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"PREPARE ME: Holistic Cancer Care"

Carmencita M. Abaquin is a nurse with a Master's degree from UP College of Nursing who developed the PREPARE ME theory of holistic nursing interventions for advanced cancer patients. PREPARE ME stands for Presence, Reminiscence Therapy, Prayer, Relaxation, Meditation, and Values Clarification. It emphasizes a holistic approach to improve patients' quality of life by addressing their multi-dimensional needs through these six nursing interventions.

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"PREPARE ME: Holistic Cancer Care"

Carmencita M. Abaquin is a nurse with a Master's degree from UP College of Nursing who developed the PREPARE ME theory of holistic nursing interventions for advanced cancer patients. PREPARE ME stands for Presence, Reminiscence Therapy, Prayer, Relaxation, Meditation, and Values Clarification. It emphasizes a holistic approach to improve patients' quality of life by addressing their multi-dimensional needs through these six nursing interventions.

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CARMENCITA M.

ABAQUIN

Nurse with Master’s degree from UP College of Nursing

Also served in UP as a faculty member and later on became the secretary

An expert in Medical Surgical Nursing with subspecialty in Oncology Nursing, which made her
known both here and abroad.

Because of her competence and integrity she was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of
Nursing

Made the Theory: “PREPARE ME” Interventions and the Quality of Life Advance Progressive
Cancer Patients.
Basic Assumptions and Concepts:
PREPARE ME (Holistic  Nursing Interventions) are the nursing interventions provided to address the
multi-dimensional 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.
Us, being in the Nursing profession, gives us a lot of chances and capacity to
touch people’s lives and improve their ways of living. Nursing is not only a
profession, but a fulfilling vocation as well.

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Holistic Nursing Intervention


“PREPARE ME” Terminally ILL Patients
(CANCER)
 Presence Physical
 Reminisce Therapy Psychological
Social
 Prayer QUALITY OF LIFE
Religious
 Relaxation Activities Level of Independence
Environment
 Meditation
Spiritual
 Value Clarification

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