Nursing as an Art
Nursing - Answer-caring and a unique profession and practiced with an earnest concern for the art of
care and the science of health.
greatly involves a humanistic blend of SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE and HOLISTIC NURSING PRACTICE. -
Answer-Nursing def 2
Nightingale - Answer-Act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery
Henderson - Answer-Assisting the individuals, sick or well, in performance of activities contributing to
health or his or her recovery or to peaceful death that he would perform unaided if he had the
necessary strength, will, or knowledge, and to do in such a way to help him gain independence as rapidly
as possible
Roger - Answer-Compassionate concern with maintaining and promoting health and preventing illness
and caring for and rehabilitating the sick and disabled
Roy - Answer-Theoretical system of knowledge that prescribes the process of analysis and action related
to the care of the ill person
Orem - Answer-Helping or assisting service to persons who are wholly or partly dependent - infants,
children and adults - when they, their parents and guardians or other significant others responsible for
their care are no longer able to give or supervise their care
