Midterms Flashcards
Who described the PERSON as an open system that works together with other parts of it’s body as it interacts with the environment
BETTY NEUMAN
Towards stability or wellness
Negentropy
These are factors that can alter the system
Stressors
It occurs within the self and comprises of man as a psychospiritual being
Intrapersonal
She described the PERSON as an individual, family, or community, or the society.
Betty Neuman
She described HEALTH that is dynamic in nature
Betty Neuman
She described the ENVIRONMENT as an internal, external and created force that interacts with a person’s state of health
Betty Neuman
She described NURSING as an unique profession that requires holistic approach- considers all factors affecting a client’s health
Betty Neuman
This model is based on the person’s relationship to stress , response and reconstitution factors that are progressive in nature
Neuman Systems Model
It focuses on the patient systems response to actual or potential environmentl stressors and maintains the client systems stability nursing prevention interventions to reduce stressors
Neuman Systems Model
A goal-centered phenomenon that relies on the interplay of and
continuous change of the parts of the system
Systems theory
It emphasizes on the components and dynamic interaction of
the elements that comprise the nature of Nursing
Systems theory
What are the parts of a system according to Neuman?
INPUT, OUTPUT AND FEEDBACK
A data that go through and are integrated in
the system
Input
An end product of the input that is processed
in the system
Output
The re-evaluated and changed output
that goes as input back into the system
Feedback
What are the client variables according to Neuman?
PHYSIOLOGICAL. PYSCHOLOGICAL, SOCIOCULTURAL, DEVELOPMENTAL, SPIRTUAL
The Neuman’s system model has two major components
Stressor and reaction to stress
body structure and function
Physiological
effects of social condition
Sociocultural
mental processes in interaction with
environment
Psychological
age-related processes
Developmental
beliefs and influences related to spirituality
Spiritual
for basic structure and maintains client’s system
stability
Protective Mechanism
What are the 3 protective mechanisms
LINES OF RESISTANCE. NORMAL LINE OF DEFENSE, FLEXIBLE LINE OF DEFENSE
It acts when the normal line of defense is
invaded by too much stressor, producing alterations in the
client’s health
Lines of resistance
To achieve stability of the system, this
line must act in coordination with the normal wellness state
Normal Line of Defense
Serves as boundary for the normal
line of defense to adjust to situations that threaten the
imbalance within the client’s stability
Flexible Line of Defense
Basic survival factors or energy resources of the client
Core
These are factors that can alter the systems. These are forces that produce tensions, alterations or potential
problems causing instability within the client’s system.
Stressors
What are the 3 stressors according to neuman
Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Extrapersonal
It occurs within the self and comprises of man as a psychospiritual being
Intrapersonal
It occurs between one or more individual and consists of man as a social being
Interpsonal
It occur outside the individual
Extrapersonal
It refers to the outcomes or produced results of certain stressors and actions of the lines of resistance of a
client.
Reaction
- set towards disorganization of system > illness
Egentropy or Entropy
Other name for egentropy
Entropy
It is used to attain balance within the continum of health.
Prevention
What are the 3 types of prevention?
Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary
It focuses on foreseeing the result of an act or situation and preventing its unnecessary
effects as possible.
Primary
Helping alleviate the actual existing effects of an action that altered the balance of
health of a person
Secondary
Actual treatments or adjustments to facilitate the strengthening of a person after being
exposed to a certain disease or illness
prevent the regression and recurrence of illness; rehabilitation
Tertiary
It focuses on keeping stressors and the stress response from having detrimental effect on the body
Prevention
Occurs before the system reacts to a stressor
Primary prevention (book)
Occurs after the system reacts to a stressor and is provided in terms of existing systems
Secondary Prevention (book)
Occurs after the system has been treated through the secondary prevention stratergies
Tertiary Prevention (book)
It refers to the adjustment state from the degree of reaction. Going back to the actual state of health
before illness.
Reconstitution
It is the increase in energy that occurs in relation to the degree of reaction to the stressor.
Reconstituition (book)
It is a stable condition when the parts of the client system interact in harmony with the whole system
Wellness
Needs are not satisfied
Illness
What year was Neuman born?
1924
Where was she born?
Lowell, Ohio
What year was her first book, The Neuman Systems Model was published?
1982
She was born on August 21, 1919
Dororthy E. Johnson
Where was Dorothy Johnson born?
Savannah, Georgia