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A nursing theory developed by Rosemarie Parse that focuses on the individual’s experiences of health. The goal of nursing is to respect and facilitate the quality of life as perceived by the individual and the family. Also known as the Human becoming School of Thought.  

A nursing theory developed by Margaret Newman that proposes that all people in every situation, no matter how disordered and hopeless the situation may seem, are part of a universal process of expanding consciousness. The goal of nursing is the authentic involvement of nurse and patient in a mutual relationship of pattern recognition and augmentation.…

A middle range nursing theory developed by Imogene King that helps to identify the nature of nurse-client interactions leading to goal attainment. This theory concentrates on working with clients to attain, maintain, and restore health through communication, goal setting, and goal achievement.  

Culture Care Diversity and Universality A nursing theory developed by Madeleine Leininger that focuses on diversities and universalities in human care. The goal of nursing is to provide culturally congruent care to people.  

A nursing theory developed by Reva Rubin that focuses on patients’ experiences of tension or stress during illness. The goal of nursing is to help patients adjust to, endure through, and usefully integrate health problem situations.  

A model used in radiobiology to describe cellular and chromosomal injury caused by radiation. The disruption of some intracellular targets by radiation can produce mutations; the disruption of critical targets is lethal to the cell.  

Any coherent set of concepts that explains the aging process at the cellular, biological, psychological, and sociological levels.  

A proposition that can be proved by use of logic, or by argument, from information previously accepted as being valid.  

Religious insanity; especially that in which the patient thinks he or she is a deity or has divine inspiration.  

A thin membrane covering the short muscles of the thumb.