Dorothy johnson nursing theory middle range

Johnson’s theory of nursing defines nursing as “an external regulatory force which acts to preserve the organization and integration of the patients behaviors at an optimum level under those conditions in which the behavior constitutes a threat to the physical or social health, or in which illness is found.”

The goals of nursing are fourfold, according to the Behavior System Model:

1. To assist the patient whose behavior is proportional to social demands.
2. To assist the patient who is able to modify his behavior in ways that it supports biological imperatives.
3. To assist the patient who is able to benefit to the fullest extent during illness from the physician’s knowledge and skill.
4. To assist the patient whose behavior does not give evidence of unnecessary trauma as a consequence of illness.

The assumptions made by Johnson’s theory are in three categories: assumptions about system, assumptions about structure, and