Nursing Problems Theory by Faye Glenn Abdellah.
Nursing Problems Theory by Faye Glenn Abdellah.
It is a nursing theory focus on the idea that nursing is based on an art and science that molds the attitudes, intellectual competencies, and technical skills of the individual nurse into the desire and ability to help people, sick or well, cope with their health needs (Wayne, 2021). I have chosen this theory because of how it helps change the focus of nursing from disease-centered to patient-centered nursing care. It helps support and emphasized the importance of holistic nursing which involves taking care of patient as a whole body. This involves the physical, psychosocial, religious, and cultural care needs. Abdellah also included the care of family and the elderly. The extension of nursing care to involve beyond the patient receiving care further expand the importance of nursing and the extent to which nursing care is impactful in the life of patients receiving care. Abdellah’s theory looked at patient’s health which is the main reason why patient needs nursing service as a rather complex one beyond the disease focus nursing care. Her theory highlighted that health is a spectrum and patient are on various stage of healthy state which are not always physical or easily apparent but included less apparent health issues as well. More of a psychosocial health problem.
Looking at Abdellah’s nursing theory from a meta-paradigm standpoint, the person/individual is regarded as the patient or any individual receiving care and services of a nursing whether ill/well and their family. Abdellah did not specifically define health in her theory but rather refer to health or the achieving of health as the purpose of nursing services. She spoke of health as total health needs and a healthy state of mind and soul. She stated that society/environment is included in planning optimal health on includes local, state, and international level of society. Based on her theory, nursing service goal is to identify patient’s health problems apparent or concealed and solving those problems with the goal of enhancing patient’s wellbeing (Gonzalez, 2021
