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discipline of nursing (Wilkerson, 1998). Examination of nursing theory shows that, on a fundamental level, nursing theories provid...

is defined as the needs of that individual to meet "Universal self-care requisites associated with life processes and maintenance ...

of fulfilling desires of order. Orem also sees the family as a relational concept (Taylor, 2001, p. 7). It only exists because o...

19th and early 20th centuries. Hughes and Romeo (1999) question the usefulness of education that does not address the growing div...

While these definitions are extremely similar, a differences in emphasis can reflect a differing philosophical stance. The manner ...

between those who supported mandatory staffing ratios, based on research such as the study conducted by Linda Aiken, and the stanc...

differences between Orems theories and those of others. The intention of this paper is to work through each of these steps and to...

addressing specific phenomena or concepts and reflecting practice (Liehr and Smith, 1999). The grand theories of nursing, that is,...

viewpoints that articulate their own unvoiced feelings toward their profession. For example, in a discussion in an online nursin...

moment to moment as the changing patterns of shifting perspectives weave the fabric of life through the human-universe interconnec...

operations of nursing" (Horan, Doran and Timmins, 2004, p. 30). This is broken down into three basic categories: 1) wholly compen...

life needs to change in response to the patients health care needs, then the nurse needs to be sensitive to that factor as well. ...

with standardized procedures, health codes, and licensing requirements, all of which have been initiated to support a level of pro...

in diagnostic, prescriptive, and regulatory operations of nursing" (Horan, Doran and Timmins, 2004, p. 30). From this perspective,...

draw on the fundamental concepts espoused by the metaparadigms. Nevertheless, each branch of nursing theory approaches the subjec...

transformative perspective because Newman argues that rather than being diametrically opposed, disease and health are merely facto...

Although the nursing professions is just now beginning to become more aware of the need for this type of approach it was first int...

based on a research study that surveyed over 2,000 RNs who provide direct nursing care in three mid-western hospitals. This result...

that they are often asked to take care of more patients with higher acuity levels than they have in the past (Hassmiller and Cozin...

caring; 2. every human culture has lay (generic, folk or indigenous) care knowledge and practices and usually some professional ca...

between the two models. The Neuman Systems model is one that looks at the whole person, not just the physical symptoms (McHolm a...

more on intuition and to "a hidden knowledge that is not so open to cognitive description" (Bradshaw, 1995, p. 83). In other words...

patient, to occupy thoughts, behaviors and other patterns that provide specific indicators of how to approach healing. In this pa...

whoever the client might be, that is, an individual, family, group or community. The third provision indicates that nurses are als...

of her theory is the "improvement of nurses relationships with patients," which is a goal that she proposed can be accomplished by...

begins using drugs, stealing, experimenting with sex, and seeking out more radical means of self mutilation. Each of these change...

unitary human beings (Newman). This theory is appealing because it acknowledges how each person is unique and, therefore, must be ...

and enables a holistic view" (Edelman, 2000; p. 179). In Neumans case, rather than existing as an autonomous and distinctly forme...

is three times the average for all other age groups (AOA, 2010). Average doctor visits in a year were 6.5 for ages 65 to 74 and 7....

during an era that rationalized social inequalities. In regards to Environment, Nightingale was changed the course of nursing an...