Comparison Of Nursing Theory, Health, Environment And Nursing

Introduction

The nursing field is a career that is based on many theories that assist nurses to administer the best nursing care possible. This assignment will distinguish between a theory, philosophy and paradigm, then the following theories will be discussed under person, health, environment and nursing. The theories are: Orem, Henderson, Nightingale, Peplau, Rogers, Watson and Leninger.

Distinguish between a Philosophy, theory, and paradigm

Philosophy is the study of how something began or came to being, a theory is a belief that something occurred or occurs a certain way and trying to explain it using research. A paradigm is a simple way to explain something using a pattern or a model.

Discuss the following Nursing Theories

1. Dorothy Orem’s theory of self-care deficit

a. Person

“The person is

It functions interchangeably with the human process that ensures health for individuals and the community.” currentnursing.com/nursing_theory/interpersonal_theory.html 5. Rogers’s theory of personality.

a. Person

“This theory states that “a person is an irrefutable whole, the whole being greater than the sum of its parts.” It states that humans are a dynamic field in a continuous exchange with the environmental fields both of which are infinite.”( Berman 2014:

b. Health

“Rogers also states that both human and environment are characterised by a pattern and that the human is constantly and creatively interacting with the environment”

( Berman 2014:

c. Environment

The human and the environment are one, for health to be achieved there has to be an alignment between the two. ( Berman 2014:

d. Nursing

‘In nursing these theories are applied by:

• Focus on the patient’s wholeness.

• Seek to promote symbolic intervention between the two energy fields.

• Coordinate the human field with the rythmatics of the environmental fields.

• Direct and redirect patterns of interaction between the two energies.’ ( Berman 2014:

6. Watsons

a.