Nursing Process Theory Nursing Theory

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Nursing Process Theory in the Executive Role Nursing theory has been the basis of nursing since Florence Nightingale. Theorist have made the science of nursing what it is today by years of research. Theory has laid the base and frame work for the nursing practice. Alejandron (2017) states that a demand for excellence influences Magnet recognized hospitals to use nursing theories to achieve positive patient outcomes. In this paper the nursing process discipline theory will be discussed along with the importance of this theory to nursing. The identification of the nursing process theory and the importance of this theory will be discussed. Then a summary of the key concepts related to the nursing process discipline theory will be discussed and …show more content…

She developed the theory through empirical study of the nursing practice (Sampoornam, 2015). It was published in her book The Dynamic Nurse-Patient Relationship and was revised in 1972. The key concepts of the nursing process theory are function of professional nursing, presenting behavior, immediate reaction, nursing process discipline, and improvement (Sampoornam, 2015). The key concept professional nursing is the nurses thought. Nurses need to evaluate if the patient needs help and how they can meet the patient’s needs. Presenting behavior is realization of the nurse that the patient has a problem. This can be done through complaints, questions, demands or statements. It can also be through emotions like crying, shouting or laughing. Immediate reaction is how the nurse perceives the needs and reacts to them. Nursing process discipline is how the nurse is going to use her knowledge to meet the needs of the patient. Improvement is to become better and increase knowledge to effectively treat patients and improve patient outcomes. The nursing process theory addresses each concept of the metaparadigm: Person, health, environment, and nursing. Person- each person has their own perceptions and feelings of their needs. Health- is the mental and physical discomfort of the person. Environment- is the way the nurse and patient view the surroundings, how they feel, and how they think. Nursing- nurse provides the care that their patient needs without judgement of the patient (Bender & Feldman,

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