Welcome to the Nursing Theories blog! This part of the blog introduces you to the theory of the Four Conservation Principles of Nursing. The full version of this theory was formulated by Myra Estrin Levine in 1973, and continues to influence nursing practice, education, and research until today.

This part of the blog will briefly introduce the theorist and her background in order to understand her thought processes in developing the theory. Next, the theory, its characteristics, and its concepts will be presented, along with its strengths and limitations. The paradigm will then be presented in a series of diagrams, followed by a discussion of the theory’s application in nursing practice, education, and research. Finally, a registered nurse will share his experience in using Levine’s theory in his nursing practice.

We hope that you will find this helpful, and we eagerly wait for your comments!

July 12, 2011

Strengths and Limitations



Strengths
  • Values the holistic approach to all individual, well or sick
  • Values patient’s participation in nursing care 
  • Comprehensive content, in-depth 
  • Scientific principles are emphasized.
  • Provides direction of nursing research , education, administration and practice
  •  Logically congruent
  • Shows high regard to adjunctive disciplines to develop theoretical basis for nursing



Limitations
  •  Limited attention can be focused on health promotion and illness prevention. Nurse has the responsibility for determining the patient ability to participate in the care ,and if the perception of nurse and patient about the patient ability to participate in care don’t match, this mismatch will be an area of conflict.
  • The major limitation is the focus on individual in an illness state and on the dependency of patient.


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