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A 21 page research paper that examines three models of nursing that are used extensively in the UK, the Roper-Logan-Tierney model, Orem's Self-Deficit Model and Roy's Adaptation Model. The writer offers an extensive literature review and then offers an overall analysis. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
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to be "academic" and dismissed nursing models as simply "armchair theorizing" (Tierney, 1998, p. 77). Other critics have focused on the question of utility and the place of nursing models
within the overall framework of nursing science. Examination of various nursing models that are being used by nurses in the UK demonstrates that these conceptual frameworks do not consist of
transient thoughts that are simply thrown together, but rather are the result of painstaking and systematic practical and theoretical research, which frequently incorporates the work of years of nursing practice
and research. Furthermore, it can be shown that models of nursing provide a sound foundation for the scientific expansion of nursing science and practice. This examination of nursing models shows
that these frameworks are not set in stone, but are adapted to work in conjunction with changing times and circumstances. Specifically, this literature review examines the common denominators that connect
nursing models, how they evolved and by whom and the practical uses that they serve with the UK nursing environment. This research also looks at specific questions, such as whether
or not a model can be adapted for use with an entire ward or whether or not it is only relevant to some patients and the role of the nurse
within these models. Definition of nursing model Semantic confusion abounds in the relevant literature as to what--precisely--is meant by a nursing model (Tierney, 1998). Nursing models have been
frequently referred to as "philosophies, conceptual frameworks, paradigms, theories and meta-theories" (Tierney, 1998, p. 78). Fawcett argues in favor of using the term "conceptual models of nursing" and defines conceptual
models in the following manner. Conceptual models are made of concepts, which are words describing mental images of phenomena, and propositions, which are statements expressing relations between concepts. A conceptual
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