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6 Nursing Interventions for Social Isolation

Nursing Diagnosis : Social Isolation General Purpose: Clients can interact with other people. Specific Purpose I: Clients can build a trusting relationship Intervention: Give a therapeutic greeting Introduce the name, nickname of the nurse, and the purpose of introducing yourself Ask and call the client's favorite name Show honest attitude and keep promises every time you interact Ask the client's feelings and problems faced by the client Make clear contact interactions. Specific Purpose II: The client can mention the cause of withdrawal Intervention: Assess client's knowledge of self-withdrawal behavior Give the client an opportunity to express feelings that cause the client does not want to socialize. Give praise to the client's ability to express his feelings. Specific Purpose III: Clients can mention the advantages of interacting with others and the disadvantages of interacting with others Intervention: Assess client knowledge about the ...

Psychosocial Aspects and Mental Status of Social Isolation

Social isolation is a condition where an individual experiences a decline or even completely unable to interact with other people around him. Patients may feel rejected, not accepted, lonely, and unable to establish meaningful relationships with others (Keliat, 2011). Social isolation is a state of loneliness experienced by someone because others say negative and threatening attitudes. (Towsend, 1998 in Kusumawati and Hartono, 2011). Often people who experience social isolation will also experience interference / barriers to verbal communication that is decreased, slowing, or lack of ability to receive, process messages (stimulus) received, and are unable to provide an appropriate response due to damage to the system in the brain. Coping mechanism is an effort directed at managing stress, including efforts to solve problems directly and defense mechanisms used to protect themselves (Stuart, 2006). The source of coping is an evaluation of coping choices in one's strategy. C...