THEORITICAL FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING

Lydia Eloise Hall

CARE, CORE, CURE THEORY
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

BACKGROUND HISTORY PRESENTATION OF THEORIES

VISION NURSING PARADIGM

CONTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS
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BACKGROUND
Lydia Eloise Hall
Lydia worked as a registered nurse for the Life
Extension Institute of the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company in Pennsylvania and New
York where preventive health was given a lot of
relevance.

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Born in New York City September
21, 1906
Graduated from York Hospital
School of Nursing in Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science & Master of
Arts from Teacher’s College,
Columbia University
Died February 27, 1969 of heart
disease in Queens Hospital of New
York
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BACKGROUND HISTORY
She spent her early years as a registered
nurse working for Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company where the main
focus was on preventive health.
Worked for New York Heart Association
as a staff nurse.
Advocate of community involvement in
public health issues.
Professor at Teacher’s College of
Columbia University.
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VISION
Lydia Hall would not have considered herself a nurse-
theorist. She did not set out to develop a theory of
nursing but rather to offer a view of professional
nursing.
Hall’s observations of hospital care at the time led her
to articulate her beliefs about the value of
professionalnursing to patient welfare.
Hall was convinced that patient outcomes are
improved when direct care is provided by the
professional nurse.
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CONTRIBUTION
Established and directed the Loeb Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at
Montefiore Hospital in Bronx, New York, in 1963.
At the Loeb Center she develop her conceptual model; The Care, Core and Cure
Model.
Served as a research analyst in cardiovascular disease for the heart disease
control branch of U.S. Public Health.
Served as project director for the Public Health System; division of chronic
disease and tuberculosis.
She published over 20 articles about the Loeb Center and her theories of long
term care and chronic disease control.
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Theory developed in late 1960's

Nursing care can be delivered on three interlocking levels.
Cure= Disease
Care= Body
Core= Patient
Defined nursing as performed by trained nurses
Care focused on maintaining optimal health and quality life from birth to end of
life.
Care is ongoing matrix of learning and teaching.

THEORY OVERVIEW
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PRESENTATION OF THEORIES

HALL'S THREE ASPECTS OF

THEORY

THE PERSON
"THE CORE"

THE BODY THE DISEASE

"THE CARE" "THE CURE"
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HALL'S THREE ASPECTS OF THEORY

"THE CORE" "THE CARE" "THE CURE"

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HALL'S THREE
ASPECTS OF THEORY

INTERDENPENDENT

"THE CORE"
Patient care is based on social sciences
Therapeutic use of self
Helps patient learn their role is in the healing process
Patient is able to maintain who they are
Patient able to develop a maturity level when nurse listens to them and acts as sounding board
Patient able to make informed decisions
Emphasis on social, emotional, spiritual and intellectual needs
Patient makes more rapid progress towards recovery and rehabilitation
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HALL'S THREE
ASPECTS OF THEORY

INDEPENDENT

"THE CARE"
Nurturing component of care
It is exclusive to nursing
“Mothering”
Provides teaching and learning activities
Nurses goal is to “comfort” the patient
Patient may explore and share feelings with nurse
Nurse is concerned with intimate bodily care
Nurse applies knowledge of natuaral and biological sciences
Nurse act as potential comforter
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HALL'S THREE
ASPECTS OF THEORY

DEPENDENT

"THE CURE"
Care based on pathological and therapeutic sciences
Application of medical knowledge by nurses
Nurse assisting the doctor in performing tasks
Nurse is patient advocate in this area
Nurse is a patient advocate
Nurses role changes from positive quality to negative quality
Medical surgical and rehabilitative care
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This laid the foundation for classifying

the professional nurses' functions
today
CARE- independent nursing functions
(e.g. Taking with vital signs, bed
bathing) APPLICATION OF THE
CURE- dependent nursing functions
(e.g. performance of diagnostic
THEORY
procedure)
CORE- interdependent nursing
functions (e.g. working with social
workers, clergy)
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INDIVIDUAL/
PERSON

ENVIRONMENT HALL'S THEORY AND

NURSING PARADIGM
HEALTH

NURSING
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Hall's theory of Nursing has a limited generality.

The function of Nurse in preventive health care and health maintenance
is not addressed nor is the nurses' role in the community health, even
though the model could be adapted.
Hall viewed the role of nurses as heavily involved in the care and core
aspects of patient care.
The only communication technique hall described in her theory as
means to assist patient to self-awareness was reflection.

LIMITATIONS
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REPORTERS

TRISHA MAE JOY A. ABAYON

BSN-1F

ELMERA ROSE A. VALIENTE

BSN-1F
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