In: Nursing
course; dimensions of nursing
Book used; critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical
judgement: A practical approach 7th edition
For this discussion, in three to four paragraphs, contrast two nursing models and theories found in your reading. Discuss how they are similar or different in the way the define/discuss health and wellness, illness, the client, the environment, and nursing. Summarize by selecting the one model or theory that aligns best with your beliefs and then describe how this would affect the way in which you would practice nursing.
According to the Orem Self-Care Model of nursing was developed by Dorothea E. Orem, and is based on the belief that health care is each individual’s own responsibility.
- The aim of this model is to help clients direct and carry out activities that maintain or improve their health (Catalano).
- The Roy Adaptation Model developed by Sister Callista Roy, is very closely related to the general systems theory.
- TheThe main goal of this model is to allow the client to reach his or her highest levelof functioning through adaptation.