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Pender’s Health Promotion Model
Lenny Dortch
Grand Canyon University: NUR 502
January 22, 2012
Pender’s Health Promotion Model Nola Pender’s Health Promotion Model (HPM) makes important contributions to society by promoting health and wellness through a model of health promotion and prevention (Alligood & Tomey, 2002). Her work has given nurses the foundation to "develop and execute health-promoting interventions to individuals, groups, and families in schools, nursing centers, occupational health settings and the community at large" (McEwen & Wills, 2011, p. 226). Dr. Pender is an icon in the nursing field and is assisting to move nursing from a model where illness is treated after it occurs to a model of preventing illness (Alligood & Tomey, 2002). This paper will show the benefits of incorporating the Health Promotion Model into everyday practice.
Description of the theorist Nola J. Pender was born in 1941 in Lansing, Michigan. In 1962, she began her nursing career by working on a medical-surgical unit. She obtained a Bachelor’s of Science degree in 1964 and a Master’s degree in 1965 while attending Michigan State University (Alligood & Tomey, 2002). Nineteen sixty-nine marks the year she completed her PhD at Northwestern University in Illinois. Dr. Pender has been a nurse educator for more than forty years and she is currently employed at the school of nursing at Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois (umich.edu). Dr. Pender began studying health promotion in the mid 1970’s. The first publication of her Health Promotion Model (HPM) was in 1982. She developed the model by using the expectancy-value theory and social cognitive theory while applying a nursing perspective to complete the framework (McEwen & Wills, 2011). Dr. Pender has received many awards and honors over the course of time. The University of Michigan has given her a ‘Mae Edna Doyle Teacher of the Year’ award as well as a ‘Distinguished Alumni Award’. In 2005,
Lenny Dortch
Grand Canyon University: NUR 502
January 22, 2012
Pender’s Health Promotion Model Nola Pender’s Health Promotion Model (HPM) makes important contributions to society by promoting health and wellness through a model of health promotion and prevention (Alligood & Tomey, 2002). Her work has given nurses the foundation to "develop and execute health-promoting interventions to individuals, groups, and families in schools, nursing centers, occupational health settings and the community at large" (McEwen & Wills, 2011, p. 226). Dr. Pender is an icon in the nursing field and is assisting to move nursing from a model where illness is treated after it occurs to a model of preventing illness (Alligood & Tomey, 2002). This paper will show the benefits of incorporating the Health Promotion Model into everyday practice.
Description of the theorist Nola J. Pender was born in 1941 in Lansing, Michigan. In 1962, she began her nursing career by working on a medical-surgical unit. She obtained a Bachelor’s of Science degree in 1964 and a Master’s degree in 1965 while attending Michigan State University (Alligood & Tomey, 2002). Nineteen sixty-nine marks the year she completed her PhD at Northwestern University in Illinois. Dr. Pender has been a nurse educator for more than forty years and she is currently employed at the school of nursing at Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois (umich.edu). Dr. Pender began studying health promotion in the mid 1970’s. The first publication of her Health Promotion Model (HPM) was in 1982. She developed the model by using the expectancy-value theory and social cognitive theory while applying a nursing perspective to complete the framework (McEwen & Wills, 2011). Dr. Pender has received many awards and honors over the course of time. The University of Michigan has given her a ‘Mae Edna Doyle Teacher of the Year’ award as well as a ‘Distinguished Alumni Award’. In 2005,