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Theory of Nursing Practice & Career
CECILIA LAURENTE
BIOGRAPHY
° Cecilia Laurente is a Filipino Nursing theorist whose works focused primarily on helping a
patient through support systems, specifically the family.
Education
° 1967- Graduate BSN at University of the Philippines
° 1973 - Masters of Nursing 1968-1969 Staff Nurse
° 1970-1972 Head Nurse
° 1973-1976 Nursing Supervisor at Philippine General Hospital
° 1977-1979 Metropolitan Hospital at Michigan USA
° 1979 - Instructor at Univeristy of the Philippines College of Nursing
° College of Nursing. 1966-2002- Dean of College of Nursing UP
NURSE THEORY
" Categorization of nursing activities as observed in Medical Surgical ward units in selected
government and private hospitals in Metro Manila".
Anxiety
° A mental state of fear or nervousness about what might happen.
Presence
● Person to person contact between the client and the nurses
Concern
● Development in the time through mutual trust nurse and the patient.
● In the long run, we get to give our care to our patients whenever they stay in the ward for
how many days. So this concern now develops in time through mutual trust between the
patients and the nurses.
Stimulation
● Nurse stimulation through words tops the powerful resources of energy of person for
healing.
PREDISPOSING FACTORS:
● Age
● Sex
● Civil status
● Educational background
● Length of work
● Experience
ENHANCING FACTORS:
° These are strategies which describe how patient and family work with the hospitals staff.