Is Faye Glenn Abdellah's typology of 21 nursing problems a Mid-range theory?

Answer 1

Three major categories

•Physical, sociological, and emotional needs of clients

•Types of interpersonal relationships between the nurse and patient

•Common elements of client care

21 NURSING PROBLEMS

BASIC TO ALL PATIENTS

•To maintain good hygiene and physical comfort

•To promote optimal activity: exercise, rest and sleep

•To promote safety through the prevention of accidents, injury, or other trauma and through the prevention of the

spread of infection

•To maintain good body mechanics and prevent and correct deformitiy

SUSTENAL CARE NEEDS

•To facilitate the maintenance of a supply of oxygen to all body cells

•To facilitate the maintenance of nutrition of all body cells

•To facilitate the maintenance of elimination

•To facilitate the maintenance of fluid and electrolyte balance

•To recognize the physiological responses of the body to disease conditions

•To facilitate the maintenance of regulatory mechanisms and functions

•To facilitate the maintenance of sensory function.

REMEDIAL CARE NEEDS

•To identify and accept positive and negative expressions, feelings, and reactions

•To identify and accept the interrelatedness of emotions and organic illness

•To facilitate the maintenance of effective verbal and non verbal communication

•To promote the development of productive interpersonal relationships

•To facilitate progress toward achievement of personal spiritual goals

•To create and / or maintain a therapeutic environment

•To facilitate awareness of self as an individual with varying physical , emotional, and developmental needs

RESTORATIVE CARE NEEDS

•To accept the optimum possible goals in the light of limitations, physical and emotional

•To use community resources as an aid in resolving problems arising from illness

•To understand the role of social problems as influencing factors in the case of illness

Abdellah's 21 problems are actually a model describing the "arenas" or concerns of nursing, rather than a theory

describing relationships among phenomena. In this way, the theory distinguished the practice of nursing, with a

focus on the 21 nursing problems, from the practice of medicine, with a focus on disease and cure

Answer 2

No, her theory of Human Needs is a Grand Theory.