title: Applying nursing theory to the practice of nurse anesthesia.
abstract: With the current movement of anesthesia education into graduate programs, changes in curriculum are inevitable. These changes will include advanced nursing theory. How the issues of nursing theory apply to the practice of nurse anesthesia are examined. Applications of Betty Neuman's systems theory are used in specific examples of the anesthesia role. The profession of nurse anesthesia may benefit significantly from the contributions of nursing theory.
authors.affiliation: Ft. Walton Beach Medical Center, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D009719:Nurse Anesthetists / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009742:Nursing Theory; D013598:Systems Theory