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Middle Range Theory- Part 2



Middle Range Theory- Part 2

Theorist Biography

Ida Jean Orlando is known as first generation American of Italian decent, she was born on August 12, and 1926 and died in 2007 (Wills, 2002). In 1947 she graduated in nursing from the New York Medical College. She graduated in public health nursing in 1951 at St. John's University in Brooklyn. In 1954 she obtained a degree in mental health counseling from Columbia University. Along with studying Orlando working intermittently, she sometimes worked as obstetric nurse, surgical nurse and a medical emergency. She also worked as supervisor in a general hospital. She was also assistant director of nursing; she handled the service of a general hospital and taught various courses in the school of nursing. While she was at Yele, she worked on a project investigator of national institute of mental health grant entitled: integration of Mental Health Concepts in Basic curriculum of nursing.

This was the research project from which she developed her theory which was late in 1961 published in a book named as the Dynamic of Nurse-Patient Relationship. She further enhanced and developed her theory while she was at Mclean Hospital in Belmount. Orlando has various positions in Boston area. There was a time when she was an important board member of Harvard community Health Plan where she severed as national and international consultant. She was a frequent lecturer; she conducted various seminars on nursing process. She was one of the leading nurse theorists. Orlando made great contributions to the theory and practice nurse.

Concepts and Propositions of the Theory

Orlando nurse theory strongly emphasizes on the reciprocal relationship between patient and nurse. She was It was one of the first leaders and stressed nurses that identified the elements of the nursing process and the special importance of patient ...