Dorothy johnson behavioral system model summary
Dorothy E. Johnson
American nurse, researcher, author and theorist
Dorothy E. Johnson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dorothy n ()August 21, Savannah, Georgia |
| Died | February 4, () (aged&#;79) Key Largo, Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Nurse, author, theorist |
| Known&#;for | Behavioral system model, nursing theorist |
Dorothy E.
Johnson (August 21, – February 4, )[1] was an American nurse, researcher, author, and theorist. She is known for creating the behavioral system model and for being one of the founders of modern system-based nursing theory.[2]
Biography
Early life
She was born on August 21, , in Savannah, Georgia.
She was the youngest of seven siblings. Her father Charles-Leroy Johnson (born in ), worked in the fishing industry and her mother was Annie Bryce Johnson (born in ).[3]
Education
She graduated at age 17 from Senior High School in Savannah.
In , Dorothy got her associate of arts from Armstrong Junior College in Savannah, Georgia. On June 8, , she received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt University in Tennessee. Finally, in she received her Master of public health from Harvard University.[3]
Career
From January to July , she worked as an instructor of nursing at Vanderbilt University.
In this year she also worked briefly as a staff nurse at the Chatham-Savannah Health Council.
Sister callista roy adaptation model The practice of nursing is concerned with the organized and integrated whole, but maintaining a balance in the behavior system when illness occurs is the major focus of the career. It implies that despite having only a few alternatives to select a behavioral response, the individual will rank those options and choose the option considered most desirable. The predisposition to act. He worked as an intensive care nurse for more than six years.In , she returned to her academic career at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, a position that she held until From until , she served as assistant, associate, and professor of pediatric nursing at the University of California at Los Angeles. She had an early retirement following an open heart surgery. Finally, she left California to live in Key Largo, Florida.[3]
From to she was a pediatric nursing advisor at the Christian Medical College School of Nursing in Vellore, South India.
Here, she assisted in the developing of a baccalaureate program of Nursing.[3]
In , she introduced the concept of nursing diagnosis to differentiate the work of nursing from medicine. She distinguished nursing from medicine by noting that nursing views the patient as a behavioral system whereas medicine views the patient as a biological system.
For Johnson, it was very important to base knowledge upon research findings as the basis of nursing science.[2]
Awards
She received the Lulu Hassenplug Award for distinguished achievements conferred by the California Nurses Association.[3]
Behavioral system
In this model first proposed in ,[4] nurses see their clients as being more important than their illnesses; a patient is perceived as a group of subsystems that form a complete behavioral system.[5] The subsystems and their respective goals are as follows:[2]
- Achievement: to control self and the environment.
- Affiliative: to achieve intimacy and inclusion.
- Aggressive/Protective: to protect self or others from objects, persons or ideas.
- Dependency: to obtain attention and assistance.
- Eliminative: to expel biological wastes.
- Ingestive: to take in needed resources from the environment.
- Restorative: to replenish energy distribution.
- Sexual: to procreate, to gratify or attract.
Books
- Expanding and Modifying Guidance Programs ()
- Barriers and Hazards in Counseling () co-author: Mary J.
Vestermark
- To Be a Nurse ()
References
- ^"Johnson Behavioral System Model". Nursology. August 22, Retrieved January 17,
- ^ abcSmith, Marlaine (). Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice.Dorothy e johnson behavioral system model theory Society demands that limits be placed on self-protection modes and that people and their property be respected and protected. An imbalance in any of the behavioral subsystems results in disequilibrium. Johnson was born on August 21, in Savannah, Georgia. During her career, Johnson was an assistant professor of pediatric nursing, an associate professor of nursing, and a professor of nursing at the University of California in Los Angeles.
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- ^ abcdeBullough, Sentz, Vern, Lili (). American Nursing: A Biographical Dictionary: Volume 3, Volumen3.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^Gonzalo, Angelo; BSN; RN (September 22, ). "Dorothy Johnson: Behavioral System Model (Study Guide)".Dorothy e johnson behavioral system model Including, but not limited to, courting and mating, this response system begins with the development of gender role identity and includes a broad range of sex-role behaviors. Email Required Name Required Website. According to the Behavior System Model, the goals of nursing are fourfold: 1 To assist the patient whose behavior is proportional to social demands. Primary Sources for the Theory Johnson, D.
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- ^Patricia, Potter (). Fundamentals of Nursing. United States: Elsevier. p.&#; ISBN&#;.