7 subsystems of the behavioral system model
Dorothy E. Johnson
American nurse, researcher, author and theorist
Dorothy E. Johnson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dorothy n ()August 21, Savannah, Georgia |
| Died | February 4, () (aged&#;79) Key Largo, Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Nurse, author, theorist |
| Known&#;for | Behavioral system model, nursing theorist |
Dorothy E.
Johnson (August 21, – February 4, )[1] was an American nurse, researcher, author, and theorist. She is known for creating the behavioral system model and for being one of the founders of modern system-based nursing theory.[2]
Biography
Early life
She was born on August 21, , in Savannah, Georgia.
She was the youngest of seven siblings.
Dorothy e johnson behavioral system model Johnson’s Behavioral System Model. Dorothy E. Johnson is well-known for her “Behavioral System Model,” which was first proposed in Her model was greatly influenced by Florence Nightingale’s book, Notes on Nursing. It advocates fostering efficient and effective behavioral functioning in the patient to prevent illness and stresses.Her father Charles-Leroy Johnson (born in ), worked in the fishing industry and her mother was Annie Bryce Johnson (born in ).[3]
Education
She graduated at age 17 from Senior High School in Savannah. In , Dorothy got her associate of arts from Armstrong Junior College in Savannah, Georgia.
On June 8, , she received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt University in Tennessee. Finally, in she received her Master of public health from Harvard University.[3]
Career
From January to July , she worked as an instructor of nursing at Vanderbilt University.
Dorothy e johnson behavioral system model theory The Behavior System Model of Nursing was developed by Dorothy E. Johnson. It stresses the importance of research-based knowledge about the effect of nursing care on patients. When she first proposed the theory in , she explained that it was to foster “the efficient and effective behavioral functioning in the patient to prevent illness.”.In this year she also worked briefly as a staff nurse at the Chatham-Savannah Health Council. In , she returned to her academic career at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, a position that she held until From until , she served as assistant, associate, and professor of pediatric nursing at the University of California at Los Angeles. She had an early retirement following an open heart surgery.
Finally, she left California to live in Key Largo, Florida.[3]
From to she was a pediatric nursing advisor at the Christian Medical College School of Nursing in Vellore, South India. Here, she assisted in the developing of a baccalaureate program of Nursing.[3]
In , she introduced the concept of nursing diagnosis to differentiate the work of nursing from medicine.
She distinguished nursing from medicine by noting that nursing views the patient as a behavioral system whereas medicine views the patient as a biological system.
Sister callista roy adaptation model Contributor: Jacqueline FawcettAugust 23, View FITNE Video of Dorothy Johnson Interviewed by Jacqueline Fawcett Author - Dorothy E. Johnson, RN, MPH Year First Published - Her earliest publication established a philosophic foundation for her work:Johnson, D.E. ().For Johnson, it was very important to base knowledge upon research findings as the basis of nursing science.[2]
Awards
She received the Lulu Hassenplug Award for distinguished achievements conferred by the California Nurses Association.[3]
Behavioral system
In this model first proposed in ,[4] nurses see their clients as being more important than their illnesses; a patient is perceived as a group of subsystems that form a complete behavioral system.[5] The subsystems and their respective goals are as follows:[2]
- Achievement: to control self and the environment.
- Affiliative: to achieve intimacy and inclusion.
- Aggressive/Protective: to protect self or others from objects, persons or ideas.
- Dependency: to obtain attention and assistance.
- Eliminative: to expel biological wastes.
- Ingestive: to take in needed resources from the environment.
- Restorative: to replenish energy distribution.
- Sexual: to procreate, to gratify or attract.
Books
- Expanding and Modifying Guidance Programs ()
- Barriers and Hazards in Counseling () co-author: Mary J.
Vestermark
- To Be a Nurse ()
References
- ^"Johnson Behavioral System Model". Nursology. August 22, Retrieved January 17,
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Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice. United States: F.A. Davis Company. pp.&#;89– ISBN&#;.
- ^ abcdeBullough, Sentz, Vern, Lili ().
Johnson’s Behavior System Model - Nursing Theory
Johnson’s Behavioral System Model describes the person as a behavioral system with seven subsystems: the achievement, attachment-affiliative, aggressive protective, dependency, ingestive, eliminative, and sexual subsystems.American Nursing: A Biographical Dictionary: Volume 3, Volumen3. United States: Springer Publishing Company. pp.&#;– ISBN&#;.
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^Gonzalo, Angelo; BSN; RN (September 22, ). "Dorothy Johnson: Behavioral System Model (Study Guide)".
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