“Betty Neuman’s model focuses on the person as a complete system, the subparts of which are interrelated physiological, psychological, sociocultural, spiritual, and developmental factors.” (Polit & Henderson p. 103)
Joyce J. Fitzpatrick’s Rhythm Model includes four content concepts and they are: person, health, wellness-illness and metaparadigm. According to experts, the primary purpose of nursing is the promotion and maintenance of an optimal level of wellness. The professional nurse participates in a multi-disciplinary approach to health in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating programs in regards [...]
Anne Boykin and Sarvina O. Schoenhofer: Nursing As Caring
The theory of Nursing As Caring is a general or grand nursing theory that can be used as a framework to guide nursing practice. The theory is grounded in several key assumptions:
persons are caring by virtue of their humanness
persons live their caring moment to moment
persons [...]
“Although Abdellah spoke of the patient-centered approaches, she wrote of nurses identifying and solving specific problems. This identification and classification of problems was called the typology of 21 nursing problems. Abdellah’s typology was divided into three areas: (1) the physical, sociological, and emotional needs of the patient; (2) the types of interpersonal relationships between the [...]
Imogene King: General System’s Framework “King’s conceptual model includes three types of dynamic, interacting systems: personal systems (represented by individuals), interpersonal systems (represented by such dyadic interactions as nurse-patient dialogue), and social systems (represented by larger institutions such as hospitals and families).”
Dorothy Johnson 1919-1999: Behavioral System Model
“Johnson’s model focuses on a behavioral system (the patient), [...]
Definition of Nursing according to Virginia Avernal Henderson 1897-1996:
Henderson defined nursing in functional terms: “The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to a peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary [...]
The most beautiful part of a nursing theory is its applications in real-world cases. Many Nursing students and even professionals sometimes forget that whatever they do on the field, at least one nursing theory is behind it. Nursing practice is practically based on existing nursing theories.
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