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Faye Glenn Abdellah's Nursing Theory
Faye Glenn Abdellah's Nursing Theory
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SUMMARY
Using Abdellah’s concepts of health, nursing problems, and problem solving, the theoretical statement of
nursing that can be derived is the use of the problem solving approach with key nursing problems
related to health needs of people.
From this framework, 21 nursing problems were developed
CONCLUSIONS
Abdellah’s theory provides a basis for determining and organizing nursing care. The problems also
provide a basis for organizing appropriate nursing strategies.
It is anticipated that by solving the nursing problems, the client would be moved toward health. The
nurse’s philosophical frame of reference would determine whether this theory and the 21 nursing
problems could be implemented in practice.