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Nursing Theorist
Anne Boykin and Sarvina O. Schoenhofer
Nursing As Caring Theory
Betty Neuman
Neuman Systems Model and Global Applications
Sister Callista Roy
The Roy Adaptation Model
Dorothea Orem
Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory
Dorothy Johnson
Behavioral System Model
Ernestine Wiedenbach
The Helping Art of Clinical Nursing
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Twenty-One Nursing Problems
Florence Nightingale
Environmental Adaptation Theory
Hildegard Peplau
Theory of Interpersonal Relations
Ida Jean Orlando
Theory of the Nursing Process Discipline
Imogene King
General System’s Framework
Theory of Goal Attainment
Jean Watson
Theory of Human Caring
Joyce Fitzpatrick
Life Perspective Rhythm Model
Joyce Travelbee
Human-To-Human Relationship Model
Kari Martinsen
Nursing Philosophy
Katharine Kolcaba
Theory of Comfort
Kristen Swanson
Program of Research on Caring
Logan Roper & Tierney
The Elements of Nursing:
A Model for Nursing Based on a Model of Living
Lydia Hall
Core, Care and Cure Model
Madeleine Leininger
Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality
Transcultural Nursing Model
Margaret Newman
Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness
Marilyn Ray
Theory of Bureaucratic Caring
Martha Rogers
The Science of Unitary Human Beings
Myra Estrin Levine
The Conservation Model
Nola J. Pender
Health Promotion Model
Patricia Benner
Novice to Expert Model
Ramona T. Mercer
Maternal Role Attainment
Rosemarie Parse
Theory of Human Becoming
Tomlin Erickson & Swain
Modeling & Role-Modeling Theory
Virginia Henderson
Definition of Nursing
Nursing As Caring Theory
Betty Neuman
Neuman Systems Model and Global Applications
Sister Callista Roy
The Roy Adaptation Model
Dorothea Orem
Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory
Dorothy Johnson
Behavioral System Model
Ernestine Wiedenbach
The Helping Art of Clinical Nursing
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Twenty-One Nursing Problems
Florence Nightingale
Environmental Adaptation Theory
Hildegard Peplau
Theory of Interpersonal Relations
Ida Jean Orlando
Theory of the Nursing Process Discipline
Imogene King
General System’s Framework
Theory of Goal Attainment
Jean Watson
Theory of Human Caring
Joyce Fitzpatrick
Life Perspective Rhythm Model
Joyce Travelbee
Human-To-Human Relationship Model
Kari Martinsen
Nursing Philosophy
Katharine Kolcaba
Theory of Comfort
Kristen Swanson
Program of Research on Caring
Logan Roper & Tierney
The Elements of Nursing:
A Model for Nursing Based on a Model of Living
Lydia Hall
Core, Care and Cure Model
Madeleine Leininger
Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality
Transcultural Nursing Model
Margaret Newman
Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness
Marilyn Ray
Theory of Bureaucratic Caring
Martha Rogers
The Science of Unitary Human Beings
Myra Estrin Levine
The Conservation Model
Nola J. Pender
Health Promotion Model
Patricia Benner
Novice to Expert Model
Ramona T. Mercer
Maternal Role Attainment
Rosemarie Parse
Theory of Human Becoming
Tomlin Erickson & Swain
Modeling & Role-Modeling Theory
Virginia Henderson
Definition of Nursing
Friday, July 15, 2011
aneurysm
Etiology and Pathophysiology
■ Weakness in vessel → protrusion and possible rupture
Risk Factors
■ Atherosclerosis, trauma, congenital weakness, infection, inflammation
■ HTN, smoking
Signs and Symptoms
■ May be symptom-free; may be able to palpate a pulsating mass
■ Dissecting aneurysm: Sudden severe chest pain extending to back,
shoulder, epigastrium, abdomen; diaphoresis; ↑P
Treatment
■ Confirm diagnosis with CT, MRI, sonogram
■ Repair with graft
■ ↓BP with antihypertensives to ↓risk of rupture or extension
Nursing Management■ Monitor BP, Hgb/Hct■ Assess for sudden ↑pain (may signal impending rupture)■ Teach to avoid activities that ↑intra-abdominal pressure (sneezing, coughing, vomiting, straining at stool)
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