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Conceptual Model of Nursing
In the past nursing has used a
medically oriented perspective; consciously or not,
nursing practice, education and research have been
guided by the same conceptual frame of reference as
has medicine. For nursing to justify its claim to
being an independent health profession offering a
particular service to society, it must adopt its own
conceptual base, one that indicates those phenomena
that are of concern to nursing and those health
problems that nursing must try to solve. Many nurses
have already chosen to base their teaching, research
and nursing care on one of the existing conceptual
models for nursing. The challenge for the 21st century
is that all nurses adopt an explicit conceptual base.
Broader than a theory, a conceptual model specifies
nursing's focus of inquiry and may thus lead to the
development of theories which will prove useful not
only to nurses but to other health professionals as
well. Since nursing exists to provide a necessary
service to mankind, its conceptual base must be
evaluated by using specific social criteria.
(Extract from:
Entrez PubMed: J Adv Nurs. 1983 Jan;8(1):41-5.
Frontiers of nursing in the 21st century: development
of models and theories on the concept of nursing.
Adam E.)
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Selected Publications:
- Adam, E. (1983). Être infirmière
(2e éd.). Montréal: H. R. W. Ltée.
- ADAM, E. Toward more clarity in
terminology: framework, theories and models. Journal
of Nursing Education, v.24, n .4, p.151-55, 1985.
- Sylvie Lauzon, Evelyn Adam. 1996
La personne âgée et ses besoins Interventions
infirmières. ERPI
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