Myra Levine

• Conservation Model - a model of nursing education created by Myra Levine
• What are the four main principles of conservation model?

  Energy, Structural Integrity, Personal Integrity, Social Integrity
• Adaptation - how a patient adapts to their realities of their new health situation
• Wholeness - maintains that a nurse must strive to address the client's external and internal environments
• Wholeness - allows the client to be viewed as a whole person, and not just an illness
• Conservation - describes the way complex systems are able to continue to function even when severely challenged
• What is the central concept of Levine's theory?

  Conservation
• What are the Four Conservation Principles?

  Conservation of Energy, Conservation of Structural Integrity, Conservation of Personal Integrity, Conservation of Social Integrity
• Conservation of Energy - making sure the client does not expend too much energy, through rest and exercise
• Conservation of Structural Integrity - doing activities or tasks that will aid in the client's physical healing
• Conservation of Personal Integrity - helping clients maintain uniqueness and individuality
• Conservation of Social Integrity - assisting the patient in maintaining social and community ties