Nursing 1060A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Crimean War, The Roots, Nursing Diagnosis
20 Mar 2017
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Three behavioral theories have been used to develop major nursing theories: interactive, systems, and developmental. The purpose is to provide a symbolic image as a framework for nurses to visualize the multitude of nursing theories starting with the first nurse theorist, florence nightingale. The living tree helps organize various nursing theories so a nurse can apply the theories. The roots of the tree are the four metaparadigms defined as person, environment, health, and nursing. The metaparadigms represent a worldview of common concepts in nursing. Person, is the individual with whom the nurse is interacting in a therapeutic manner. Person might be an individual or a group of people. Environment emcompasses any place where the therapeutic interaction occues. Health can be defi(cid:374)ed as the opti(cid:373)al le(cid:448)el of o(cid:374)e"s pote(cid:374)tial (cid:396)elati(cid:374)g to the e(cid:374)(cid:448)i(cid:396)o(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. nursing uses assessment, nursing diagnosis, care planning, intervention, and evaluation in the care of the person.
