ABDELLAH’S THEORY advanced nursing practice.pptx

theories related to advanced nursing practice for m.sc nursing

1. ABDELLAH’S THEORY M.SOWMIYA MSC N I YEAR GCON,CUDDALORE.

2. INTRODUCTION FG Abdellah born on march 13,1919 in new York city was one of the most influential nursing theorist and public health scientists. It is extremely rare to find someone who has dedicated all her life to the advancement of the nursing profession and accomplish this feat with so much distinction and merit.

3. FG Abdallah’s

4. General information about the theory The major component of Abdallah's typology is a list of nursing problem, or healthcare needs of the client. She defined a nursing problem as any condition presented or faced by a client or family for which a nurse can offer assistance.

5. ABDELLAH’S THEORY AND MAJOR CONCEPT Nursing person Health Environment

6. NURSING Nursing is considered to be a comprehensive service. Recognizing the nursing problem of the patient. Deciding the appropriate course of action to take in terms of relevant nursing Priniciple . Providing continuous care of the care of the individual total health needs. Providing continuous care to relive pain and discomfort and provide immediate security for the individual.

7. PERSON Abdallah's described people as having physical, emotional, and sociological needs. Patient is describe as the only justification for the existence of nursing. Individual are the recipients of nursing. Health or achieving of it’s the purpose of nursing service.

8. HEALTH In patient centered approaches to nursing, Abdallah's described health as a state mutually exclusive of illness. Although Abdallah does not give a definition of health, she speaks to “total health needs” and a healthy state of “mind and body” in her description of nursing as a comprehensive service.

9. SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT Society is included in “planning for optimum health on local, state, national and international levels”. However, as she further delineated her ideas, the focus of nursing service was clearly the individual. The environment is the home or community from which patient comes.

10. Abdallah's work and characteristics of a theory Characteristics 1 Abdallah's theory has interrelated the concepts of the health, nursing problems, and problem solving as she attempts to create a different way of viewing nursing phenomenon. The results was the statement that nursing is the use of problem solving approach with key nursing problem related to healthy needs of people.

11. Characteristic 2: Problem solving is an activity that is inherently logical in nature. Characteristic 3: Framework seems to focus quite heavily on nursing practice and individual. This somewhat limits the ability to generalize although the problem solving approach is readily generalizable to clients with specific health needs and specific nursing problem.

12. Characteristics 4 one of the most important question that arise when considering her work is the role of client within the framework. This question could generate hypothesis for testing . Characteristics 5 The result of testing such hypothesis would contribute to the general body of nursing knowledge. Characteristic 6 Abdallah's problem solving approach can easily be used by practitioners to guide various activities within their practice.

13. Conti… Characteristic 7 Although consistency with other theories exist, many question remain unanswered .

14. Abdellah’s Typology of Nursing Problems Physical, sociological, and emotional needs of the patient . Then interpersonal relationships between the nurse and the patient. Th

15. Abdellah’s Typology of Nursing Problems 1.To promote good hygiene and physical comfort 2. To promote optimal activity, exercise, rest, and sleep 3. To promote safety through prevention of accidents, injury, or other trauma and through the prevention of the spread of infection 4. To maintain good body mechanics and prevent and correct deformities 5. To facilitate the maintenance of a supply of oxygen to all body cells 6. To facilitate the maintenance of nutrition of all body cells 7. To facilitate the maintenance of elimination

16. Conti..... 8. To facilitate the maintenance of fluid and electrolyte balance. 9. To recognize the physiologic responses of the body to disease conditions. 10. To facilitate the maintenance of regulatory mechanisms and functions 11. To facilitate the maintenance of sensory function 12. To identify and accept positive and negative expressions, feelings, and reactions 13. To identify and accept the interrelatedness of emotions and organic illness 14. To facilitate the maintenance of effective verbal and nonverbal communication .

17. Conti… 15. To promote the development of productive interpersonal relationships 16. To facilitate progress toward achievement of personal spiritual goals 17. To create and maintain a therapeutic environment Purpose To guide care and promote use of nursing judgment 18. To facilitate awareness of self as an individual with varying physical, emotional, and developmental needs. 19.To accept the optimum possible goals in light of physical and emotional limitations. use community resources as an aid in resolving problems arising from illness understand the role of social problems as influencing factors in the cause of illness .

18. Conti… 20.To use community resources as an aid in resolving problems arising from illness. 21. To understand the role of social problems as influencing factors in the cause of illness .