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Human to Human Relationship Model
- Existentialism (Soren Kierkegaard)
- Logotherapy (Viktor Frankl)
Illness = Unhealthy
Does not mention health promotion or prevention
FOCUS
- mental health and the idea of returning to a caring model
PURPOSE
- thought the purpose of nursing is to help the patient and family deal with health experiences and find meaning in them.
A nurse does not only seek to alleviate physical pain or render physical care – she ministers to the whole person. The existence of the suffering whether physical, mental or spiritual is the proper concern of the nurse.”
- Joyce Travelbee
Person : Both the nurse and patient are human beings
Health: Subjective and Objective
Environment: No specific definition
Nursing: Interpersonal process
Human to Human Model can be used with any patient experiencing distress and/or life changing events.
ex. hospice care, complex care, acute care.
You walk into the room of your 89 year old resident and see her very distraught and has a history of depression. You ask her what happened. She explains to you that her best friend in the residence just passed away and she has no other friends here. She is upset that she is losing everyone around her and fears she will be the next one to die.
Explain how you as a nursing student would react using Travelbee's Humanistic Theory.
*Keep in mind Erikson's Developmental Stages, and possible assessments that may be done (N133, N142/143)
Human to human relationship model. (2013, September 9). Retrieved from
http://currentnursing.com/nursing_theory/Joyce_Travelbee.html
Jormin, R., Augustsson, B. A., (2003). Patients with dual diagnosis- A caring perspective based on Travelbees’ theory of nursing [Abstract]. Theoria Journal of Nursing Theory, 12(4), 3-14.
Joyce Travelbee nursing theory: Human to human relationship model. (2014). Retrieved from http://nursinglibrary.info/joyce-travelbee-nursing-theory-human-to-human-relationship-model/
Tomey, A. M., Alligood, M. R. (2002)Nursing theorists and their work (5th ed.) Missouri, USA: Yvonne Alexopoulos