Module 04: Grand Nursing Theory (Part 01) Flashcards
These are derived from conceptual models and is perceived to be the most complex and widest in scope
Grand Theory
How are the concepts in grand theories perceived?
The concepts are abstract and lack operational definitions
How are the propositions in grand theories perceived?
The propositions abstract and not directly amenable to testing
How are grand theories perceived?
It provides a background of philosophical reasoning that
allows nurse scientists to develop middle range theories
What is the set of criteria of grand nursing theories?
(1) Background of the theorist
(2) Philosophical underpinnings
(3) Major assumptions concepts and relationships
(4) Usefulness
(5) Testability
(6) Parsimony
(7) Value in extending nursing science
Where did Virginia Henderson receive her diploma?
Received diploma in nursing from the Army School of Nursing at Walter Reed Hospital in 1921
She is a well known nursing educator and author. She also created with other nursing scholars a curriculum in which education was “patient centered and organized around nursing problems rather than medical diagnoses”
Virginia Henderson
What book did Virginia Henderson publish?
Wrote Harmer’s classic book of nursing and
added her personal definition of nursing
What were the philosophical underpinnings Nursing Need Theory?
(1) Presents the patient as a sum of parts with biophysical needs and the patient is neither client nor consumer
(2) Recognized the importance of increasing patient’s independence so that progress post-hospital would not be delayed
What were the theoretical assumptions of Nursing Need Theory?
(1) Nurses care for patients until patients can care for themselves once again
(2) Patients desire to return to health
(3) Nurses are willing to serve
(4) Nurses will devote themselves to the patient day and night
(5)Nurses should be educated at the university level in both arts and sciences
How did Henderson perceive nursing?
The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will or knowledge
How did Henderson perceive the patient?
Someone who need nursing care, but did not limit nursing to illness care
How did Henderson perceive the matter of health?
Health pertains to the balance in all realms of human life
How did Henderson perceive the environment?
The nurse should maintain a supportive environment as
part of the 14 activities
This pertains to anything that the individual may require “to maintain or sustain himself comfortably or capably in his situation
Need for Help
What happens when the nurse cannot fulfill the patient’s need for help?
If the individual do not see that they need help, they may not
take any action to resolve the situation that affect health and
wellness
What are the 3 levels of nurse-patient relationship?
(1) Substitute for the patient
(2) Helper to the patient
(3) Partner with the patient
According to Henderson’s Nursing Need Theory, what are the 14 need components?
(1) Breathe Normally
(2) Eat and Drink Adequately
(3) Eliminate Body Waste
(4) Move and maintain desirable postures
(5) Sleep and Rest
(6) Select suitable clothes-dress and undress
(7) Maintain body temperature by adjusting clothing and modifying environment
(8) Keep the body clean and well groomed and protected from integument
(9) Avoid dangers in the environment and avoid injuring others
(10) Communicate with others
(11) Worship according to one’s faith
(12) Work in such a way that there is a sense of accomplishment
(13) Play or participate in various forms of recreation
(14) Learn discover and satisfy the curiosity that leads to normal development and health and use of available health facilities
What theory did Lydia Hall develop?
Core, Care, Cure Model
She is a a rehabilitation nurse who argued that follow-up or evaluative care is where professional nursing is most important
Lydia Hall
Where did Lydia Hall work first?
Worked as the first director of the Loeb
Center for Nursing in the elderly
How did Lydia Hall perceive nursing?
Required when persons are not able to provide intimate
bodily care for themselves. The nursing intent of this care is to comfort.
How did Lydia Hall visualize the 3 aspects of the nursing process?
Visualized 3 aspects of nursing process related
(1) to the patient,
(2) to supporting sciences and
(3) underlying philosophical dynamics
According to Lydia Hall, there are 3 aspects in terms of viewing the patient. What are they?
(1) the person,
(2) the body and
(3) the disease which overlaps and influence each other
According to Hall’s theory, this aspect of nursing that is concerned with intimate bodily care (e.g., bathing, feeding, toileting, positioning, moving, dressing, undressing, and maintaining a healthful environment) belongs exclusively to nursing
Care
According to Hall’s theory, this is an aspect of nursing that is shared with medicine. The nurse may assume medical functions, or help the patient with these through comforting and nurturing
Cure
According to Hall’s theory, this is an aspect that emphasizes social, emotional, spiritual and intellectual needs of the patient in relation to family, institution, community and the world
Core
How is nursing and the concept of core related?
The nurse who knows self by the same token can love and trust the patient enough to work with him professionally, rather than for him technically, or at him vocationally
According to her, “the Experience of watching the nurses caring for my aunt in her illness created in me a fascination with the work of nursing”
Nola J. Pender
What theory did Nola Pender develop?
Health promotion model
what are the assumptions of the Health Promotion Model?
(1) persons seek to create conditions of living through which they can express their unique human health potential
(2) persons have the capacity for reflective self-awareness,
including assessment of their own competencies
(3) persons value growth in directions viewed as positive and
attempt to achieve a personally acceptable balance between
change and stability
(4) individuals seek to actively regulate their own behavior
what are the major assumptions of the Health Promotion Model?
(1) Individuals in all their biophycho-social complexity interact with the environment, progressively transforming the environment and being transformed over time
(2) Health professionals constitute a part of the interpersonal
environment which exerts influence on persons throughout their lifespans
This of a person-environment interactive patterns is essential to behavioral change
Self-initiated reconfiguration
This pertains to the frequency of the same or similar behavior in the past
Prior-related behavior
This pertains to the age, gender, BMI, pubertal status, aerobic capacity
Biological Personal Factors
This pertains to the self-esteem, motivation, personal competence
Psychological Personal Factors
This pertains to the race, ethnicity, acculturation, education
Sociocultural Personal Factors
According to the Health promotion model, this pertains to the judgment of personal capability to organize and execute a health-promoting behavior
Perceived self-efficacy