Nursing Theorists

Florence Nightingale

The Environmental Theory

Key Concepts of The Environmental Theory

ventilation and warming, light and noise, cleanliness of the area, health of houses, bed and bedding, personal cleanliness, variety, food/nutrition, offering hope and advice, and observation.

Hildegard Peplau

Peplau's Theory of Interpersonal Relations

Phases of Peplau's Theory

orientation, identification, exploitation, resolution.

Ida Jean Orlando

Deliberative Nursing Process Theory

Key Concepts of Deliberative Nursing Process

function of professionals nursing, presenting behavior, immediate reaction, nursing process discipline and improvement.

Dorothea Orem

Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory (Orem Model of Nursing)

Key Concepts of Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory

theory of self-care (self-care requisites), Theory of self-care deficit (5 methods of helping), Theory of nursing systems (three classifications).

Betty Neuman

The Neuman Systems

Key Concepts of The Neuman Systems

the 5 client variables, the environment, stressors, lines of defense, wellness, and prevention as intervention.

Jean Watson

Theory of Human Caring

Key Concepts of Theory of Human Caring

society, human being, health nursing, actual caring occasion, and transpersonal.

Sister Callista Roy

Roy Adaptation Model (RAM)

Key Concepts of Roy Adaptation Model

person, environment, health, nursing, and adaptation.

Imogene King

Theory of Goal Attainment

Key Concepts of Theory of Goal Attainment

nursing, health, individual, environment, action, and reaction.

Virginia Henderson

Nursing Need Theory

Key Concepts of Nursing Need Theory

individual, environment, health, and nursing.

Martha Rogers

The Science of Unitary Human Beings

Key Concepts of The Science of Unitary Human Beings

human-unitary human beings, health, nursing, scope of nursing, environmental field, and energy field.