Betty Newman's Nursing Theory
Betty Neuman's Nursing Theory
Introduction
The yellow team has selected Betty Neuman’s systems (2010) model nursing theory, in part because this theory applies to a broad range of settings and clients. The system theory is easily adaptable to any scenario or setting, as it focuses on the person and how they are reacting to any given situations or stressors. This theory allows all members of the team to utilize this philosophy in their own practice even when the primary focus within a team may be very different from one another. The system’s theory was created with the inspirations of Von Bertalanfy’s and Lazlo’s general system theory, Selye’s stress theory, Lararus’s stress and coping; and the philosophical writings of deChardin’s and Cornu’s wholeness system (Betty Neuman Biography, n.d.).
Biography
Betty Neuman was born on a farm in Ohio in 1924, her mother a homemaker and father a farmer. Neuman completed her diploma as a registered nurse from People’s Hospital School of Nursing in Akron, Ohio in 1947 (Betty Neuman Biography, n.d.). Neuman continued her education and ultimately received a Master’s Degree in Mental health from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) (Betty Neuman Biography, n.d.). In the beginning of her nursing career she lived in Los Angeles and worked in a diversity of nursing roles, and some of roles include staff nurse, head nurse, school nurse as well as industrial nurse (Betty Neuman Biography, n.d.). While teaching at UCLA her graduate students urged her to develop a course that emphasized breadth rather than depth in relation to the variables in nursing, so she developed a model that extended beyond the medical model and focused on the client as a person not only a diagnosis (Betty Neuman Biography, n.d.). This theory allowed her to focus nurses on the client, their abilities to deal with stress and pinpoint where a need may be present that the nurse may help address. Betty Neuman continued her nursing theory
Introduction
The yellow team has selected Betty Neuman’s systems (2010) model nursing theory, in part because this theory applies to a broad range of settings and clients. The system theory is easily adaptable to any scenario or setting, as it focuses on the person and how they are reacting to any given situations or stressors. This theory allows all members of the team to utilize this philosophy in their own practice even when the primary focus within a team may be very different from one another. The system’s theory was created with the inspirations of Von Bertalanfy’s and Lazlo’s general system theory, Selye’s stress theory, Lararus’s stress and coping; and the philosophical writings of deChardin’s and Cornu’s wholeness system (Betty Neuman Biography, n.d.).
Biography
Betty Neuman was born on a farm in Ohio in 1924, her mother a homemaker and father a farmer. Neuman completed her diploma as a registered nurse from People’s Hospital School of Nursing in Akron, Ohio in 1947 (Betty Neuman Biography, n.d.). Neuman continued her education and ultimately received a Master’s Degree in Mental health from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) (Betty Neuman Biography, n.d.). In the beginning of her nursing career she lived in Los Angeles and worked in a diversity of nursing roles, and some of roles include staff nurse, head nurse, school nurse as well as industrial nurse (Betty Neuman Biography, n.d.). While teaching at UCLA her graduate students urged her to develop a course that emphasized breadth rather than depth in relation to the variables in nursing, so she developed a model that extended beyond the medical model and focused on the client as a person not only a diagnosis (Betty Neuman Biography, n.d.). This theory allowed her to focus nurses on the client, their abilities to deal with stress and pinpoint where a need may be present that the nurse may help address. Betty Neuman continued her nursing theory