Carmencita Abaquin

Prepare Me Theory

“To Nursing… may be able to provide the care that our clients need in maintaining their quality of life
and being instrumental in “birthing” them to external life.”

PREPARE ME (Holistic Nursing Interventions)

 Are the nursing interventions provided to address the multidimensional problems of cancer
patients that can be given in any setting where patients choose to be confined.
 This program emphasizes a holistic approach to nursing care. PREPARE ME has the following
components:
 Presence – being with another person during the times of need. This includes therapeutic
communication, active listening, and touch.
 Reminisce Therapy – recall of past experiences, feelings and thoughts to facilitate adaptation to
present circumstances.
 Prayer
 Relaxation-Breathing – techniques to encourage and elicit relaxation for the purpose of
decreasing undesirable signs and symptoms such as pain, muscle tension, and anxiety.
 Meditation – encourages an elicit form of relaxation for the purpose of altering patient’s level of
awareness by focusing on an image or thought to facilitate inner sight which helps establish
connection and relationship with God. It may be done through the use of music and other
relaxation techniques.
 Values Clarification – assisting another individual to clarify his own values about health and illness
in order to facilitate effective decision making skills. Through this, the patient develops an open
mind that will facilitate acceptance of disease state or may help deepen or enhance values. The
process of values clarification helps one become internally consistent by achieving closer between
what we do and what we feel