ABSTRACT
This chapter gives nurses a brief introduction to nursing models and provides a more detailed look at one of the best known examples – the Activities of Living Model by Roper, Logan and Tierney. Models of nursing offer direction to the nurse about patients and their needs, and defines nursing roles derived from the views, beliefs and values about people, health, the environment. Particular attention needs to be given over to the patient's individual way of carrying out their everyday activities when engaging in all aspects of the care-planning process. 'Working' refers not only to paid employment, but also unpaid activities that the individual engages in, such as housework, DIY and gardening. Activities that are biologically determined are behaviours that have developed because of genetic inheritance and biological factors. Social and economic circumstances can influence the individual's position on the continuum; think about the activities of maintaining a safe environment, eating and drinking, and working and playing.
