LAURENTE’S THEORY OF

NURSING PRACTICE AND

CAREER
MEMBERS:
SAHAR BANDOUKJI
JARVIS PABILONA
SHEILA MARIE ABAYAN
JANINE BOLASTIG
CECILIA LAURENTE
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 IN MICHIGAN USA
 1979-Instructor at University of the Philippines
College of Nursing

 1966-2002- Dean of College of Nursing in UP

Manila
CAN I RELIEVE PATIENT ANXIETY?
 WHAT IS ANXIETY?
A MENTAL STATE OF FEAR OR NERVOUSNESS ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
NURSE’S CARING BEHAVIORS THAT
AFFECT THE PATIENT ANXIETY
 PRESENCE
 Person to person contact between the
client and the nurses.
 CONCERN
 Development in the time through mutual
trust between the nurse and the patient.
 STIMULATION
 Nurse stimulation through words tops the
powerful resources of energy of person for
healing.
WHAT IS A PREDISPOSING FACTOR?

 "Predisposing factors" are defined in these models

as factors that exert their effects prior to a
behaviour occurring, by increasing or decreasing a
person or population's motivation to undertake that
particular behaviour.
 PREDISPOSING FACTORS
 AGE
 SEX
 CIVIL STATUS
 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
 LENGTH OF WORK
 EXPERIENCE
 ENHANCING FACTORS
 One’s caring experience, beliefs and attitude.
 Feeling good about work.
 Learning caring at school.
 What patients tell about the nurse coping
mechanism to problems encountered.
 Communication.