LYDIA ELOISE HALL(1906-1969)

 Primary target: adult patients who

Core, Care, Cure Model have passed the acute stage of disease and are now
in rehabilitation phase of healthcare.
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1906 – Born in New York City
Eldest child  Goal: To make sure that the patient
 Named after her maternal grandmother achieves success in self-actualization and self-love
 Father was a physician in general after the disease
practice
 1927 – Diploma in nursing,
 York Hospital School of
Nursing
 1932 – Bachelors in public health
nursing,
 Columbia University
 1942 – Masters in teaching Natural
Sciences, Columbia University Concepts and Definitions
 1945 – married Reginald A. Hall 1. CORE
 First director of the Loeb Center for  Person or the recipient of care and
Nursing includes the use of therapeutic self to relate with
 Nursing experience was in clinical the patient
nursing, nursing education, research and 2. CURE
supervisory role.  Medical interventions
 Authored 21 publications and a bulk of  Pathological and therapeutic sciences
articles and addresses regarding her theory.  Includes nursing activities that are
 1969 – Died in New York dependent upon the orders of the physician
 First director of the Loeb Center for 3. CARE
Nursing  Exclusive domain of nursing
 Nursing experience was in clinical
nursing, nursing education, research and THEORY ASSERTIONS
supervisory role.
 Authored 21 publications and a bulk of
articles and addresses regarding her theory.
 “Nursing is a distinct body of
knowledge that provides nursing care to patients
 1969 – Died in New York
who are in need of nursing care in support of
medical interventions, in collaboration with other
CORE, CARE, AND CURE MODEL OF NURSING
members of the health team, or exclusively and
independently by the nurse herself.”
 Also known as “The Three Cs of Lydia
Hall”  Nursing is described as interacting with
a complex process of teaching and learning.
 Developed in late 1960’s
 Patient – Care which may come from
 Nursing care can be delivered on three three different domains.
interlocking levels: care – (hands on bodily care),
1. Social needs
core (using the self in relationship to the patient),
and cure (applying medical knowledge). 2. Medical concern

 Hall’s theory of nursing has a limited

3. Bodily needs

generality.
 APPLICATION OF THE THEORY
CORE

 Nurse’s responsibility to make sure that

the patient receives the highest level of care
possible

 The role of the nurse is in the

collaboration, coordination, and cooperation
with other members of the health team

CURE

 Delineates nursing functions that are

dependent on the members of the medical
profession

 Examples:

 medication administration

 performance of diagnostic procedures

 interventions that need a written order

from the doctor
CARE

 Independent roles and functions of the

nurse insofar as her knowledge and skills about the
patient’s condition will allow her to carry on with
her nursing responsibilities

 “Motherly” care

1. comfort measures
2. patient instruction
3. meeting the patient’s needs