Theories Flashcards
Nursing is a caring relationship. Nurses
grow from novice to expert as they
practice in clinical settings.
Patricia Benner
A person comprises subsystems that must
remain in balance for optimal functioning.
Any actual or potential threat to this system
balance is a nursing concern.
Dorothy Johnson
Nursing is a process of action, reaction,
interaction, and transaction; needs are
identified based on client’s social system,
perceptions, and health; the role of the
nurse is to help the client achieve goal
attainment.
Imogene King
The essence of nursing is care. To provide
transcultural care, the nurse focuses on the
study and analysis of different cultures with
respect to caring behavior.
Madeleine Leininger
The role of the nurse is viewed as *changing
or structuring elements of the environment
such as ventilation, temperature, odors,
noise, and light to put the client into the
best opportunity for recovery.
Florence nightingale
The role of the nurse is viewed as *changing
or structuring elements of the environment
such as ventilation, temperature, odors,
noise, and light to put the client into the
best opportunity for recovery.
Florence nightingale
A person is an open system that interacts
with the environment; nursing is aimed at
reducing stressors through primary,
secondary, and tertiary prevention.
Betty Neuman
The focus of nursing is on the individual;
clients are assessed in terms of ability to
complete self-care.
Dorothea Orem
The focus of the nurse is interaction with the
client; effectiveness of care depends on the
client’s behavior and the nurse’s reaction to
that behavior
Ida Jean Orlando
Nursing is a human science. Health is a
lived experience. Man-living-health as a
single unit guides practice.
Rosemarie Rizzo Parse
The promotion of health is viewed as the
forward movement of the personality; this
is accomplished through an interpersonal
process that includes orientation,
identification, exploitation, and resolution.
Hildegard Peplau
The promotion of health is viewed as the
forward movement of the personality; this
is accomplished through an interpersonal
process that includes orientation,
identification, exploitation, and resolution.
Hildegard Peplau
The promotion of health is viewed as the
forward movement of the personality; this
is accomplished through an interpersonal
process that includes orientation,
identification, exploitation, and resolution.
Hildegard Peplau
The purpose of nursing is to move the client
toward optimal health; the nurse should
view the client as whole and constantly
changing and help people to interact in the
best way possible with the environment.
Martha Rogers
The purpose of nursing is to move the client
toward optimal health; the nurse should
view the client as whole and constantly
changing and help people to interact in the
best way possible with the environment.
Martha Rogers
The purpose of nursing is to move the client
toward optimal health; the nurse should
view the **client as whole and constantly
changing* and help people to interact in the
best way possible with the environment.
Martha Rogers
The role of the nurse is to aid clients to
adapt to the change caused by illness;
levels of adaptation depend on the degree
of environmental change and state of
coping ability.
Sister Callista Roy
