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General Definition of The Nursing Metaparadigm
General Definition of The Nursing Metaparadigm
The recipient of nursing All internal and external The degree of wellness or The attributes,
care. conditions, well-being that the characteristics and the
Includes physical, circumstances, and client experiences action of the nurse
spiritual, psychological influences affecting the A dynamic state of being providing care on behalf
and socio-cultural person in which development of, or on conjunction with
components All possible conditions and behavioral potential the client.
Individual, family, affecting the client and of the individual is
community the setting in which realized to the fullest
health care needs occur. extent as possible.
It can be influenced by Dynamic and
factors at home, school or continuously changing
workplace
Dorothea Orem A person under the Physical, chemical, A state Therapeutic self-
care of a nurse biologic, and social characterized by care designed to
The Self-Care A total being with contexts within soundness or supplement self-
Deficit Theory of universal, which human being wholeness of care requisites.
Nursing” developmental and exists, developed human Nursing actions
health deviation Include structures and falls into one of the
needs, who is environmental bodily and mental three categories:
capable of self-care. factors, functioning. wholly
environmental compensatory,
elements, partly
environmental compensatory,
conditions and the supportive-
development of the educative
environment
Imogene King A personal system The background for Dynamic state in A process of
that interacts with human interactions. the life cycle human interaction
Interacting Systems interpersonal and It can be: Continuous with the goal of
and theory of Goal social systems. External-within adaptation to helping the
Attainment Social beings who which the human stress. patients achieve
are rational and beings grow, their goals.
sentient.
develop and
perform daily
activities.
Internal- where
human beings
transforms energy
to enable them to
adjust to
continuous
external
environment
changes.