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References

Health Nursing Nursing Theory johnson_behavioral_system. (2002, September 1). Retrieved September 18, 2014, from http://www.clayton.edu/health/Nursing/Nursing-Theory/johnson_behavioral_system

Palco, E. (2013, August 5). Dorothy johnson by Emma Palco. Retrieved September 14, 2014, from http://www.slideshare.net/emzcute/dorothy-johnson-by-emma-palco?related=1

Parker, M., & Smith, M. (2010). Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice: F.A. Davis Company.

The Nurse Theorists - Dorothy Johnson Promo. (2011, October 3). Retrieved September 18, 2014, from

  • 1944-1949: Assistant professor in Pediatric nursing at Vanderbilt University SON

  • Behavioral System Model began in 1940's

  • 1949-1978: Professor of Nursing at University of California Los Angeles

  • Retired in 1978

  • Died in 1999 at the age of 80

Relevance

Incorporated Today?

Contributions

  • Incorporates core principles of systems thinking.
  • Humans are defined as systems and subsystems
  • The internal and external environment must be met to maintain harmony.

  • Nursing as an art and science

  • BSM focuses on behavioral aspects vs. biological aspect

  • Helps differentiate Medicine vs. Nursing

  • Incorporates holistic approach to patient care

Usefulness

Applicable to Nursing Situations

  • Behavioral system imbalance and instability are consistent with illness.
  • This theory may be used to organize nurses’ thinking
  • Acts as an organizational tool

Achievement Subsystem

  • Control of self or the environment
  • Goals
  • Recognition
  • Feedback

Theory Development

Affiliative/Attachment Subsystem

  • Help belong to someone or something other than oneself
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Communication
  • Intimacy
  • Sharing

"All the patterned, repetitive, purposeful ways of behaving that characterize each person's life make up an organized and integrated whole, or a system" - Dorothy Johnson

  • August 21, 1919 in Savannah, Georgia
  • 1938: Associates Diploma Armstrong JUCO
  • 1942: BSN Vanderbilt University
  • 1948: MPH Harvard University

Patient identified as a behavioral system composed of:

Affiliative/Attachment

Dependency

Ingestive

Eliminative

Sexual

Aggressive

Achievement

Dorothy Johnson: The Behavioral System Model

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