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Receiving a Bachelor of Science from St. John’s University in public health nursing in 1951 and by 1954, Ida finished her Master of Arts in mental health consultation from Teachers College, Columbia University (Wayne, 2014). For the next eight years, Ida was an associate professor of mental health and psychiatric nursing at Yale University School of Nursing in New Haven, Connecticut (Wayne, 2014). In 1961 she published her first book The Dynamic Nurse-Patient Relationship: Function, Process, and Principles, which proposes her theory of the nursing process, (Black, 2014) from a study she conducted while at Yale integrating mental health concepts into nursing curriculum (Wayne, 2014). Later, in 1972, Ida revised her book into The Discipline and Teaching of Nursing Process (“Orlando’s Nursing Process Theory,” 2013). Ida’s theory, the dynamic nurse-patient relationship, explains that the main role of the nurse is to determine what the patient’s immediate needs for help are and improve their situation by relieving any discomforts …show more content…
Her theory, in my opinion, works best with patients that are nonverbal or unable to convey what their discomfort is. I chose the dynamic nurse-patient relationship because it allows the patient to be a part of the decision by the nurse confirming with the patient what their needs are. Another reason that I chose Orlando’s theory is because when it is used in practice, it allows “the nurse to get to the “bottom line” more quickly when observing, listening to, and confirming with patients,” (Black, 2014). Currently, I am hoping to work in pediatrics oncology and I believe that this theory will be an asset to my work with patients because some kids are not able to convey what the problem is and some of the situations my need to be resolved quickly. These patients have many psychosocial issues, such as increased levels of anxiety, depression and concern about mortality, that require a unique approach to understand what the actually needed is at that time. For example, one of the patients might be dealing with a serve level anxiety, which makes them have scattered thoughts, trouble verbalizing communication, discomfort, and movements that are purposeful (Black, 2014). With this increased anxiety level the nurse first needs to acknowledge that anxiety is a sign of patient discomfort, then needs to work