Florence Nightingale is considered to be one of the most influential theorist in nursing history whose actions have changed the view of nursing and the hospital environment. Florence Nightingale was born to a wealthy‚ well educated‚ and privileged family during the Victorian era. Nightingale’s father regarded education to be very important and she was afforded an exceptional education with an emphasis in Mathematics. It is said that she was tutored by “James Sylvester‚ an important English Mathematician”
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outcomes. Dinapoli‚ Nelson‚ and Watson (2010) define caring in nursing using the Latin word‚ caritas. Caritas is defined as something precious and fragile that should be sustained. Furthermore‚ Dinapoli‚ Nelson‚ and Watson add caring to the metaparadigm of nursing and explain that caritas nursing process involves transpersonal care‚ caring moments between the nurse and patient‚ and leads to a spiritual connection (2010). The authors conclude that caring heals patients in ways that both medicine
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to generation” (p.3). GDTAM is a very broad and in depth model‚ and provides nursing students with an understanding about the important role in which the knowledge of culture plays in the nursing profession (Giger & Davidhizar‚ 1999). The five metaparadigms of the GDTAM are “culturally diverse nursing care‚ culturally competent care‚ culturally unique individuals‚ culturally sensitive environment and health and health status based on culturally
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Madeleine Leininger: Bridging the Cultural Divide through Care Stephanie R. Cleveland State University Abstract This paper will outline Madeleine Leininger’s prominent theory‚ its origins‚ and its purpose. The discipline of transcultural nursing‚ its distinctive language‚ ethnonursing research method‚ and Sunrise Enabler tool will also be explored. These components equipped nurses to provide patients with individualized‚ appropriate care; this led to improved health outcomes. Finally‚ the effect
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HENDERSON November 30‚ 1897-March 19‚ 1996 Table of Contents I AUTOBIOGRAPHY A. Achievements B. Contributions C. Publications II HERDERSON’S THEORY BACKGROUND III. THE 14 BASIC HUMAN NEEDS IV. HENDERSON’S THEORY AND THE 4 METAPARADIGM OF NURSING Individual Environment Health Nursing V. ANALYSIS Simplicity and Clarity Derivable Consequences Empirical Precision Generality VI REFERENCES I AUTOBIOGRAPHY Virginia Avenel Henderson was described in so many
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nursing practice (McCurry‚ Revell & Roy‚ 2008). My philosophy of nursing is to provide holistic care meeting the physical‚ social‚ economic‚ cognitive‚ and spiritual health of a person. This philosophy embraces the four elements of the nursing metaparadigm‚ which is person‚ environment‚ health‚ and nursing. While theorists have differing concepts and definitions of nursing‚ the American Nurses Association (ANA)‚ defines it as follows; “Nursing is the protection‚ promotion‚ and optimization of health
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evolving. Even Orem’s Self Care Model is a complex process and require more time than others models it can be used when a patient require hospitalization for long period of time. The model is based on four concepts that constitute nursing’s metaparadigm‚ as proposed by Fawcett: human beings‚ environment‚ health‚ and nursing (Fawcett‚ 2005). In 1971‚ Orem described a human being (humanity) as “…an integrated whole composed of an internal physical‚ psychological‚ and social nature with varying degrees
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points) A) Nursing Conceptual Model (20 Points) Describe the conceptual model that you will use to guide the assessment of the family. Include the major focus of the conceptual model and the description of the four elements of the nursing metaparadigm (person‚ health‚ nursing‚ and environment). B) Family Health Risk Assessment Data 1) Internal family structure (5 points) a. Draw a genogram Include three generations and for each family member include‚ age‚ current health status
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commitment evolving over time (ch 17‚ page 392) Complete the following grid based on the selected theorist information. Define each term according to the selected theorist. Explain how the selected theorist’s approach to each element of the metaparadigm applies to the following: Nursing practice Nursing education Nursing research Term Definition Applied to Nursing Practice Applied to Nursing Education Applied to Nursing Research Person Mercer does not specifically define person‚ but refers
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THEORITICAL BACKGROUND The body is more than the sum of it’s parts. This holds as a granite truth more than ever ‚ as knowledge about the origins ‚ nature and purpose of human beings expand‚ discovered and re –discovered. Human beings can also be considered as a concrete example of an open system. An open system reacts and adjusts itself to the environment. Betty Neuman (Neuman & Fawcett ‚2002) ‚ a community health nurse and clinical psychologist‚ developed
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