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- 2. Leininger: Founder of the “Theory of Transcultural Nursing”.
- 6. Abdellah: Assumptions of her “21 Nursing Problems Theory” relate to change and anticipated changes that affect nursing.
- 7. His theory has been applied to nursing to guide the prioritization of patient care needs.
- 8. Orem: One assumption of this nursing theory is that people should be self-reliant and responsible for their own care.
- 9. Belief Model: One of the first theories of health behavior.
- 10. A belief, policy, or procedure proposed or followed as the basis of action.
- 12. Beliefs and values that define a way of thinking and are generally known and understood by a group or discipline.
- 14. Nightingale: Her Environmental Theory is described in Notes on Nursing: What it is, What it is not.
- 16. Pender: This theorist’s health promotion model defines health as a positive dynamic state not merely the absence of disease.
- 17. Defined as the nurse’s attributes, characteristics, and actions that provide care on behalf of or in conjunction with the client.
- 18. Watson: Her theory is based on 10 carative factors.
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- 1. The internal and external surroundings that affect the client.
- 3. The words that describe objects, properties, or events and are basic components of theory.
- 4. Most general statement of discipline and functions as a framework in which the more restricted structures of conceptual models develop.
- 5. Defined as the degree of wellness or well-being that the client experiences.
- 11. Peplau: Her “Theory of Interpersonal Relations” emphasizes the nurse-client relationship as the foundation of nursing practice.
- 13. The recipient of nursing care may include individuals, patients, groups, families, and communities.
- 15. Roy: Her theory defines the individual as a set of interrelated systems that strive to maintain a balance between various stimuli.