Phil Barker's Theory Of The Tidal Wave Model

Phil Barker is a nursing theorist that created the Tidal Wave Model. The Tidal Wave Model is about recovery of mental health. What is a nurse theorist? A nurse theorist is one who studies nursing and nursing philosophy. Phil Barker is a nurse theorist and studies mental health nursing. His model of nursing describes four metaparadigm concepts of person, environment, health, and nursing.

Phil grew up in the United Kingdom in the 1950’s. Phil started off in nursing as a nursing assistant and went on to receive his PhD in psychiatric nursing. He was a professor of psychiatric nursing care in the United Kingdom and a visiting professor for many universities. He also worked as a psychotherapist in private practice and enjoys working in the psychiatric

It allows the patient to help with their plan of care and even make their own decisions for their plan of care. This gives them independence. There was an article published in 2012 by Jeanette Henderson about the Tidal Wave Model and how it was used. One ward in Ballantrae decided to give this theory a try. After using this theory, it showed that clients take on more responsibility and make more of their own decisions in their plan of care. According to the article, there were three people who had been in the ward for years that were able to go home and live in the community from using this

What is my philosophy of nursing? What is my metaparadigm of nursing? To me, the person or the one receiving care is my patient. The person is the one I am going to take care of during my shift. The environment in which I care for my patient is either in the long-term care facility or the acute care facility. It is their temporary home to achieve a better health status. Sometimes it can be there home until end of life, such as in the long-term care facility. To me, health is how I feel and how my body feels on a daily basis. If I feel good, I have no pain, and am active with no problems; I’m in good health. To my patients, they are expecting and hoping for the same. They want “good health” with no problems or pain. They want to wake up and feel good to be able to enjoy the day. As a nurse, health is someone’s well-being, their strength, and their current condition. These people, my patients, need nursing care that I provide for a number of reasons. Things such as, they can’t take care of themselves or there activities of daily living, they are in pain, they are sick, or they need help with medications are a few reasons. To me, nursing means caring for the sick, simple as that. Nurses help and take care of