Major Concepts - Meleis' Transitions Theory (MR)

Question 1

What are responses to transitions?

Answer 1

Process Patterns - feeling connected, interaction, being situated, developing confidence and coping.

Outcome Patterns - mastery, integration into identity, adaptation into transition

Question 2

What are three indicators of a healthy transition?

Answer 2

Subjective well-being
Role mastery/competence
Well-being in relationships

Question 3

What are three types of conditions that can affect transitions?

Answer 3

1. Personal - meaning, beliefs, status, knowledge
2. Community - resources available
3. Society - treatment

Question 4

Describe an organizational transition

Answer 4

a change in policies, structures, or role in the workplace
e.g., getting a new supervisor

Question 5

Describe a health-illness transition

Answer 5

process or movement from one state of health/illness to another (process/movement r/t state of wellness)
e.g., moving from home to LTC, diagnosis of a new illness, hospital discharge, recovery process

Question 6

Describe a situational transition

Answer 6

situation/event that will affect health/illness, the event TRIGGERS health/illness complications
e.g., heart attack, tornado hits home, death of a spouse

Question 7

Describe a developmental transition

Answer 7

age-related, life phases
e.g., puberty, graduating high school, becoming a father, retirement

Question 8

Meaning is the __________-___________ of transitions

Answer 8

self-appraisal

Question 9

What are three properties of transitions?
(factors common to all transitions)

Answer 9

1. Timespan - phases, start, middle, end
2. Fluid Processes - changes, differences
3. Disconnectedness/Connectedness - level of awareness of the transition, involvement, denial, engagement