Nursing Theory: The Three C's Of Lydia Hall

Lydia Hall was born in September 21, 1906, in New York City. She got graduated from York Hospital School of Nursing in Pennsylvania. She received her Bachelor of Science & Master of Arts from Teacher’s College, Columbia University. Ms. Lydia died on February 27, 1969, of heart disease in Queens Hospital of New York. She promoted the community involvement in the health-care. She had the belief that “professional nursing is the key to care and rehabilitation of patients (Parker & Smith, 2010). Hall has three aspects of the person as a patient: the person, the body and the disease. She envisioned care with three overlapping circles: Care, Cure, and Core (Parker & Smith, 2010). Care is the nurturing, instructing, comforting component and meeting the need of the patient. The cure aspect involves treatments and administrating medicine. In other words, it is the attention provided by the health team (Hall, 2012). The core is the patient who needs the care. Therapeutic relation plays an important role in this (Care, Cure and Cor:: The Three C’s of Lydia Hall, 2012).
Lydia’s theory fits well into my nursing practice. The patient, the core of the theory is the center of attention in any healthcare setting. I work as a primary care nurse in a hospital. It is the prime responsibility of any nurse to care the patient, family, and the community (Definition of Nursing, 2014). The mission of our hospital is to care the one who fought for the country (Mission, Vision, Core Values & Goals -, 2014). All the nurses are completely dedicated to this mission in our facility. This is the second aspect of the theory. The treatment given to the patients for their presenting problems meets the cure