USE OF METAPARADIGM CONCEPTS IN THEORY IDA JEAN ORLANDO USE OF METAPARADIGM CONCEPTS IN THEORY Jillian Kohl Patricia Derenzy Christie Kleinert Larry Horchner Rachel Fox

INTRODUCTION Ida Jean Orlando, RN, Nursing Theorist Nursing Education Born 1926 Nursing Education New York Medical College Focus: The dynamic nurse-patient relationship Major Publication: (1961) The dynamic nurse-patient relationship: Function process and principals

METAPARADIGM CONCEPTS AS DEFINED BY ORLANDO PERSON Each patient is unique and individual in how they respond The patient-nurse relationship is dynamic and needs change as illness progress or improves The actions and reactions of both the patient and nurse, influence the nurse-patient relationship HEALTH State free of physical and metal stress Sense of well-being Always varying on a continuum Behaviors, attitudes and beliefs of patient play a role in state of health