TFN REVIEWER – COMPLETE SUMMARY
Imogene King – Conceptual System and Middle Range Theory
Definition: Goal attainment through nurse-client interaction.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Focuses on mutual goal setting and achieving health outcomes.
Betty Neuman – Health Care Systems Model
Definition: Client as an open system in interaction with environment.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Prevention as intervention to stressors.
Callista Roy – Adaptation Model
Definition: Humans are biopsychosocial beings in constant interaction with environment.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Assist client adaptation to promote health.
Dorothy Johnson – Behavioral System Model
Definition: Behavior organized into subsystems for stability.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Maintain balance and behavioral stability.
Martha Rogers – Science of Unitary Human Beings
Definition: Humans are energy fields in constant interaction.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Promote harmony between human and environment.
Hildegard Peplau – Interpersonal Relations Theory
Definition: Nursing as a therapeutic interpersonal process.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Nurse-patient relationship fosters growth.
Ida Jean Orlando – Deliberative Nursing Process
Definition: Nurse’s actions are based on patient’s immediate needs.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Improve nurse responsiveness and patient outcomes.
Joyce Travelbee – Human-to-Human Relationship Model
Definition: Nursing as an interpersonal process to help individuals cope with illness.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Focus on empathy and compassion.
Lydia Hall – Care, Cure, Core Theory
Definition: Nursing care involves 3 components: care (nursing), cure (medicine), core (person).
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Promote patient participation in care.
Faye Glenn Abdellah – 21 Nursing Problems Theory
Definition: Nursing as a problem-solving process.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Identify and solve patient problems systematically.
Virginia Henderson – Need Theory
Definition: Nursing assists in performing activities contributing to health/recovery.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Support patient independence.
Nola Pender – Health Promotion Model
Definition: Behavioral approach to promoting health and wellness.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Encourage healthy lifestyle behaviors.
Madeleine Leininger – Culture Care Diversity & Universality
Definition: Care must be culturally congruent.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Provide culturally sensitive care.
Margaret Newman – Health as Expanding Consciousness
Definition: Health includes disease; both reflect life patterns.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Recognize patterns to promote healing.
Rosemarie Parse – Human Becoming Theory
Definition: Human-universe co-creation of health.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Focus on quality of life and meaning.
Abraham Maslow – Human Needs Theory
Definition: Hierarchy of needs from physiological to self-actualization.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Prioritize patient needs in care planning.
Henry Stack Sullivan – Interpersonal Theory
Definition: Personality shaped by interpersonal relationships.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Therapeutic relationships improve mental health.
Ludwig von Bertalanffy – General System Theory
Definition: System as a set of interrelated parts.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Understand patient as part of interconnected systems.
Kurt Lewin – Change Theory
Definition: Three stages: unfreezing, moving, refreezing.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Guide change process in healthcare setting.
Erik Erikson – Psychosocial Development Theory
Definition: Eight stages of psychosocial growth.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Understand developmental stage to guide care.
Lawrence Kohlberg – Moral Development Theory
Definition: Three levels of moral reasoning.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Promote ethical behavior and moral growth.
Carolina Agravante – Transformative Leadership Theory
Definition: Nursing leadership as transforming power for change.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Empower nurses to lead effectively.
Carmelita Divinagracia – CARE Theory
Definition: Compassion, Advocacy, Research, and Education in nursing.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Holistic and evidence-based care.
Letty G. Kuan – Retirement and Role Discontinuity
Definition: Adjustment process during role changes in life.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Assist in coping with life transitions.
Carmencita Abaquin – PREPARE ME Model
Definition: Caring process for terminally ill cancer patients.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Support quality of life during end-stage illness.
Cecilia Laurente – Theory of Nursing Practice & Career
Definition: Nursing as a professional practice with global vision.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Guide career development and leadership.
Rozzano Locsin – Technological Competency as Caring in
Nursing
Definition: Technology enhances caring, not replaces it.
Concepts/Metaparadigm: Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
Nursing Application: Use technology compassionately to promote care.
