Fundamental of Nursing Practice
LESSON 1: Concepts Of Man, Health And
Illness; Factors And Issues Affecting The Health And
Wellness & Healthcare Delivery System
Man: forms the foundation of nursing
Nursing Concepts of Man
-Biopsychosocial Being
-Open System
-Unified Whole
-Vital Reparative Process
-Man is a whole. Man is complete
Biopsychosocial Being
☆By Sister Calista Roy
☆Man interaction with the environment
-conceptualizes the person in a holistic perspective.
-individual aspects of parts act together to form a
unified being
-as living systems persons are in constant
interaction with their environment
Open System
☆ By Martha Rogers
☆Man interacts with the environment
☆Exchanges matter with energy
☆Exchanges energy with environment
- Science of Unitary Human Beings
-individual and environment are continuously
exchanging matter and energy with each other
-The life processes of human beings evolve
irreversibly and unidirectionally along space
continuum
Unified Whole
☆By Martha Rogers
☆Man is composed of certain parts
☆Total of those parts is more than the sum of all
parts
☆This is because man has attributes
-The human being is a unified whole possessing
individual integrity and manifesting characteristics
that are more than and different from the sum of
parts.
Vital Reparative Process
☆By Florence Nightingale
☆Man is passive in influencing the nurse or the
environment
-Human beings are not defined by Nightingale
specifically.
-defined in relation to their environment and the
impact of the environment upon them.
Man is a whole. Man is complete
☆By Virginia Henderson
☆Man has fourteen (14) fundamental needs
-Need Theory
-emphasizes the importance of increasing patient's
independence and focusing on the basic human
needs so that progress after hospitalization would
not be delayed.
HUMAN NEEDS
-Needs are physiologic and psychologic.
-Both these needs must be met in order to
maintain well- being.
KEY CONCEPT
-Basic Human Needs are equivalent to COMMON
NEEDS
