Betty Neuman Flashcards
What did Betty Neuman developed?
Systems Model
Betty Neuman believed that the causes of stress can be identified and remedied through…
Nursing Interventions
(True or False) The systems model is universal, abstract, and applicable for individuals from many
cultures.
True
Why did Betty Neuman developed the Neuman Systems Model?
to “provide unity, or a focal point, for student learning”
(True or False) The Neuman Systems Model illustrates a nurse-client system
False.
The Neuman Systems Model illustrates a client-client system
It can be used as a standard from which to measure health deviation.
Normal line of defense
This relates to general knowledge that is applied in client assessment and intervention in identification and reduction or mitigation of possible or actual risk factors associated with environmental stressors to prevent possible reaction.
Primary Prevention
This relates to symptomatology following a reaction to stressors, appropriate ranking of intervention priorities, and treatment to reduce their noxious effects.
Secondary Prevention
This relates to the adaptive processes taking place as reconstitution begins and maintenance factors move the client back in a circular manner toward
primary prevention.
Tertiary Prevention
(True or False) The client as a system is in a dynamic, constant energy exchange with the
environment.
True
It is concerned with the whole person.
Nursing
A unique profession in that it is concerned with all the variables affecting an individual’s response to stress.
Nursing
An open client system in reciprocal interaction with the environment.
Person
(True or False) The client may only be an individual.
False.
The client may be an individual, family, group, community or social issue.
It is a continuum of wellness to illness that is dynamic in nature and is constantly changing.
Health
(True or False) Optimal wellness or stability indicates that total system needs are being met while a reduced state of wellness is the result of unmet systemic needs.
True
All the internal and external factors that surround and influence the client system.
Environment
What are the stressors?
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal
Extrapersonal
It is interpersonal, with all interactions contained within the client
Internal
It is interpersonal or extrapersonal, with all factors arising from outside the client.
External
It is unconsciously developed and is used by the client to support protective coping.
Created
This function to stabilize and return the client to the usual wellness state
internal resistance factors know as lines of resistance
