Re: Nursing Theorists
Well, my take on this whole theory thing is...
...they were developed in the education community as a guide to curriculum by people that either needed to be published or couldn't find a model that they liked.
As a new RN I could probably adopt any of these theories (perhaps with the help of some Zofran
) into aspects of my daily practice. Heck, I could probably make a career out of it
.
But at this point in time, I am too busy
refining skills, learning the nuances of charting, working too much overtime, adjusting family life to career and school
to get more than just exposure out of a theory course
.
I can also envision a new grad coming on to the floor spouting caritas criteria for
administrating human care essentials with an intentional consciousness when all that is required is digital stimulation
.
Perhaps it is just a progression...Florence to Henderson to Wiedenbach to Neuman to Orem to Watson to ad nauseam
.
Re: Nursing Theorists
Enough information to make your head spin!! Sooo many theorists and so little time. I too, like many others, like Virginia Henderson. She seems to touch on a very broad and basic theme of nursing. Nursing is such a diverse field and means many things to many different people. A nurse may work in any multitude of areas from a hospital to a cruise ship!! Trying to put nursing in a box is like trying to put parenting in a box. There is more than one way to skin a cat!! So I think it is good that there are so many different but yet similar nursing theories. We as nurses can take what we like from each one. Written down as a theory or not we all can identify and or use many of these theories.
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