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Nursing models: extant or extinct?

A J Tierney1

  • 1Department of Nursing Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Journal of Advanced Nursing
|August 1, 1998
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Nursing models face criticism regarding their practical and scientific value. This paper examines the relevance of nursing models, using the Roper-Logan-Tierney model as a case study, and questions if they should be tested.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Philosophy of Science

Background:

  • Nursing models are facing increasing criticism regarding their utility in practice and scientific validity.
  • This critique is framed within the context of modernist versus postmodernist perspectives in nursing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To reflect on the original purpose of nursing models.
  • To critically examine the current relevance of nursing models, specifically the Roper-Logan-Tierney model.
  • To address the question of whether nursing models can and should be tested.

Main Methods:

  • Critical analysis of nursing models.
  • Examination of the Roper-Logan-Tierney model as a case study.
  • Literature review on modernist and postmodernist perspectives in nursing.

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Main Results:

  • The Roper-Logan-Tierney model, while popular, has not undergone testing.
  • The debate on testing nursing models is crucial for their continued role in theory and practice.

Conclusions:

  • The relevance and legitimacy of nursing models in theory and practice are questioned.
  • The need for empirical testing of nursing models is highlighted.
  • The ongoing discourse on nursing models reflects deeper philosophical tensions within the discipline.