Nursing Theorist: Rosemary Parse Background Thesis

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V. COMPONENTS of the THEORY TESTED

Morrison (2004) states that the theory of Rosemary Parse is one that "reflects a commitment to nursing as a human science...[and]...describes nursing in terms that emphasize the human element in all that occurs in the activity of nursing." Morrison additionally relates that the nursing process is inclusive of five elements that make the provision needed by a nurse in a method of approaching patient care and are that in any encounter with a patient: (1) the nurse assess the patient situation; (2) makes a nursing diagnosis based on the assessment; (3) develops a plan of nursing care; (4) implements the plan of nursing care; and (5) evaluates the plan of nursing care. (2004)While the nursing process may appear to be one that is linear in nature, in reality "the stages of the process are 'dynamic and continuous'.

VI. MOCK CLINICAL CASE

In a mock clinical case the patient presents depressed and has recently lost his wife, and added to this has severe diabetes and the patient's sugar levels are extremely high on presentation.The nurse in this mock clinical case quizzes the patient and quickly learns that the patient does not cook for himself and has been eating many of the wrong foods for his condition. The nurse develops a plan by which the patient will be in receipt of 'meals-on-wheels' on a daily basis allowing his diet to stabilize his sugar levels. To ensure that this takes place, the nurse contacts the 'meals-on-wheels' committee herself and regularly checks with the patient to see that he still receiving this balance meal each day.

Bibliography

McKenna, H.P. (1997) Nursing Theories and Models. Routledge 1997. Google Books. Online available at http://books.google.com/books?id=yDWG45lc8mQC&dq=Rosemary+Parse:+nursing+theory,+model&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0

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