Nursing Theory Assignment – November 5, 2009
I.
For your assigned theorist (see next page): please be prepared to discuss the
following:
1. Name the theorist(s) and provide some background information
a. Is the theorist still living? Yes
b. If so, where is the theorist today and what is she doing? Independent
Curriculum Consultant in Nursing; Private Practice Health Consultant;
Author; Lecturer; Instructor; Individual & Family Counselor
HISTORY AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
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Betty Neumann was born in 1924, in Lowel, Ohio.
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She completed BS in nursing in 1957 and MS in Mental Health Public
health consultation, from UCLA in 1966. She holds a Ph.D. in clinical
psychology
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She was a pioneer in the community mental health movement in the
late 1960s.
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Betty Neumann began developing her health system model while a
lecturer in community health nursing at University of California, Los
Angeles.
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The models was initially developed in response to graduate nursing
students expression of a need for course content that would expose
them to breadth of nursing problems prior to focusing on specific
nursing problem areas.
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The model was published in 1972 as “A Model for Teaching Total
Person Approach to Patient Problems” in Nursing Research.
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It was refined and subsequently published in the first edition of
Conceptual Models for Nursing Practice, 1974, and in the second
edition in 1980.
Retrieved from: http://currentnursing.com/nursing_theory/Neumann.htm
2. Define the components of the metaparadigm:
a. Definition of health:
b. Definition of man/patient/recipient of care:
Definition of environment: A system is composed of a set of interacting elements;
each system can be identified and is distinct from the environment in which it
exists. An open system exchanges energy and matter with the environment
(negentropy), whereas a closed system is isolated from its environment (entropy).
Systems depend on both positive and negative feedback to maintain a steady state
(homeostasis).
(Stanhope, Marcia. Foundations of Nursing in the Community: Community-Oriented
Practice, 2nd Edition. Mosby, 102005. 18.10.2).
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b. Definition of nursing and the role of nursing (i.e. what is the goal of
nursing care?)
Box 18-5 Assumptions of the Systems Approach
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Family systems are greater than and different from the sum of their parts.
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There are many hierarchies within family systems and logical
relationships between subsystems (e.g., mother-child, family-community).
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There are boundaries in the family system that can be open, closed, or
random.
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Family systems increase in complexity over time, evolving to allow
greater adaptability, tolerance to change, and growth by differentiation.
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Family systems change constantly in response to stresses and strains from
within and from outside environments. There are structural similarities in
different family systems (isomorphism).
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Change in one part of family systems affects the total system.
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Causality is modified by feedback; therefore causality never exists in the
real world.
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Family systems patterns are circular rather than linear; change must be
directed toward the cycle.
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Family systems are an organized whole; therefore individuals within the
family are interdependent.
•
Family systems have homeostasis features to maintain stable patterns that
can be adaptive or maladaptive.
(Stanhope, Marcia. Foundations of Nursing in the Community: Community-Oriented
Practice, 2nd Edition. Mosby, 102005. 18.10.2.1).
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3. Discuss one nursing research article published in the past 5 years that used this
theory as a basis for the study
a. Definition of nursing research article: a research study that was done by
nurses and/or published in a nursing journal
b. Bring a copy of the article with you
c. Be prepared to
i. State the research question or hypothesis
ii. Describe what was studied
iii. Discuss how the study and its findings relate to the theory
IF there is no published nursing research using the model during the past 5
years, find the last time this was used in nursing research and be prepared to
report on that research as per above
II. Prepare a 1-page handout for your classmates with the information contained in #s 1
and 2 above. Post this on Blackboard in the WIKI.
Nursing Theorist
Student
Margaret Newman: Health as Expanding Consciousness
Dan Ashdon
Dorothy Johnson: Behavioral Systems Model
Jessica Baker
Myra Levine: The Conservation Model
Robert Belcon
Dorothea Orem: Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing
Jennifer Curts
Sister Callista Roy: Adaptation Model
Sarah Davis
Katherine Barnard: Parent-Child Interaction
Melissa Dougherty
Imogene King: Theory of Goal Attainment
Molly Hareid
Betty Neuman: Systems Model
Melinda Howard
Rosemarie Parse: Human Becoming
Jeanice Jaroll
Ramona Mercer: Maternal Role Attainment
Belinda Johnston
Merle Mishel: Uncertainty in Illness Theory
Heather Kitterman
Madeline Leininger: Culture Care Theory
Elizabeth Ly
Martha Rogers: The Science of Unitary Human Beings
Lisa McCormick
Jean Watson: Philosophy and Science of Caring
TaJonda Meadows
Nola Pender: Health Promotion Model
Katherine Morgan
Katherine Kolcaba: Comfort Theory
Jessica Nelson
Patricia Benner: From Novice to Expert
Linh Nguyen
Hildegard Peplau: Interpersonal Relations in Nursing
Nena Saunders
Josephine Paterson/Loretta Zderad: Humanistic Nursing Theory
Kelly Summers
Reva Rubin: Development of Maternal Identity
Erica Swindell
Elizabeth Lentz/Linda Pugh: Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms
Kaci Thate
Janice Morse: Theory of Suffering
Rachel Trevett
Karen Dunn: Adaptation to Chronic Pain
Melinda Watkins
Joyce J. Fitzpatrick: Life Perspective Rhythm Model
Jared Weaver