Author: Liu
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Isabel Hampton Robb’s Contribution to Nursing Theory: Nursing Education
Robb’s most notable contribution to nursing was in the field of education. The reforms she put into place set standards for nursing education, and most of them are still followed today. Specifically, she developed and implemented a grading policy for nursing students that required nurses to prove their abilities in order to be awarded qualifications.…
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Martha E. Rogers’ Contribution to Nursing Theory: Science of Unitary Human Beings
Patients are considered “unitary human beings,” who cannot be divided into parts, but have to be looked at as a whole. According to Rogers’s model, patients have the capacity to participate knowingly in the process of change. The environment is also irreducible, and coexists with unitary human beings. In this model, humans are viewed as…
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Jean Watson’s Contribution to Nursing Theory: Philosophy and Science of Caring
Jean Watson’s Philosophy and Science of Caring addresses how nurses express care to their patients. Caring is central to nursing practice, and promotes health better than a simple medical cure. She believes that a holistic approach to health care is central to the practice of caring in nursing. According to Watson, caring, which is manifested…
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Henry Stack-Sullivan’s Contribution to Nursing: Sullivan’s Interpersonal Theory
Stack-Sullivan is known for his Interpersonal Theory. He is considered the father of interpersonal psychiatry or interpersonal psychoanalysis. He proposed the interpersonal theory of personality. He explained the role of interpersonal relationships and social experiences in shaping personality. He also explained the importance of current life events to psychopathology. The theory further states that the purpose…
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Self-Efficacy Theory
While at Stanford, he became the dean of the Psychology Department and contributed much to the field of psychology. He is known for his work in the field of aggressive behavior, social interactions and self-efficacy theory. His work led to violent scenes of with children being banned in the movie and video industry. He testified…
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Adlerian Theories in the Emerging Field of Psychotherapy
Adler became very well-known for influential lectures on psychotherapy, which was only beginning to emerge as a discipline. He was able to build a flourishing school that promoted an understanding of human behavior that focused on healthy relationships. Adler believed that patient evaluation must be holistic. It should include how well the person could navigate…
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Joyce Travelbee’s Contribution to Nursing Theory: Human-to-Human Relationship Model
Travelbee developed the Human-to-Human Relationship Model of Nursing. The theory was presented in her book,Interpersonal Aspects of Nursing, which was published in 1961. The assumptions of the model are based on Soren Kierkegaard’s philosophy of existentialism and Viktor Frankl’s logotherapy. Existentialism places the accountability for people’s choices in life on the people who make those choices.…
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Nancy Roper’s Contribution to Nursing Theory: Roper-Logan-Tierney Model of Nursing
Roper’s model of nursing was originally published in 1976, and revised in 1985 and 1990. The most recent revision occurred in 1998. The initial purpose of the model was to be an assessment used throughout the patient’s care, but has become the norm in nursing in the United Kingdom to only use it as a…
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Hildegard Peplau’s Contribution to Nursing Theory: The Theory of Interpersonal Relations
Peplau’s model for nursing, which helped later nursing theorists and clinicians develop more therapeutic interventions, includes seven nursing roles, which show the dynamic character roles typical in clinical nursing. The Seven Nursing Roles are: the stranger role, in which the nurse receives the patient the way a stranger is met in other situations, and provides an…
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Dorothea E. Orem’s Contribution to Nursing Theory: Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory (SCDNT)
The Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory, also known as the Orem Model of Nursing, was developed by Dorothea Orem between 1959 and 2001. It is considered a grand nursing theory, which means the theory covers a broad scope with general concepts that can be applied to all instances of nursing. The central philosophy of the Self-Care Deficit…