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Critical Care Nursing. Theories of Moral Development; Helping and Human Relations Theory; Nightingale’s Modern Nursing Theory; Leininger’s Culture Care Theory; Benner’s From Novice to Expert; 21 Nursing Problems by Faye Abdellah; Watson’s Philosophy and Science of Caring; Roy’s Adaptation Model of Nursing
A nursing theory, also called a nursing model, is a framework developed to guide nurses in how they care for their patients. Often, these frameworks define the practice of nursing, identify the role of the nurse, and explain the nursing process as it relates to the idea behind the nursing theory.
Dr. Patricia Benner is a nursing theorist who first developed a model for the stages of clinical competence in her classic book “From Novice to Expert: Excellence and Power in Clinical Nursing Practice”.
Adult nursing is a specialty in the field of nursing that covers a wide range of skills and knowledge necessary to care for adult patients. Nurses must be prepared to help patients with acute and chronic physical illness, within community and hospital settings.
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Moving from dependence upon total medical direction providing basic care into an independent practice modality, nursing has its own nursing theory practice, nursing models, and distinct nursing interventions.
Public Health Nursing, also called Community Nursing, is a type of nursing that is concerned with the overall health of the community. Community health nurses often hold jobs in the government or at publicly-funded clinics, but also work for private health agencies.
Known as the mother of modern nursing, her nursing theories developed the practice of nursing into what it is today. From her early observations during the Crimean War to her book, Notes on Nursing , Nightingale had an enormous impact on the field of nursing.
Critical care nursing is a field of nursing that practices predominantly in intensive care and emergency units. Critical care nurses are equipped to handle critically ill patients, often specializing in a particular aspect of critical illness, such as cardiac care, to provide the best care for patients who are seriously ill or injured.
Wiedenbach’s model of nursing defines the patient as any person receiving help of some kind from the health care system. Help can include care, teaching, and advice. In this nursing theory, a patient does not need to be ill or injured since health education qualifies someone as a patient.