Course Name:

THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS IN NURSING

Course Code:

TFN

Course Description:

This course deals with the meta concepts of a person,

health, environment and nursing as viewed by the different
theorists. Likewise, it includes non-nursing theories such as
systems, developmental and change theories. It presents
how these concepts and theories serve as guide to nursing
practice. It further deals with health as a multifactorial
phenomenon and the necessary core competencies that the
nurse needs to develop.

Course Credit:

3 units

Contact Hours/sem:

54 lecture hours

Placement:

1st Year, 1st Semester

Course Objectives:
At the end of the course and given simulated conditions/situations, the student will be
able to:
1. Differentiate views given by various nursing theorists on person, health, environment
and nursing
2. Describe the various non-nursing theories as applied to nursing
3. Utilize selected nursing theories and non-nursing theories in the care of clients
4. Demonstrate selected competencies under the eleven key areas of responsibilities
pertinent to nursing

Course Outline:
I. Overview
1. Definition of concept, theory, principle
2. Characteristics of a theory
3. Components of a theory

4. Purposes of nursing theory

5. Nursing paradigm

II. Different views of person, health, environment and nursing by various nursing
theorists
1. Florence Nightingale
2. Ernestine Weidenbach
3. Virginia Henderson
4. Faye Glenn Abdellah
5. Jean Watson
6. Dorothea Orem
7. Myra Estrine Levine
8. Martha Rogers
9. Dorothy Johnson
10. Callista Roy
11. Betty Neuman
12. Imogene King
13. Hildegard Perplau
14. Ida Jean Orlando
15. Joyce Travelbee
16. Madelline Leininger
17. Rosemarie Rizzo Parse
18. Joyce J. Fitzpatrick
19. Anne Boykin and Savina Schoenhoffer

20. Margaret Neuman

21. Josephine E. Paterson
22. Loretta Zderad

III. Different Views of Non-nursing Theories:

1. Systems Theory
2. Change Theory
3. Developmental Theory

IV. Health as a Multifactorial Phenomenon

V. Interlinking Relationships of Factors Affecting Health

VI Care Enhancement Qualities including Core Values

VII. Competency-based Approach to the BSN Curriculum

VIII. Core competencies under the 11 Key Areas of Responsibility