There is no need for models of nursing ... they are 'old hat'

'Old hat'

"In nursing, however, its neglect of theorising and its obsession with 'doing' without thought have meant there is no commonly accepted model. Furthermore, the huge differences in the settings and client groups associated with nurses make it impossible ever to arrive at such an all-embracing model." p.51. Alan Pearson.

Since, nurses do think. Psycho-socially they use an implicit model - as we all do.

The health and social care workforce would benefit from a shared model of care, as would the general population as per assessment of literacy and health literacy in particular.

"Most nurses live in communities like Tameside*, where local staff of varied academic, practical and intellectual abilities nurse local people. Thus I would like to emphasise two major points:

1. Models must be built, described and used in language that is accessible to all levels of nursing staff.
2. A nursing model which focuses solely on the patient, and neglects or under estimates the nurses themselves and the social backcloth of the hospital and community is of little value. ...
   

... Elsewhere in this volume McFarlane notes how each nurse carries with her a 'private image of nursing'. One of the steps to creating a working model of nursing is that those private worlds must be brought closer together, to work in common and as a whole." p.40. Steve Wright.

*Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. Hodges' model was created by Brian E. Hodges (Ret. Senior Lecturer) at Manchester Polytechnic College, now Manchester Metropolitan University.

B. Kershaw and J. Salvage (Eds)  (1986) Models for Nursing, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Limited.

Hat image: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-35243823

This nurse needs to 'think' less, and do, act.