Nursing Theories and Philosophies

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering the major nursing theorists from the lecture: Marilyn Anne Ray, Kari Martinsen, Katie Eriksson, Myra E. Levine, Martha E. Rogers, and Dorothea Orem.

Theory of Bureaucratic Caring

A nursing theory published by Marilyn Anne Ray in 1989 that balances compassion with organizational efficiency.

Holographic Caring

A concept in Ray's theory where the individual act (the part) contains the organization (the whole).

Spiritual-Ethical Caring

The core of Marilyn Anne Ray's model, surrounded by factors such as technological, physical, legal, and economic influences.

The Trinity of Caring

Kari Martinsen's three interdependent dimensions of caring: Relational (Interhuman Meeting), Moral (Ethical Foundation), and Practical (The 'Craft' of Body & Hands).

The 'Seeing Eye'

A phenomenological approach in Kari Martinsen's philosophy where the nurse sees from the patient's lived-world experience.

The 'Seeing Hand'

The practical dimension of Kari Martinsen's philosophy, representing skilled clinical care and the workmanship of care.

Caritative Caring Theory

A theory developed by Katie Eriksson, grounded in a Judeo-Christian ethic with love and charity as the inner core.

Caritas

A term used by Katie Eriksson to describe true caring love, which is an act of responsible freedom rather than just a technique.

The Caring Gaze

A concept in Eriksson's theory representing a vision of holistic care and deep understanding of the patient's lived experience.

Conservation Model

Myra E. Levine's model focused on promoting adaptation to maintain wholeness through four specific principles.

Conservation of Energy

A principle of Levine's model that focuses on balancing energy input and output through rest, nutrition, hydration, and oxygenation.

Conservation of Structural Integrity

A principle of Levine's model centered on maintaining the physical body, healing, repair, and infection control.

Conservation of Personal Integrity

A principle of Levine's model that recognizes individual worth, including self-esteem, identity, privacy, and autonomy.

Conservation of Social Integrity

A principle of Levine's model focusing on maintaining family and community roles, support systems, and cultural beliefs.

Science of Unitary Human Beings

A framework developed by Martha E. Rogers that views human and environmental energy fields as irreducible and continuous.

Principles of Homeodynamics

The three principles in Rogers' theory: Integrality (interaction), Resonancy (rhythmic change), and Helicy (innovative change).

Pandimensionality

A Rogersian concept describing non-linear, interpenetrating dimensions of the unitary human-environmental field.

Self-Care Agency

In Dorothea Orem's theory, the power and ability of individuals to engage in actions to meet their own health needs.

Therapeutic Self-Care Demand

The total of all self-care actions required to meet universal, developmental, and health deviation needs.

Wholly Compensatory System

An Orem nursing system where the nurse assumes full responsibility for care because the patient cannot perform self-care (e.g., a coma patient).

Partly Compensatory System

An Orem nursing system where the patient and nurse share self-care actions.

Supportive-Educative System

An Orem nursing system where the patient can learn self-care and the nurse provides teaching, support, and guidance.