Running head: ANOREXIA NERVOSA 1 Anorexia Nervosa Name Course Date Instructor 2 ANOREXIA NERVOSA Anorexia Nervosa The term Anorexia Nervosa is used to explain an eating disorder that has for a long period being bounded by a lot of misinterpretations leaving outsiders to take the blame for the affected patient and at times their families. Educating patients and families and advocating these individuals are the only ways a professional nurse may assist parents and outsiders in understanding this kind of eating disorder (Silber, Lyster & Duval, 2011). The RN can advocate individual affected by starting in their setting in colleges, schools, in health centers, out-patient clinics and lastly in acute care facilities. In each particular context, the RN promotes work and health to prevent the occurrence of the illness. Therefore, RN should consider the opportunity of educating people on eating disorders. This way they become a real source of information while still encouraging them to live healthy and better lives (Silber, Lyster & Duval, 2011). The first approach for RN is establishing a strong relationship with the patient or families dealing with the disorder as denial or low self-esteem. The nurse should be available, accepting, and honest by keeping all his promises (Silber, Lyster & Duval, 2011). This will be the first step to the establishment of a strong therapeutic relationship. The RN should, therefore, be able to give a positive feedback to help patients accept their strengths and weaknesses. It will help the individual to understand that he is not expected be ideal and control his lifestyle in other methods rather than dieting and weight loss. The RN should give information to individuals by including them in a plan of concern, by being non-judgmental or unbiased. Educating the family on the neurobiological control of the disorder that is affecting one’s ability to make reasonable decisions in opposing the anorexic ANOREXIA NERVOSA 3 obligation, may give some liberation, especially if the family has other issues at hand (Silber, Lyster & Duval, 2011). 4 ANOREXIA NERVOSA References Silber, T. J., Lyster-Mensh, L., & Duval, J. (2011). Anorexia nervosa: Patient and familycentered care. Pediatric Nursing, 37(6), 331-333.
