For this nurse‚ Sister Callista Roy’s Adaptation Model of Nursing and Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory are two nursing theories that have made an impact in my practice. Within this paper‚ an understanding of each theory and a contrast and comparison of the two theories will be completed. Sister Callista Roy developed the Adaptation Model of Nursing in 1976. This model takes a holistic approach. It asks three main questions in regard to nursing care: Whom is it for? What is the goal
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origins of racial categories in the American commercial recording industry‚ Roy explores the relationship between cultural segregation and race and how they are deeply intertwined and are reciprocal relationships. Roy utilizes a plethora of rhetorical devices to showcase how homology among societal structures creates racial segregation in music and in turn how racial segregation also parallels the societal structures. Roy argues that the early music industry of America has created a great divide
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Holistic assessments in nursing provide a unique quality of care to the individual patient. Holism in the provision of care includes assessments obtaining data about the physiological‚ psychological‚ sociological‚ spiritual‚ developmental‚ cultural and environmental aspects. It is imperative that the nurse conducting these assessments adopts methods in the nursing process that reflects the standards outlined in Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council National Competency Standards for the Registered
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THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING A. ENVIRONMENTAL THEORY “I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.” Florence Nightingale (1860) Florence Nightingale defined Nursing as “the act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery” (1860/1969)‚ that it involves the nurse’s initiative to configure environmental settings appropriate for the gradual restoration of the patient’s health‚ and that
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on professional support to live their lives. According to Ferrini‚ mental health is described as the ability to engage in productive activities and fulfilling relationships and to cope successfully with change and adversity. (Ferrini‚ 2013). A model developed by Rowe and Kahn in 1998 describes three major points that should essentially be successful points for anyone aging. These points
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discussion of the important assumptions and concepts of the theories. Florence Nightingale is the most recognized name in the field of nursing. Her work was instrumental for developing modern nursing practice‚ and from her first shift‚ she worked to ensure patients in her care had what they needed to get healthy. Her Environmental Theory changed the face of nursing to create sanitary conditions for patients to get care. Biography of Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale was born in 1820 in
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The importance of behavioral adaptations in turtles to thermoregulation and survival Katherine Whitehead Biology 301 Lab 7/15/13 Abstract Thermoregulation is necessary for ectotherms to survive. One important mechanism for thermoregulation seen in turtles is the ability to migrate between land and water habitats. This mechanism was studied using I-button data loggers placed inside marshmallow peeps to record temperatures in two different microhabitats; one in a stream and the other on the
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Introduction Tele-nursing is the use of telecommunications technology such as videos‚ computers and tele-monitoring technologies to provide nursing care and advice at a distance. This growing technology offers many advantages in the delivery of healthcare information‚ disease monitoring‚ health promotion and disease prevention services‚ as well as nursing diagnosis‚ treatment and education to patient at home from a centralized location. Tele-nursing can be instrumental in helping patients
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Values determine the institutional landscape which in turn influences the adaptation options that we choose. Society consists of various social structures which includes regulatory factors like values and norms. These values and norms in turn influencing the choice and behaviour of the strategies of institutions for adaptation to climate change. Values are the wide concepts which are embedded in the social structures. These values are based on the core concept of the desirable preferences and the
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Nursing Shortage and Nursing Turnover Nursing shortage is a phenomenon that is affecting nurses and the provision of adequate patient care in today’s health care industry. Nursing shortage is said to occur when the demand for employment of nurses is far greater than the number of nurses willing to be employed at that time (Huber‚ 2010). According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (A.A.C.N.)‚ “the nursing shortage is expected to increase as baby boomers age‚ and the need for health
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