Core, Care, Cure (Lydia Hall)

• A nurse functions in all three circles but to different degrees.
• The nurse addresses the social and emotional needs of the patient for effective communication and a comfortable environment.
• These are the interventions or actions geared toward treating the patient for whatever illness or disease he or she is suffering from.
• The three aspects interact, and the circles representing them change size, depending on the patient’s total course of progress.
• The nurse’s goal in providing this care is the comfort of the patient.
• The nurse gives hands on bodily care to the patient in relation to activities of daily living such as toileting and bathing.
• Nurses also share the circles with other providers.
• The motivation and energy necessary for healing exist within the patient, rather than in the healthcare team.
• The three aspects of nursing should not be viewed as functioning independently but as interrelated.
• The care circle defines the primary role of a professional nurse such as providing bodily care for the patient and helping the patient complete such basic daily biological functions.
• During the aspect of nursing care known as treatment, the nurse is an active advocate of the patient.
• Lydia Hall was born in 1906 and graduated from York Hospital School of Nursing in Pennsylvania in 1927.
• Lydia Hall earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Teachers College, Columbia University in 1937 and a Master of Arts degree in 1942.
• Lydia Hall worked with the Visiting Nurse Service of New York from 1941 to 1947 and was a member of the nursing faculty at Fordham Hospital School of Nursing from 1947 to 1950.
• Lydia Hall died of heart disease on February 27, 1969, at Queens Hospital in New York.
• The metaparadigm of Lydia Hall's theory includes the concepts of person, environment, health, and nursing.
• The person in Lydia Hall's theory is unique, capable of growth and learning, and requiring a total person approach.
• The environment in Lydia Hall's theory is dealt with in relation to the individual.
• Health in Lydia Hall's theory is the state of being able to achieve self-awareness, thereby releasing one's own power to heal.
• Nursing in Lydia Hall's theory is helping others to move in the direction of self-awareness.
• Nursing in Lydia Hall's theory consists of participation in the care, core, and cure aspects of patient care.
• The core in Lydia Hall's theory represents the inner feelings and management of the person.
• The core in Lydia Hall's theory has goals set by itself rather than by any other person, and behaves according to its feelings and values.
• The core in Lydia Hall's theory involves the therapeutic use of self, and is shared with other members of the health team.