MYRA LEVINE Flashcards
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she based her theory on the belief that the essence of nursing is human interaction.
MYRA LEVINE
is focused promotes adaption and maintain wholeness using the principles of conservation
LEVINE’S CONSERVATION MODEL
a life process by which, overtime, people maintain their wholeness or integrity as they respond to environmental challenge
ADAPTATION
the consequence of an interaction between the person and the environment achieved through the “frugal, economic, contained, and controlled use of environment resources by the individual in his or her best interest”.
ADAPTATION
“exist when the interaction or constant adaptations to the environment permit ease the assurance of integrity in all the dimensions of life.”
WHOLENESS
the product of adaptation
CONSERVATION
describes how complex systems continue to function in the face of severe challenges
CONSERVATION
individuals are able to confront obstacles, adopt accordingly and maintain their uniqueness.
CONSERVATION
4 Principles of Conservation
- Principle of conservation of energy
- Principle of conservation of structural integrity
- Principle of conservation of personal integrity
- Principle of conservation of social integrity
balancing the patient’s energy output and energy input to avoid
excessive fatigue (rest, nutrition, exercise)
PRINCIPLE OF CONVERSATION OF ENERGY
focusing attention on healing by maintaining or restoring the structure of the body through prevention of physical breakdown (promoting heal)
PRINCIPLE OF CONVERSATION OF STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY
maintaining or restoring the individual patient’s sense of identity, self - worth (recognition of unique qualities)
PRINCIPLE OF CONSERVATION OF PERSONAL INTEGRITY
acknowledging patients as social beings (especially with significant others)
PRINCIPLE OF CONSERVATION OF SOCIAL INTEGRITY
a holistic being who constantly strives to preserve wholeness and integrity
continually adapting in their interactions with their environment
has a sense of identity and self - worth
HUMAN BEING
completes the wholeness of person
the individual has both an internal and external environment
ENVIRONMENT
combines the physiological and pathophysiological aspects of the individual and is constantly challenged by the external environment
INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
2 parts of Internal Environment
HOMEOSTASIS & HOMEORRHESIS
divided into the perceptual, operational, and conceptual environment
EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
consist of information that is recorded by the sensory organs
encompasses that part of the environment to which individuals respond with their sense organs
includes light, sound, touch, temperature, chemical change that is smelled or tasted, and
PERCEPTUAL ENVIRONMENT
consist of those that impinge on the individual
that portion of the external environment which interacts with living tissue even though the individual does not possess sensory organs that can record the presence of these factors
includes those aspects of the environment that are not directly perceived, such as radiation, odorless and colorless pollutants, and microorganisms
OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
the environment of language, ideas, symbols, concepts, and invention
encompasses, the ability to think and experience emotion, value systems, religious beliefs, ethnic and cultural traditions, and individual psychological patterns that come from life experiences
CONCEPTUAL ENVIRONMENT
the goal of conservation
the ability to function in a reasonably normal manner
“a wholeness and successful adaption”
HEALTH
involves engaging in “human interactions” - “the nurse enters into a partnership of human experience where sharing moments in time - some trivial, some dramatic - leaves its mark
forever on each patient”
the goal of nursing is to promote adaptation and maintain wholeness (health)
the goal of nursing is accomplished through the use of the conservation principles: energy, structure, personal, and social integrity
NURSING
