THEORIST theory CONCEPT
VIRGINIA HENDERSON 14 BASIC NEEDS Focuses on the
importance of
increasing the patient’s
independence to hasten
their progress in the
hospital
FAYE ABDELLAH 21 NURSING PROBLEMS Nursing is based on art
and science that molds
the attitudes,
intellectual
competencies, and
technical skills
Changed the focus of
nursing from disease-
centered to patient-
centered
ERNESTINE WIEDBACH THE HELPING ART OF CLINICAL Guides the nurse action
NURSING in the art of nursing and
specified four elements
of clinical nursing:
Philosophy
Purpose
Practice
Art
Clinical nursing is
focused on meeting the
patient’s perceived
need for help in a vision
of nursing that indicates
considerable
importance on the art
of nursing
LYDIA HALL THREE C’S Care is the sole function
CARE, CURE, CORE THEORY of nurses, whereas,
Core receiving nursing
care
Cure is the aspect of
nursing which involves
the administration of
medications and
treatments
Major purpose is to
achieve an
interpersonal
relationship with the
individual that will
facilitate the
development of core
JOYCE TRAVELBEE HUMAN- TO-HUMAN The purpose of nursing
RELATIONSHIP MODEL was to help and support
an individual, family, or
community to prevent
or cope with the
struggles of illness.
ROPER, LOGAN, NURSING BASED ON A MODEL Is a nursing theory
TIERNEY OF LIVING based on activities of
daily living (ADL)
Was set up to assess
how a patient’s life has
been altered due to
sickness, trauma and
characterizes what
surviving means
Its goal is to encourage
the patient to be self-
sufficient.
Maintaining a safe
environment,
communicating,
breathing, eating
IDA JEAN ORLANDO NURSING PROCESS THEORY Allow nurses to
PELLETIER formulate an effective
nursing care plan that
can also be easily
adapted
Stresses the reciprocal
relationship between
patient and nurse. What
the nurse and the
patient say and do
affects them both
Persons become
patients requiring
nursing care when they
have needs for help
that cannot be met
independently because
of their physical
limitations.
JEAN WATSON THEORY OF HUMAN CARING Humans cannot be
treated as objects and
that humans cannot be
separated form self,
other nature, and the
larger workforce
This theory calls upon
nurses to go beyond
procedure and task, but
instead focuses on the
nurse-patient
Focus on health
promotion, preventing
illness, caring for sick
MADELEINE TRANSCULTURAL NURSING Substantive are of study
LEININGER THEORY and practice focused on
comparative cultural
care values, beliefs and
practices of individuals
of similar or different
cultures with the goal of
providing culture-
specific and universal
nursing care practices
Involves learning and
understanding various
cultures with regard to
nursing and health
illness caring practices
DOROTHEA OREM THEORY OF SELF-CARE DEFICIT Theory of self-care-
how to care our self
Theory dependent
care- how we depend
to our family or
friends
The act of assisting
others in the
provision and
management of self-
care to maintain or
improve human
functioning at home
level of effectiveness
MARTHA ROGERS UNITARY OF HUMAN BEING Energy field,
Environmental field
An art and science
that is humanistic and
humanitarian
A patient can’t be
separated from his or
her environment
when addressing
health treatment
IMOGENE KING INTERACTING Nurse and patient
OPEN SYSTEMS MODEL communicate
ATTAINMENT GOAL THEORY information set goals
together and then
take action to achieve
those goals.
4 factors
Rule space stress time
A process of human
interactions between
nurse and client
through
communication, they
set goals
BETTY NEUMAN NEUMAN’S SYSTEM MODEL Is based on the
person’s relationship
to stress, the
response to it and
reconstitutions
factors that are
progressive
Focus is on the client
as a system and on
client’s stressors
NOLA PENDER HEALTH PROMOTION THEORY Describe the
interaction between
the nurse and the
consumer while
considering the role
of environment in
health promotion
Describes the
multidimensional
nature of persons as
they interact within
their environment to
pursue health
MYRA LEVINE CONSERVATION MODEL It guides nurses to
concentrate on the
importance and
responses
To improve physical
and emotional
wellbeing of a person
by considering the
four domains
Conservation
of energy of
the individual
Structural
integrity of the
individual
Personal
integrity
Social integrity
SISTER CALLISTA ROY ADAPTATION Views the individual
as a set of
interrelated systems
who strives to
maintain balance
between various
stimuli
DOROTHY JOHNSON BEHAVIORAL SYSTEM The model advocates
the fostering of
efficient and effective
behavioral
functioning in the
patient to prevent
illness
7 SUBSYSTEMS
Affiliative
Sexual
Dependency
Ingestive
Achievement
Eliminative
Aggressive
ERIKSON, TOMLIN, ROLE MODELLING Nurses need to be
SWAIN neat
Be a role model to our
patient
A process that allows
nurses to understand
the unique
perspective of a client
and to learn to
appreciate its
importance
Role- modeling occurs
when the nurse plans
and implements
interventions that are
unique for the client
PATRICIA BENNER NOVICE TO EXPERT NURSING Explains that nurses
MODEL develop skills and an
understanding of
patient care over time
from combination of a
strong educational
foundation and
personal experiences
Novice – no
background
experience
Advance beginner –
can demonstrate
marginally and gained
prior exp.
Competent nurse – 2-
3 years of experience
Proficient nurse – 3-5
years in the same
area of nursing
Expert nurse – after 5
years or greater
RAMONA MERCER MATERNAL ROLE ATTAINMENT An interactional and
THEORY developmental
process occurring
over time in which
the mother becomes
4 STAGES
attached to her
1. Anticipatory stage
2. Formal stage infant, acquires
3. Informal stage competence in the
4. Personal stage caretaking tasks
involved in the role
MERLE MISHEL UNCERTAINTY IN ILLNESS Presents a
THEORY comprehensive
structure within
which to view the
experience of acute
and chronic illness
‘ and to organize
nursing interventions
to promote optimal
adjustments
Describes how
individuals form
meaning from illness-
related situations
KATHARINE KOLCABA THEORY OF COMFORT Proposes that when
patients and their
families are more
comfortable, they
engage more fully in
health seeking
behaviors that include
internal and external
behaviors.
Ultimate goal of a
nurse is to provide
comfort
Comfort as a basic
human need
CHERYL TATANO BECK POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION After birth and 4
THEORY weeks after birth
Non-psychopathic
depression
Provides evidence to
understand and
prevent postpartum
depression
SISTER CAROLINA CASAGRA TRANSFORMATIVE Designed to lead to
AGRAVANTE LEADERSHIP MODEL radical change from
apathy or indifference
to a spiritual person
CARMELITA ADVANCE NURSE The wellness outcome
DIVINAGRACIA PRACTITIONERS COMPOSURE of a patient will
BEHAVIOR AND PATIENTS depend on the
WELLNESS OUTCOME intervention the
nurse has when
administering the
client.
COM-competence
P-presence and
prayer
O- open-minded
S- stimulation
U- understanding
R- respect and
relaxation
E- Empathy
SISTER LETTY QUAN RETIREMENT AND ROLE Stated that without
DISCONTINUITIES or GRACEFUL positive acquisition
AGING THEORY during childhood the
person or patient will
be in pathological
state to delinquency.
The role of the nurse
is to put back what
they have missed and
to fill this gap.
Nurses need to
acquire good things
through setting an
example and to make
them feel loved and
important
CARMENCITA ABAQUIN PREPARE ME THEORY Interventions and the
quality of life advance
progressive cancer
patients
How to care cancer
Patients
CECILIA LAURENTE THEORY OF NURSING PRACTICE The nurse can help
AND CAREER strengthen the
family’s term of
knowledge, skills, and
attitude through
effective
communication,
employed informative
She emphasized
effective
communication as an
entry point to help a
patient
ABRAHAM MASLOW HUMAN NEEDS Hierarchy of needs
LUDWIG VON OPEN SYSTEM Organization are open
BERTANLANFFYY to their environment
Permeable
boundaries-
information and
resources are coming
in and out
DUNN’S HEALTH 3 stage
ILLNESS CONTINUUM
EPIDEMIOLOGIC
MODEL
HANS SELYE THEORY STRESS THEORY
JEAN PIAGET’S COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT Explains how a child
THEORY THEORY constructs a mental
model of the world.
as a process which
occurs due to
biological maturation
and interaction with
the environment
Ability to think and
understand
ERIK ERIKSON PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Human being develop
growth having
interaction and social
Relationship
FREUD SIGMUND STRUCTURAL PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY
3 parts of personality Revolutionized the
Id- pleasure understanding of
Ego- reality mental life and
Superego- human behavior
morality
Helped understand
the early
TOPOGRAPHICAL THEORY
three levels of development of
awareness sexuality and mental
conscious functioning
subconscious
unconscious
PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT
Energy created by the
survival and sexual
instincts
