Self Efficacy Paper

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After reading "Self-Efficacy" Pender(2006) states that the most powerful input to self-efficacy is the successful performance of a behavior. There are four major sources of influence that a can effectively create a strong sense of efficacy are through 1. mastery experiences, 2. vicarious experiences provided by social model, 3. strengthening people’s beliefs that they have what it takes to succeed and reduce people’s stress reactions and 4. alter their negative emotional tendencies and misinterpretations of their physical states. I think identifying if your patient is having a stronger self-efficacy, or low self-efficacy explains a lot about a patient and their frame of mind. Gives nurses a useful outline when trying to teach and perform tasks