Relationship

of Theories to
Nursing
Process
 The nursing process, a tool for nursing practice, has been
described and discussed by most of the nursing theorists. This is
because the nursing process of assessment, diagnosis,
planning, implementation/intervention and evaluation have
been good source of ideas for nursing theories. Nurse
interactions, decision-making, conceptualization as well as
ideas related to priority setting in many nursing theories are
derived from the concept of nursing process.

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 Nursing process plays a very important role in the process
of nursing theory development. The concepts and process of
assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementing and evaluation
have been used to test theories in the clinical fields, aside from
being sources of data and questions to be studied.

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Nursing Theory Nursing Process

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 “
Theory provides the nurse with goals
for nursing care. By being goal directed,
nursing practice is rendered more efficient and
effective. The theory help to identify the focus,
the goals and the means of pratice. As theory
evolves, nurses became more confident and
gain more control over practice because their
actions are based on the tested theory.

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 “
Virginia Henderson’s
14 Basic Human Needs

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Need Assessment Nursing Plan Implementation Evaluation
Diagnosis

1. Breathe Note: rate, Difficulty of Ways of - Administer Reassess

normally depth and breathing; facilitating O2 ability to
pattern of Shallow breathing - Sitting breathe
breathing respirations position normally
2. Eat and Review Dehydration, Facilitate - Assist in Reassess if
drink daily intake Overweight intake of learning to the eating
adequately of food and proper feed self properly
fluids food
3. Eliminate Measure Inability to Encourage - Assist in the Continue to
body waste urinary urinate post- independe bathroom and measure
output surgery nt activities provide urinary
that privacy output
facilitate
urination

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Need Assessment Nursing Plan Implementation Evaluation
Diagnosis

4. Move Note Difficulty of Support Assist in Observe for

and posture and walking, patient on walking around independent
maintain ability to Slides down getting out the immediate activities
posture ambulate in bed of bed environment related to
movement
5. Sleep or Review Insomnia Provide Reassure that Reassess
rest sleep habits positive he will not be sleep and
environmen disturbed rest pattern
t during rest
periods
6. Clothing Check for Feeling of Provide Remove Check if he
comfort of too much appropriate blankets and is more
bed clothing warmth bed provide a comfortable
clothing nightshirt

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Need Assessment Nursing Plan Implementation Evaluation
Diagnosis

7. Body Take temp High temp, Monitor Take temp Reassess

temperature sweating temp and regularly temp
fluid intake

8.Cleanliness Check for Unclean hair Wash Provide bed Observe for
body patient hair bath and wash independence
cleanliness the hair in maintaining
cleanliness
9.Environmnental Check for Environment Provide Remove water Assess
dangers danger or unsafe for safe spots from floor whether he is
slippery walking walking or anything that safe from
areas area will cause the environment
floor to be hazards
slippery

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Need Assessment Nursing Plan Implementation Evaluation
Diagnosis

10. Communicate Note Unable to Help Sit down in a Reassess

interaction communicate patient to quiet interaction
pattern with the wife identify environment patterns
with family concerning why he is and discuss the
and health the state of fearful of individual’s
personnel health talking to feelings and
his wife need
about his
condition
11. Worship Gather Conflict over Assist and Provide an Reassess the
information religious seek appropriate level of
about values religious environment to acceptance or
patient’s regarding counselling facilitate non-
feelings communication acceptance of
about the abortion
having an
abortion
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Need Assessment Nursing Plan Implementation Evaluation
Diagnosis

12.Accomplishment Identify Inability to Provide a Schedule a Reassess if

impact of perform vocational visit to a the he
surgery on present counselor vocational follows-up on
individual’s work and counselor the visit
work physical prior in
labor returning
home
13. Recreation Observe for Inactivity Provide Have Reassess
feelings of and poor opportunities someone effect of
boredom interaction for invite patient ability to
with participation to participate function
others in recreation in social independently
affairs

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Need Assessment Nursing Plan Implementation Evaluation
Diagnosis

14. Normal Identify Lacks Plan a Teach him Reassess his

development and individual’s information learning about the learning and
health understanding regarding program impact of his need for
of his illness his illness with health and
condition hid activities independence
and with
available
resources

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Thank you

for listening!!!

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References:
Learning Modules in Theoretical Framework in Nursing Practice (2009), Dr.
Josefina Dumalao, Dr. Rhodora G. Escaño
Theoretical Foundations in Nursing, Cora A. Anonuevo etal.

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