Nursing Theories and Practices Quiz

Local Theories and Models of Nursing Intervention (Philippine Setting)

• Local theories and models of nursing intervention are situational, focusing on the specific needs of a community, rather than global.
• These models consider local culture, social determinants, and the environment to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes.
• These models create nursing practices appropriate to the needs of a community.

Locsin's Technological Nursing as Caring Model

• Rozzano C. De Castro Locsin is a Filipino-American nursing theorist known for his work in humanistic nursing theory.
• He developed the "Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing" theory.
• The theory integrates technology into nursing practice, emphasizing its support of human-to-human caring interactions, rather than replacing them.
• The theory promotes the integration of technology within nursing care, without diminishing the importance of human interaction.
• Nurses using life-sustaining machines should focus their caring on the patient, not the machines.
• Nurses should understand how technology impacts their caring of patients.
• Key concepts include Technological Competency (the ability of nurses to use technology proficiently), and Caring in Nursing (intentional human interaction acknowledging patient personhood).
• The human-technology relationship is viewed as a partnership, not a replacement for human interaction.
• There are four metaparadigm concepts: Health (patient participation in their own health), Nursing (specialized practice using technology to meet individual needs), Environment (surroundings of care), and Person (the recipient of care).

Agrvante's CASAGRA Transformative Leadership Model

• Dr. Carolina S. Agravante developed this model.
• She holds a doctorate in philosophy from the University of the Philippines Manila.
• The model was developed for Filipino nurses in 2002, addressing leadership challenges in healthcare institutions.
• The model emphasizes a holistic approach to leadership, integrating spiritual values and personal growth, along with professional competence.
• The model is based on the servant-leader formula, a framework focusing on transformative leadership behavior, for the nursing profession.
• It features servant-leadership spirituality, self-mastery, and special expertise as core elements for leadership transformation in nursing practice (specifically in the Philippines).

Divinagracia's COMPOSURE Model

• Dr. Carmelita C. Divinagracia, a Filipino cardiologist nurse, focused on teaching nursing, and developing competency in nursing care.
• She holds a PhD. in Nursing.
• Nursing is a profession extending beyond the time a patient is admitted to discharge, involving meaningful relationships built on trust and acceptance.
• The COMPOSURE Model emphasizes the importance of composure, or maintaining calmness and stability during challenges.
• The model presents a set of nursing behaviours that can effectively deliver quality patient care.
• This model has four key components: Competence, Presence & Prayer, Openmindedness, Stimulation, Understanding, Respect & Relaxation, and Empathy, leading to Wellness & Biobehavioral outcomes.
• The philosophy of this theory focuses on caring competency by proposing nursing as an art and a science.

Kuan's Retirement and Role Discontinuity Model

• Sister Letty G. Kuan developed this model.
• She has extensive experience in nursing, neuropsychology, neurogerontology, bioethics.
• The model features determinants of fruitful aging, including prepared retirement, health, income, family constellation, and self-preparation as factors influencing retirement and the process of aging.
• This directly relates to how retirees' roles change, and it can help reduce anxiety and other problems experienced during retirement.
• Key concepts include physiological age (endurance of cells and tissues in the body), role (shared expectations related to a position), change of life (period between near and post retirement years), and coping approaches for a smoother transition into retirement.

Abaquin's PREPARE ME Holistic Nursing Interventions

• Carmencita M. Abaquin developed this model for cancer patients, particularly those in advanced stages.
• Key concepts include the need for holistic nursing interventions to address the multidimensional issues of cancer patients.
• The interventions and components described in this model aim of strengthening patients by improving their quality of life.
• The PREPARE ME Holistic Nursing Intervention model presents an approach to providing care to those in terminal stages of illness, especially those with cancer. The theory emphasizes symptom relief, quality of life, through presence, prayer, reminiscence therapy, relaxation activities, meditation, and value clarification.
• Her philosophy is based around the concept of caring competency and explicit, knowledge-based core function of care.

Laurente's Theory of Nursing Practice and Career

• Dr. Cecilia Marcaida Laurente focused on helping patients through family support systems, alleviating their anxiety with effective communication.
• The theory emphasizes effective communication with patients and their families.
• It seeks to improve patient outcomes by focusing on support systems, particularly family.
• This theory has several concepts like presence, concern, stimulation to effectively alleviate patient anxiety in various hospital settings.

Synchronicity

• The theory focuses on the interconnectedness of thoughts, experiences, and health in a community.
• It emphasizes a holistic view of human beings.
• The four core principles are: Emancipation, Equitability, Interconnectivity, and Human Transcendence
• The theory provides a framework for nursing in a globalized world, through the concept of 'synchronicity'
• This relates to how nurses and patients interact positively through rhythmical connections, and experiences.