Dorothy Johnson

Books

Contemporary Nursing Knowledge: Analysis and Evaluation of Nursing Models and Theories. Jacqueline Fawcett. 2nd edition. F.A. Davis. 2005.

Specific Chapter: 4) Johnson's Behavioral System Model

Nursing Theories: The Base for Professional Nursing Practice. Julia George. Appleton & Lange. 2002.

Specific Chapter: 8) Dorothy Johnson

Nursing Theories and Models: A Study and Learning Tool. Ruby Wesley. Springhouse. 1992.

Specific Chapter: 10) Johnson's Behavioral Systems Model

Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice. Marilyn Parker. F.A. Davis. 2001.

Specific Chapter: 7) Behavioral System Model for Nursing

Nursing Theories in Practice. Marilyn Parker, editor. National League for Nursing. 1990.

Specific Chapters: Part II. Johnson's Behavioral System Model for Nursing. 4) The Behavioral System Model for Nursing. 5) Implementation of the Johnson Model: One Hospital's Experience

Nursing Theorists and Their Work. Ann Marriner Tomey and Martha Raile Alligood. Mosby. 2002.

Specific Chapter: 16) Dorothy E. Johnson: Behavioral System Model

Nursing Theory: Utilization and Application. Martha Raile Alligood and Ann Marriner Tomey. Mosby. 2002.

Specific Chapter: 8) Johnson's Behavioral System Model in Nursing Practice

Patterns of Nursing Theories in Practice. Marilyn Parker. National League for Nursing Press. 1993.

Specific Chapter: 19) The Johnson Behavioral Systems Model: Perspectives for Nursing Practice. 20) Application of the Johnson Behavioral System Model in Nursing Practice.

Perspectives on Nursing Theory. Leslie Nicoll. Lippincott. 1997.

Specific Chapter: 18) The Nature of a Science of Nursing. Dorothy Johnson.

Theoretical Nursing: Development and Progress. Afaf Ibrahim Meleis. Lippincott. 1997.

Specific Chapter: Dorothy Johnson, pg. 279.

Videos

Dorothy Johnson -- 'Behavioral Systems Model'. [1 video]. Athens, OH: Fuld Institute for Technology in Nursing Education, 1988. 34 minutes. (The Nurse Theorists--Portraits of Excellence series).

Synopsis: Structural or functional problems in the human behavioral system; restoring, maintaining, or attaining behavioral system balance and stability at the highest possible level for the individual as a goal of nursing practice and care.

Journal Articles

The concept of spirituality in nursing theories: differing world-views and extent of focus. Martsolf DS. Mickley JR. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 27(2):294-303, 1998 Feb.

The Johnson behavioral systems model as a framework for patient outcome evaluation. Poster EC. Dee V. Randell BP. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. 3(3):73-80, 1997 Jun.

Effects of using a nursing model-based assessment instrument on quality of nursing care. Derdiarian AK. Nursing Administration Quarterly. 15(3):1-16, 1991 Spring.

Making theories work for you. Sorrentino EA. Nursing Administration Quarterly. 15(3):54-9, 1991 Spring.

An evaluation of the Johnson behavioural system model of Nursing. Reynolds W. Cormack DFS. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 16(9):1122-30, 1991 Sep.

NANDA versus the Johnson behavioral system model: Is there a diagnostic difference? Randell BP.Classification of nursing diagnoses: proceedings of the ninth conference held in Orlando, FL, 1990

The relationships among the subsystems of Johnson's behavioral system model. Derdiarian AK. Image - the Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 22(4):219-24, 1990 Winter.

Theory development in perspective: the role of conceptual frameworks and models in theory development. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 14(1):49-55, 1989 Jan

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