BETTY NEUMAN Flashcards
Born in 1924 on a farm near Lowell, Ohio
Betty Neuman 1924 – Present
Earned Nursing Diploma – People’s Hospital of Nursing
Betty Neuman 1924 – Present
Bachelor’s Degree – UCLA (University of California)
Betty Neuman 1924 – Present
Earned Master’s Degree in Mental Health & Public Health Consultation – UCLA
Betty Neuman in 1966
Worked as hospital staff nurse, head nurse, industrial nurse, nursing instructor
Betty Neuman 1924 – Present
provides a comprehensive holistic and system-based approach to nursing that contains an element of flexibility.
Systems Model
focuses on the response of the patient system to actual or potential environmental stressors and the use of primary, secondary, and tertiary nursing prevention intervention for retention, attainment, and maintenance of patient system wellness.
System Model
Continuum of wellness to illness that is dynamic in nature and is constantly subject to change
HEALTH
the stability that indicates the total system needs are being met.
Optimal Wellness
the result of unmet system needs
Reduced state of wellness
internal, external and created force that interacts with a person’s state of health
ENVIRONMENT
• Relationship between person and environment is reciprocal
ENVIRONMENT
tensions that produce alterations in the normal flow of the environment
Stressors (environment)
Intrapersonal
INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
All interaction contained within the client – psycho spiritual being
INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
Dynamic (constant change)
CREATED ENVIRONMENT
Unconsciously developed
CREATED ENVIRONMENT
Used to support protective coping
CREATED ENVIRONMENT