Professional Documents
Culture Documents
-Primer-
I. Philosophy
• Specifies the definition of the metaparadigm concepts (person, environment, health, and nursing) in each of
the conceptual models of nursing.
• Sets forth meaning through analysis, reasoning, and logical argument. It provides a broad understanding and
direction.
Roper, Logan, and Tierney - Model for Nursing Based on a Model of Living
• Conceptual Components
o 12 Activities of Living (AL) - complex process of living in the view of an amalgam of activities
1. Maintain safe environment 7. Temperature
2. Communicate 8. Mobility
3. Breathe 9. Work and play
4. Eat and drink 10. Express sexuality
5. Eliminate 11. Sleep
6. Personal cleansing and dressing 12. Dying
III. Theories
• Group of related concepts that proposes actions that guide practice. May be broad but limited only to
particular aspects
Middle-range Theories
• The least abstract level because they include specific details in nursing practice like population, condition and
location.
• Types of comfort:
1. Relief when specific need is fulfilled
2. Sense of ease, calm, and contentment
3. Transcendence or rising above the problems of pain