Dorothy E. Johnson

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This paper examines how Dorothy E. Johnson formulated her behavioral systems model, an analytical theory or approach to the practice of nursing during the 1960s. It discusses how she believed it was important to treat the patient and not the illness and to see the patient from the perspective of an observer, not an involved emotional participant.

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"In Johnson's view, every human person was a kind of ecosystem, or constellation of behaviors existing in a state of sufficiency or insufficiency in terms of their needs and balance or imbalance in terms of their homeostatic processes. The behavioral system of the human body and mind has seven subsystems in Johnson's approach. All of these diverse subsystems are interrelated, although they can be analyzed as separate compartments if this facilitates or enhances the nurses' ability to initially diagnose the patient's complaint. These components are as follows: the attachment or affiliative system, the system of dependency, the ingestive system, the eliminative system, the sexual system, the aggressive system, and the achievement system. "

Sample of Sources Used:

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