Joyce Travelbee - authored the human to human relationship model of nursing
Human Being - is defined as "a unique irreplaceable individual - ever evolving"
Nursing - an interpersonal connection whereby the nurse facilitates the progress of a patient, a family, or a community in preventing or coping with an illness
What are seven basic concepts of the human to human relationship model of nursing?
Suffering - an experience that varies in intensity, duration, and depth - a feeling of unease
Meaning - is the reason attributed to a person
Nursing - helps a person find meaning in the experience of illness and suffering
Hope - a faith that can and will be a change that would bring something better with it
Communication - a strict necessity for good nursing care
Self-Therapy - the ability to use one's own personality consciously and in full awareness in an attempt to establish relatedness and to structure nursing interventions
