MYRA LEVINE

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she based her theory on the belief that the essence of nursing is human interaction.

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MYRA LEVINE

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is focused promotes adaption and maintain wholeness using the principles of conservation

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LEVINE’S CONSERVATION MODEL

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a life process by which, overtime, people maintain their wholeness or integrity as they respond to environmental challenge

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ADAPTATION

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the consequence of an interaction between the person and the environment achieved through the “frugal, economic, contained, and controlled use of environment resources by the individual in his or her best interest”.

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ADAPTATION

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“exist when the interaction or constant adaptations to the environment permit ease the assurance of integrity in all the dimensions of life.”

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WHOLENESS

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the product of adaptation

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CONSERVATION

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describes how complex systems continue to function in the face of severe challenges

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CONSERVATION

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individuals are able to confront obstacles, adopt accordingly and maintain their uniqueness.

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CONSERVATION

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4 Principles of Conservation

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• Principle of conservation of energy
• Principle of conservation of structural integrity
• Principle of conservation of personal integrity
• Principle of conservation of social integrity

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balancing the patient’s energy output and energy input to avoid

excessive fatigue (rest, nutrition, exercise)

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PRINCIPLE OF CONVERSATION OF ENERGY

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focusing attention on healing by maintaining or restoring the structure of the body through prevention of physical breakdown (promoting heal)

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PRINCIPLE OF CONVERSATION OF STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY

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maintaining or restoring the individual patient’s sense of identity, self - worth (recognition of unique qualities)

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PRINCIPLE OF CONSERVATION OF PERSONAL INTEGRITY

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acknowledging patients as social beings (especially with significant others)

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PRINCIPLE OF CONSERVATION OF SOCIAL INTEGRITY

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a holistic being who constantly strives to preserve wholeness and integrity

continually adapting in their interactions with their environment

has a sense of identity and self - worth

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HUMAN BEING

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completes the wholeness of person

the individual has both an internal and external environment

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ENVIRONMENT

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combines the physiological and pathophysiological aspects of the individual and is constantly challenged by the external environment

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INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

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2 parts of Internal Environment

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HOMEOSTASIS & HOMEORRHESIS

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divided into the perceptual, operational, and conceptual environment

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EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

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consist of information that is recorded by the sensory organs

encompasses that part of the environment to which individuals respond with their sense organs

includes light, sound, touch, temperature, chemical change that is smelled or tasted, and

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PERCEPTUAL ENVIRONMENT

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consist of those that impinge on the individual

that portion of the external environment which interacts with living tissue even though the individual does not possess sensory organs that can record the presence of these factors

includes those aspects of the environment that are not directly perceived, such as radiation, odorless and colorless pollutants, and microorganisms

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OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

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the environment of language, ideas, symbols, concepts, and invention

encompasses, the ability to think and experience emotion, value systems, religious beliefs, ethnic and cultural traditions, and individual psychological patterns that come from life experiences

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CONCEPTUAL ENVIRONMENT

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the goal of conservation

the ability to function in a reasonably normal manner

“a wholeness and successful adaption”

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HEALTH

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involves engaging in “human interactions” - “the nurse enters into a partnership of human experience where sharing moments in time - some trivial, some dramatic - leaves its mark
forever on each patient”

the goal of nursing is to promote adaptation and maintain wholeness (health)

the goal of nursing is accomplished through the use of the conservation principles: energy, structure, personal, and social integrity

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NURSING