Nursing Theories

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This paper first provides an overview of two theories relating to nursing. The Levine Theory is a conceptual model, with the focus on every nurse-patient interaction being a unique situation to be resolved in an individualized fashion. On the other hand, the paper shows that the Erickson, Tomlin and Swain Theory (also known as Modeling and Role-Modeling), focuses on the person receiving the nursing care rather than on the nurse, the care or the disease. The paper compares and contrasts the two theories in a clinical situation and finally proposes two research questions relating to the theories.

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"Nursing is defined as holistic helping of self-care, which includes nurturance and unconditional acceptance. People are viewed as different in their uniqueness and alike in their needs for growth and affiliated-individuation. Nursing is viewed as a facilitator to help the person identify, develop, and use their strengths. For this theory, the word client, one who is involved in their own care, is used rather than the word patient, one who is given treatment. Health is optimal states of physical, mental, and social well-being rather than absence of disease only."

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