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Theoretical Foundation in Nursing
Cesaria Tan - First Filipino nurse who had Masters Degree in Nursing in the United States.
Annie Sand - Founded the National League of Philippine Government Nurses.
Socorro Diaz - First editor of “The Message” the first journal of Philippine Nurses Association
Dr. Julita Sotejo - Considered as Florence Nightingale of the Philippines; Founder of the University of the Philippines College of nursing; Author of Code of Ethics (PRC BON Res No. 633,1982)
Anastacia Giron Tupaz - Founder of the Filipino Nurses Association at present known as PNA.
Rosario Montemayor Delgado - First President of the FNA; She was a graduate of the Philippine General Hospital School of Nursing

THEORETICAL CONCEPT OR DIFFERENT CONTEMPORARY THEORIST
Florence Nightingale- Environmental Theory
Virginia Henderson – Definition of Nursing
Martha Rogers – Unitary Human Being
Sis Callista Roy – Adaptation Model
Dorothea Orem – Self –Care Theory
Imogene King – Goal Attainment theory
Betty Neuman – Health Care System Model
Dorothy Johnson – Behavioral System Model
Sigmund Freud – Psychoanalytic Theory
Erik Erikson – Theory of Personality Development
Lawrence Kohlberg – Moral Development Theory
Jean Piaget – Cognitive Development
Madeleine Leininger – Transcultural Theory
Hildegard Peplau – Interpersonal Relation in Nursing
Ida Jean Orlando – Nursing Process Theory
Jean Watson – Theory of Human Caring
Myra Estrin Levine – Conversation Model
Lydia Hall – Core, Care, Cure Theory in Nursing
Faye Abdellah – Concept of Nursing Diagnosis

PROFESSIONAL ROLES OF NURSES
Caregiver – provide care and comfort for persons together with preserving the dignity of human being.
Communicator – Communication facilitates understanding and collaboration of nursing action with their clients and other members of the health team.
Teacher – nurses help the clients learn the state of their well-being and the therapies that will be done to alleviate their conditions.
Counselor – help the

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