ABDELLAH NURSING THEORY// 21 NURSING PROBLEMS THEORY//NURSING THEORY FAYE ABDELLAH NURSING THEORY (21 NURSING PROBLEMS THEORY) ABDELLAH BIRTH ON 13 MARCH 1919 AT NEW YORK. NURSING DIPLOMA FROMANN MAY SCHOOL OF NURSING 1945-BACHELOROF SCIENCE DEGREE FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1947-MASTER OF ART IN PHYSILOGY FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1955-DOCTOR OF EDUCATION FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1945-1949 AS EDUCATORS –TEACHED “120 PRINCIPLES OF NURSING PRACTICE” 1957 –AS RESERCHER – FOCUSED ON “PROGRESSIVE PATIENT CARE” Established of nursing standards-DEVELOPED PATIENT ASSESSMENT OF CARE EVALUATION 1949 TO1989 –COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN U.S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE THIS THEORY INTER RELATED THE CONCEPTS OF HEALTH, NURSING PROBLEMS AND PROBLEM SOLVING ABDELLAH’S TYPOLOGY OF 21 NURSING PROBLEMS I. BASIC NEEDS 1. To maintain good hygiene and physical comfort 2. To Promote Optimal Activity : Exercise, Rest ,Sleep 3. To promote safety through prevention of accident ,injury 4. To Maintain Good Body Mechanics II.SUSTENAL CARE NEEDS 5. To facilitate the maintain of a supply of oxygen to all body cell 6. To facilitate the maintain of nutrition for all body cells 7. To facilitate the maintain of elimination 8. To Facilitate The Maintain Of Fluid And Electrolyte Balance 9. To Recognize Physiological Responses 10. To facilitate the maintain of regulatory mechanism and function 11. To Facilitate The Maintain Of Sensory Function III.REMEDIAL CARE NEEDS 12. To Identify And Accept Positive And Negative Reactions 13. To Identify And Accept Interrelatedness Of Emotions And Organic Illness 14. To Facilitate The Maintain Of Effective Verbal And Non Verbal Communication 15. To Promote The Development Of Productive Interpersonal Relation Ship 16. To facilitate progress towards achievement and personal spiritual goals 17. To Create Or Maintain A Therapeutic Environments 18. To Facilitate Awareness Of Self As An Individual IV.RESTORATIVE CARE NEEDS 19. To Accept The Optimum Possible Goals In The Light Of Limitations ,Physical And Emotional 20. To Use Community Recourses To Resolving Problems 21. To Understand The Role Of Social Problems As Influencing Factors In Cause Of Illness BY WEARENURSES PROUD TO BE A NURSE www.wearenurses.org