Environmental Theory of Nursing NRS 430V By Alison Kurtz Jacquelyn Flynn Mercedes Zometa Toby Curtiss Overview of the Environmental Theory • • • • • • Florence Nightingale- Founder of Nursing Correlation between environment and deaths First Nursing Theorist “ Notes on Nursing: What it is, What it is Not.” Some elements have not changed since their inception The Environmental Theory • Seven Assumptions • • • • • • • Natural Laws Mankind can Achieve Perfection Nursing is a Calling Nursing is an Art and Science Nursing is achieved through environmental alteration Nursing requires a specific educational base Nursing is distinct and separate from medicine Nursing Theory Metaparadigm “the nursing metaparadigm has been widely used to describe the four spheres of nursing knowledge that reflect beliefs held by the profession about nursing’s context and content. Historically, the metaparadigm has encompassed the four concepts of person, environment, health, and nursing.” (Schim, Benkert, Bell, Walker & Danford, 2007) Four Metaparadigm Concepts • Person- the recipients of nursing care including individuals, families and communities • Environment-surroundings of the person, setting of nursing care, internal factors • Health- the person’s state of well being • Nursing- the actions in taking care of a patient How Environmental Theory Incorporates into the Metaparadigm Concepts How does the Model Improve Nursing Practice? • Knowledge of environmental health concepts is essential to nursing practice. • This Principle guides nurses in their practice to use products and practices that do not harm human health or the environment and to take preventative actions. • Healthy environments are sustained through multidisciplinary collaborations. • Patients are to be put in the best conditions for nature to act on them. It is the responsibility of the nurse to reduce noise, to relieve patients anxieties and to help them sleep. In todays nursing care process we use more than one environment, which tells us there is a direct correlation between theory and practice. We have been able to implement numerous interventions and care trends which allow the patient to get healthier faster and safer. We are promoters of health and in a way we should be responsible for the delivery of this health. Applying basic environmental safety practices will only create a safer place for our patient. http://nurseslabs.com/florence-nightingales-environmental-theory/ References • Creasia, J. L., & Parker, B. (2011). Conceptual foundations: The bridge to professional nursing practice (5th ed.). • Petiprin, A. (2016). Environmental Theory. Retrieved from http://www.nursing-theory.org/theories-andmodels/nightingale-environment-theory.php • Schim, S. M., Benkert, R., Bell, S. E., Walker, D. S., & Danford, C. A. (2007). Social Justice: Added Metaparadigm Concept for Urban Health Nursing. Public Health Nursing, 24(1), 73-80. doi:10.1111/j.15251446.2006.00610.x • The Life and Letters of Florence Nightingale. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.uab.edu/reynolds/nightingale/life George J. Nursing Theories: The base for professional nursing practice. Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, NJ. 2002. Selanders LC. The power of environmental adaptation, (2010): Florence Nightingale’s original theory for nursing practice.