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Conservation Model
 

Myra Estrin Levine

 


Defined nursing as supportive & therapeutic interventions based on scientific or therapeutic knowledge. Nursing actions based on four principles: conservation of energy, structural integrity, personal integrity, & social integrity. 

"Ethical behaviour is not the display of one's moral rectitude in times of crisis," says nurse Myra Levine, "It is the day-to-day expression of one's commitment to other persons and the ways in which human beings relate to one another in their daily interactions. - Levine, Myra. (1977). Nursing ethics and the ethical nurse. American Journal of Nursing, 77:5, p. 846.
 

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  • On the Humanities in Nursing - On the Humanities in Nursing, by Myra E. Levine, in Canadian Journal of Nursing. Nursing is a humanitarian enterprise. The emphasis placed on scientific and technical knowledge is indispensable to the development of the craft - but it is imperfectly achieved without the intellectual skills that are the special province of the humanities. Myra E. Levine. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. Vol. 30, No. 4, March 1999.
  • Myra Levine: The Conversation Model - FITNE: Leaders in Technology for Healthcare Education. Nurse Theorists: Portraits of Excellence (CD-ROM- On-Line - Video). This series of multimedia CD-ROMs/online programs explores the life work and life stories of 16 innovative women who are widely regarded as nursing's premier scholars.
     
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Selected Publications:
  • Levine, M. E. (1966). Adaptation and assessment: A rationale for nursing intervention. American Journal of Nursing, 66, 2450-2453.

  • Levine, M. E. (1966). Trophicognosis: An alternative to nursing diagnosis, American Nurses' Association Regional Clinical Conference (Vol. 2, ). New York: American Nurses' Association.

  • Levine, M. E. (1967). The four conservation principles of nursing. Nursing Forum, 6, 45-59.

  • Levine, M. E. (1969). Introduction to clinical nursing. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis.

  • Levine, M. E. (1969). The pursuit of wholeness. American Journal of Nursing, 69, 93-98.

  • Levine, M. E. (1971). Holistic Nursing. Nursing Clinics of North America, 6, 253-264.

  • Levine, M. E. (1971). Renewal for nursing. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis.

  • Levine, M. E. (1973). Introduction to clinical nursing. (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: F. A. Davis.

  • Levine, M. E. (1977). Nursing ethics and the ethical nurse. American Journal of Nursing, 77, 845-849.

  • Levine, M. E. (1990). Conservation and integrity... Levine's Conservation Model. In M. E. Parker (Ed.), Nursing theories in practice (pp. 189-201). New York: National League for Nursing.

   

 

 

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