Human to Human Relationship Model

Theories are developed through either inductive reasoning or deductive reasoning and in nursing, both methods can be used to develop theories. Through nursing theories, it is possible describe, predict and explain the nursing phenomenon, if acts as the foundation of nursing practice (Current Nursing, 2012). Through theories, nurses get to decide what they know and what they don’t. A defined body of theory ensures improved communication among nurses, enhances professional status of the nurses, results to better patient care, and acts as a guide to education and research. The theory Joyce Travelbee developed (1926 to 1973) the human-to-human relationship model. Moreover, from the existentialism concept, the theory emphasizes that human beings are frequently faced with conflicts and choices and they are liable to all the choices they make in these conditions in their lives.

Bearing this in mind, the Model of Nursing was developed to bring about several vital concepts that are used in the nursing profession and practice. One, it is viewed that different people experience suffering in varying ways, in terms of its duration, intensity and even the depth (Petiprin, 2017). Therefore, suffering makes people uneasy and at times it even leads to discomforts and it impacts on the people emotionally, physically, and mentally. Moreover, the theory takes into consideration meaning when it comes to growing relationships as a person-specific reason (Haugan, 2014). Haugan (2014), asserts that by building the patient-nurse relationship, the nurse is usually placed in apposition to help the patients and their families in getting the possible meanings of the experiences they are usually faced with.

Theory testing The general emphasize of the model is that nursing can be accomplished if there exist relationships among the patients and the nurses. The relationship starts with the initial emerging identities and the development of both sympathetic and empathetic feelings (Petiprin, 2017). Through the theory, people get to understand that the experience brought about by human suffering needs external motivation to aid the families of the patient and the patient’s themselves to cope with the various depths, durations and intensities that the experience brings. Building relationships helps in the alleviation of feelings of unease among the sick, even when their care process is long-term (Burack, et al. Through the theory, it has been possible to build on the hope of the patients and enabling them to gain the courage that helps the, acknowledge any possible shortcomings and deal with any fears of suffering or pain and thus helps them in moving forward in their ultimate goal of healing.

Theory evaluation Little testing has been done on the theory, but there exist substantial evidence of the usage of the theory in the nursing profession and practice. At the health facility level, the theory is used in the process of self-actualizing the life experiences of the patients and their families by getting to familiarize on their meaning of sickness, life, and eve death (Petiprin, 2017). In the nursing training and education, the theory can be utilized to teach the nurses on how they can get to understand and speak meanings of suffering and illness to the patients under their care. Moreover. P. , &Annunziato, R. A. What matters most to nursing home elders: Quality of life in the nursing home. J Am Med Dir Assoc.