philosophical claims of 2 nursing models and the 4 metaparadigm concepts of each. I have chosen the Roper Logan Tierney model and the Orem Self – Care model. According to the Roper Logan Tierney model of nursing health is synonymous with Activities of daily Living (AL’S), inability to interact with an AL is a direct reflection of one’s health. Ill health can hinder these interactions. A decline in health is also a decline in one’s ability to carry out an AL. The Roper Logan Tierney model identifies the environment
Nursing Metaparadigm Mindmap Dana Walker Texas Tech Health Sciences Center Metaparadigm is defined as the global concepts that identify the phenomenon of central interest to a discipline (Fawcett 2005). Nursing Paradigms are models that demonstrate correlation between the existing theoretical works in nursing. There are four major elements that make up the Nursing Metaparadigm. Those elements are person, health, environment and nursing. Neuman’s model discusses stress, the body’s reaction to
depict nursing theories, Florence Nightingale and the four metaparadigms in The Living Tree of Nursing Theories. Nurse, person, environment, and health, referred to as the four metaparadigms, are the roots of the tree. Florence Nightingale is depicted as the trunk of the tree because she is viewed as the original nurse theorist and the branches symbolize the interactive, systems and developmental theories (Tourville & Ingalls, 2003). The following essay incorporates the four metaparadigms, nursing