definition of nursing by the theorists

• definition of nursing according to florence nightingale


  the act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery.
• definition of nursing according to faye glenn abdellah


  Nursing is based on an art and science that molds the attitudes, intellectual competencies, and technical skills of the individual nurse into the desire and ability to help people, sick or well, cope with their health needs.
• definition of nursing according to virginia henderson


  assisting the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to peaceful death) that an individual would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will or knowledge.
• definition of nursing according to lydia hall


  a participation in care, core and cure aspects of patient care, where CARE is the sole function of nurses, whereas the CORE and CURE are shared with other members of the health team.
• definition of nursing according to dorothy e. johnson


  An external regulatory force which acts to preserve the organization and integration of the patient’s behavior at an optimal level under those conditions in which the behavior constitutes a threat to physical or social health, or in which illness is found