What is it about?
PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the level of maturity of the concept of health in the nursing discipline
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Why is it important?
PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: For the concept of health to be conceptualized, it is important that nurses have consensus regarding the definition of health. The nursing discipline should define health in a manner that is consistent with its philosophical presuppositions. Further, it should be measurable, empirically based, and capture the outcomes that are sensitive to the nursing interventions.
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Although health is a central concept in nursing, health is defined inconsistently in nursing and other disciplines. Additional concept development and clarification is needed. Health should be defined in a consistent manner in order to help nurses and other healthcare professionals provide healthcare services and interventions. How health is defined can help the nurse with assessing the patient’s health and identifying health problems and patient’s needs. In addition, the nurse will be able to develop nursing diagnosis that provides the basis for nursing intervention to achieve health outcome.
Prof. Muayyad M Ahmad
University of Jordan
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This page is a summary of: Health: A Developing Concept in Nursing, International Journal of Nursing Knowledge, September 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/2047-3095.12113.
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