title: Evaluating your practice via a nursing model.
abstract: This article discusses the use of nursing models as an evaluative tool to guide nursing practice in the primary care setting. The functional elements of a model are presented along with guidelines to facilitate selection of a model for your practice. Two case examples are utilized to demonstrate the process of application and evaluation of nursing practice via the Orem Self-Care Model and the Peplau Interpersonal Process Model.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000592:standards*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010358:Patient Participation; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing