Betty Neuman by GM Orbegoso
Betty Neuman
System Model in Nursing Practice
Prepared by:
Greg Martin S. Orbegoso
Betty Neuman's System model provides a comprehensive, flexible, holistic and system based perspective for nursing
It focuses attention in the response of the client system to actual or potential environmental stressors
Betty Neuman
RN, BSN, MSN, PhD, FAAN
• Born in Ohio and lives in
Watertown Ohio
• Worked in many areas in
Nursing practice
• Professor at UCLA
• Family Therapist
• Founder and Director of the
NSMTG Inc.
• Holds two Honorary Doctorates
• Fellow, American Academy in
Nursing, 1993
Betty Neuman System Model in Nursing practice
Client Variables
- physiological, sociocultural, developmental and spiritual _ function to achieve stability in relation to the environmental stressors experienced by the client.
Lines of Resistance
- acts when the Normal Line of Defense is invaded by too much stressor causing alteration in the normal health pattern to facilitate coping and overcome the stressors that are present within the individual.
Normal Line of Defense
- acts in coordination with the normal wellness state. It is the normal reaction of the client in response to stress – the baseline determinants of wellness within the health continuum.
Flexible Line of Defense
- helps the body to adjust to situations that threaten the imbalance within the client's stability.
Stressors
-Stressors are forces that produce tensions, alterations or potential problems causing instability within the clients system.
Reaction
-Reactions are the outcomes or produced results of certain stressors and actions of the lines resistance of a client. It can be positive or negative depending on the degree of reaction the client produces to adjust and adapt with the situation.
a. Negentropy is set towards stability or wellness
b. Egentropy is set towards disorganization of the system producing illness
Prevention
-Prevention is used to attain balance within the continuum of health
a. Primary Prevention-
System Model in Nursing Practice
Prepared by:
Greg Martin S. Orbegoso
Betty Neuman's System model provides a comprehensive, flexible, holistic and system based perspective for nursing
It focuses attention in the response of the client system to actual or potential environmental stressors
Betty Neuman
RN, BSN, MSN, PhD, FAAN
• Born in Ohio and lives in
Watertown Ohio
• Worked in many areas in
Nursing practice
• Professor at UCLA
• Family Therapist
• Founder and Director of the
NSMTG Inc.
• Holds two Honorary Doctorates
• Fellow, American Academy in
Nursing, 1993
Betty Neuman System Model in Nursing practice
Client Variables
- physiological, sociocultural, developmental and spiritual _ function to achieve stability in relation to the environmental stressors experienced by the client.
Lines of Resistance
- acts when the Normal Line of Defense is invaded by too much stressor causing alteration in the normal health pattern to facilitate coping and overcome the stressors that are present within the individual.
Normal Line of Defense
- acts in coordination with the normal wellness state. It is the normal reaction of the client in response to stress – the baseline determinants of wellness within the health continuum.
Flexible Line of Defense
- helps the body to adjust to situations that threaten the imbalance within the client's stability.
Stressors
-Stressors are forces that produce tensions, alterations or potential problems causing instability within the clients system.
Reaction
-Reactions are the outcomes or produced results of certain stressors and actions of the lines resistance of a client. It can be positive or negative depending on the degree of reaction the client produces to adjust and adapt with the situation.
a. Negentropy is set towards stability or wellness
b. Egentropy is set towards disorganization of the system producing illness
Prevention
-Prevention is used to attain balance within the continuum of health
a. Primary Prevention-