Self Nurturance: Research Trends and Wellness Model

elf nurturance is a new force for promoting adult health.Currently, wellness modalities are more important than ever.Nurturance is wellness focused and recognized as vital to the growth and development of healthy human beings.Society expects professionals to use the latest theoretical and research knowledge to improve wellness practice.Wellness, a major component of nursing care provided to workers at occupational sites, is especially important now.The Healthy People 2010 agenda for the nation seeks to increase life expectancy and quality of life for people of all ages, while expecting to alleviate the escalating cost of disease treatments (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2(02).Nurturance, a critical component of childhood wellness, is expanding in application for adult self responsibility.Self nurturance "involves feelings, attitudes, behaviors, and substances that stimulate, foster, support life and growth" of self (Nemcek, 1987).Self nurturance includes nurturing five aspects of the self: • Physical.• Intellectual.• Social.• Emotional.• Spiritual.Nurturant individuals create an inviting, comforting environment for themselves, which increases their sense of well being and development (Seal, 1995).Central to self nurturance is the ability to derive pleasure from positive experiences and to cope effectively with negative ones (Lehman, 1989).Studies focused on adult self nurturance originated in the 1980s and are increasing in frequency.The lack of a research review and a wellness model hinders greater use of adult self nurturance in wellness practice, research, and theory expansion.This article provides an overview of adult self nurturance studies, examines research trends, and presents the Nemcek Wellness Model (Figure ).