the years passed, I began to realize that nursing encompassed much more than caring for the sick. I began to learn that nursing, as discipline, had much more responsibility. According to the International Council of Nurses, “Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings. Nursing includes the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disabled and dying people. Advocacy, promotion of a safe environment, research, participation in shaping health policy and in patient and health systems management, and education are also key nursing roles.” This paper will explore my own personal philosophy of nursing, and the shared beliefs, values, and theories that were instrumental in my decision to pursue a career in nursing (www.icn.ch).

When a person’s mental health and wellbeing is challenged, holding on to hope and self-belief can be very difficult. Care that is based on a strengths and recovery approach is vital, and this is the topic for this essay. The personal information used, was given with Tora’s (anonymous) permission.To begin, an overview of Tora’s situation is outlined using material obtained from the strengths assessment (Rapp & Gosha, 2006). Identifying her own goals was important to Tora and these are covered in the care plan.Focus is then directed on two goals and how they were achieved. It was important to convey throughout this essay how dynamic and vital the nurse-client relationship is. Hildergard Peplau developed the theory that it is the therapeutic and interpersonal nature of this relationship that empowers the individual, enabling them to reach their full potential whilst living with mental illness. (Happell, Cowin, Roper,Lakeman & Cox, 2013 : Wepa, 2007). To develop a therapeutic alliance with Tora I needed to increase my knowledge, ensuring I practiced in a manner that reached beyond the biomedical approach of care. This is a limited and negative approach that focuses on the disease and diagnosis, not the person’s individuality. Care must be unconditional and centred around the person, with the nurse adopting practices that are evidence based (Elder, Evans & Nizette, 2013). How I sought to achieve this is covered within the essay content, and in more detail under the

Erik Erikson was a student of another theorist, Sigmund Freud. Erikson expanded on Freud’s psychosexual theory. Erikson later developed the psychosocial theory. This theory described the effect of one’s social experiences throughout one’s whole lifespan. One of the main elements of Erikson’s psychosocial theory is the development of ego identity. Ego identity is the conscious sense of self that we develop through social interaction. The ego was taken from Freud’s theory. Erikson added three stages to Freud’s psychosexual theory. His theory has a total of eight major stages. The stages begin with infancy and end with old age. In this essay, I will