Initial Post

Review “THE NEUMANN HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS MODEL” . Select one nursing theory that you would like to integrate into your nursing practice. In your initial post address the following prompts and/or questions.

· Describe the components of the nursing theory. Include specific examples.

· Explain how you will incorporate this nursing theory into your nursing practice. Include rationales and examples.

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WHAT WAS TAUGHT IN CLASS ON “THE NEUMANN HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS MODEL”

The Neumann Health-Care Systems Model

• Client The client is viewed as an open system that interacts constantly with internal and external environments through the system’s boundaries. Represented graphically as a series of concentric circles that surround the basic core of the individual The goal of these boundaries is to keep the basic core system stable by controlling system input and output.

Health Health is the relatively stable internal functioning of the client, optimal when the client is maintained in a high state of wellness or stability. Health is a continuum that reflects the client’s internal stability while moving from wellness to illness and back.• Illness Environmental factors, whether internal or external, are called stressors