Nursing Theorists

The central theme of my theory focuses on that nursing is a therapeutic, interpersonal, and goal oriented process. In clinical practice this central theme can be applied by utilizing nursing interventions that are directed toward developing the patient's personality for productive personal and community living. Who am I?

• Florence Nightingale

• Hildegard Peplau

• Faye Abdullah

• Virginia Henderson

The central theme of my theory is that nursing is a prolem-solving art and science that is used to identify the nursing problems of patients as they move toward health and cope with illness-related needs. Through this central theme the 21 nursing -care problems that were identified were based on research and can be used to determine patient needs and to formulate nursing-focused care. Who am I?

• Hildegard Peplau

• Virginia Henderson

• Faye Abdullah

• Ida Jean Orlando

The central theme of my theory is that nursing is an art and nursing consists of providing nuturing care to patients. The application of this central theme to clinical practice occurs when clinical nursing includes a philosophy, a purpose, the practice and the art. This also can be seen in clinical practice when care is directed toward a specific purpose to meet the patient's perceived health care needs. Who am I?

• Ernestine Widenbach

• Lydia E. Hal

• Myra Levine

• Martha Rogers

The central theme of my theory places and emphasis on the ill person in the health care setting. It also describes detailed nursing skills actions. The application of this central theme in clinical practice is that the patient is the center of nursing activities with nursing care provided based on four conservation principles to help patients adapt to their environment. Who am I?

• Ernestine Wiedenbach

• Lydia E. Hall

• Myra E. Levine

• Martha Rogers

The central theme of my theory is that self-care is a human need and that self care deficits require nursing actions. The application of this central theme in clinical practice is that nursing is a human service and nurses design interventions to provide or manage self-care action s for sustaining health or recovering from illness or injury. Who am I?

• Martha Rogers

• Dorthea Orem

• Imogene King

• Betty Newman

The central theme of my theory is that humans are in constant relationships with stressors in the environment. The application of this central theme in clinical practice is that the major concern for nursing is keeping the patient's system stable through accurately assessing the effects of environmental stressors and assisting the patient with adjustments required for optimal wellness. Who am I?

• Betty Newman

• Sister Callista Roy

• Madeleine Leininger

• Jean Watson

The central theme of my theory is that caring is the central theme of nursing care, knowledge, and practice. The application of this central theme in clinical practice is that it provides the foundation of transcultural nursing care and that caring improves human conditions and life processes. Who am I?

• Imogene King

• Betty Newman

• Sister Callista Roy

• Madeleine Leininger

The central theme of my theory is that nursing interventions are purposeful, using a total-person approach to patient care to help people, families, and groups attain and maintain wellness. The application of this central theme in nursing practice is that nursing care is directed toward reducing stress factors and adverse conditions that increase the risk for or actually affect optimal patient functions. Who am I?

• Margaret A. Newman

• Dorothy E. Johnson

• Rosemarie Parse

• Nola Pender

The central theme of my theory is that the person continually interacts with the environment and participates in maintaining health. The application of this central theme to clinical practice is that health is a continual. open process (rather than an absence of illness), with nursing care planned based on the patients perspective of health and care. Who am I?

• Jean Watson

• Margaret A. Newman

• Dorothy E. Johnson

• Rosemarie Parse

The central theme of our theory is that nursing practice occurs within a context of caring and skill development and that caring is a common bond of people siutated in a state of being that is essential to nursing. The application of this central theme to clinical practice is that we presented a systematic description of stages of nursing practice: novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient, and expert. Who are we?

• Patricia Benner & Jean Wrubel

• Rosemarie Parse & Dorothy Johnson

• Jean Watson & Margaret Newman

• Katherine Kolcaba & Nola Pender