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The application of the Neuman systems model to intensive care. 1991

P R Fulbrook

Willingness to explore different ideas and initiate change as part of the search for better ways of providing care is essential in intensive care nursing. For a number of years now there has been discussion of the possible benefits of using an explicit model of nursing as a framework for practice and many such models have been developed and described in nursing literature, however there have been some difficulties in using them in practice. In this paper a brief account of some of the characteristics of intensive therapy units (ITUs), the possible merits of using nursing models, the nursing process, and nursing care plans in them is followed by a summary description of the Neuman systems model of nursing. A description of the process of choosing and using this model in one unit includes the 'Nursing philosophy for ITU' and nursing documentation which were developed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007362	Intensive Care Units	Hospital units providing continuous surveillance and care to acutely ill patients.	ICU Intensive Care Units,Intensive Care Unit,Unit, Intensive Care
D009937	Organizational Objectives	The purposes, missions, and goals of an individual organization or its units, established through administrative processes. It includes an organization's long-range plans and administrative philosophy.	Goal Setting, Organizational,Goals, Organizational,Objectives, Organizational,Organizational Goals,Goal Settings, Organizational,Goal, Organizational,Objective, Organizational,Organizational Goal,Organizational Goal Setting,Organizational Goal Settings,Organizational Objective,Setting, Organizational Goal,Settings, Organizational Goal
D010347	Patient Care Planning	Usually a written medical and nursing care program designed for a particular patient.	Nursing Care Plans,Goals of Care,Plans, Nursing Care,Care Goal,Care Goals,Care Plan, Nursing,Care Planning, Patient,Care Plans, Nursing,Nursing Care Plan,Plan, Nursing Care,Planning, Patient Care
D010687	Philosophy, Nursing	The underlying rationale or theoretical basis for the principles of NURSING.	Nursing Philosophy,Nursing Philosophies,Philosophies, Nursing
D003422	Critical Care	Health care provided to a critically ill patient during a medical emergency or crisis.	Intensive Care,Intensive Care, Surgical,Surgical Intensive Care,Care, Critical,Care, Intensive,Care, Surgical Intensive
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016294	Models, Nursing	Theoretical models simulating behavior or activities in nursing, including nursing care, management and economics, theory, assessment, research, and education. Some examples of these models include Orem Self-Care Model, Roy Adaptation Model, and Rogers Life Process Model.	Nursing Models,Model, Nursing,Nursing Model,Orem Self-Care Model,Model, Orem Self-Care,Models, Orem Self-Care,Orem Self Care Model,Orem Self-Care Models,Self-Care Model, Orem,Self-Care Models, Orem