Nursing Theories

Nursing practices have been guided by various theories that elaborate on the activities

and guidelines required by the nurses and healthcare practitioners. Nursing theories also

describes the rules and requirements that support the implementation of effective, efficient, and

affordable healthcare practices. For instance, Dorothy Johnson was involved in the establishment

of Behavior System Model which defines the effective nursing practice as the approach of

evaluating the external regulatory force that acts to help in the preservation of patients’ behavior

within a medical institution (Smith & Parker, 2015). The behavior system model also helps the

patients in corresponding with social demands, modify the patients’ biological imperatives, to

benefit from the nurses’ knowledge and skills, and avoid trauma during the medical practice. The

theory also assumes an effective healthcare system, structure, and efficient functions aimed at