nursing theory

2. 1919 born un New York city
1942 Earned diploma from Fitkin
Memorial Hospital
1945 Received Bachelor of Science
degree
1947 Master of Art Degree
Got Doctoral of Education in
Teacher’s College.

3. BASIC TO ALL PATIENTS
To maintain good hygiene and physical
comfort
To promote optimal activity: exercise,
rest and sleep
To promote safety through the prevention
of accidents, injury, or other trauma and
through the prevention of the spread of
infection
To maintain good body mechanics and
prevent and correct deformity

4. SUSTENAL CARE NEEDS
To facilitate the maintenance of a
supply of oxygen to all body cells
To facilitate the maintenance of
nutrition of all body cells
To facilitate the maintenance of
elimination
To facilitate the maintenance of
fluid and electrolyte balance

5. To recognize the physiological
responses of the body to disease
conditions
To facilitate the maintenance of
regulatory mechanisms and
functions
To facilitate the maintenance of
sensory function.

6. REMEDIAL CARE NEEDS
To identify and accept positive and
negative expressions, feelings, and
reactions
To identify and accept the
interrelatedness of emotions and
organic illness
To facilitate the maintenance of
effective verbal and non verbal
communication

7. To promote the development of
productive interpersonal relationships
To facilitate progress toward
achievement of personal spiritual
goals
To create and / or maintain a
therapeutic environment
To facilitate awareness of self as an
individual with varying physical ,
emotional, and developmental needs

8. RESTORATIVE CARE NEEDS
To accept the optimum possible goals in
the light of limitations, physical and
emotional
To use community resources as an aid
in resolving problems arising from
illness
To understand the role of social
problems as influencing factors in the
case of illness

9. “Nursing is based on an art and
science that mould the attitudes,
intellectual competencies, and
technical skills of the individual
nurse into the desire and ability to
help people , sick or well, cope with
their health needs." - Abdellah

10. PERSON
 Abdellah describes people as having physical,
emotional, and sociological needs.
 Individuals (and families) are the recipients of
nursing
HEALTH
 In Patient–Centered Approaches to Nursing,
Abdellah describes health as a state mutually
exclusive of illness.
 “a healthy state of mind and body”

11. ENVIRONMENT
 The environment is the home or community
from which patient comes.
NURSING
 Nursing is a helping profession.
 Nursing care is doing something to or for the
person or providing information to the person
with the goals of meeting needs, increasing or
restoring self-help ability, or alleviating
impairment.
 Nursing is broadly grouped into the 21 problem
areas to guide care and promote use of nursing
judgment.