Theoretical Models and Frameworks of Nursing
Dorothea Orem is one of America’s foremost nursing theorists. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1914. Orem started her nursing career at Providence Hospital School of Nursing in Washington D.C., where she received a diploma of nursing in the early 1930’s. Dorothea Orem later completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in the Catholic University [...] Read more »
Ida Jean Orlando was born in 1926 with an Irish American descent. She received her nursing diploma from New York Medical College, Lower Fifth Avenue Hospital, School of Nursing, her BS in public health nursing from St. John’s University, Brooklyn, NY, and her MA in mental health nursing from Teachers College, Columbia University, New York. Orlando [...] Read more »
Sister Callista Roy is best known for her work on the Roy Adaptation Model of Nursing. She was born on October 14, 1939 in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles in 1963 where she earned a Bachelor of Arts with a major in nursing degree. Sister Callista Roy earned her Master’s degree in [...] Read more »
Virginia Henderson has been called the “First Lady of Nursing” and the “First Truly International Nurse”. Her writing, presentations, research, and contacts with nurses have profoundly affected nursing and gave an impression on the recipients of care by nurses throughout the world. Virginia Henderson was born in Kansas City, Missouri on November 30, 1897, the [...] Read more »
The theory of goal attainment was first introduced by Imogene King in the early 1960s. The theory describes a dynamic, interpersonal relationship in which a person grows and develops to attain certain life goals. To better understand the theory let us first read on the Metaparadigm in Nursing according to Imogene King. Imogene King Goal [...] Read more »