Nursing Theory Lecture 12: Lydia Hall

Lydia Hall

(1964)

Core, Care and Cure Model

Core, Care and Cure Model
• The client is composed of the ff. overlapping parts: person (core), pathologic state and treatment (cure) and body (care).
• Introduced the model of Nursing: What Is It? Focusing on the notion that centers around three components of Care, Core and Cure.
• Care represents nurturance and is exclusive to nursing. Core involves the therapeutic use of self and emphasizes the use of reflection. Cure focuses on nursing related to the physician’s orders. Core and cure are shared with the other health care providers.
• The major purpose of care is to achieve an interpersonal relationship with the individual that will facilitate the development of the core.

Metaparadigm

Person
• Client is composed of body, pathology, and person. People set their own goals and are capable of learning and growing.

Environment
• Should facilitate achievement of the client’s personal goals.

Health
• Development of a mature self-identity that assists in the conscious selection of actions that facilitate growth.

Nursing
• Caring is the nurse’s primary function. Professional nursing is most important during the recuperative period.